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Ron asked on 04 Aug 2010, 09:35 PM
I have looked through many articles and examples, but I cannot find something that will work with what I am trying to accomplish.

We do not use the grid's filtering capability. Rather, we have a panel that has all filtering necessary with the buttons to apply and clear the filter. We are also using advanced databinding (NeedDataSource event) with stored procedures. I would like to use data binding with web services, but the problem that we have converting to this model is the filter expressions. Any suggestions? Questions?

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Maria Ilieva
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answered on 10 Aug 2010, 01:43 PM
Hello Ron,

For more information about operating with filter expressions, please refer to the help article below:
Operating with the FilterExpression of Telerik RadGrid manually

Give it a try and let me know how it goes.

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answered on 10 Aug 2010, 02:07 PM
Thanks for the article. I am already doing bullet point #2 in the article. I am looking to use client binding to a web service. So, I know how to customize the FilterExpression, I know how to apply the filters during the NeedDataSource event, but what I don't know is how to customize the filterExpression parameter to a WebMethod on the code-behind. For instance, if I have a grid on the page, RadGrid1, that is using client binding to the following WebMethod

[WebMethod]
public static Dictionary<string, object> GetDataAndCount( int startIndex, int maximumRows, string sortExpression, List<GridFilterExpression> filterExpression )
{
    Dictionary<string, object> returnData = new Dictionary<string, object>();
    List<InvoiceViewable> data = new List<InvoiceViewable>();
 
    // Get the data...
 
    returnData.Add( "Data", data );
    returnData.Add( "Count", data.Count );
    return ( returnData );
}
 How would I "intercept" the filterExpression that is sent to this WebMethod? Since it is a WebMethod, I would not think that I have access to my custom filter controls on the page. Suggestions?
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Maria Ilieva
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answered on 13 Aug 2010, 11:37 AM
Hi Ron,

Note that with the client binding you are calling a Web Sevice on the client which returns a specific serialized data. In this scenario the code will not hit the server at all as this is the main idea of the Client binding functionality.


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