GridView with datetime properties

[Keith Stephens]

Hi all,

I have searched this forum and did not find an answer.
I am using SL3 and VS 2008 I have a gridview and I bind it to a observable collection and in this collection I have 2 date time fields.
When I bind to the gridview the grid displays the Date and Time, and I just want it to show the date, and when the grid goes into edit mode it changes to the datetime picker which is fine.

How can I achive my desired results of just displaying the date portion.  I have tried formating the date in my code behind but it still shows the time value.  I have tried using the mask control but no luck.

[Yavor Georgiev]

Hi Keith Stephens,

 You should set the CellTemplate property of your column to something like:

<DataTemplate>
  <TextBlock Text="{Binding MyDateProperty, StringFormat=d}"/>
</DataTemplate>

Greetings,
Yavor Georgiev
the Telerik team

[Keith Stephens]

Looks good, but I could not get it to work.  The error I got was Error 3 The property 'StringFormat' does not exist on the type 'Binding' in the XML namespace 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation'. 

<telerikGridView:GridViewDataColumn  >
                        <telerikGridView:GridViewDataColumn.Header>
                            <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">
                                <!-- This display the wording Date under Begin.-->
                                <TextBlock  Text="Begin" HorizontalAlignment="Left" />
                                <TextBlock  Text="Date" HorizontalAlignment="Left" />
                            </StackPanel>
                        </telerikGridView:GridViewDataColumn.Header>
                            <telerikGridView:GridViewDataColumn.CellTemplate>
                                <DataTemplate>
                                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=BeginDate, StringFormat=d}"/>
                                </DataTemplate>
                            </telerikGridView:GridViewDataColumn.CellTemplate>
                        </telerikGridView:GridViewDataColumn>

[Yavor Georgiev]

Hello Keith Stephens,

 Are you using Silverlight 3?

Sincerely yours,
Yavor Georgiev
the Telerik team

[Keith Stephens]

Yes I am using silverlight 3 with visual studio 2008.

[Yavor Georgiev]

Hello Keith Stephens,

 In this case you would need to use an IValueConverter for the binding, instead of StringFormat. Example.

All the best,
Yavor Georgiev
the Telerik team

[Keith Stephens]

That worked great, but now it seems that I am dealing with text rather than a date time. Is this correct?
Do I need to add a datetime picker to the cell edit template, to get that functionality back?
 
Hate to bombard you with so many questions, but I am very new at SL and Telerik controls.

Thanks,.

[Yavor Georgiev]

Hi Keith Stephens,

 If you set the converter in the binding of the TextBlock in the CellTemplate, but not in the column's DataMemberBinding property, you should still get a DateTimePicker in edit mode.

Greetings,
Yavor Georgiev
the Telerik team

[Keith Stephens]

Got it.. Thank you. I had removed the binding on the column and just had it on the textblock.
Many thanks.