ListEditCustomHighlighting.StringToRegularExpression Property

Specifies whether to convert the “string” filter condition into a regular expression.

Namespace: DevExpress.Web

Assembly: DevExpress.Web.v18.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public bool StringToRegularExpression { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property StringToRegularExpression As Boolean

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean	true, to convert the “string” filter condition into the regular expression; otherwise, false.

Remarks

Use the StringToRegularExpression property to convert the string filter condition (specified in the ListEditCustomFilteringEventArgs.CustomHighlighting property) into a regular expression.

The following code snippet illustrates how to highlight the “text” string followed by one or more occurrences of the “a”, “b” and “c” letters in the “Column1” and the number “50” followed by digits between 0 and 9 in the “Column2” among the filtered items.

C#

e.CustomHighlighting = new Dictionary<string, string>() { { "Column1", "text[a-c]+" }, { "Column2", "50[0-9]" } }
e.CustomHighlighting.StringToRegularExpression = true;