Dynamically setting the Header text of a Silverlight DataGrid Column

Question

  <my:DataGridTemplateColumn 
            CanUserResize="False" 
            Width="150" 
            Header="{Binding MeetingName, Source={StaticResource LocStrings}}" 
            SortMemberPath="MeetingName"> 
  </my:DataGridTemplateColumn>

I have the above column in a Silverlight grid control. But it is giving me a XamlParser error because of how I am trying to set the Header property. Has anyone done this before? I want to do this for multiple languages.

Also my syntax for the binding to a resouce is correct because I tried it in a lable outside of the grid.

Answer 1

You can't Bind to Header because it's not a FrameworkElement. You can make the text dynamic by modifying the Header Template like this:

xmlns:data="clr-namespace:System.Windows.Controls;assembly=System.Windows.Controls.Data"
xmlns:dataprimitives="clr-namespace:System.Windows.Controls.Primitives;assembly=System.Windows.Controls.Data"

<data:DataGridTemplateColumn>   
   <data:DataGridTemplateColumn.HeaderStyle>
       <Style TargetType="dataprimitives:DataGridColumnHeader">
          <Setter Property="Template">
             <Setter.Value>
                <ControlTemplate>                                        
                  <TextBlock Text="{Binding MeetingName, Source={StaticResource LocStrings}}" />                
               </ControlTemplate>
            </Setter.Value>
         </Setter>
      </Style>
   </data:DataGridTemplateColumn.HeaderStyle>
</data:DataGridTemplateColumn>