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Setting the xamDataGrid DataContext to an object
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Hello,

I want to set the DataContext of my grid to an object and use a collection of that objects as the grids data source.  It looks like I had no problem doing that but I have some questions about how the rows are generated for the grid.

I see that each public property of the object held in the collection is used as a column of the grid.  Does the column name have to be the same as the property name?  If not, how can  I change it?  Do I need to predefine the grids columns in xaml?  If I do that, how will the binding work?

If I want to set the column widths and am not defining them in xaml, which event should I be listening to so that I can set the column widths in code?

If there are any examples of binding to a collection of objects that would also be useful.

Thanks.

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    Hello,

     

    You can change the columns settings by defining the FieldLayout and the Fields in xaml like this: 

     

    <igDP:XamDataGrid.FieldLayouts>       

    <igDP:FieldLayout >         

    <igDP:FieldLayout.Fields>           

    <igDP:Field Name="passingyards" Label="Total Passing Yards" Width="200" />            

    <igDP:Field Name="passingyardsperattempt" Label="Passing Yards/Attempt" />           

    <igDP:Field Name="passingyardspergame" Label="Passing Yards/Game" />

    </igDP:FieldLayout.Fields>      

    </igDP:FieldLayout>

    <igDP:XamDataGrid.FieldLayouts>        

     

    You can hook to XamDataGrid's Loaded event or FieldLayoutInitialized event using this code:

    xamDataGrid.FieldLayouts[0].Fields["passingyards"].Width = new FieldLength(200);

    Hope this helps.

     

    Thanks,

    Diyan Dimitrov