How do you create expandable properties using custom IDataAccessor implementations?

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Posted 8 years ago by Magnus Lindhe
Version: 15.1.0624
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I have looked at the Custom Factory samples but I can not figure out how to create custom property hierarchies that are expandable. I can not see how to correctly implement the parent/child relationship.

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Posted 8 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA
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Hi Magnus,

Property expandability normally depends on the TypeConverter associated with a property value returning that the value has properties, via its GetPropertiesSupported method returning true, and its GetProperties method returning additional properties.

But if you are using a custom factory, it's easy to add child properties.  The factory's GetProperties method is called when each property is being readied for display.  You can simply return a list of child data accessors for it.  You can see in our QuickStart how we make a list of custom child data accessors for any property of type CustomerViewModel.  The same sort of thing could apply to any other type.


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The latest build of this product (v24.1.2) was released 0 days ago, which was after the last post in this thread.

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