GridDataItem

[mww]

I have a grid that uses a GridTemplateColumn.  In the ItemDataBoundEvent  I want to get access to the underlying column data, heres the markup

<telerik:GridTemplateColumn DataField="SportingEvent" UniqueName="IsSportingEvent" HeaderText="Sporting Event ?">
                                               <ItemTemplate>
                                               <asp:Label ID="LabelSporting" runat="server" Text='<%#Eval("SportingEvent") %>'></asp:Label>
                                            </ItemTemplate>
                                        </telerik:GridTemplateColumn>

  and the codebehind

protected void RadGridCategories_ItemDataBound(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.GridItemEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.Item is GridDataItem)
            {
                GridDataItem item = e.Item as GridDataItem;

                string se = item["IsSportingEvent"].Text;

                Label lbl = item["IsSportingEvent"].FindControl("LabelSporting") as Label;
                if (lbl.Text == "False")
                {
                    lbl.Text = "No";
                }
                if (lbl.Text == "True")
                {
                    lbl.Text = "Yes";
                }



            }
        }

  Ive tried to use the item index method, but its always empty, in the end I had to resort to getting the value of the label.  How do I gain access to the underlying data from the columns ?

surely string se = item["IsSportingEvent"].Text;  should have worked

[Pavlina]

Hi mww,

Try the following code snippet to access the Label from the GridTemplateColumn.
C#:

protected void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Item is GridDataItem)
        {
            GridDataItem item = (GridDataItem)e.Item;
            Label lbl = (Label)item["IsSportingEvent"].FindControl("LabelSporting");
        }

    }

Additionally, I suggest that you review the help article below:
Accessing cells and rows

Kind regards,
Pavlina
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[Arnie Vargas]

Is it possible to get the VB version of the solution?

[Princy]

Hello Arnie,

Try the following VB code snippet access the Label from the GridTemplateColumn.
VB:

protected void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
{
  If TypeOf e.Item Is GridDataItem Then
    Dim item As GridDataItem = DirectCast(e.Item, GridDataItem)
    Dim lbl As Label = DirectCast(item("IsSportingEvent").FindControl("LabelSporting"), Label)
  End If
}

Thanks,
Princy.