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!

Make sure all of the Names of all of the Fields you do specify match property names or column names of your data source exactly (case-sensitive). Otherwise, the FieldLayout you specified won't match and we will generate one that does, in this case without any fields since AutoGenerateFields is false.

I am facing an issue with the FieldLayoutSettings. Initially, I was getting extra columns which I had not specified in the fieldlayout. After reading the suggestions above, I moved the fieldlayout settings and made it global, for a xamdatagrid. But now, I am not able to see anything on the grid. I am new to infragistics and would really appreciate any help in this regard.

<igDP:XamDataGrid DataSource="{Binding List}" VerticalAlignment ="Top" Background ="Gray" Theme

="Office2k7Black" >

<igDP:XamDataGrid.FieldLayoutSettings

>

<igDP:FieldLayoutSettings AutoGenerateFields

="False" />

</igDP:XamDataGrid.FieldLayoutSettings

>

<igDP:XamDataGrid.FieldSettings

>

<igDP:FieldSettings AllowEdit="False" LabelPresenterStyle="{Binding Source={StaticResource Epro36HeaderFont

}}"/>

</igDP:XamDataGrid.FieldSettings

>

<igDP:XamDataGrid.FieldLayouts

>

<igDP:FieldLayout

>

<igDP:FieldLayout.Fields

>

<igDP:Field Width="auto" Label="{Binding ComponentName}" Name

="Pnl">

<igDP:Field.Settings

>

<igDP:FieldSettings CellValuePresenterStyle ="{StaticResource XamCellValuePresenter}" EditorType="{x:Type Editors:XamNumericEditor}" EditorStyle="{StaticResource XamNumEditorStyle

}">

</igDP:FieldSettings

>

</igDP:Field.Settings

>

</igDP:Field

>

<igDP:Field Width="auto" Label="{Binding YestUSD}" Name

="YestUSD" >

<igDP:Field.Settings

>

<igDP:FieldSettings CellValuePresenterStyle ="{StaticResource XamCellValuePresenter}" EditorType="{x:Type Editors:XamNumericEditor}" EditorStyle="{StaticResource XamNumEditorStyle

}">

</igDP:FieldSettings

>

</igDP:Field.Settings

>

</igDP:Field

>

<igDP:Field Width="auto" Label="{Binding TodayUSD}" Name

="TodayUSD" >

<igDP:Field.Settings

>

<igDP:FieldSettings CellValuePresenterStyle ="{StaticResource XamCellValuePresenter}" EditorType="{x:Type Editors:XamNumericEditor}" EditorStyle="{StaticResource XamNumEditorStyle

}">

</igDP:FieldSettings

>

</igDP:Field.Settings

>

</igDP:Field

>

<igDP:Field Width="auto" Label="{Binding Total}" Name

="Total" >

<igDP:Field.Settings

>

<igDP:FieldSettings CellValuePresenterStyle ="{StaticResource XamCellValuePresenter}" EditorType="{x:Type Editors:XamNumericEditor}" EditorStyle="{StaticResource XamNumEditorStyle

}">

</igDP:FieldSettings

>

</igDP:Field.Settings

>

</igDP:Field

>

</igDP:FieldLayout.Fields

>

</igDP:FieldLayout

>

</igDP:XamDataGrid.FieldLayouts

>

</igDP:XamDataGrid

>

-->Hi,

I am facing an issue with the FieldLayoutSettings. Initially, I was getting extra columns which I had not specified in the fieldlayout. After reading the suggestions above, I moved the fieldlayout settings and made it global, for a xamdatagrid. But now, I am not able to see anything on the grid. I am new to infragistics and would really appreciate any help in this regard.

Thanks for this tip, I too was struggling with no fields being displayed, It turns out that if ANY of your fields don't match the data source then NO fields will be displayed and you get the blank grid.