OK, So I don't know if this is possible but? I'm trying to populate a DataGrid (Telerik RadGridView to be exact) and want to dynamically determine the edit controls. I'm trying to create a grid to display data that is being imported into the application and show three columns (Property Name, Inbound Data and Current Database Data). Based on a property in my object class the "Property Name" column needs to have a CheckBox placed in front of it. This follows with the other columns as far as conditionally appending a button so a lookup can occur (a TextBox or TextBlock would be in front of the button to display the current value). I hope this explains what I'm attempting to do. Below is the XAML I've come up with.

Oh This going into a WPF MVVM C# application.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

<UserControl x:Class="PulseHL7Importer.Views.DetailView"
         xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
         xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
         xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
         xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
         xmlns:telerik="http://schemas.telerik.com/2008/xaml/presentation"
         xmlns:p="clr-namespace:PulseHL7Importer.Properties"
         xmlns:fw="clr-namespace:PulseHL7Importer.Framework"
         xmlns:vm="clr-namespace:PulseHL7Importer.ViewModels"
         mc:Ignorable="d"
         d:DesignHeight="200" d:DesignWidth="961">
<UserControl.Resources>
    <telerik:BooleanToVisibilityConverter x:Key="BooleanVisibilityConverter" />
    <DataTemplate x:Key="AddCheckBox">
        <DataTemplate.Triggers>
            <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding HasCheckBox}" Value="True" />
        </DataTemplate.Triggers>
        <CheckBox IsChecked="{Binding IsChecked}" Margin="2,0,5,0" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center" />
    </DataTemplate>
    <DataTemplate x:Key="AddTextBlock">
        <DataTemplate.Triggers>
            <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding IsReadOnly}" Value="True" />
        </DataTemplate.Triggers>
        <TextBlock Text="{Binding Value}" />
    </DataTemplate>
    <DataTemplate x:Key="AddTextBox">
        <DataTemplate.Triggers>
            <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding IsReadOnly}" Value="False" />
        </DataTemplate.Triggers>
        <TextBox Text="{Binding Value}" />
    </DataTemplate>
    <DataTemplate x:Key="AddButton">
        <DataTemplate.Triggers>
            <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding HasLookup}" Value="True" />
        </DataTemplate.Triggers>
        <Button Content="..." Width="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}, Path=ActualHeight}"
                VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center"/>
    </DataTemplate>
    <DataTemplate x:Key="ConditionalTemplate">
        <Grid>
            <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
                <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
                <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
            </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
            <ContentPresenter Grid.Column="0" Content="{Binding}" ContentTemplate="{StaticResource AddCheckBox}" />
            <ContentPresenter Grid.Column="1" Content="{Binding}" ContentTemplate="{StaticResource AddTextBlock}" />
            <ContentPresenter Grid.Column="1" Content="{Binding}" ContentTemplate="{StaticResource AddTextBox}" />
            <ContentPresenter Grid.Column="2" Content="{Binding}" ContentTemplate="{StaticResource AddButton}" />
        </Grid>
    </DataTemplate>
</UserControl.Resources>
<Grid d:DataContext="{d:DesignInstance vm:DetailViewModel}">
    <telerik:RadDockPanel Width="Auto">
        <!-- Toolbar -->
        <telerik:RadDockPanel telerik:RadDockPanel.Dock="Top">
            <telerik:RadToolBar OverflowButtonVisibility="Collapsed" />
        </telerik:RadDockPanel>

        <!-- Warnings and Errors -->
        <telerik:RadDockPanel telerik:RadDockPanel.Dock="Bottom">
            <telerik:GroupBox Header="Warnings and Errors"
                              telerik:Theming.Theme="{Binding Source={x:Static p:Settings.Default}, Path=SelectedTheme}">
                <TextBox Height="60" IsReadOnly="True"
                         VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto"
                         Background="FloralWhite" />
            </telerik:GroupBox>
        </telerik:RadDockPanel>

        <!-- Grid Area -->
        <telerik:RadDockPanel Width="Auto">
            <telerik:RadGridView Name="DetailGridView" Width="Auto" AutoGenerateColumns="False" RowIndicatorVisibility="Collapsed"
                                 CanUserDeleteRows="False" CanUserInsertRows="False" CanUserReorderColumns="False"
                                 CanUserSortColumns="False" IsFilteringAllowed="False" ColumnWidth="*"
                                 ShowGroupPanel="False" ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Properties}" >
                <telerik:RadGridView.Columns>
                    <telerik:GridViewDataColumn Header="Name" DataMemberBinding="{Binding Path=Value}">
                        <telerik:GridViewDataColumn.CellTemplate>
                            <DataTemplate>
                                <ContentPresenter ContentTemplate="{StaticResource ConditionalTemplate}" Content="{Binding Path=Properties}" />
                            </DataTemplate>
                        </telerik:GridViewDataColumn.CellTemplate>
                        <telerik:GridViewDataColumn.CellEditTemplate>
                            <DataTemplate>
                                <ContentPresenter ContentTemplate="{StaticResource ConditionalTemplate}" Content="{Binding Path=Properties}" />
                            </DataTemplate>
                        </telerik:GridViewDataColumn.CellEditTemplate>
                    </telerik:GridViewDataColumn>
                    <telerik:GridViewDataColumn Header="Client Data" DataMemberBinding="{Binding Path=ClientData.Value}">
                        <telerik:GridViewDataColumn.CellEditTemplate>
                            <DataTemplate>
                                <ContentPresenter ContentTemplate="{StaticResource ConditionalTemplate}" Content="{Binding Path=ClientData}" />
                            </DataTemplate>
                        </telerik:GridViewDataColumn.CellEditTemplate>
                    </telerik:GridViewDataColumn>
                    <telerik:GridViewDataColumn Header="Pulse Data" DataMemberBinding="{Binding Path=PulseData.Value}">
                        <telerik:GridViewDataColumn.CellEditTemplate>
                            <DataTemplate>
                                <ContentPresenter ContentTemplate="{StaticResource ConditionalTemplate}" Content="{Binding Path=PulseData}" />
                            </DataTemplate>
                        </telerik:GridViewDataColumn.CellEditTemplate>
                    </telerik:GridViewDataColumn>
                </telerik:RadGridView.Columns>
            </telerik:RadGridView>
        </telerik:RadDockPanel>
    </telerik:RadDockPanel>
</Grid>

Usually ContentPresenters get the respective implicit template, so you just need to bind the Content of one to the property or DataContext you want templated and it should be templated.

(Not sure if this applies to your problem as i did not quite understand what you wanted to say)