So, I am using UI for ASP.NET MVC Q1 2015. I have 3 DDLs, configured to populate their data remotely(from action method inside a controller) using DataSource/Read action AJAX pattern.
I have some custom business logic I need to implement: when something gets changed in the 1st DDL, I have to do some custom calculations that may potentially involve what it has been selected in 2nd DDL so I can eventually change the selected values in the 3rd DDL.
So this here has nothing to do with datasource filtering or custom cascading.
My issue/concern here is: how can I do any such calculations/alterations of the other DDLs from inside a 'Changed' event handler in the 1st one safely, given all 3 are populated asynchronously? I mean, how can I be sure that when inside the Changed event handler in 1st DDL, data for 2nd & 3rd DDL had been fully loaded so I can use them in calculations and/or change the Selected value for those DDLs?
Thanks!
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Hello Cristian,
The DropDownList will fire its dataBound event, when the data from the remote service is ready. So in your case you can listen for that dataBound event in order to be sure that the data is loaded. Here is the documentation about it:
http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/ui/dropdownlist#events-dataBound
Regards,Kiril Nikolov
Telerik
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Thanks Kiril for your answer. Not sure if I explained my scenario well enough, because I was well aware about dataBound event. But would not that mean I have to handle this event for DDL 2 & 3, change some global flags for this and then, somehow use them when handling the Change event for DDL 1? And what if data is not ready in DDL 2 and 3 to query for selections made there yet, means I would have to implement some sort of polling logic in in Change event for DDL 1.
All this sounds awfully tedious. Is there really no other way?
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Thanks Kiril for your answer. Not sure if I explained my scenario well enough, because I was well aware about dataBound event. But would not that mean I have to handle this event for DDL 2 & 3, change some global flags for this and then, somehow use them when handling the Change event for DDL 1? And what if data is not ready in DDL 2 and 3 to query for selections made there yet, means I would have to implement some sort of polling logic in in Change event for DDL 1.
All this sounds awfully tedious. Is there really no other way?
Hello Cristian,
The dataBound event is the only way to get notified when the data is loaded, so there is no other way to achieve what you are looking for.
Regards,Kiril Nikolov
Telerik