Create data and controls dynamically in FormTemplate or NestedViewTemplate

[Jignesh]

I am binding the RadGrid with the List of  QuestionManager Object as shown below: 

public class QuestionManager
{
        public FormType FormType { get; set; }
        public Form Form { get; set; }
        public Question Question { get; set; }
}

Question object futher has a property of List<Choice>.

public class Question
{
public int QuestionId{get;set;}
public string QuestionNumber{get;set;}
public List<Choice> ChoiceList{get;set;}}



I am using a stored procedure that gets all the data and so no round trip is required.

The grid shows the FormType,FormName and Question # column.

When the edit button on each question is clicked,I need to populate all data and control available in List<Choice> Object of the respective question.

To achieve this what should I use FormTemplate or NestedViewTemplate?

Is there a way where I can iterate the List<Choice> in markup in a loop?

How should I get the List<Choice> for each question?I dont want to hit the DB again as it will be expensive.

Is there any place in grid to store the List<Choice> collection so that I need not have to hit the DB?

Any help will be appreciated !!!!.

[Jignesh]

I added the data rquired in DataKeyNames of MasterTableView of the RadGrid. And in the ItemDataBound function,I m retrieving it.

<MasterTableView EnableViewState="true"  DataKeyNames="FormType.FormTypeCode,Form.FormId,Question.QuestionId,Question.ChoiceList">

string formTypeCode = radGrid.MasterTableView.DataKeyValues[e.Item.ItemIndex]["FormType.FormTypeCode"].ToString();
string formId = radGrid.MasterTableView.DataKeyValues[e.Item.ItemIndex]["Form.FormId"].ToString();
string questionId = radGrid.MasterTableView.DataKeyValues[e.Item.ItemIndex]["Question.QuestionId"].ToString();
Object objectChoiceList = radGrid.MasterTableView.DataKeyValues[e.Item.ItemIndex]["Question.ChoiceList"];

List<Choice> choiceList = null;

if (objectChoiceList != null)

choiceList = objectChoiceList as List<Choice>;

if (choiceList != null && choiceList.Count > 0)
{
//TODO:    
}

[Angel Petrov]

Hello Jignesh,

Indeed the OnItemDataBound event should be used in order to obtain the a reference to the list of Choice objects. For example if you are using the default EditForms EditMode you can obtain a reference to the values when an item is opened for edit by executing the below shown logic:

protected void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
    {
        GridEditableItem editItem = e.Item as GridEditableItem;
        if (editItem != null && editItem.IsInEditMode)
        {
            List<Choice> currnetList = (editItem.DataItem as QuestionManager).Question.ChoiceList;
        }
    }

 

Regards,
Angel Petrov
Telerik