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• Jane

  Posted on Feb 2, 2012 (permalink)

  I need to display a date as a non-modifiable string. 
  It used to show on a calendar, getting ContractStart value of type DateTime.
  
  

  <dt>@(Html.Telerik().DatePicker()

             .Name("StartDate")

             .Value((DateTime?)ViewBag.ContractStart))

          </dt>

  
   
  I want something like below, where ViewBag.ContractStart has been changed to a string type : 
  

  <dt>@(Html.Telerik().LabelFor()
                  .Name("StartDate")
                  .Value(ViewBag.ContractStart))</dt>

  but LabelFor doesn't seem to be an option. 
  
  Not sure how to make it work with Telerik().HtmlHelper() either.
  Links to documentation and/or examples are appreciated!
  
  thanks
  Jane

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• Atanas Korchev Atanas Korchev

  Posted on Feb 3, 2012 (permalink)

  Hi,

   Why don' you output the value like this?:
  
  @ViewBag.ContactStart
  
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  Atanas Korchev
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• Jane

  Posted on Feb 3, 2012 (permalink)

  It shows correct string initially, but when ViewBag.StartDate value is updated it is not shown.

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• Atanas Korchev Atanas Korchev

  Posted on Feb 6, 2012 (permalink)

  Hello,

   I am sorry but I don't understand what the problem is. An ASP.NET MVC view will display all updated values once rendered.

  Regards,
  Atanas Korchev
  the Telerik team

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• Jane

  Posted on Feb 6, 2012 (permalink)

  When the page loads, ViewBag.StartDate has a value, and it is displayed correctly. 
  However, a user gets to  change other values on the page (select different entries in drop downs, etc..), which causes ViewBag.StartDate value to be set to a different date.   The page is not rendered again, but I need the updated value to show up.

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• Atanas Korchev Atanas Korchev

  Posted on Feb 7, 2012 (permalink)

  Hello,

   I still don't understand what the problem is. How is the ViewBag.StartDate updated without a request to the server side?

  All the best,
  Atanas Korchev
  the Telerik team

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• Jane

  Posted on Feb 7, 2012 (permalink)

  There is a request to the server side, the ViewBag is updated on the server call. 

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• Atanas Korchev Atanas Korchev

  Posted on Feb 7, 2012 (permalink)

  Hi,

   Perhaps you can return the date as a result of this server request and update it in the view using JavaScript. Even if there were a component showing readonly dates you still would need to update it using code in this case.

  Kind regards,
  Atanas Korchev
  the Telerik team

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• Jane

  Posted on Feb 7, 2012 (permalink)

  Yes, that would be fine.
  Can you point me to an example, or documentation for relevant JavaScript calls?  
  

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• Atanas Korchev Atanas Korchev

  Posted on Feb 7, 2012 (permalink)

  Hello,

   Since we don't offer this behavior out of the box we don't have any examples or documentation. You can however search online 

  All the best,
  Atanas Korchev
  the Telerik team

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