Alright I will give that a shot, though I find this a bit confusing for two reasons:

1.  This is a read-only datagrid so what would the EditorStyle have to do with read only data fields?

2. Why do you have Converter, ConverterParameter and ConverterCulture parameters on the field when they are not being used for what they should be intended for?  What are they being used for then?

Thanks,

Chris

Sorry, I probably should have explained I am  using the express edition of the xamDataGrid, which does not appear include these editors, only the text editor.

Is it just not possible to format the text with the express edition?  I can understand the express edition have limitations, but this is overall a very simple datagrid display. 

Since I am using A M-V-VM here I can obviously format in the viewmodel and bind to a string property instead.  My main reason for not doing this is loosing the ability to use the column summaries and get sums of the decimal amounts (I am assuming it does not format strings). 

The last thing I can think of would be to write something that inherits from Decimal but overrides the ToString() method, though I am not sure if that will have the intended effect.

Ok just to update, I have downloaded the full evaluation package and I can confirm this works.  My questions about the solution still stand though and I would like to hear what you have to say about it.  I found the approach to common string formatting a bit odd, when you compare it to the stringformat options for databinding on say a textblock or even using the CTP WPF Datagrid on codeplex (which obviously has it's own shortcommings and issues)

I am overall fairly impressed with the controls you provide for WPF and I am currently evaluating which (if any) controls package my office will want to go with for development.

On a related note regarding the express version.  While it is only a free version, I find the fact that it has such powerful features like grouping by column and hierarchical databinding (probably the best out of any available datagrid) at odds with the fact that you can't format a number or a date.  It does seem like an obvious oversight.

Hello Chris,

As I suspected there is a way to do the same thing with only the XamTextEditor:

<Style TargetType="{x:Type igEditors:XamTextEditor}" x:Key="TheDateStyle">
   <Setter Property="Format" Value="dd/MMMM/yyyy" />
</Style>

<Style TargetType="{x:Type igEditors:XamTextEditor}" x:Key="TheCurrencyStyle">
   <Setter Property="Format" Value="$###,#.##" />
</Style>

And you set them to the field int the xamDataGrid like this:

<igDP:Field Name="Money">
    <igDP:Field.Settings>
        <igDP:FieldSettings EditAsType="{x:Type sys:String}""                                                    
                            EditorType="{x:Type igEditors:XamTextEditor}"
                            EditorStyle="{StaticResource TheCurrencyStyle}"/>
        </igDP:Field.Settings>
</igDP:Field>
                       
<igDP:Field Name="LastPayed">
    <igDP:Field.Settings>
        <igDP:FieldSettings EditAsType="{x:Type sys:String}"
                            EditorType="{x:Type igEditors:XamTextEditor}"
                            EditorStyle="{StaticResource TheDateStyle}" />
    </igDP:Field.Settings>
</igDP:Field>

Hope this helps.

Best regards Petar.

Thanks, I will have to try that out.  It is likely that I will be getting the full version of the controls package as I have use for the controls in a few situations including ASP.NET and Winforms, but it is nice to be able to have a working solution for number formatting in the meantime.

Hi,

If you would like to formate the column from code, you can try this out, it seems to work for my application.

Style st = new Style(typeof(XamTextEditor));

Setter setter = new Setter(XamTextEditor.FormatProperty, "dd MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss");

st.Setters.Add(setter);

XamDataGrid1.Records.FieldLayout.Fields["DateFieldColumn"].Settings.EditorStyle = st;

Michael

Is there a way in XAML to define the Language to use the current system language?  For example, for a .NET TextBox you would specific in the Binding information

<TextBox Text="{Binding DblValue, StringFormat={}{0:0.##}, ConverterCulture={x:Static glob:CultureInfo.CurrentCulture}"/>

Is there an equivalent for using the CurrentCulture when defining the Language property instead of a hard-coded value such as "de-DE"?

<Setter Property="Language" Value="de-DE" />

How to set for field a comma value?? I just set the Culture for de-DE, but in the Fields there are only values with points -> 12.3  i need the 12,3  with a comma.

<Style TargetType="{x:Type Editors:XamTextEditor}" x:Key="TheCurrencyStyle">
                    <Setter Property="Format" Value="###,#.##" />
                </Style>

That doesn´t work