Treeview in combobox - How to get ID

[Andy Green]

Hi

In this example:
http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/treeview/examples/functionality/treeviewcombobox/defaultcs.aspx?product=treeview

When you hit submit the text value is sent back, how do I get the ID of the treeview node into the ID of the combo box.

I need the ID of the tree view node when I send the page to the server.

I have code that does this on postback, but I'd like to do it client side if possible.

Andy

[Genady Sergeev]

Hi Andy Green,

The RadTreeNode class does not have property called ID. This is to indicate that the nodes don't have ids by default. Why do you need the ID? Isn't the value or the text enough to determine which node was clicked?

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Genady Sergeev
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[Andy Green]

Hi

I'm using this code to populate the treeview with data, and assigning each node the id from the database corressponding to the value - they are name:value pairs.

 Dim c As New JobPlan
            Dim c_dt As DataTable = c.CategoryTreeByService(Service_ID)

            If c_dt.Rows.Count > 0 Then
                Dim rtvCategories As RadTreeView = CType(Page.Master.FindControl("ctl00$cphContent$txtCategory$i0$rtvCategory"), RadTreeView)
                With rtvCategories
                    .DataValueField = 1
                    .DataSource = c_dt
                    .DataFieldID = "Category_ID"
                    .DataFieldParentID = "ParentCategory_ID"
                    .DataTextField = "Category"
                    .DataValueField = "Category_ID"
                    .DataBind()
                    '.ExpandAllNodes()
                End With
            End If

When I click on the node, the text value is placed in the radcombo box , I need the ID field so that when I save to the database its the ID field that gets saved back.

Andy

[Yana]

Hello Andy,

I see in the example code that you set  "Category_ID"  also to the Value of the nodes (DataValueField). The other option is to set it to a custom attribute in NodeDataBound event and then use this attribute to receive it when needed.

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Yana
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[Andy Green]

Hi

I'm still not sure yo get what I mean, I can get the value of the node server side with e.Node.Value cant I.

What I need is this value passed into the radcombobox Client Side. The example you give only passes the text value from the treeview with:

function nodeClicking(sender, args)
            {
                var comboBox = $find("<%= RadComboBox1.ClientID %>");

                var node = args.get_node()

                comboBox.set_text(node.get_text());

                comboBox.trackChanges();
                comboBox.get_items().getItem(0).set_value(node.get_text());
                comboBox.commitChanges();

                comboBox.hideDropDown();
            }

How can I also get the ID or are you saying that there is no NOde id on the client, in which case how do you get it on the server.

Thanks for your help.

Andy

[Yana]

Hi Andy,

I'm sorry for not being clear enough.

Please modify nodeClicking method like this:

<script type="text/javascript">
    function nodeClicking(sender, args) {
        var comboBox = $find("<%= RadComboBox1.ClientID %>");

        var node = args.get_node()

        comboBox.set_text(node.get_text());

        comboBox.trackChanges();
        comboBox.get_items().getItem(0).set_value(node.get_text());
        comboBox.get_items().getItem(0).get_attributes().setAttribute("nodeValue", node.get_value());
        comboBox.commitChanges();

        comboBox.hideDropDown();
    }

</script>

then you can get the value of the selected node in code-behind like this:

Dim val as String = RadComboBox1.Items(0).Attributes("nodeValue")

Regards,
Yana
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