SetBinding in AutoGeneratingField

[Roar]

Hi,

I have a DataForm with AutoGenerateFields="True". In the AutoGeneratingField event handler I want to set a binding on the IsReadOnly property for some of the fields, so that when the FromProfile property is checked, those fields will be set as ReadOnly. The strange thing is that the binding only works if FromProfile is True when the AutoGeneratingField is fired. The DataField's ("Port", "Protocol" and "Interface") is set ReadOnly whenever the "FromProfile" DataField is checked. If FromProfile is False at the time the binding is set up, it doesn't work.

The AutoGeneratingField event handler looks like this:

01.if (e.DataField.Label.Equals("Port") || e.DataField.Label.Equals("Protocol") || e.DataField.Label.Equals("Interface"))
02.{
03.    var binding = new Binding("FromProfile")
04.    {
05.        Mode = BindingMode.OneWay,
06.        UpdateSourceTrigger = UpdateSourceTrigger.PropertyChanged,
07.    };
08.    e.DataField.SetBinding(DataFormDataField.IsReadOnlyProperty, binding);
09.}

 

Any idea why it doesn't work?

 

Regards,

[Martin]

Hi Roar,

This behavior is caused by the fact that we internally change the IsReadOnly property of the field when you begin to edit, thus the binding is cleaned. I would recommend two approaches to achieve the desired behavior. The first one is to set the AutoEdit property to "True". The second one is to set the binding when BeginEdit event is raised. Please take a look at the code snippets below:

private void DataForm1_BeginningEdit(object sender, System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs e)
{
    Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(DispatcherPriority.Render, new Action(() =>
    {
        foreach (DataFormDataField dataField in this.DataForm1.ChildrenOfType<DataFormDataField>())
        {
            if (dataField.Label.Equals("Salary") || dataField.Label.Equals("Occupation") || dataField.Label.Equals("FirstName"))
            {

                var binding = new Binding("IsMarried")
                {
                    Mode = BindingMode.OneWay,
                    UpdateSourceTrigger = UpdateSourceTrigger.PropertyChanged,
                };
                dataField.SetBinding(DataFormDataField.IsReadOnlyProperty, binding);
            }
        }
    }));
}

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Martin Vatev
Telerik

[Roar]

Thanks, your suggestion worked just perfect :-)

 

Roar