[Solved] Can't find grids in a postback - getting all controls on a page

[Karl Wilkens]

Hi,

I have a postback function that loads and binds several grids and I want to get the entire page, including those grids, and render to html to send out as an email.

I am doing this (VB)

for i = 0 to Page.controls.Count -1

Me.controls(i).RenderControl(htmlTextwriter) ... skiping syntax to get to the point here

next

but in this loop, which exists in a button onClick event handler, the grids are not present - I see literal controls, etc. but no grids at all. What am I missing here? Thanks.

[Vlad]

Hello,

Most probably these grids are child controls of these controls - you will need recursion probably.

Best wishes,
Vlad
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[Karl Wilkens]

Thanks. My stupid. Now I have all the grids, and want to render them out as HTML and send as an email. Of course, without the CSS, it looks awful. How can i incorporate a reference to the CSS (Web20 in this case) in a way that can be sent as an html Email?

[Sebastian]

Hello Karl,

Extracting the styles from the grid elements and injecting them in the html of the email would be a cumbersome process and may not work properly with all possible grid configurations.

Instead you may consider exporting the grid to pdf (for example) in order to format its table in a custom manner and then attach the exported file to an email. Review the forum thread linked below for more details on this approach:

http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/aspnet-ajax/grid/need-to-attach-the-pdf-and-send-email.aspx

Best regards,
Sebastian
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