Please note that such scenario could not be achieved due to the following facts:
1. In order to apply templates at run-time you have to initiate and apply the templates no later than the Page_Load event handler.
2. Indeed the in the Page_Load event handler the RadComboBox still does not exist in the RadGrid controls collection.
Regards,
Boyan Dimitrov
Telerik
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