saving grid settings in wpf.

[sandy pochiraju]

hi all,
i recently started using telerik controls for wpf.

i wud like to save grid settings like column order, grouping, sorting etc.
i want to have a column chooser for my grid and save the columns users select along with other settings.

i wud like to save these settings in the database on a button click.

please can anyone let me know if this is possible in wpf and if yes then how.

thank u
sandy

[Milan]

Hi sandy pochiraju,

Yes it is possible. If you look at the Save and Load of the RadGridViewSettings class you will see that the grid settings are saved to an loaded from a stream:

public void Save()
{
    using (IsolatedStorageFile file = IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForApplication())
    {
        using (IsolatedStorageFileStream stream = new
            IsolatedStorageFileStream(PersistID, FileMode.Create, file))
        {
            serializer.WriteObject(stream, this);
        }
    }
}

There is no problem to write the serialized settings to a MemoryStream instead of FileStream and save this stream to a database. Similarly when you want to load the setting you should get the serialized stream from your database, create a memory stream from it and load the setings.

Sincerely yours,
Milan
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[sandy pochiraju]

hi Milan,

thanks so much for the reply. please can you tell me where to find RadGridViewSettings class. i am unable to find it.

regards,
Sandhya

[Vlad]

Hi sandy,

You can check this blog post for more info:
http://blogs.telerik.com/vladimirenchev/posts/09-04-03/how_to_save_and_load_settings_with_radgridview_for_wpf.aspx

Greetings,
Vlad
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