Hi,

I am binding the DataGridControl from code behind using datagridcollectionview.....Suppose my datatable contains 5 columns . Now in the xceed grid i want to display the values of 1st and 3rd column in the same header i.e. in one column . How can i achieve this ?????

Although not recommended, you can change the CellContentTemplate of one of the columns to display all 3 values. Keep in mind that this will prevent the values from being editable.

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Senior Technical Writer
- Xceed Software

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can u plz write a sample code.........

I tried to do like this but it dint worked .........

<xcdg:DataGridControl Grid.Row="5" Grid.RowSpan="6" AutoCreateColumns="False">
                <xcdg:DataGridControl.Columns>
                    <xcdg:Column FieldName="AppTime" Title="App Time" Width="70"></xcdg:Column>
                <xcdg:Column FieldName="Reasonforvisit" Title="Reason For Visit"></xcdg:Column>
                <xcdg:Column FieldName="Department" Title="Department" Width="100"></xcdg:Column>
               
                <xcdg:Column FieldName="checkintype" Title="Checkin Status" Width="95"></xcdg:Column>
                <xcdg:Column FieldName="variable" Title="Progress" Width="280" ReadOnly="True">
                    <xcdg:Column.CellContentTemplate>
                        <DataTemplate>
                            <TextBox Text="{xcdg:CellEditorBinding}" TextWrapping="Wrap"/>
                        </DataTemplate>
                    </xcdg:Column.CellContentTemplate>
                </xcdg:Column>
            </xcdg:DataGridControl.Columns>
       
            </xcdg:DataGridControl>

The CellEditorBinding extension is used for cell editors, not cell-content templates. Change it to a standard binding and you should be fine.

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Senior Technical Writer
- Xceed Software

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

By CellEditorBinding i am also able to get the value but the problem is how can i get the values of multiple columns in one column ....... I tried to use the standard binding but thats returning a NULL ....... I guess that is because i am binding the gridCollectionViewSource dynamically from code behind ... Can u give me a solution for that having a dynamic datasource as DATASET. or datatable.....

Thanx

I have a need for something similar.  I have a custom user control as the cell editor.  I need to bind to one column to control various behaviors of the control, and I need to bind to a second column to control the text that is displayed to the user.  Assume that I'm binding to a data table with at least two columns, OrderNumber & OrderStatus. The Grid Columns have already be generated based on the content of the datatable by the point this code runs.  The column that is bound to the Order status field is the field that the code runs against.

 

CellEditorBindingExtension ex = new CellEditorBindingExtension();

FrameworkElementFactory factory = new FrameworkElementFactory();

factory.Type = typeof(StatusUserControl);

Binding b = new Binding();

b.Path = new PropertyPath("OrderNumber");

factory.SetBinding(StatusUserControl.DisplayValueProperty, b);

factory.SetBinding(StatusUserControl.ValueProperty, ex.ProvideValue(null) as BindingBase);

DataTemplate template = new DataTemplate();

template.VisualTree = factory;

template.Seal();

orderStatusColumn.CellContentTemplate = template;

 

My problem is that the binding doesn't get set, and the following output is shown in the output window:

System.Windows.Data Error: 39 : BindingExpression path error: 'OrderNumber' property not found on 'object' ''String' (HashCode=-842352673)'. BindingExpression:Path=OrderNumber; DataItem='String' (HashCode=-842352673); target element is 'StatusUserControl' (Name=''); target property is 'DisplayValue' (type 'Object')

Because of the nature of this project, this has to be done in C#.  Any ideas?