Problem on kendogrid datasource and wcf service

[Roel Hans Bethlehem]

Hi,

I had quite some trouble to get the grid to bind to json data returned by a WCF service hosted on IIS 7. The following works for me:

                $.ajax({
                    dataType: 'json',
                    type: 'POST',
                    contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
                    data: '{}',
                    url: 'api/dsl',
                    success: function (data) {
                        $("#grid").kendoGrid({
                            dataSource: {
                                data: data,
                                pageSize: 10
                            },
                            height: 750,
                            groupable: true,
                            scrollable: true,
                            sortable: true,
                            filterable: true,
                            pageable: true,
                            autobind: true
                        });
                    },
                    error: function (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
                        alert("error: " + textStatus + ": " + jqXHR.responseText);
                    }
                                });

It seems i need to specify contenttype and data in order to have jquery play nice with IIS 7 (this post helped me: http://encosia.com/3-mistakes-to-avoid-when-using-jquery-with-aspnet-ajax/). It all started to work for me then when I set those properties on the ajax call.

Now I would like to use the datasource property in the kendogrid rather than using the ajax success callback. Is there any way to achieve this?

Kind regards,

Roel Hans