Grid with column template

[Mikael]

Hello, first time posting here so Hi to everyone on the forums.
I'm currently evaluating Kendo for use in a asp.net mvc4 web application using razor based views. As usual I started with trying to figure out the "hard part" first, how well Kendo handles ManyToMany relationships in models. And instantly i was positively greeted with a list of all the foreign key id's in the column. So far so good.
After some fiddling and some reading i figured that the use of a .Template would be the way to go to display the actual information and not just the Id's. Maybe I just havent understood the syntax of the templates yet, I'v only been looking at this for a few hours still. 
What I'v tried is something like this:

columns.Bound(m => m.Departments).Template(m =>

{

  foreach (var department in m.Departments)

  {

    @<text> @department.Name @</text>;

  }

});

The data in the Model is all there and in order.
Obviously this isn't working, and I'v tried a few combinations of output that i'v found on these forums but none seem to work for me.
Can anyone offer some assistance towards the proper way of achieving this?

Br.

[Daniel]

Hello Mikael,

The syntax will be a little different e.g.

columns.Bound(m => m.Departments).Template(@<text>
    @foreach (var department in item.Departments)
    {
        @department.Name
    }

</text>);

I would recommend to check the following blog posts which provide information about the Razor syntax:

• http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/12/15/asp-net-mvc-3-razor-s-and-lt-text-gt-syntax.aspx
• http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/12/16/asp-net-mvc-3-implicit-and-explicit-code-nuggets-with-razor.aspx
• http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/11/12/asp-net-mvc-3-server-side-comments-with-razor.aspx

Regards,
Daniel
the Telerik team