Question

I have an RIA Services Silverlight 3.0 app using an EF model. In the model metadata I ve included several Display Name properties that I d like to use when referring to the model on the client-side (in TextBoxes, etc.. .)

I m using reflection now to get the properties of the model on the client so that if the model changes over time, I don t need to update the client code. I just can t figure out how to access the metadata.

private void Field_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    System.Reflection.MemberInfo[] members = this.ModelType.GetMembers(); 
    foreach (System.Reflection.MemberInfo member in members)
    {
        System.Reflection.PropertyInfo property = member as System.Reflection.PropertyInfo;
        if (property != null && property.PropertyType == typeof(System.String))
        {
            ComboBoxItem item = new ComboBoxItem();
            item.Content = property.Name; // <--- This is where I want to use Display Name
            this._field.Items.Add(item);
        }
    }
}

Thanks in advance,

Answer 1

You should be able to do this using GetCustomAttributes and passing the DisplayNameAttribute as the type.

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