RadDataForm with expandoObject

[Vivien]

Hello,

I want to display a DataForm for enter a new element in a grid. But this grid is generated dynamically.

For that, i use a: "dynamic data = new ExpandoObject()" and feed that with: "data.field1 = "string"; data.field2 = 10" and bind my DataForm on it: "<telerik:RadDataForm x:Name="RadDataForm" AutoGenerateFields="True"
                                     AutoCommit="True" EditEnded="DataForm_OnEditEnded"
                                     AutoEdit="True" CommandButtonsVisibility="Commit,Cancel"
                                     CurrentItem="{Binding Path=DataContext.data, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}"
                                     Header="Hello world"
                                     KeyboardNavigation.TabNavigation="Cycle">
</telerik:RadDataForm>"

My problem now, the DataForm change my Int type on string type...

Have you some idea?

[Dilyan Traykov]

Hello Vivien,

The reason you're observing this behavior is because the ExpandoObject's values are of type object. You could, however, handle RadDataForm's AutoGeneratingField event and process the values there. Here's an example, following the approach described in this article:

private void RadDataForm_AutoGeneratingField(object sender, Telerik.Windows.Controls.Data.DataForm.AutoGeneratingFieldEventArgs e)
{
    var property = (RadDataForm.CurrentItem as IDictionary<string, object>)[e.PropertyName];
    if (IsNumericType(property.GetType()))
    {
        var binding = e.DataField.DataMemberBinding;
        binding.Converter = new IntToNullableDoubleConverter();
        e.DataField = new DataFormNumericUpDownField() { Label = e.DataField.Label, DataMemberBinding = binding };
    }
}

public static bool IsNumericType(Type type)
{
    TypeCode typeCode = Type.GetTypeCode(type);
    //The TypeCode of numerical types are between SByte (5) and Decimal (15).
    return (int)typeCode >= 5 && (int)typeCode <= 15;
}

I hope you find this helpful.

Regards,
Dilyan Traykov
Telerik by Progress

[Vivien]

Thanks you, I try that, it fell good :)

[Vivien]

Thanks :)