Button click not recognized(?)

[TSCGlobal]

Some context to this particular task;

I have a news system I am updating with the ability to see comments and to post comment in a RadWindow.  So far, I have been able to get the "show comments" to work by using a combination of the "select" command and session variables, but when I try to wire up the other LinkButton to open another RadWindow to insert a new comment into the database, it seems to default to the code I have done for the selectedItem instead.  I'm hoping someone can help me figure this one out.

the *.aspx:

<!-- Windows Begin -->
<telerik:RadWindowManager ID="TrackWindowManager" runat="server" ShowContentDuringLoad="False">
    <Windows>
        <telerik:RadWindow runat="server" ID="CommentsWindow"
            VisibleOnPageLoad="false"
            Title="Comments Window"
            Width="600" Height="500"
            NavigateUrl="~/NewsComments.aspx" />
        <telerik:RadWindow runat="server" ID="PostCommentWindow"
            VisibleOnPageLoad="false"
            Title="Post Comments"
            Width="600" Height="500"
            NavigateUrl="~/PostNewsComment.aspx" />
    </Windows>
</telerik:RadWindowManager>
<!-- Windows End -->

<!-- RadOpen Javascript begins -->
<script type="text/javascript">
    function openRadWin()
        {
            radopen(null, "CommentsWindow");
        }
</script>
<!-- RadOpen Javascript ends -->

<telerik:RadListView ID="RadListView1" runat="server"
    DataSourceID="dsNews"
    DataKeyNames="NewsID">
    <ItemTemplate>
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="NewsTable">
            <tr>
                <td class="NewsHeader">
                    <asp:Label ID="lblTitle" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("Title") %>' />&nbsp;-
                    <asp:Label ID="lblDate" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("ActDate") %>' />
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td class="NewsContent">
                    <asp:Label ID="lblStory" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("NewsContent") %>' />
                    <asp:Label ID="lblNewsID" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("NewsID") %>' Visible="false" />
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <asp:LinkButton ID="lbShowComments" runat="server"
                        Text="Show Comments"
                        CommandName="Select" />&nbsp;
                    <asp:LinkButton ID="lbPostComment" runat="server"
                        CommandName="PostComment"
                        Text="Post Comment" />
                </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
    </ItemTemplate>
    <SelectedItemTemplate>
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="NewsTable">
            <tr>
                <td class="NewsHeader">
                    <asp:Label ID="lblTitle" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("Title") %>' />&nbsp;-
                    <asp:Label ID="lblDate" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("ActDate") %>' />
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td class="NewsContent">
                    <asp:Label ID="lblStory" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("NewsContent") %>' />
                    <asp:Label ID="lblNewsID" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("NewsID") %>' Visible="false" />
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <asp:LinkButton ID="lbShowComments" runat="server"
                        Text="Show Comments"
                        CommandName="Select" />&nbsp;
                    <asp:LinkButton ID="lbPostComment" runat="server"
                        CommandName="PostComment"
                        Text="Post Comment" />
                </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
    </SelectedItemTemplate>
</telerik:RadListView>

and here's the VB.NET code:

    Private Sub RadListView1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles RadListView1.SelectedIndexChanged

        Dim NewsIdent As Label

        NewsIdent = RadListView1.SelectedItems(0).FindControl("lblNewsID")
        Session.Add("NewsID", NewsIdent.Text)
        Me.CommentsWindow.VisibleOnPageLoad = True

    End Sub

    Sub PostComment()

        Dim NewsIdent As Label

        NewsIdent = RadListView1.SelectedItems(0).FindControl("lblNewsID")
        Session.Add("NewsID", NewsIdent.Text)
        PostCommentWindow.VisibleOnPageLoad = True

    End Sub

[Rosen]

Hi,

In order to handle custom commands you should hook to ItemCommand event of RadListView and add the appropriate logic there.

Regards,
Rosen
the Telerik team

[TSCGlobal]

Okay, so I changed the Listview as follows;

<telerik:RadListView ID="RadListView1" runat="server"
    DataSourceID="dsNews"
    DataKeyNames="NewsID">
    <ItemTemplate>
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="NewsTable">
            <tr>
                <td class="NewsHeader">
                    <asp:Label ID="lblTitle" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("Title") %>' />&nbsp;-
                    <asp:Label ID="lblDate" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("ActDate") %>' />
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td class="NewsContent">
                    <asp:Label ID="lblStory" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("NewsContent") %>' />
                    <asp:Label ID="lblNewsID" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("NewsID") %>' Visible="false" />
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <asp:LinkButton ID="lbShowComments" runat="server"
                        Text="Show Comments"
                        CommandName="Select" />&nbsp;
                    <asp:LinkButton ID="lbPostComment" runat="server"
                        OnClick="PostComment"
                        Text="Post Comment" />
                </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
    </ItemTemplate>
    <SelectedItemTemplate>
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="NewsTable">
            <tr>
                <td class="NewsHeader">
                    <asp:Label ID="lblTitle" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("Title") %>' />&nbsp;-
                    <asp:Label ID="lblDate" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("ActDate") %>' />
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td class="NewsContent">
                    <asp:Label ID="lblStory" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("NewsContent") %>' />
                    <asp:Label ID="lblNewsID" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("NewsID") %>' Visible="false" />
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <asp:LinkButton ID="lbShowComments" runat="server"
                        Text="Show Comments"
                        CommandName="Select" />&nbsp;
                    <asp:LinkButton ID="lbPostComment" runat="server"
                        CommandName="PostComment"
                        Text="Post Comment" />
                </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
    </SelectedItemTemplate>
</telerik:RadListView>

and then I changed the VB.NET codebehind to this;

    Private Sub RadListView1_ItemCommand(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.Web.UI.RadListViewCommandEventArgs) Handles RadListView1.ItemCommand

        PostComment()

    End Sub

    Private Sub RadListView1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles RadListView1.SelectedIndexChanged

        PostComment()

    End Sub

    Sub PostComment()

        Dim NewsIdent As Label

        NewsIdent = RadListView1.SelectedItems(0).FindControl("lblNewsID")
        Session.Add("NewsID", NewsIdent.Text)
        PostCommentWindow.VisibleOnPageLoad = True

    End Sub

BUT, when I click the "post comment" button, I get an "out of index" error.  I'm not certain why, but if I had to guess, I would guess that when I click the "Post Comment" button, that the item is not being selected.  Would this be a correct assumption?

If so, how can I make sure that when I click the "Post Comment" button that item is selected?  Also, I wasn't sure if the ItemCommand event fired, or if it goes directly to PostComment sub, so I handled the ItemCommand event just to be on the safe side....

[Rosen]

Hi,

You should modify the ItemCommand event handler in the following way:

Protected Sub RadListView1_ItemCommand(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.Web.UI.RadListViewCommandEventArgs) Handles RadListView1.ItemCommand
    If e.CommandName = "PostComment" Then
        DirectCast(e.ListViewItem, RadListViewDataItem).Selected = True
        PostComment()
        e.ListViewItem.OwnerListView.Rebind() ' needed in order the Item to enter Select mode
    End If
End Sub

And setting both the SelectedItemTemplate and ItemTemplate button's CommandName to PostComment.

<asp:LinkButton ID="lbPostComment" runat="server"
     CommandName="PostComment"
     Text="Post Comment" />

Sincerely yours,
Rosen
the Telerik team