Bind to database on GridEditFormInsertItem

[Kevin]

I have a radgrid with command buttons to edit items or insert new items.  When editing items, my edit form template has several checkboxes.  I bind the "checked" attribute of these checkboxes to bits in the database to see if they should be checked when the form loads, like so:

 This works just fine when editing, but it doesn't work when inserting a new item since it's a new item and there is no database value to bind to.  So I found code that lets you specify if it is and insert item or not.  The problem is I can't figure out how to do a database bind when using it.  I need something like this:

 when I try this I get the follwing error:

Error 24 The name 'Bind' does not exist in the current context 

I have to believe this is possible, my context is just wrong.  Does anyone know what I am doing wrong?

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[Kevin]

Apparently I can't include screenshots like I thought I could in the post, I will just copy paste the code in....

I have a radgrid with command buttons to edit items or insert new items.  When editing items, my edit form template has several checkboxes.  I bind the "checked" attribute of these checkboxes to bits in the database to see if they should be checked when the form loads, like so: 

 <asp:CheckBox ID="cbSignUp" Text="Allow Sign Ups" TextAlign="Right" runat="server"
                                                    Checked='<%# Bind("sign_up") %>' />

This works just fine when editing, but it doesn't work when inserting a new item since it's a new item and there is no database value to bind to.  So I found code that lets you specify if it is and insert item or not.  The problem is I can't figure out how to do a database bind when using it.  I need something like this:

 <asp:CheckBox ID="cbAutoAssign" Text="Allow Auto Assignment" TextAlign="Right" runat="server"
        Checked='<%# (Container is GridEditFormInsertItem) ? Convert.ToBoolean("False") : Bind("auto_assign") %>'  />

 when I try this I get the following error:

Error 24 The name 'Bind' does not exist in the current context

 I have to believe this is possible, my context is just wrong.  Does anyone know what I am doing wrong?

[Kostadin]

Hi Kevin,

I would recommend you to examine the following forum thread where the same issue is already discuss.

Regards,
Kostadin
Telerik

[Kevin]

That approach worked for me.  Thanks for the reply.