Get column names with Javascript

[Ashley]

I'm having a hard time getting all of the column names for a tree list with javascript

I can call get_columns() and get an array of objects back, but they don't seem TreeListColumn objects - I can't call get_uniqueName() on them. I've dug around in the objects a bit in the debugger and I don't see the unique name in there at all.

Am I doing something wrong?

[Princy]

Hi,

Try the following javascript to get the unique name.
JS:

function pageLoad() {
 var tree = $find("<%= RadTreeList1.ClientID %>");
 alert(tree.getColumnByUniqueName('ID').get_uniqueName());
}

Thanks,
Princy.

[Ashley]

Hi Princy,

That's currently what I'm using, along with an array of all my column names. I need to do something on each column, but I also need to know it's column name.

What I'm asking is if there's a way to get all of the column names, not all of the columns. I know how to get a column by it's name, but I don't know how to get a column's name. I don't want to have to hard code an array of every column name.

The radgrid, for example, has this functionality:

grid.get_masterTableView().get_columns()[i].get_uniqueName()

But for the RadTreeList, the objects in get_columns() don't support the method get_uniqueName().

I'm actually quite disappointed that the Q3 release doesn't have any enhancements for the TreeList. It's very similar to the radgrid, but doesn't have nearly the functionality the radgrid does.

[Princy]

Hi Ashley,

Try the following code snippet to achieve your scenario.

JS:

<script type="text/javascript">
    function pageLoad() {
        var tree = $find("<%= RadTreeList1.ClientID %>");
        for (var i = 0; i < tree.get_columns().length; i++) {
            alert(tree.get_columns()[i].get_uniqueName());
        }
    }
</script>

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Princy.