ListEditProperties.ValueType Property

Gets the data type of the editor’s values.

Namespace: DevExpress.Web

Assembly: DevExpress.Web.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Web

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue(typeof(string))]
public Type ValueType { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(GetType(String))>
Public Property ValueType As Type

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
Type	string	A Type object that represents the type of values.

Remarks

The ValueType property’s value affects the data type used to specify the ListEditItem.Value property of the editor’s items.

The ValueType property supports the following values.

• System.Boolean
• System.Int16
• System.Int32
• System.String
• System.Char
• System.Byte
• System.Guid

Note

The ValueType property synchronizes its value with the editor’s ASPxListEdit.ValueType property.

Example

ASPX

<dx:ASPxListBox ID="lbModels" SelectionMode="CheckColumn" EnableSelectAll="true" DataSourceID="PhoneModels" ValueField="ID" ValueType="System.String" ... >
     <CaptionSettings Position="Top" />
     <Columns>
          <dx:ListBoxColumn FieldName="Name" Caption="Model" Width="100%" />
          <dx:ListBoxColumn FieldName="Price" Width="50px" />
     </Columns>
</dx:ASPxListBox>
<asp:XmlDataSource ID="PhoneModels" DataFile="~/App_Data/PhoneModels.xml" XPath="//Model" runat="server" />

XML

<PhoneModels>
     <Model ID="1"  Name="Model1"  Price="$100" ... ></Model>
     <Model ID="2"  Name="Model2"  Price="$100" ... ></Model>
     <Model ID="3"  Name="Model3"  Price="$150" ... ></Model>
     <Model ID="4"  Name="Model4"  Price="$200" ... ></Model>
     <Model ID="5"  Name="Model5"  Price="$200" ... ></Model>
     ...
</PhoneModels>

For a full example, see List Box with Multiple Selection demo.