DataForm Message

The DataFormMessage mimics the RadDataForm control for displaying its data. It exposes the following properties:

• DisplayPosition—This property is of the type of the MessageDisplayPosition and allows you to specify the position of the message.
• Author—The author of the message.
• Item—This property holds the object that the DataFormMessage will edit.
• CreationDate—This property holds a DateTime object of the message's creation date.
• PropertyNames—This property is of the type of IEnumerable<string>. It holds the names of the properties of the object passed to the Item property.

Defining a DataFormMessage

Club chelsea = new Club() 
{ 
    Name = "Chelsea", 
    StadiumCapacity = 42055, 
    Established = new DateTime(1905, 1, 1) 
}; 
 
List<string> listProperties = new List<string> 
{ 
    "Name", 
    "StadiumCapacity", 
    "Established" 
}; 
 
DataFormMessage dataFormMessage = new DataFormMessage(MessageDisplayPosition.Inline, this.  currentAuthor, chelsea, listProperties); 
 
this.chat.AddMessage(dataFormMessage); 

RadChat with a DataFormMessage