RadRating Not Updating on DataBind()

[ViNull]

I have a rating control in a ListView, used for display only.  ViewState is disabled.  When the ListView is databound, the rating control doesn't update to the new values.  This doesn't appear to be a client cache issue as the generated HTML is still at the old values as well.  you can see in the attached tooltip the value is correct, but the display is wrong.

Here is the code in the ListView ItemTemplate:

<telerik:RadRating runat="server" ID="rating" Value='<%# Eval("Score") %>' ReadOnly="true" Skin="Default"  Precision="Exact" EnableToolTips="false"/>
<telerik:RadToolTip runat="server" TargetControlID="rating" Text='<%# Eval("Score","{0:#.##} / 5.0 - ") + Eval("votes","{0:n0} votes") %>' Skin="Sunset" />

You can see this at *removed* (please don't pass around this link as the site is still in development ;) ).  If you change the sort order, the rating controls will not reflect the new values, however clicking a paging link which changes the URL will update the rating control.

[Tsvetie]

Hi ViNull,
The reason for the problem you describe is that the value of the rating control is persisted in the client state of the control as well. That is why, in this case you have three options:

• Enable the view state of the ListView control:

  <asp:ListView ID="RadListView1" runat="server" EnableViewState="true">
      <ItemTemplate>
          <%# Eval("Score") %>
          <telerik:RadRating runat="server" ID="rating" DbValue='<%# Eval("Score") %>' ReadOnly="true"
              Skin="Default" Precision="Exact" EnableToolTips="false" />
      </ItemTemplate>
  </asp:ListView>

• Move the code for data-binding the ListView control to PreRender:

  <asp:ListView ID="RadListView1" runat="server" EnableViewState="false">
          <ItemTemplate>
              <%# Eval("Score") %>
              <telerik:RadRating runat="server" ID="rating" DbValue='<%# Eval("Score") %>' ReadOnly="true"
                  Skin="Default" Precision="Exact" EnableToolTips="false" />
          </ItemTemplate>
      </asp:ListView>

  protected override void OnPreRender(EventArgs e)
      {
          base.OnPreRender(e);
  
          DataTable dt = new DataTable();
          DataRow dr;
          int rowsNum = 2;
          string[][] colsInfo = {
              new string[] { "Score"},
              new string[] { "votes"}
          };
  
          for (int i = 0; i < colsInfo.Length; i++)
          {
              dt.Columns.Add(colsInfo[i][0]);
          }
  
          var test = 1;
          var test2 = 1;
          if (Page.IsPostBack)
          {
              test = -1;
              test2 = rowsNum;
          }
  
          for (int j = test2; j >= 1 && j <= rowsNum; j = j + (test))
          {
              dr = dt.NewRow();
  
              dr[colsInfo[0][0]] = Convert.ToDecimal(j, NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo);
              dr[colsInfo[1][0]] = j + 10;
  
              dt.Rows.Add(dr);
          }
  
          RadListView1.DataSource = dt;
          RadListView1.DataBind();
      }

• Create a custom control that Inherits from the RadRating control and overrides the LoadPostData method:

  public class RadRatingWithoutState:RadRating
  {
      protected override bool LoadPostData(string postDataKey, System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection postCollection)
      {
          //return base.LoadPostData(postDataKey, postCollection);
          return false;
      }
  }

Best wishes,
Tsvetie
the Telerik team

[ViNull]

Thank you for the answer.