Revisiting passing parameter to User Control Edit form when inserting

[neebs]

Hi,

I am struggling with how to pass a context variable to the insert logic in a user control edit form when Add a new Row is selected in a grid. The example I'm modelling this after is here:

http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/grid/examples/dataediting/usercontroleditform/defaultcs.aspx

However on the DataBinding event of the user control for GridInsertionObject, I need to get one variable from the parent form, which is the ID of a row in a related table, which is required on insert to tie the inserted row to its parent. I've tried the mechanism here:

http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/grdinsertingvaluesusercontrolformtemplate.html

but that doesn't work. In the end, I store the ID I need in a session variable, but I'm not happy with that approach. Is there a simple way to do what I need to do?

Thanks, Steve

[Veli]

Hi neebs,

You can use RadGrid's ItemCreated or ItemDataBound event to reference the user control by ID and pass it any value you need:

protected void RadGrid1_ItemCreated(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Item is GridEditFormInsertItem && e.Item.IsInEditMode)
    {
        GridEditFormInsertItem insertItem = (GridEditFormInsertItem)e.Item;
        Control editFormControl = insertItem.FindControl(GridEditFormItem.EditFormUserControlID);
        //editFormControl now references your user control
        //you can pass it any value you need here
    }
}

Regards,
Veli
the Telerik team