How to set a default value (DateTime.Now) when adding a new record?

[Jon]

How do you set a default value on new record - when AddNew is called?  I can't seem to add to the Domain Service metadata - not even sure if that would work. 
thanks again!

 <telerik:RadButton RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5" Style="{StaticResource HeaderCircleButtonStyle}" Margin="0,0,40,0" 
                          Command="telerik:RadDataFormCommands.AddNew" CommandTarget="{Binding ElementName=matterForm}" Tag="ADD"/ >
               

[Maya]

Hi Jon,

You can try handling AddedNewItem event of RadDataForm and set the values you want to be predefined:

private void DataForm1_AddedNewItem(object sender, AddedNewItemEventArgs e)
        {
            (this.DataForm1.CurrentItem as Club).Name = "NewName";
        }

 
In you want to perform this operation only in your ViewModel, you can bind CurrentItem property of RadDataForm to a one in this ViewModel, create a new command that will add an item with default values and set this command to be the one for your button. 

Kind regards,
Maya
the Telerik team

[Jon]

Thanks that worked.. But shouldn't you be able to set [Default] in the RIA MetaData class?

[Maya]

Hello Jon,

We will consider providing support for this attribute.
Thank you for feedback.  

Regards,
Maya
the Telerik team