RowFormatting event for change text color.

[Peter Bogoyavlensky]

I've used RowFormatting event to change text color (in order of checking condition based on Tag of the row):

Private Sub GridView_RowFormatting(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.WinControls.UI.RowFormattingEventArgs) Handles GridView.RowFormatting
    Dim dataRow As Telerik.WinControls.UI.GridRowElement = e.RowElement
    If dataRow IsNot Nothing Then
        Try
            If dataRow.RowInfo.Tag IsNot Nothing Then
                If Is_Check_Some_Condition(dataRow.RowInfo.Tag) Then
                    dataRow.ResetValue(Telerik.WinControls.UI.LightVisualElement.ForeColorProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local)
                Else
                    dataRow.ForeColor = Color.Blue
                End If
            End If
        Catch ex As Exception
        End Try
    End If
End Sub

It works fine if version 2013.2.724. But when I changed it to 2014.1.402 - it is not working anymore. I mean, event is fired and dataRow.ForeColor = Color.Blue executed but text color is not changed.

Did I miss something for new version?

[Peter Bogoyavlensky]

Sorry, my bad - I've just noticed that similar issue raised in that thread : http://www.telerik.com/forums/rowformatting-and-office2010blue-theme

I also use Office2010Blue theme and this is the source of problem.

Can I fix it for 2014.1.402 ? It would be so boring to change this nice theme to another one through all application.

[Dess | Tech Support Engineer, Principal]

Hello Peter,

Thank you for writing.

In Office2010Blue theme there is a specific black ForeColor applied for the GridDataCellElements. That is why it is more suitable to use the CellFormatting event instead of the RowFormatting event:

Private Sub RG_Orders_CellFormatting(sender As Object, e As CellFormattingEventArgs)
    If IsDBNull(e.CellElement.RowElement.RowInfo.Cells("IDTeams").Value) Then
        e.CellElement.RowElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.ForeColorProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local)
    Else
        Select Case Trim(e.CellElement.RowElement.RowInfo.Cells("IDTeams").Value)
            Case "A"
                e.CellElement.ForeColor = Color.DarkBlue
            Case "B"
                e.CellElement.ForeColor = Color.DarkRed
            Case "C"
                e.CellElement.ForeColor = Color.DarkGreen
            Case Else
                e.CellElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.ForeColorProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local)
        End Select
    End If
End Sub

I hope this information helps. Should you have further questions, I would be glad to help.

Regards,
Desislava
Telerik