Is it possible in Silverlight to bind the column header text of a DataGrid to a resource string ?

Question

I need to bind the column Header text of a DataGrid to a Resource string in a XAML file. Does anybody know if this is possible ?

The column Header definition looks like this but I would like to replace the "MyHeaderText" with text from a resource file:-

<data:DataGridTextColumn Header="MyHeaderText" Binding="{Binding SomeData}" IsReadOnly="True"/>

The Resource string would be set up in the UserControl.Resources section.

Answer 1

Have you tried anything like:

<data:DataGridTextColumn Header="{StaticResource SomeData}" 
                         IsReadOnly="True"/>

Where "SomeData" is your resource.

Answer 2

The header presentation area is limited. You can achieve this though by utilizing a string instead of a UIElement. Make sure you have the xmlns for the "System" namespace in your xaml file like so:

xmlns:sys="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib"

Then have the following defined in your UserControl's Resources section:

<sys:String x:Key="MyHeader">My Header Text</sys:String>

Then you can do basically what Sorskoot said and you shouldn't receive an error:

<data:DataGridTextColumn Header="{StaticResource MyHeader}" Binding="{Binding SomeData}" IsReadOnly="True" />

Answer 3

Note, you can do more than just use a text value if you want, but you need to use the HeaderStyle property instead of the Header Property.