Accessing properties of scoped object

[Nick]

I have a grid that I'm assigning as a child template to a parent grid.  The child template looks like this:

<script id="client-template" type="text/x-kendo-template">
    @(Html.Kendo().Grid<EnrolledUnit>()
        .Name("grid_#=Enrolment.EnrolmentId#")
        .Columns(columns =>
        {
            columns.Bound(enrolledUnit => enrolledUnit.DisplayName);
        })
        .DataSource(dataSource => dataSource
            .Ajax()
            .Read(read => read
                .Action("EnrolledUnits_Read", "EnrolledUnits", new { enrolmentId = "1" })
            )
        )
        .ToClientTemplate()
    )
</script>

In particular, this line is what I need help with: Name("grid_#=Enrolment.EnrolmentId#")

That line doesn't work - the parser fails (returns a Javascript error saying "Invalid template").  It seems to be the use of dot syntax within that Name method that's causing the issue.  If I change my template to this:

<script id="client-template" type="text/x-kendo-template">
    #=Enrolment.EnrolmentId#
</script>

The EnrolmentId is output with no issues, proving that the item exists and the property exists and is populated. It seems to be using the dot syntax in the Name method specifically that is causing the problem.

[Kiril Nikolov]

Hi Nick,

I am afraid that nested properties within a grid name with MVC are not supported. Do you really need to set the grid name according to the supplied data, do you reference the grids on a later stage and perform some operations? As a workaround I can suggest you to use the detailInit event and initialize the grid using JavaScript as in this demo:

http://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/grid/hierarchy

Regards,
Kiril Nikolov
Telerik

 

 

[Nick]

Hi Kiril,

No problem, I suspected that may have been the case.  I ended up flattening my ViewModel so I didn't need to use a nested property.  Cheers!


- Nick

[Kiril Nikolov]

Hi Nick,

Flattening the ViewModel is another good option that I forgot to mention!

Glad you have it working!

In case you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Regards,
Kiril Nikolov
Telerik