ComboBox Custom Attribute Value

[Jeff Wickersham]

Having an issue using the custom attribute, i need the value to use for my combo selected index changed
ddlDealer_SelectedIndexChanged

here is my combo markup
                    <ul>
                            <li class="col4">
                                   <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "DepartmentId") %>
                                 </li>            
                            </ul>
protected void ddlDealer_ItemDataBound(object sender, RadComboBoxItemEventArgs e)
    {
        DataRowView dataRowSource = (DataRowView) e.Item.DataItem;
        e.Item.Text = ((DataRowView)e.Item.DataItem)["Dealer"].ToString();
        e.Item.Value = ((DataRowView)e.Item.DataItem)["DealerId"].ToString();
        e.Item.Attributes["DepartmentId"] = dataRowSource["DepartmentId"].ToString();
    }

  protected void ddlDealer_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, RadComboBoxSelectedIndexChangedEventArgs e)
    {
        try
        {
            int departmentId = Convert.ToInt32(ddlDealer.SelectedItem.Attributes["DepartmentId"]);
            LoadCategoryList(departmentId);
        }
        catch (Exception)
        {
            
            throw;
        }
        
    }

[Hristo Valyavicharski]

Hi Jeff,

Your code looks fine and this is the correct way to retrieve custom attribute's value. I have created a small samples based on the provided information. However I was not able to reproduce the same behavior as you. For your reference I'm attaching my sample. Please check it out and let me know if I have missed something.

Thanks.

Regards,
Hristo Valyavicharski
the Telerik team