I would like to use a single property grid to present a class that is selectable by a user. Also, I want to control what properties are presented for each class. To be more specific, I have currently five tables in SQL Server that are mapped using OpenAccessORM. In the future the number of tables may increase so I would only want to update the entity model component. I want the user to be able to select which table they want to view in the propertygrid and I also want to limit the columns of each table that are presented in the propertygrid.
With regards to the subset of properties, is there a way to use AutogeneratePropertyDefinitions="True" for a subset of columns? If not, would I have to add the property definitions I want to present in code rather than XAML?
To be able to use a single property grid, would I need to use DynamicObject?
I'm using RadControls Q3 (2012.03.1017) and OpenaccessORM Q3 (2012.03.1012).
Regards
Craig
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Basically the AutogeneratePropertyDefinitions="True" setting would generated PropertyDefinitions for all properties. However, you can either cancel them in the event handler method or set Browsable=false attribute to those properties that are not needed to display. As for the other inquiry of yours, you don't actually need to use a single type to represent all the tables. You can use one RadPropertyGrid and change its item when switching between the tables. You are free to assign items of different types.
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I've changed the item associated with the property grid at run time and that works well.
Regarding the Browsable attribute, I'm not sure how I can use it where the item is a class generated by OpenAccess ORM.
Also, I'd like to understand more about the available attributes but I can't find reference to them in the documentation.
Where can I find out more about them?
You may try using a Metadata class to define attributes for your properties. As for an attributes list, here is an example that demonstrates them PropertyGrid > DataAnnotationsSupport.
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