I'm trying to bind to a templated column with a radDropDownList control in it. I am using editmode=batch on the grid. So when editing no events are fired server side.

How do I go about binding to the dropdownlist when the grid is populated server side. I tried binding to the dropdownlist when the grid is built server side in the itemdatabound event but the e.Item.FindControl("radddlParameterId") does not find the control.

I want the grid to show text and then when edited switch to the populated dropdownlist that the user can select from.

Thanks,

Steve

Thanks Eyup. The live sample led me in the right direction. What I was looking for was this:

Protected Sub radgrdTableColumns_PreRender(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)

         Dim objParameterDropList As RadDropDownList = DirectCast(radgrdTableColumns.MasterTableView.GetBatchEditorContainer("Parameter_Id").Controls(1), RadDropDownList)
         Dim objParameterDs As DataSet
         objParameterDs = m_objDb.GetParameters()
         If objParameterDs IsNot Nothing AndAlso objParameterDs.Tables IsNot Nothing Then
            objParameterDropList.DataValueField = "Parameter_Id"
            objParameterDropList.DataTextField = "Description"
            objParameterDropList.DataSource = objParameterDs.Tables(0)
            objParameterDropList.DataBind()
         End If

end Sub