I too am having this problem:

<igDP:XamDataGrid DataSource="{Binding AvailableProjects}" AutoFit="True" Name="XamDataGrid1" GroupByAreaLocation="None">

<igDP:XamDataGrid.Resources>

<!-- This Style puts a CheckBox into the record selectors. -->

<Style TargetType="{x:Type igDP:RecordSelector}" BasedOn="{x:Null}">

<Setter Property="Template">

<Setter.Value>

<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type igDP:RecordSelector}">

HorizontalAlignment="Center"

VerticalAlignment="Center"

IsChecked="{Binding Path=DataItem.IsChecked, Mode=TwoWay}"

/>

</ControlTemplate>

</Setter.Value>

</Setter>

</Style>

<!-- This Style puts a CheckBox into the header area above the record selectors. -->

<Style TargetType="{x:Type igDP:HeaderPrefixArea}" BasedOn="{x:Null}">

<Setter Property="Visibility" Value="Visible" />

<Setter Property="Template">

<Setter.Value>

<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type igDP:HeaderPrefixArea}">

<CheckBox

HorizontalAlignment="Center"

IsChecked="{Binding Path=DataPresenter.DataContext.AllMembersAreChecked, Mode=TwoWay}"

/>

</ControlTemplate>

</Setter.Value>

</Setter>

</Style>

</igDP:XamDataGrid.Resources>

<igDP:XamDataGrid.FieldSettings>

<igDP:FieldSettings AllowEdit="False" GroupByMode="Default"/>

</igDP:XamDataGrid.FieldSettings>

<igDP:XamDataGrid.FieldLayouts>

<igDP:FieldLayout>

<igDP:FieldLayout.Settings>

<igDP:FieldLayoutSettings AutoArrangeCells="Never" AutoGenerateFields="False" />

</igDP:FieldLayout.Settings>

<igDP:FieldLayout.Fields>

<igDP:Field Name="Name" Label="Server Name" />

<igDP:Field Name="IsChecked" Visibility="Collapsed" />

</igDP:FieldLayout.Fields>

<igDP:FieldLayout.SortedFields>

<igDP:FieldSortDescription FieldName="Name" />

</igDP:FieldLayout.SortedFields>

</igDP:FieldLayout>

</igDP:XamDataGrid.FieldLayouts>

</igDP:XamDataGrid>

Even though I have the AutoGenerate set to false, I see all the fields from my data, even down to Hierarchical items...

I have found that if a field Name does not exits, instead of ignoring it as is the WPF default the xamDataGrid will ignore the AutoGeneratteFields=False and display all of the fields.

This may be as designed behaviour, but it is most anoying...

Hi Martin,

The reason this happens is because the FieldLayout matching logic can't find a match and generates a new fieldlayout. However, if you set the AutoGenerateFields property of the XamDataGrid's FieldLayoutSettings (which becomes the default for all FieldLayouts) then you would see the expected behaviour, i.e. no fields would be shown: e.g.

            <igDP:XamDataGrid.FieldLayoutSettings>
                <igDP:FieldLayoutSettings AutoGenerateFields="False" />
            </igDP:XamDataGrid.FieldLayoutSettings>

In the example you gave you set the AutoGenerateFields propery on the specific FieldLayou you defined in Xaml which wasn't used due to the field name not matching.

Joe

"The reason this happens is because the FieldLayout matching logic can't find a match and generates a new fieldlayout."

Is there any way to find out WHY a match cannot be found?   I get this behavior seemingly randomly and cannot figure out why this is sometimes happening (sometimes it happens sometimes not when running the application and showing different instances of the same grid).

No exceptions, no errors, no warnings.  Very difficult to debug!