EditForm UserControl - wont bind RadCombBox properly

[matt]

hello,

i am using a UserControl for my grid's EditForm. usually i have no problems.

but now i have a problem.. if i use a normal RadComboBox:

<Telerik:RadComboBox ID="rcbVictims"
DataValueField="VictimPersonID"
    DataTextField="Name"
    DropDownWidth="300"
    ShowToggleImage="false"
    AllowCustomText="False"
    MarkFirstMatch="true"
    Skin="Gray"
    TabIndex="2"
    runat="server">

</Telerik:RadComboBox>

...this works when i bind to it like so:

private void MyEditForm_DataBinding(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    //bind
    rcbVictims.DataSource = Victims.GetVictimsByReport(reportID);
    rcbVictims.DataBind();
    rcbVictims.Items.Insert(0, new RadComboBoxItem());

    //set current value
    rcbVictims.Items.FindItemByValue(DataBinder.Eval(this.DataItem, "VictimPersonID").ToString()).Selected = true;

    rcbVictims.DataSource = null;
}

BUT, if i try to use multi columns:

<Telerik:RadComboBox ID="rcbVictims" DataValueField="VictimPersonID" DataTextField="Name" DropDownWidth="300" ShowToggleImage="false" AllowCustomText="False" MarkFirstMatch="true" Skin="Gray" TabIndex="2" runat="server">
    <ItemTemplate>
        <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "VictimNumber")%> - <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Name")%>
    </ItemTemplate>
</Telerik:RadComboBox>

...then the ComboBox fails to render anything -- i only see my separator char, " - ".. No "VictimNumber" nor "Name".

why is this happening?

to test, i placed the same into a non-grid, normal ASPX page. worked fine there.


thanks,
matt

[Prangadj]

Try generating the item template for the combo items from the code-behind, not using DataBind.Evals - this might help. If not, post an example using a support ticket and the Telerik support might help you more.

Prangadj

[matt]

if it worked in code-behind, but not in the designer, why would this not be a bug?