adding controls in rows to grid runtime

[Atiq Ur Rehman]

Hi,

I have a scenario where I need to add different controls to datagrid rows at runtime and the datagrid has to be dynamic as well. Basically the page has only got placeholder and I need to create datagrid and then add rows according to the number in the database and add different controls like textbox, dropdownlists etc for each column in the row and add that row to the grid.
I have tried few different things but nothing seem to work. Can anyone please help me with this?

Thanks
Atiq

[Daniel]

Hello Atiq,

A sample approach is shown below:

protected void RadGrid1_ItemCreated(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Item is GridDataItem)
    {
        TextBox myDynamicControl = new TextBox();
        myDynamicControl.ID = "myDynamicControl";
        GridDataItem item = e.Item as GridDataItem;
        item["MyColumn"].Controls.Add(myDynamicControl);
    }
}

Depending on your scenario you can populate the control on ItemDataBound or in the same event (ItemCreated):

protected void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Item is GridDataItem)
    {
        TextBox myDynamicControl = (e.Item as GridDataItem)["MyColumn"].FindControl("myDynamicControl") as TextBox;
        myDynamicControl.Text = myDataBaseValue;
    }
}

Kind regards,
Daniel
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