Accessing items in EmptyDataTemplate

[James]

Am trying to access a control in the emptydata item template to disable it for certain users. My template looks like this:

<EmptyDataTemplate>

     This staff member currently has no blogs.

     <br />

     <asp:LinkButton ID="lnkBtnAddBlog" runat="server" CommandName="AddBlog"
             Visible="<%# AllowUserEdits() %>"> Add new blog</asp:LinkButton>

 </EmptyDataTemplate>

The function in the "visible" attribute isn't firing, yet the exact same button is in the Item template and it fires ok there.

I also can't find a FindControl function for the empty item in code..but i can for the other templates.

So how would i go about accessing that control?

Many thanks

James

[Rosen]

Hi James,

You may consider using the Load event of the LinkButton to set its visibility instead.

Greetings,
Rosen
the Telerik team

[James]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. I'd never thought of the Load event for the control itself, that seems a smart idea.
For the time being I moved my control below the listview and dealt with it there instead as it's position wasn't vital.

So there's no equivalent of FindControl for empty templates?

Thanks,

James :-)

[Rosen]

Hello James,

Indeed, you can use FindControl to get reference to the LinkButton, by hooking to ItemCreated event, similar to the following:

protected void RadListView1_ItemCreated(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.RadListViewItemEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Item is RadListViewEmptyDataItem)
    {
        Debug.Assert(e.Item.FindControl("lnkBtnAddBlog") != null);
    }
}

Greetings,
Rosen
the Telerik team

[James]

Thanks very much again.. That would do the trick I think.. I'm still just getting used to the control :-)

I wonder if there would be a way in future to do it like with the other templates:
RadListViewStaffBlog.InsertItem.FindControl("----")

One further question regarding the ItemCreated event.. or the ItemDataBound.
How would one get the value of the datakey from these events?

Thanks for all the help, much appreciated.

James :-)

[Rosen]

Hello James,

You may use RadListViewDataItem GetDataKeyValue method:

protected void RadListView1_ItemDataBound(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.RadListViewItemEventArgs e)
{
    var dataItem = e.Item as RadListViewDataItem;
    if (dataItem != null)
    {
        //MyDataKeyName should be declared through RadListView's DataKeyNames property
        var value = (int)dataItem.GetDataKeyValue("MyDataKeyName");
    }
}

Regards,
Rosen
the Telerik team

[James]

Thanks a lot, that's just what i needed.. Really appreciate the help! :D
Just a case of finding all the new method names :-)