VB.NET

[Patrick Barranis]

Hi.  I'm working on a project in VB.NET that's being converted from WebForms to MVC.  Unfortunately I'm stuck in VB though I'd rather use C#.  This is 2008/.NET3.5 (VB 9), not VB10.

I see the posts about how there are limitations to doing this in VB, but I'm wondering if it's possible at all.  Can someone please help me convert a simple piece of code like the following into VB?  I've tried converter.telerik.com, but the piece of code that results still won't compile.

    Html.Telerik().Grid(Model)
        .Name("OrdersGrid")
        .Columns(colums =>
        {
            colums.Add(o => o.OrderID);
            colums.Add(o => o.ShipAddress);
            colums.Add(o => o.RequiredDate);
        })
        .Pageable()
        .Sortable()
        .Render();

Thanks!

[Patrick Barranis]

I seem to have stumbled over the answer to my own question.  Since VB.NET doesn't support multi-line lambda expressions the same way as C# (though it clearly states in documentation that they're supported, so I'm still confused about this), you jsut have to add the columns one at a time, so to speak.  Here's my actual code:

        Html.Telerik.Grid(Of DisplayRow)(Model).Name("InspectionsGrid") _
            .Columns(Function(c) c.Add(Function(m) m.SiteName).Title("Site Name").Template( _
                         Function(m) String.Format("<a href='/inspection/?SiteActivityGUID={0}' title='{0}'>{1}</a>", m.SiteActivityGUID, m.SiteName))) _
            .Columns(Function(c) c.Add(Function(m) m.ActivityDate).Title("Date").Format("{0:d}")) _
            .Columns(Function(c) c.Add(Function(m) m.Latitude).Title("Latitude")) _
            .Columns(Function(c) c.Add(Function(m) m.Longitude).Title("Longitude")) _
            .Columns(Function(c) c.Add(Function(m) m.City).Title("City")) _
            .Columns(Function(c) c.Add(Function(m) m.State).Title("State")) _
            .Columns(Function(c) c.Add(Function(m) m.TowerType).Title("Tower Type")) _
            .Columns(Function(c) c.Add(Function(m) m.Ownership).Title("Ownership")) _
            .Render()

[Patrick Barranis]

Off topic: why don't the Telerik forums allow you to mark your own post as an answer?  It seems like one out of every ten posts on the MSDN forums are self-answered, so it seems like a much-needed feature...

Just my two cents :)