GridControl properties

[Roger]

I am trying to set column header properties of a GridControl.
I want to get hold of the BaseStylesMap propertyinfo of the gridcontrol and set the columnheader.
i.e, i want to do something like
theGridControl.BaseStylesMap.baseStyles.ColumnHeader.Font = "Arial". Please let me know how to set these properties (using say PropertyInfo.SetValue).

The reason is because i want to store the style in an xml file say in the format
.
Then i want to read the property name from the xml file and get the corresponding property from the gridcontrol and set its style (in this case the column header)

[Administrator]

Hi Roger,

Try this code.

this.gridControl1.BaseStylesMap["Column Header"].StyleInfo.Font = new Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Grid.GridFontInfo(new Font("Arial",14f));

Please refer to the attached sample for more details.
GridBaseStyleInfoSample.zip

Best Regards,
Haneef

[Administrator]

Excellent. That works. Thanks for the quick response.

Rgds
Rakesh

[Administrator]

One more question..

Can we do something like
gridControl.BaseStylesMap["Column Header"].StyleInfo.Font = "Tahoma,18.25,style=Regular";

i.e.,
As i said i wanted to read a property from an xml file say do set value like
1) Get the property
PropertyInfo prop = gridControl.GetType().GetProperty("gridControl.BaseStylesMap["Column Header"].StyleInfo.Font");

2) create the font object from the font string (read from xml file)

Type type=prop.PropertyType;
Object o = RuntimeHelpers.GetObjectValue(TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(type).ConvertFromString("Tahoma,18.25,style=Regular"));

3) set the property value
prop.SetValue(gridControl, o, null);

[Administrator]

Hi Roger,

The attached sample shows you how to serialize and deserialize the grids schema information. Serialization is the process of saving the state of an object by converting it into a stream of bytes. The reverse process of serialization is deserialization. The sample demonstrates three types of serialization techniques: Soap Serialization, Binary Serialization and Xml Serialization. Please refer to the attached sample for more details.

Sample : GridSchemaSerialization.zip

Best Regards,
Haneef

[Administrator]

Thanks. I tried xml serialisation.
After adding basestylesmap manually in code for column header in onload of the grid, I tried saving as xml as done in the sample.

But I couldnt find any info in the resultant xml file regarding the 'column header'. neither did the deserialisation retrieve the column headers.

Please advise.

[Administrator]

Hi Roger,

Sorry for the inconvenience caused. The last attached sample serialize and deserialize the grids data information with XML format. If you want to save individual style object, then you could try style.WriteXml() to see if that helps.

File s = File.Create(dlg.FileName);
XmlWriter xw = new XmlTextWriter(s, System.Text.Encoding.Default);
XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(this.gridControl1[0,1].GetType());
this.gridControl1[0,1].WriteXml(xw);
s.Close();

Use the grid[1,1].ReadXml() method to deserialize the content from Xml.

File s = File.Create(dlg.FileName);
XmlReader xw = new XmlTextReader(s);
XmlSerializer xs = new System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(this.gridControl1[0,1].GetType());
this.gridControl1[0,1] .ReadXml(xw);
s.Close();

Best Regards,
Haneef

[Administrator]

Thanks for the reply.

But doesnt look like basestylemap details(column header basestyle) which i added to the grid got saved in the xml file.

Say i do:
Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Grid.GridBaseStyle gridBaseStyle = = new Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Grid.GridBaseStyle();
gridBaseStyle1.Name = "Column Header";
gridBaseStyle1.StyleInfo.Font.Bold = true;
gridBaseStyle1.StyleInfo.Font.Facename = "Tahoma";
gridControl1.BaseStylesMap.AddRange(new Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Grid.GridBaseStyle[] { gridBaseStyle1 });

Now when i save in xml i need this property saved. Please let me know how to do that?