[Solved] Column .Format question

[Salo Corgan]

Hi there.

I'm trying to have the same generated content rendered with the page render, and when the grid is refreshed via ajax.

Battling a bit with the .Format() method.

Below works fine, I get my anchors.

column.Bound(x => x.ServiceCode).Format(
                   Html.ActionLink("{0}", "MyAction")
               ).Title("Id").Encoded(false);

What I need however is this:

column.Bound(x => x.ServiceCode).Format(
                   Html.ActionLink("{0}", "MyAction", new { id = x.Id })
               ).Title("Id").Encoded(false);

How do I access other properties of my "x" object (such as .Id), as opposed to just {0}

Many thanks.

[Georgi Krustev]

Hello Salo Corgan,

You can try to use client-side templates. Here are links to the online demo and the help article.

All the best,
Georgi Krustev
the Telerik team

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[Salo Corgan]

Thanks for the quick response Georgi , but the problem I found with client templates is that they only apply to your ajax request.
For every column, I'd have to provide a template for server side rendering, and then a client side template, if I wanted the page to load with content.

Is that correct?

[Cranialstrain]

I have the same problem with .ClientTemplate so have reverted back to using .Format and sending back formatted HTML via Ajax. It's a real shame as I've been waiting for ClientTemplate for some time so that I can keep HTML formatting in the view. I'm also unsure if .ClientTemplate will support object properties such as <#= Customer.AddressLine1 #>, which would also be a requirement for me.

Ian

[Alan Murphy]

The way i handle this situation is building my own divs in javascript using the properties off of the returned json object using the onRowDataBound event.  In the example below the getAddressDisplay function could return formatted divs with <a> tags or whatever you want.  I have found this to be easier to work than client templates.

    function onRowDataBound(e) {

        var row = e.row;

        var dataItem = e.dataItem;

        row.cells[1].innerHTML = getAddressDisplay(dataItem.AddressOne, dataItem.AddressTwo);

}