accessing the datakey of parent for a grid inside nestedviewtemplate

[newbie]

Hi,
this is in respect with this forum thread I started:
http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/aspnet-ajax/grid/displaying-another-grid-inside-radgrid.aspx#737663

I have a grid and two buttons inside the nestedviewtemplate of a grid.
on click of the button I want to bind the grid to a datasource based on the datakeyvalue for that row.

I am unable to determine the datakeyvalue for the row in which I click the button.

My ItemIndex is always -1

Can you help?

[Princy]

Hi,

You can access sthe parent item of the nested view template by using the code below:

cs:

protected void RadGrid1_ItemCommand(object source, GridCommandEventArgs e)
{
if (e.CommandName == "Show/Hide")
    {
        GridNestedViewItem item = (GridNestedViewItem)e.Item;
//ID is the DataKeyValue of the MasterTable
        string customerid = item.ParentItem.GetDataKeyValue("ID").ToString();
    }
}

Thanks,
Princy

[newbie]

Hi Princy.

That doesn't seem to be working for me.
It gives me an error
'Telerik.Web.UI.GridNestedViewItem' does not contain a definition for 'ParentItem' and no extension method 'ParentItem' accepting a first argument of type 'Telerik.Web.UI.GridNestedViewItem' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)'

Please suggest.

[Princy]

Hi,

Which version of RadGrid are you using? I tried the following code with the latest version( 2008.3.1314.20).The ParentItem property is not defined with older versions of RadGrid and is added with versions starting from 2008.3.1125 . So you can either try upgrading your RadGrid control to the latest version or check out a workaround solution given below:
cs:

 protected void RadGrid1_ItemCommand(object source, Telerik.Web.UI.GridCommandEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.CommandName == "Show/Hide")
        {
            GridNestedViewItem nestedItem = (GridNestedViewItem)e.Item;
            foreach (GridDataItem item in nestedItem.OwnerTableView.Items)
            {
                if (item.Expanded)
                {
                    string customerid = item.GetDataKeyValue("ID").ToString();
                }
            }
        }
    }

Thanks
Princy.