Changing an item's text at runtime

[Robert]

Hi,

I have a RadGrid which is bound to a datasource. In one column it might happen that

the item's name is an empty string. In this case I want to display "No name" instead of

nothing.

I tried to do this using the OnItemDataBound handler but I don't know how to access

the Item's text. How can I do this?

Best regards,

Robert

[Princy]

Hello robert,

You can try out the following code to display custom text in an empty cell:
cs:

  protected void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.GridItemEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Item is GridDataItem)
        {
            GridDataItem dataItem = (GridDataItem)e.Item;
            if (dataItem["ProductName"].Text == String.Empty)
            {
                dataItem["ProductName"].Text = "No name";
            }
        }
    }

Thanks
Princy.

[Daniel]

Hello Robert,

An easier approach would be the following:

<telerik:GridBoundColumn
DataField="ID"
DataType="System.Int32"
EmptyDataText="No name"
UniqueName="ID">
</telerik:GridBoundColumn>

Regards,
Daniel
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