Is there a way to change the formatting expression of a column in the
property builder of the datagrid to make boolean values appear as yes/no
instead of true/false?

thanks,

shane

Not through the Property Builder, no. You should use a TemplateColumn
that calls a custom function that customizes the output. (Displays Yes
for True, No for False, or whatever...) See:
http://datawebcontrols.com/faqs/Cust...umnValue.shtml

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You can use PreRender event to go through all items and replace true/false
with yes/no.

Eliyahu

"SStory" <TheStorys (AT) TAKEOUTTHISSPAMBUSTERsofthome (DOT) net> wrote

could you show me a little code please?

Thanks for the reply,

Shane

"Eliyahu Goldin" <removemeegoldin (AT) monarchmed (DOT) com> wrote

In this example the column # 3 contains boolean value you want to render as
"Yes/No"

private void myGrid_PreRender(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
// apply PreRender rules to every row
foreach (DataGridItem item in (sender as DataGrid).Items)
{
if (item.Cells[3].Text.ToUpper() == "TRUE")
item.Cells[3].Text = "Yes";
else
item.Cells[3].Text = "No";
}
}

Eliyahu
"SStory" <TheStorys (AT) TAKEOUTTHISSPAMBUSTERsofthome (DOT) net> wrote

awesome solution! Works great.

thanks,

Shane

"Eliyahu Goldin" <removemeegoldin (AT) monarchmed (DOT) com> wrote

You can try this method also . Check out "Manipulating DataSource Values
while binding to DataGrid" section in the following article.
http://www.microsoft.com/india/msdn/...rQuestions.asp
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"SStory" <TheStorys (AT) TAKEOUTTHISSPAMBUSTERsofthome (DOT) net> wrote

Thanks.

I have found a lot of good information from the Microsoft India site.

"Saravana [MVP]" <saravank (AT) sct (DOT) co.in.nospam> wrote