Add a numbered column to RadGrid

[CBARS]

Hi

I want to add a column to the RadGrid that contains a row counter. This has no data effect, and will only be used for reference and also as a drill-down button.

Is there an easier way than intercepting the ItemDataBound event and adding a column to each row?

[CBARS]

What I've done is :

protected void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
{
      int i = 0;
      foreach (GridDataItem item in RadGrid1.Items)
      {
          i++;
          item.Cells[2].Text = i.ToString();
      }
}

I have made my first column a hyperlink,

<telerik:GridHyperLinkColumn DataNavigateUrlFormatString="DrillDownPage.aspx?userid={0}"
                             DataNavigateUrlFields="Userid" HeaderText="#">
</telerik:GridHyperLinkColumn>

After the text is changed in the ItemDataBound event, the text in the column is no longer a hyperlink. Am I doing something wrong?

[Maria Ilieva]

Hello cbars,

 Please review the following help topic which will help you to acheive the required functionality.

Greetings,
Maria Ilieva
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[CBARS]

Hi Maria...

Thanks for the article... Looks like it will help. That approach doesn't work though when you have a dynamically generated dataset passed as datasource to the RadGrid, as well as having a detail table. Here's my code :

<telerik:RadGrid Settings="Here">
   <Columns>
      <telerik:GridTemplateColumn UniqueName="TemplateColumn" HeaderText="Row number">
         <ItemTemplate>
            <asp:HyperLink id="hplDrillDown" runat="server" Text="" NavigateURL="" target="_blank" />
         </ItemTemplate>
      </telerik:GridTemplateColumn>
   </Columns>
</telerik:RadGrid>

and the code-behind :

if (e.Item is GridDataInsertItem)
{
      HyperLink hpl = e.Item.FindControl("hplDrillDown") as HyperLink;
      hpl.Text = (e.Item.ItemIndex + 1).ToString();
      hpl.NavigateUrl = string.Format("~/Destination.aspx?userid={0}", e.Item.OwnerTableView.DataKeyValues[e.Item.ItemIndex]["UserID"].ToString());
}

The grid shows, but whenever I try to expand one of the master table items, the RadGrid wants to fill the hplDrillDown on each detail row, which it doesn't find.

How can I check whether a row is a child of the master table view?

[Maria Ilieva]

Hi cbars,

Please refer to the following forum post which shows how to set this functionality for detail table.

All the best,
Maria Ilieva
the Telerik team

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