AllowAutomaticUpdates doesn't work with user control edit form?

[Kelly]

Why doesn't AllowAutomaticUpdate/AllowAutomaticInserts work when I'm using a user control as my edit form?

Insert/update works great if I comment out my EditFormType="WebUserControl" settings and I'm using the built-in EditForms or InPlace editing mode.  But when I add my user control settings in the EditFormSettings and try to update a row, my changes aren't saved at all.  No error - it just doesn't save the changes I make in the form.  I have other pages using user controls as the edit form but they use InsertCommand and UpdateCommand events instead of AllowAutomaticUpdate/AllowAutomaticInserts - do I need to do the same thing here and if so, why? 

Here's my grid code:

<%@ Control Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="PurchaseOrders.ascx.cs"
    Inherits="AdminWebsite.Admin.UserControls.Projects.PurchaseOrders.PurchaseOrders" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="telerik" Namespace="Telerik.Web.UI" Assembly="Telerik.Web.UI" %>
<%@ Reference Control="~/Admin/UserControls/Projects/PurchaseOrders/PurchaseOrderForm.ascx" %>
<telerik:RadGrid ID="RadGrid1" runat="server" DataSourceID="PurchaseOrderDataSource"
    AllowAutomaticInserts="true" AllowAutomaticUpdates="true" AllowAutomaticDeletes="true">
    <MasterTableView DataKeyNames="PurchaseOrderID" EditMode="EditForms" CommandItemDisplay="Top"
        AutoGenerateColumns="false">
        <EditFormSettings EditFormType="WebUserControl" UserControlName="~/Admin/UserControls/Projects/PurchaseOrders/PurchaseOrderForm.ascx">
        </EditFormSettings>
        <CommandItemTemplate>
             <asp:LinkButton ID="NewCommissionButton" runat="server" CommandName="InitInsert">
                <img class="middle" alt="" src="../Images/Telerik/AddRecord.gif" /> Add New Purchase Order&nbsp;
                    </asp:LinkButton>
        </CommandItemTemplate>
        <Columns>
            <telerik:GridButtonColumn CommandName="Delete" Text="Remove" UniqueName="DeleteColumn"
                ImageUrl="~/Images/Telerik/delete.gif" ConfirmText="Are you sure you want to delete this purchase order?"
                ButtonType="ImageButton">
                <HeaderStyle Width="5%" />
                <ItemStyle HorizontalAlign="Center" />
            </telerik:GridButtonColumn>
            <telerik:GridEditCommandColumn ButtonType="ImageButton" UpdateImageUrl="~/Images/Telerik/Update.gif"
                EditImageUrl="~/Images/Telerik/Edit.gif" InsertImageUrl="~/Images/Telerik/update.gif"
                CancelImageUrl="~/Images/Telerik/Cancel.gif" UniqueName="EditCommandColumn">
                <HeaderStyle Width="5%" />
                <ItemStyle HorizontalAlign="Center" />
            </telerik:GridEditCommandColumn>
            <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="PurchaseOrderID" HeaderText="Purchase Order ID">
            </telerik:GridBoundColumn>
            <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="PONumber" HeaderText="Purchase Order #">
            </telerik:GridBoundColumn>
            <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="Date" HeaderText="Date" DataFormatString="{0:M/d/yyyy}">
            </telerik:GridBoundColumn>
            <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="ShipTo" HeaderText="ShipTo">
            </telerik:GridBoundColumn>
        </Columns>
    </mastertableview>
    <clientsettings>
        <ClientEvents OnPopUpShowing="CenterPopup" />
    </clientsettings>
</telerik:RadGrid>
<asp:LinqDataSource ID="PurchaseOrderDataSource" runat="server" ContextTypeName="NewMillennium.DataAccess.Linq.Projects.ProjectsDataContext"
    TableName="PurchaseOrders" Where="ProjectProgram.ProjectProgramID == @ProjectProgramID"
    EnableDelete="true" EnableInsert="true" EnableUpdate="true">
    <WhereParameters>
        <asp:QueryStringParameter Name="ProjectProgramID" QueryStringField="ProjectProgramID"
            Type="Int32" />
    </WhereParameters>
    <InsertParameters>
        <asp:QueryStringParameter Name="ProjectProgramID" QueryStringField="ProjectProgramID"
            Type="Int32" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="PurchaseOrderID" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="PublisherID" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="ShipTo" />
    </InsertParameters>
    <UpdateParameters>
        <asp:QueryStringParameter Name="ProjectProgramID" QueryStringField="ProjectProgramID"
            Type="Int32" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="PurchaseOrderID" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="PublisherID" />
        <asp:Parameter Name="ShipTo" />
    </UpdateParameters>
    <DeleteParameters>
        <asp:Parameter Name="PurchaseOrderID" />
    </DeleteParameters>
</asp:LinqDataSource>

Here's my user control code:

<%@ Control Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="PurchaseOrderForm.ascx.cs"
    Inherits="AdminWebsite.Admin.UserControls.Projects.PurchaseOrders.PurchaseOrderForm" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="telerik" Namespace="Telerik.Web.UI" Assembly="Telerik.Web.UI" %>
<div class="padding8">
    <table style="width: 100%" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="8">
        <tr>
            <th class="lightgray label">
                Vendor
            </th>
            <th class="lightgray label">
                Ship To
            </th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="toppadding5">
                <telerik:RadComboBox ID="drdPublisher" runat="server" DataSourceID="PublisherDataSource"
                    DataValueField="PublisherID" DataTextField="PublisherName" MarkFirstMatch="true"
                    Height="400px" Width="320px" ShowToggleImage="True" Skin="MillenniumAdmin" EnableEmbeddedSkins="false"
                    AppendDataBoundItems="true" SelectedValue='<%# Bind("PublisherID") %>' Style="z-index: 99999999">
                    <items>
                        <telerik:RadComboBoxItem Value="" Text="" />
                    </items>
                </telerik:RadComboBox>
            </td>
            <td class="toppadding5">
                <asp:TextBox TextMode="MultiLine" runat="server" ID="ShipTo" Text='<%# Bind("ShipTo") %>'
                    Width="320px" Height="60px"></asp:TextBox>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th class="lightgray label" colspan="2">
                Line Items
            </th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td colspan="2">
                <asp:UpdatePanel runat="server">
                    <ContentTemplate>
                        <table width="550px" cellspacing="0">
                            <tr>
                                <th>
                                    Description
                                </th>
                                <th>
                                    Qty
                                </th>
                                <th>
                                    Rate
                                </th>
                                <th>
                                    Total
                                </th>
                            </tr>
                            <asp:Repeater ID="LineItemRepeater" runat="server">
                                <ItemTemplate>
                                    <tr>
                                        <td>
                                            <telerik:RadTextBox ID="Description" runat="server" Width="320px" Skin="MillenniumAdmin"
                                                EnableEmbeddedSkins="false" Text='<%# Bind("Description") %>'>
                                            </telerik:RadTextBox>
                                        </td>
                                        <td>
                                            <telerik:RadNumericTextBox ID="Qty" runat="server" Type="Number" Width="80px" Skin="MillenniumAdmin"
                                                EnableEmbeddedSkins="false" Text='<%# Bind("Qty") %>'>
                                                <numberformat decimaldigits="0" />
                                            </telerik:RadNumericTextBox>
                                        </td>
                                        <td>
                                            <telerik:RadNumericTextBox ID="Rate" runat="server" Type="Currency" Width="80px"
                                                Skin="MillenniumAdmin" EnableEmbeddedSkins="false" Text='<%# Bind("Rate") %>'>
                                                <numberformat decimaldigits="2" />
                                            </telerik:RadNumericTextBox>
                                        </td>
                                        <td>
                                            <asp:Label ID="Total" runat="server" Width="80px"></asp:Label>
                                        </td>
                                    </tr>
                                </ItemTemplate>
                            </asp:Repeater>
                        </table>
                        <asp:LinkButton runat="server" ID="AddItemButton" OnClick="AddItemButton_Click">
                            <asp:Image runat="server" ImageUrl="~/images/telerik/insert.gif" CssClass="middle" /> Add an item</asp:LinkButton>
                    </ContentTemplate>
                </asp:UpdatePanel>
            </td>
        </tr>
    </table>
    <div id="RadGridButtons" runat="server" style="text-align: left">
        <asp:Button ID="btnUpdate" Text="Update" runat="server" CommandName="Update" Visible='<%# !((Container as GridItem).OwnerTableView.IsItemInserted) %>'>
        </asp:Button>
        <asp:Button ID="btnInsert" Text="Insert" runat="server" CommandName="PerformInsert"
            Visible='<%# (Container as GridItem).OwnerTableView.IsItemInserted %>'></asp:Button>
        &nbsp;
        <asp:Button ID="btnCancel" Text="Cancel" runat="server" CausesValidation="False"
            CommandName="Cancel"></asp:Button>
        <asp:LinkButton ID="SaveButton" runat="server" CommandName='<%# (Container as GridItem).OwnerTableView.IsItemInserted ? "PerformInsert" : "Update" %>'
            OnClientClick="suppressConfirmation()"><img style="border:0px" alt="" src='../Images/Telerik/Update.gif'/></asp:LinkButton>
        <asp:LinkButton ID="CancelButton" runat="server" CommandName="Cancel" CausesValidation="false"
            OnClientClick="suppressConfirmation()"><img style="border:0px" alt="" src="../Images/Telerik/Cancel.gif" /></asp:LinkButton>
    </div>
</div>
<asp:SqlDataSource ID="PublisherDataSource" runat="server" OnInit="SqlDataSource_Init"
    SelectCommandType="StoredProcedure" SelectCommand="GetAllPublisherList"></asp:SqlDataSource>

[Nikolay Rusev]

Hello Kelly,

I believe the following links will help you implement desired functionality:
Automatic insert, update and delete with UserControl edit form for the grid
User control edit form

Greetings,
Nikolay
the Telerik team

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