AllowCustomText in ComboBox In Grid

[TPerry]

Hello - I have a RadGrid with a GridTemplateColumn, as my code shows below.  In this column is a ComboBox, which I want to give users the choice to either choose an existing item or type in a new item.  This works if they choose an existing item, but if they type in a new item, when it goes to insert the new row, it loses the value of the custom text.  You can see where I am testing it below.  What am I missing?

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telerik:GridTemplateColumn UniqueName="CompanyName" HeaderText="Company Name" DataField="CompanyName"> 
    <ItemTemplate> 
            <asp:Label ID="lblVendorID" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("CompanyName")%>'></asp:Label> 
    </ItemTemplate>
    <EditItemTemplate> 
        <telerik:RadComboBox ID="ddlCompanyName" runat="server" DataTextField="CompanyName" DataValueField="CompanyName" MarkFirstMatch="true" SelectedValue='<%# Bind("CompanyName") %>'  DataSourceID="SDSVendorCompany" AppendDataBoundItems="true" AllowCustomText="true"> 
                <Items><telerik:RadComboBoxItem Text="- Select One -" Value="" /></Items>     
        </telerik:RadComboBox> 
    </EditItemTemplate>
    <ItemStyle HorizontalAlign="Left" VerticalAlign="Top" /> </telerik:GridTemplateColumn>

I"m testing it here, and if I type in a new value, the value of test is always 'Nothing'.  If I choose an existing value, it works great.

Protected Sub SDSVendors_Inserting(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.SqlDataSourceCommandEventArgs) Handles SDSVendors.Inserting

 

 

 

 

Dim test As String = e.Command.Parameters("@CompanyName").Value

 

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[Yavor]

Hi TPerry,

When adding the items to the combo, you can save them in the underlying database. How are you adding the new item(s) to the combo?

Best wishes,
Yavor
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