Hi

Agreed that the mask would format the bound value, but based on the same logic shouldnt it format the value based on the type of input in the case datetime type and not as a string always...

Hello guys,

isnt there a way to do this ? i 'm sure there would be.....

Waiting for a reply....

Hi,

i found a solution for this problem of mine

We have to use a converter in the XamDataGrid.

The Name of the converter is FieldToEditorConverter
it has to be used in the following manner
put this tag in the page.resources

<Page.Resources>
<local:FieldToEditorConverter  x:Key="dateTimeValueConverter"/>
</Page.Resources>

and the field(column) will have to be set like this

<igDP:Field Name="Startdate" Label="Start Date" >
             <igDP:Field.Settings>
                           <igDP:FieldSettings EditorType="{x:Type igEditors:XamDateTimeEditor}">
                                        <igDP:FieldSettings.EditorStyle>
                                                    <Style TargetType="{x:Type igEditors:XamDateTimeEditor}">
                                                            <Setter Property="ValueToDisplayTextConverter" Value="{StaticResource dateTimeValueConverter}"/>
                                                    </Style>
                                      </igDP:FieldSettings.EditorStyle>
                         </igDP:FieldSettings>
             </igDP:Field.Settings>
 </igDP:Field>

/***** Converter ***********/

Public Class FieldToEditorConverter
    Implements IValueConverter


    Public Function Convert(ByVal value As Object, ByVal targetType As System.Type, ByVal parameter As Object, ByVal culture As System.Globalization.CultureInfo) As Object Implements System.Windows.Data.IValueConverter.Convert
        If value IsNot Nothing AndAlso TypeOf value Is DateTime Then
            Dim dtmDate As DateTime = DirectCast(value, DateTime)
            Return (dtmDate.ToString("dd/MMM/yyyy"))
        Else
            Return (String.Empty)
        End If

    End Function

    Public Function ConvertBack(ByVal value As Object, ByVal targetType As System.Type, ByVal parameter As Object, ByVal culture As System.Globalization.CultureInfo) As Object Implements System.Windows.Data.IValueConverter.ConvertBack
        If value IsNot Nothing AndAlso TypeOf value Is String Then
            Return DateTime.Parse(DirectCast(value, String))
        Else
            Return Nothing
        End If
    End Function
End Class

Hi

Actually a bit surprised with that .

i tried a  work around of changing the format of the property( of datetime type ofcourse) bound to the field but that didnt help either, nothing showed up in that cell.

Anyways thanks for replying.