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Unfortunately, there is no way to migrate directly from Xceed DataGrid for WPF to Xceed DataGrid for Silverlight;  however, every attempt was made to keep a familiar API and to diminish the learning curve. This topic was designed to give you a quick reference guide to allow you to get familiarized with the differences. 

One of the most notable difference between Xceed DataGrid for Silverlight and Xceed DataGrid for WPF is the absence of a custom DataGridCollectionView, which is the hub through which all data manipulations occur in Xceed DataGrid for WPF. In Xceed DataGrid for Silverlight, most of these manipulations are done at the datagrid level. For example, in Xceed DataGrid for WPF, groups were defined on the DataGridCollectionView through its GroupDescriptions collection. The technique is the same in Xceed DataGrid for Silverlight; however, the GroupDescriptions collection is defined on the DataGridControl class, which is the core class of Xceed DataGrid for Silverlight.

The following tables provide a list of the most commonly used members in Xceed DataGrid for WPF and their Xceed DataGrid for Silverlight counterparts.

Table 1: DataGridCollectionView[Source] classes

	Xceed DataGrid for WPF	Xceed DataGrid for Silverlight
	AutoCreateDetailDescriptions	N/A
	AutoCreateForeignKeyDescriptions	N/A
	AutoCreateItemProperties	DataGridControl.AutoCreateColumns
	AutoFilterMode	N/A
	DetailDescriptions	N/A
	Filter	DataGridControl Filter event
	GroupDescriptions	DataGridControl.GroupDescriptions
	SortDescriptions	DataGridControl.SortDescriptions
	StatFunctions	DataGridControl.StatFunctions
	BeginningEdit	DataGridControl.SourceItemEditBeginning
	CancelingEdit	DataGridControl.SourceItemEditCanceling
	CancelingNewItem	N/A
	CommittingEdit	DataGridControl.SourceItemEditEnding
	CommittingNewItem	N/A
	CreatingNewItem	DataGridControl.CreatingNewSourceItem
	EditBegun	DataGridControl.SourceItemEditBegun
	EditCanceled	DataGridControl.SourceItemEditCanceled
	EditCommitted	DataGridControl.SourceItemEditEnded
	InitializingNewItem	DataGridControl.CreatingNewSourceItem DataGridControl.NewSourceItemCreated
	ItemRemoved	N/A
	NewItemCanceled	N/A
	NewItemCommitted	DataGridControl.SourceItemEditEnded
	NewItemCreated	DataGridControl.NewSourceItemCreated
	RemovingItem	N/A

Table 2: DataGridControl class

	Xceed DataGrid for WPF	Xceed DataGrid for Silverlight
	AutoCreateColumns	AutoCreateColumns
	AutoCreateDetailConfigurations	N/A
	AutoCreateForeignKeyConfigurations	N/A
	CellEditorDisplayConditions	CellEditorDisplayConditions
	CellErrorStyle	N/A
	Columns	Columns
	CurrentColumn	CurrentColumn
	CurrentItem	CurrentItem
	DetailConfigurations	N/A
	EditTriggers	EditTriggers
	GroupConfigurationSelector	GroupConfigurationSelector
	GroupLevelDescriptions	GroupDescriptions
	NavigationBehavior	N/A
	SelectedCellRanges	N/A
	SelectedIndex	N/A
	SelectedItem	BeginGetSelectedItems/EndGetSelectedItems SelectedItem
	SelectedItemRanges	SelectedRanges
	SelectedItems	BeginGetSelectedItems/EndGetSelectedItems SelectedItems
	SelectionMode	SelectionMode
	SelectionUnit	N/A
	UpdateSourceTrigger	UpdateSourceTrigger
	View	N/A
	VisibleColumns	N/A
	BeginEdit	BeginEdit
	BringItemIntoView	BringItemIntoView BringColumnIntoView
	CancelEdit	CancelEdit
	CollapseGroup	CollapseGroup
	EndEdit	EndEdit
	ExpandGroup	ExpandGroup
	ExportTo*	ExcelExporter and CsvExporter classes
	GetDataGridContext	DataGridContext
	GetParentDataGridControl	N/A
	GetParentGroupFromItem	N/A
	LoadUserSettings	N/A
	Print	N/A
	SaveUserSettings	N/A
	ToggleGroupExpansion	ToggleGroupExpansion
	CurrentChanged	PropertyChanged
	CurrentChanging	N/A
	DeletingSelectedItems	N/A
	InitializingInsertionRow	CreatingNewSourceItem NewSourceItemCreated
	SelectionChanged	SelectionChanged
	SelectionChanging	N/A

Views and Themes

Unlike its WPF counterpart, Xceed DataGrid for Silverlight currently offers only one view, which is the equivalent of the Tableflow view provided by Xceed DataGrid for WPF. As a result, there is no property to allow the view to be changed; however, there are multiple themes that can be applied to the grid by using one of the theme resource dictionaries.

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