Does anyone have a behavior or attached property that would enabled me to create GridViewDataColumn "templates" for all of the possible columns that are autogenerated from DataTable? The ItemsSource is a DataTable that could have various different columns from a finite list of all potential columns. I'd like to template every potential column.
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Hello Doug Simpson,
The DataType of the column in a datatable may be any .NET type. And v.4 of the .NET framework has above 6000 types (classes) defined.
I believe I may be getting the question wrong , otherwise we may need 6000+ template versions here ?
Best wishes,
Pavel Pavlov
the Telerik team
The DataType of the column in a datatable may be any .NET type. And v.4 of the .NET framework has above 6000 types (classes) defined.
I believe I may be getting the question wrong , otherwise we may need 6000+ template versions here ?
Best wishes,
Pavel Pavlov
the Telerik team
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Generally, to achieve a match between template and DataType when autogenerating columns , the approach would be as follows :
1. Define your template in a static resource .
2. Handle the AutogeneratingColumnEvent of RadGridView.
3. Inside the event handler - check the DataType and set the template to the column , reading it from the static resource.
In case you have difficulties implementing this , let me know .
Best wishes,
Pavel Pavlov
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answered on 20 Oct 2011, 04:26 PM
I guess I worded my question poorly. Let me try again.
I have 20 columns that make up a "master" DataTable. The gridview is bound to a copy of this DataTable with some columns. Not necessarily all the columns in the master are in the copy. All columns in the copy are in the master. The columns shown in the copy are dynamic. Columns can be removed and added to and from the copy, but all of the columns are in the master. (Note: column visibility is an additional feature on the copy DataTable beyond selecting a subset of columns from the master). I'd like to template (in XAML) each of the columns in the master but have them applied to the copy to which the gridview is bound.
I have 20 columns that make up a "master" DataTable. The gridview is bound to a copy of this DataTable with some columns. Not necessarily all the columns in the master are in the copy. All columns in the copy are in the master. The columns shown in the copy are dynamic. Columns can be removed and added to and from the copy, but all of the columns are in the master. (Note: column visibility is an additional feature on the copy DataTable beyond selecting a subset of columns from the master). I'd like to template (in XAML) each of the columns in the master but have them applied to the copy to which the gridview is bound.