not workin ......btw forgot to mention one thing..i have binded the Datagrids datasource to a linq query var q = from c in xdoc.Descendants("Africa") orderby ((string)c.Element(cb1.Text).Value) ascending select new { Country = c.Element("Country").Value, *= c.Element(cb1.Text).Value }; xdg1.DataSource = q.ToArray(); wot i want is the second column name to be the combobox text .....so wot should i write in the second select statement (the one marked with *) ......plz help

don't know why its not showin up here..can u plz upload ur project ..lemme crosscheck ......

no..haven't installed it yet

one more thing......how to write the column name created at runtime in XAML ..for eg in C# we write xdg1.DefaultFieldLayout.Fields[0] ........how to do this in XAML .......

one more thing ..........how to set the columns size am getting dynamically to Autofit the contents size .........

sorry ..not able to understand it ..........anyways ..this is what i want ........i have taken this code from the documentation ... what i want to know is what to write in the first line ...coz i am getting the column title from the Linq query ...........thanks ...is there anyway to do the above in C#