How-To Create CellTemplate in code

[Richard Harrigan]

Hi,

Can you show me how to execute the the following xaml or equivalent in code.  I need to execute this in the

RadGridView_DataLoading event.

Thanks
Rich

<telerik:GridViewColumn Header="">
                <telerik:GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
                    <DataTemplate>
                        <telerik:RadButton Click="Button_Click"
                                           Name="Expression"
                                           IsBackgroundVisible="False"
                                           ToolTipService.ToolTip="Add column"
                                           Margin="0">
                            <Image Source="Images/Expression_16.png"
                                   Height="16"
                                   Width="16"></Image>
                        </telerik:RadButton>
                    </DataTemplate>
                </telerik:GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
            </telerik:GridViewColumn>

[Vanya Pavlova]

Hello Richard,

 
In such case you may use different approaches.You may store the defined DataTemplate within UserControl's ResourceCollection and then reference it in code-behind as demonstrated below:

this.radGridView.Columns[0].CellTemplate=this.Resources["dataTemplate1"] as DataTemplate;

The second one is to set GridViewDataColumn's CellTemplate through calling XamlReader's Load method.
Just pass to this method the appropriate string defined which represents the desired DataTemplate.

Please let me know how this works for you!

Greetings,
Vanya Pavlova
the Telerik team

[Richard Harrigan]

Hi,

I used your first approach.  It worked great.

Thanks
Rich

[gaurav]

Hi Admin,

I have a class that already inherits Windows class and it is not possible for me to inherit the UserControl class to implement the first method that you suggested. Is there a way around this?

Also, can you2a template by adding it to a string and then later adding it to one of the columns in the Grid. (I am generating columns in code behind file). Any help is appreciated.

 

Thanks, 

Gaurav

 

 

[Martin Ivanov]

Hello Gaurav,

The first approach will work also with a control deriving from Window. You can define the DataTemplate in the Window.Resources tag (the Resources collection). You can see this approach, along with an alternative one where the template is defined as a string in Using DataTemplate in Code the article.

Regards,
Martin Ivanov
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