ItemDefinition Action doesn't work after upgrade Reporting from (version 10.0.16.204) to (version 11.0.17.222)

[Hao]

Hi Telerik admin,

I assume I have a textbox in Reporting, and I customize in Databinding events, like below:

private void textBox9_ItemDataBinding(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            var textBox = sender as Telerik.Reporting.Processing.TextBox;
            if (textBox != null)
            {
                var myLink = new NavigateToUrlAction
                {
                    Target = UrlTarget.NewWindow,
                    Url = "https://www.google.com"
                };
                textBox.ItemDefinition.Action = myLink;
            }
        }

[Katia]

Hi Hao,

You can check an update in the support ticket #1095961 that you opened on the same issue.

For other community members interested in this topic, below is the reply from the support ticket:

"When subscribing to ItemDataBound event, you are working with the Processing.TextBox, which is an instance that is created from the TextBox definition and is currently being processed and rendered. As a rule of thumb we recommend to avoid using the ItemDataBinding and ItemDataBound events if the problem can be solved using Bindings, Conditional formatting or modifying the definition. The reason is that the processing of the current item has already started (based on its definition) and your changes may not be applied correctly, as in this case.

You can solve your problem in two ways:

  1. Change the textbox definition right after InitializeComponent() line in your report. This will ensure that when the processing of the textbox item starts, its definition will contain the needed action.

  2. Use Bindings - create a UserFunction that returns a NavigateToUrlAction instance as shown below:

public static IAction CreateAction()
{
   return new NavigateToUrlAction() { Url = "https://www.google.com", Target = UrlTarget.NewWindow };
}

Create a new Binding, setting Action as PropertyPath and your user function as Expression."


Regards,
Katia
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