ClientID when created programatically

[Philip Senechal]

I'm creating a couple of datepickers programatically and I'm adding them to Panel object. I'm trying to add an attribute to the datepickers when they're created to run a JavaScript that opens the calendar when the input box of the date picker is clicked. This works great for datepickers that I've created on the client side and add this attribute server side, but when I create the datepickers server side, I'm not getting the full ClientID.

here is how I'm creating the datepickers and setting the attributes:

Panel edpanelContent = new Panel();
edpanelContent.Attributes.Add("class", "popupcontent");
RadDatePicker eddp = new RadDatePicker();
eddp.ID = "dp_ENDDATE";
eddp.DateInput.Attributes["onclick"] = String.Format("showPopUp('{0}');", eddp.ClientID);
edpanelContent.Controls.Add(eddp);

when I look at the page source, it's referencing the ID being passed to the JavaScript as just "dp_ENDDATE" without all the other pathing that goes along with it. The client id should look like this
ctl00_MainContent_ctl00_RadGrid2_ctl00_ctl02_ctl02_dp_ENDDATE_dateInput_text

Is there a way to set this up so I can assign the JavaScript to the DateInput server side when the control is created? Thanks.

[Pavel]

Hello Philip,

You can simply set the ShowPopupOnFocus property of the DatePicker to "true" as illustrated in this example.

Greetings,
Pavel
the Telerik team

[Philip Senechal]

Thanks for that...I think I was still using pretty old code for my date pickers when that property had to be configured with a JavaScript. I'm going to update all my date pickers now.