RadGridView ColumnsCollection

[Andreas]

Hi there,

i have tried to use this solution, to bind dynamically columns to a RadGridView at runtime:
http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/silverlight/gridview/radgridview-columns-binding-mvvm.aspx

But attached properties never worked for me. So i have decided to create my own class inherit by RadGridView with a dependency property, the result looks so:

<local:CustomRadGridView
    Grid.Row="0"
    CustomColumnsCollection="{Binding ColumnsCollection}"
    ItemsSource="{Binding Data}"
/>

And the code for it is:

public class CustomRadGridView : RadGridView
{
    public CustomRadGridView()
    {
        //New Default Settings
        base.ScrollMode = ScrollUpdateMode.RealTime;
        base.DataLoadMode = Telerik.Windows.Controls.GridView.DataLoadMode.Asynchronous;
        base.IsReadOnly = true;
        base.AutoGenerateColumns = false;
        base.SelectionMode = System.Windows.Controls.SelectionMode.Single;
    }


    public ObservableCollection<GridViewColumn> CustomColumnsCollection
    {
        get { return (ObservableCollection<GridViewColumn>)GetValue(CustomColumnsCollectionProperty); }
        set { SetValue(CustomColumnsCollectionProperty, value); }
    }

    public static readonly DependencyProperty CustomColumnsCollectionProperty =
        DependencyProperty.Register("CustomColumnsCollection", typeof(ObservableCollection<GridViewColumn>), typeof(CustomRadGridView), new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(new ObservableCollection<GridViewColumn>(), FrameworkPropertyMetadataOptions.BindsTwoWayByDefault, ColumnsCollectionsCallBack));

    private static void ColumnsCollectionsCallBack(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
    {
        GridViewDataControl grid = d as GridViewDataControl;
        if (grid != null)
        {
            grid.Columns.Clear();

            foreach (GridViewColumn gc in (ObservableCollection<GridViewColumn>)e.NewValue)
                grid.Columns.Add(gc);
        }
    }
}

So at all it looks good, and it will compile without any warnings and errors. But the binding will never update the ColumnsCollection, it is notifying the window where the binding is defined, but it doesn't step into the dependency property,

I can't get a clear solution for this, but its really nessecary to dynamically bind the columns at runtime to the gridview.


I have provided a sample solution at this sites:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B2Gh-Fj36cJKdDFMRTQ4eGZyN2s
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rnj792gnz1x1kyr/CustomControlPropertyBinding.zip

[Dimitrina]

Hello,

You can check this demo about how we are Binding the Columns using an attached behaviour. You can also check your local copy of our Demos and especially MyColumnsBindingBehavior class. 

Regards,
Didie
the Telerik team

[Andreas]

Hello,

I'm afraid to get the same problem with your attached behavior, please take a look to the referenced errors in the attachments. I hope somebody can help me.

Regards,
Andreas

[Andreas]

Sorry for the incomplete class view, there is a image attached with the full view, the code in img4 is the same as on the unchanged Telerik's MyColumnsBindingBehavior.cs, see in img5.

[Dimitrina]

Hello,

This is indeed strange as the same behaviour works fine on our demo. You can check your local copy of the Demos.

You have the complete source code available within the Demos folder available with RadControls.

Kind regards,
Didie
the Telerik team

[Andreas]

Some day later i found out, that the ColumnsCollection only apply after i opening the window the second time, i have changed the GridViewColumn to the GridViewDataColumn and i applied IsAutoGenerated to false, so now its working like it should, it applies the ColumnsCollection at the first time.

<custom:CustomRadGridView ColumnsCollection="{Binding ColumnsCollection}" ... />

ColumnsCollection.Add(new GridViewDataColumn() { ..., IsAutoGenerated = false, CellTemplate = (DataTemplate)XamlReader.Load(CellETemp.ToString()) });