How to create style for GridViewDataColumn and replace his Header property

[Imran Aliyev]

I want to localize my GridView from xml file which has translation for my GridView headers.

I use next code:

   <Window.Resources>
        <Style TargetType="telerik:GridViewDataColumn">
            <Setter Property="Header" Value="someValue"/>
        </Style>
    </Window.Resources>


<Grid>
    <telerik:RadGridView HorizontalAlignment="Left" Name="radGridView1"  VerticalAlignment="Top"  >

    </telerik:RadGridView>

</Grid>

and my code behind:

public partial class Window1 : Window
{
    public Window1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();

        var lst = new List<Foo>
                      {
                          new Foo() {CompanyName = "Burkinafaso", Phone = "6666"},
                          new Foo() {CompanyName = "Reebok", Phone = "555"}
                      };

        radGridView1.SetBinding(RadGridView.ItemsSourceProperty, new Binding {Source = lst});
    }
}

public class Foo
{
    public string CompanyName { get; set; }
    public string Phone { get; set; }

}

 
But Headers not change. Why I cannot change headers with this approach?
 I am planning to bind TextBlock to the XmlNode value and get appropriate translation by Header system name

[Vanya Pavlova]

Hi Imran,

This behavior occured because you create a style that targets at GridViewDataColumn, but this is not allowed because GridViewColumns are not visual objects. If you want to apply changes to the headers you should create a style that targets at GridViewHeaderCell. Having in mind your localization requirements the better approach is to create a DataTemplate and apply it to the Header property of GridViewDataColumn.
I have prepared an example for you that demonstrates this approach.

Best wishes,
Vanya Pavlova
the Telerik team