CellValueType set to string for expression columns

[Faraz Haque]

I have been struggling to format the cells in the expression field of my grouping grid, but the Format property doesnt seem to work. On further investigation, i found out that the cell value types for those columns is set to System.String. I am trying to set it back to typeof(decimal), but this doesnt seem to work. Can someone please post a workaround!

thanks

[Administrator]

Faraz,

the following ctor initializes a new expression field with a name, expression, and result type. The result type will then be picked up by style.CellValueType and your style.Format should work then.

public ExpressionFieldDescriptor(
string name,
string expression,
Type resultType
);

Parameters:
name - The name of the field.
expression - The expression. See the Grid User''s Guide for expression syntax and examples.
resultType - The result type.

Stefan

>I have been struggling to format the cells in the expression field of my grouping grid, but the Format property doesnt seem to work. On further investigation, i found out that the cell value types for those columns is set to System.String. I am trying to set it back to typeof(decimal), but this doesnt seem to work. Can someone please post a workaround!
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