GridView Binding to another column

[Neil]

Hi,

I'm trying to use the DataGridView control with a DataTemplate.    This bit seems ok at the moment.

I am planning on using a convertor to automatically select the CellStyle based on the value of the column.  I expect this shouldn't be too tricky.

What I am having problems with is trying to bind the content of the control to another cell's value.  Or using another cells value for a property. 

Any help/examples would be greatly appreciated.

Eg

Record
======

Name = "My Textbox"
Control = "Textbox"
Default = "This is my default value"

The Control Column will become a TextBox and I would like the TextBox Value to become the value of the Default,

I have tried things like

Text="{Binding Default}"
Text="{Binding Path=Default, RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type telerik:GridViewRow}}}"

<UserControl x:Class="WizardAdvanced"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" xmlns:telerik="http://schemas.telerik.com/2008/xaml/presentation">
    <Grid>
        <Grid.Resources>
            <Style x:Key="CheckboxCellStyle" TargetType="{x:Type telerik:GridViewCell}">
                <Setter Property="ContentTemplate">
                    <Setter.Value>
                        <DataTemplate>
                            <CheckBox VerticalAlignment="Center" />
                        </DataTemplate>
                    </Setter.Value>
                </Setter>
            </Style>
            <Style x:Key="TextboxCellStyle" TargetType="{x:Type telerik:GridViewCell}">
                <Setter Property="ContentTemplate">
                    <Setter.Value>
                        <DataTemplate>
                            <TextBox Text="{Binding Default}" />
                        </DataTemplate>
                    </Setter.Value>
                </Setter>
            </Style>
            <Style x:Key="ListboxCellStyle" TargetType="{x:Type telerik:GridViewCell}">
                <Setter Property="ContentTemplate">
                    <Setter.Value>
                        <DataTemplate>
                            <ComboBox  HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Bottom"/>
                        </DataTemplate>
                    </Setter.Value>
                </Setter>
            </Style>
        </Grid.Resources>

        <telerik:RadGridView Margin="0" Name="Grid" AutoGenerateColumns="False">
            <telerik:RadGridView.Columns>
                <telerik:GridViewDataColumn Header="Name" DataMemberBinding="{Binding Name}"></telerik:GridViewDataColumn>
                <telerik:GridViewDataColumn Header="Control" DataMemberBinding="{Binding Control}" CellStyle="{StaticResource TextboxCellStyle}"></telerik:GridViewDataColumn>
                <telerik:GridViewDataColumn Header="Default" DataMemberBinding="{Binding Default}"></telerik:GridViewDataColumn>

            </telerik:RadGridView.Columns>
        </telerik:RadGridView>

    </Grid>
</UserControl>

[Pavel Pavlov]

Hello Neil,

I believe using Text={Binding Default } should work just fine.

Please see it in action in the attached sample.

Best wishes,
Pavel Pavlov
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[Neil]

Hi

Thanks for your quick reply.

I'm using a XML File.  Would that make any difference?  I am loading the data into a DataSet and then binding it to the Grid.  Basically the same as you have done in code but with an XML file.

<Items>

<

 

Item>

 

<

 

Name>Template Title</Name>

 

<

 

Control>textbox_string</Control>

 

<

 

ParamName>TITLE</ParamName>

 

<

 

Default>Queue Display</Default>

 

</

 

Item>
</Items>

This basically gives me blank boxes.  

Any ideas would be appreicated.

Kind regards
Neil

 

[Neil]

Hi,

I have solved the problem.  I tested with the List Collection and it worked in my code.   It then occurred to me that the XML Tag Default is a reserved word.   

I then changed the code in XAML to the following and it worked:

<TextBox Text="{Binding Path=[Default]}" />

Puttin square brackets around it solved the issue.   Strange that it worked in a List collection and not in XML though.

Thanks for your help.  It got me to a solution :)

[Pavel Pavlov]

Hi Neil,
Thanks for sharing the solution! Such things are always good to have in mind.
If further need of assistance occurs - don't hesitate to contact us.

All the best,
Pavel Pavlov
the Telerik team

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