[Solved] Adding control to FooterTemplate of GridDropDownColumn

[Tushar Jain]

Hi,
I have a RadGrid which displays all records in 'InPlace' edit mode.  One of the columns in the grid is a GridDropDown column. Since I cannot add a FooterTemplate to this column directly, I do the following in the ItemDataBound event:

if (e.Item is GridFooterItem)
{
   GridFooterItem footer = (GridFooterItem)e.Item;
   RadComboBox radComboStatus = new RadComboBox();
   radComboStatus.ID = comboId;
   .
   .

   footer["DisplayStatus"].Controls.Add(radComboStatus);
            
}

This allows me to display the combo box in the footer. However, I am not able to access this control on the serverside during a postback (caused by a button in the footer of some other column). I am able to access other controls in the footer that were added during design time using the footertemplate.

Thanks in advance for you help

TJ

[Shinu]

Hi Tushar Jain,

Try adding the RadComboBox in ItemCreated event instead of ItemDataBound and then try the following code snippet in order to access the RadCombBox from code behind.

C#:

protected void RadGrid1_ItemCreated(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Item is GridFooterItem)
    {
        GridFooterItem footer = (GridFooterItem)e.Item;
        RadComboBox radComboStatus = new RadComboBox();
        radComboStatus.ID = "comboId";
        footer["DisplayStatus"].Controls.Add(radComboStatus);
    }
}

protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    GridFooterItem footer = (GridFooterItem)RadGrid1.MasterTableView.GetItems(GridItemType.Footer)[0];
    RadComboBox combo = (RadComboBox)footer["DisplayStatus"].FindControl("comboId");
}

Hope this helps :)

-Shinu.

[Tushar Jain]

That worked like a charm....thanks for your fast and precise response....greatly appreciated.

Tushar