I have a grid bound to a collection of users, each row is bound to a user.

class User { int Level {get;set;}}

How to implement two-way binding of a column HighLow:bool to a property Level:int on an entity User when to implement a conversion, converter needs to know the entity to which current row is bound (conversion logic depends on some other properties of the entity).

I have found partial solution if one needs a one-way binding (readonly). In this case entity can be bound to Path property and converter gets the entity in its value parameter. Column name can be passed through converter parameter or through constructor. But it doesn't work in two-way scenario because in this example it isn't possible to convert back bool column value to User (passed through Path) property.

I am really stuck with this problem. Does somebody know a solution?

Thanks.

Hi Alexander, 

Can you send us a sample with more details on what you are trying to achieve so that we investigate this in more detail?

You can send it to support@xceed.com. Please include a reference to this forum thread in your email.  

1) Let say you want to bind the list of commodities to a Xceed grid. Whether to display property Value in decimal or percentage format depends on DisplayPercents property.

public class Commodity
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public bool DisplayPercents { get; set; }
    public double Value { get; set; }
}

2) Converters looks like this:

    public class CommodityConverter : IValueConverter
    {
        // this method returns entity bounded to the current row
        private Commodity AquireSomewhereBoundCommodity(object valueObj, object parameter)
        {
            // TODO: how to get bounded parnet?
            return valueObj as Commodity;
        }
       
        public object Convert(object valueObj, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
        {
            var commodity = AquireSomewhereBoundCommodity(valueObj,parameter);
            if (commodity != null)
            {
                // convert from decimal to percents
                return commodity.DisplayPercents ? commodity.Value*100 : commodity.Value;
            }
            return valueObj;
        }

        public object ConvertBack(object valueObj, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
        {
            var commodity = AquireSomewhereBoundCommodity(valueObj, parameter);
            if (commodity != null)
            {
                // convert from percents back to decimals
                return commodity.DisplayPercents ? commodity.Value / 100 : commodity.Value;
            }
            return valueObj;
        }
    }

3) Here is a UI part. I tried also combination FieldName=Value and Path=Value.

    <xcdg:DataGridControl AutoCreateColumns="False" ItemsSource="{Binding Commodities}">
        <xcdg:DataGridControl.Columns>
            <xcdg:Column FieldName="Name" AllowSort="False" AllowGroup="False" />
            <!--or try FieldName=Value and Path=Value-->
            <xcdg:Column FieldName="." AllowSort="False" AllowGroup="False">
                <xcdg:Column.DisplayMemberBindingInfo>
                    <xcdg:DataGridBindingInfo Path="." Converter="{StaticResource conv1}"/>
                </xcdg:Column.DisplayMemberBindingInfo>
            </xcdg:Column>
        </xcdg:DataGridControl.Columns>
    </xcdg:DataGridControl>

4) Here is a codebehind

    public partial class TwoWayBindingUsingParentEntityWindow : Window
    {
        readonly ObservableCollection<Commodity>  commodities=new ObservableCollection<Commodity>();

        public TwoWayBindingUsingParentEntityWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            commodities.Add(new Commodity {Name="Wood", DisplayPercents = false, Value=12});
            commodities.Add(new Commodity {Name="Silver", DisplayPercents = true, Value=0.115});
            DataContext = this;
        }

        public ObservableCollection<Commodity>  Commodities
        {
            get { return commodities; }
        }
    }