ComboBox with no DataSource

[Jocelyn]

Hi,

I have a ComboBox  with no DataSource, in a GridEditForm, that I fill in the ItemRequested Event. I want to programatically select an item but, my combobox is empty until I click on it to fire the Event and then fill it. So is there a way to fill this combobox to select the right item? I am using this because I got alot of item in this combobox.

Here is my event sub:

Protected Sub cboGroupe_ItemsRequested(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RadComboBoxItemsRequestedEventArgs)
    Dim cbo As RadComboBox = DirectCast(sender, RadComboBox)

    'get all customers whose name starts with e.Text
    Dim sqlGroupes As LWebStatement = ExecuteSql("Select gral_numero, gral_description " & _
                                            " from phfgrall where pram_sequence = " + GetStr(GSite_phfgrall) + " and (gral_numero like '" & Convert.ToString(e.Text) & _
                                            "%' or gral_description like '" & Convert.ToString(e.Text) & "%')" & _
                                            " order by gral_description")
    Dim itemOffset As Integer = e.NumberOfItems
    Dim endOffset As Integer = Math.Min(itemOffset + 10, sqlGroupes.Tables(0).Rows.Count)
    e.EndOfItems = endOffset = sqlGroupes.Tables(0).Rows.Count

    For i As Integer = itemOffset To endOffset - 1
        Dim item As RadComboBoxItem = New RadComboBoxItem(sqlGroupes.Tables(0).Rows(i)("gral_description").ToString, sqlGroupes.Tables(0).Rows(i)("gral_numero").ToString())
        item.Attributes("gral_description") = sqlGroupes.Tables(0).Rows(i)("gral_description").ToString
        item.Attributes("gral_numero") = sqlGroupes.Tables(0).Rows(i)("gral_numero").ToString
        cbo.Items.Add(item)
    Next

    e.Message = GetStatusMessage(endOffset, sqlGroupes.Tables(0).Rows.Count)

    cbo.DataBind()
End Sub

Thanks.

[Cat Cheshire]

You can look at this demo:
http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/combobox/examples/functionality/comboingrid/defaultcs.aspx?product=combobox