Adding a 3rd item to my combo box

[stevied]

I have a rad combo box which is being databound as follows...

'Now populate the Managers Drop down
           rsMain = GeneralDataMethod.GetAllApprovedManagers
           While rsMain.Read
               cboManager.Items.Add(New RadComboBoxItem(rsMain("Manager"), rsMain("ManagerID")))

           End While
           cboManager.Items.Insert(0, New RadComboBoxItem("- Please select -", ""))

I would like to add a 3rd item from the database into the combo box (email address, the sp gives me this) but not display in the drop down but have it available to me when the user selects a manager from the drop down.

Is this possible using code behind?

TIA.

S

[Kalina]

Hi Stevied,

As I understand - you are populating the RadComboBox control with data from a database and you set the Text property of the RadComboBox items to "Manager" and the Value property to "ManagerID".
In case you want to add e-mail information for each item(Manager) - you can simply set this data as a Custom Attribute.
Please take a look at the "ComboBox / Custom Attributes" online demo and “Custom Attributes” help article.

Best wishes,
Kalina
the Telerik team

[stevied]

Thanks for your feedback Kalina, i have seen both these posts but I am using code behind to database my Rad Combo Box as the following codes shows..

ASPX

<Telerik:RadComboBox ID="cboManager" runat="server" AutoPostBack="true" />

aspx.vb

'Now populate the Managers Drop down
           rsMain = GeneralDataMethod.GetAllApprovedManagers
           While rsMain.Read
               cboManager.Items.Add(New RadComboBoxItem(rsMain("Manager"), rsMain("ManagerID")))

           End While
           cboManager.Items.Insert(0, New RadComboBoxItem("- Please select -", ""))

using this method i cannot see how or where i can add in the attibutes?

Many thanks,

S

[Dimitar Terziev]

Hello Stevied,

You could add attributes in the following manner:

'Now populate the Managers Drop down
       rsMain = GeneralDataMethod.GetAllApprovedManagers
       While rsMain.Read

           Dim item As New RadComboBoxItem(rsMain("Manager"), rsMain("ManagerID"))
           item.Attributes("Attribute") = rsMain("Email")
           cboManager.Items.Add(item)

       End While
       cboManager.Items.Insert(0, New RadComboBoxItem("- Please select -", ""))

Regards,
Dimitar Terziev
the Telerik team