Notice the following portion in the article where it defines a DataTemplateColumn. You can see that
data binding is used to display text in the text block. Binding gives you an option to add a converter to modify the source to a format you want. See this article on converters:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc278072(vs.95).aspx
Jim Mangaly
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Re: Formating Data grid date column
Apr 23, 2008 12:16 PM | LINK
Check out this link in MSDN: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc189753(VS.95).aspx
Notice the following portion in the article where it defines a DataTemplateColumn. You can see that data binding is used to display text in the text block. Binding gives you an option to add a converter to modify the source to a format you want. See this article on converters: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc278072(vs.95).aspx
<data:DataGridTemplateColumn Header="Name">
<data:DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<TextBlock Padding="5,0,5,0"
Text="{Binding FirstName}"/>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding LastName}"/>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</data:DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate
</data:DataGridTemplateColumn>
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