Binding to a textbox within a RadPanelBar on a Radgrid edit form

[Steve]

I have a grid with an edit form that has a radpanelbar implemented.  When I go into edit mode, I am trying to set the data in a textbox to its proper value.

Here is the code I am using (found this while searching):

 

 

protected void EmpGrid_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
{
   if (e.Item is GridEditFormItem && e.Item.IsInEditMode)
   {
      GridEditFormItem gditem = e.Item as GridEditFormItem;
      RadPanelBar RadPanelBar1 = gditem.FindControl("RadPanelBar1") as RadPanelBar;
      RadPanelItem panelItem1 = (RadPanelItem)RadPanelBar1.FindItemByText("Forwarding Info");
      TextBox txtForwardCompany = panelItem1.FindControl("txtForwardCompany") as TextBox;
      txtForwardCompany.Text = (gditem.DataItem as DataRowView)["EmpForwardCompany"].ToString();
   }
}

 

The problem is that (gditem.DataItem as DataRowView) returns null.  The gditem.DataItem object is populated, it apparently can't be cast to a DataRowView.  Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong here?

Thanks in advance

[Iana Tsolova]

Hi Steve,

Can you specify how is the grid bound? You can try debugging to see what is the actual type of the e.Item.DataItem object.

Greetings,
Iana
the Telerik team