Web - How to show links to referenced objects in ListView grid columns (Open Related Object or OpenObjectController in ASP.NET)

Hi Ad,

This is a specificity of the Data-Specific Column Types for ASPxGridView feature. To revert back to the old mode, consider one of the following options:
1. Set the static ASPxGridListEditor.UseASPxGridViewDataSpecificColumns property to false in the Global.asax.cs file. Take special note that we disabled these links in ASPxGridListEditor to achieve a better ListView loading performance by default.
OR
2. Enable data item templates for individual columns, e.g. for columns showing business objects using the ASPxGridListEditor.CreateCustomDataItemTemplate event:

C#
public class ViewController1 : ViewController<ListView> {  
    ASPxGridListEditor gridListEditor;  
    protected override void OnActivated() {  
        base.OnActivated();  
        gridListEditor = View.Editor as ASPxGridListEditor;  
        if (gridListEditor != null) {  
            gridListEditor.CreateCustomDataItemTemplate += gridListEditor_CreateCustomDataItemTemplate;  
        }  
    }  
    void gridListEditor_CreateCustomDataItemTemplate(object sender, CreateCustomDataItemTemplateEventArgs e) {  
        if (e.ModelColumn.PropertyEditorType.IsSubclassOf(typeof(ASPxObjectPropertyEditorBase))) {  
            e.CreateDefaultDataItemTemplate = true;  
        }  
    }  
    protected override void OnDeactivated() {  
        base.OnDeactivated();  
        if (gridListEditor != null) {  
            gridListEditor.CreateCustomDataItemTemplate -= gridListEditor_CreateCustomDataItemTemplate;  
            gridListEditor = null;  
        }  
    }  
}  

Visual Basic
Public Class ViewController1  
    Inherits ViewController(Of ListView)  
    Private gridListEditor As ASPxGridListEditor  
    Protected Overrides Sub OnActivated()  
        MyBase.OnActivated()  
        gridListEditor = TryCast(View.Editor, ASPxGridListEditor)  
        If gridListEditor IsNot Nothing Then  
            AddHandler gridListEditor.CreateCustomDataItemTemplate, AddressOf gridListEditor_CreateCustomDataItemTemplate  
        End If  
    End Sub  
    Private Sub gridListEditor_CreateCustomDataItemTemplate(sender As Object, e As CreateCustomDataItemTemplateEventArgs)  
        If e.ModelColumn.PropertyEditorType.IsSubclassOf(GetType(ASPxObjectPropertyEditorBase)) Then  
            e.CreateDefaultDataItemTemplate = True  
        End If  
    End Sub  
    Protected Overrides Sub OnDeactivated()  
        MyBase.OnDeactivated()  
        If gridListEditor IsNot Nothing Then  
            RemoveHandler gridListEditor.CreateCustomDataItemTemplate, AddressOf gridListEditor_CreateCustomDataItemTemplate  
            gridListEditor = Nothing  
        End If  
    End Sub  
End Class  

If you want a similar feature in Web DetailView for lookup editors, check solutions for ASPxLookupPropertyEditor and ASPxGridLookupPropertyEditor in Web - Open Related Record functionality in DetailView (Edit Mode).

See also:
UI.Web - Group rows show plain text in version 14.2
Performance.Web - Use data-specific column types instead of data item templates whenever possible