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Elliott
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Elliott asked on 15 Jul 2011, 03:01 PM
I need to apply custom validation on a GridDateTimeColumn

is there a way to add a custom validator on the Edit Command?

or
if I template the column, what is the equivalent (Label and RADDatePicker?) in ItemTemplate controls and EditItemTemplate controls

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Andrey
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answered on 20 Jul 2011, 09:53 AM
Hi Marianne,

Yes, there is a way to add custom validation, you could find more information about it at the last section of our online documentation:
http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/grid-custom-editors.html

The other approach you have mentioned is applicable too, more information you could find in our Getting Started section, sub-section Add Controls to Column Templates of RadGrid online documentation which resides on the following address:
http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/grid-add-controls-to-templates.html

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answered on 20 Jul 2011, 02:44 PM
thanks Andrey

I ended up adding a custom validator but couldn't get it to fire - there is a javascript routine that needed to run before any custom validator
    var j = 0;
    function ship_date_selected(sender, eventArgs) {
        var date = eventArgs._newValue;
        // prevent loop
//        var chk = eventArgs._oldValue;
        if (j > 0) {
            return;
        }
        var oldDate = eventArgs.get_oldDate();
        var thisItem = document.getElementById('txtItemID');
        var thisStore = document.getElementById('txtStoreHidden');
          
        // date already for Item
        var theGrid = $find("<%=rgEditOrder.ClientID %>").get_masterTableView();
        for (var i = 0; i < theGrid.get_dataItems().length; i++) {
            var row = theGrid.get_dataItems()[i];
            if (!row.get_isInEditMode()) {
                var ItemID = theGrid.getCellByColumnUniqueName(row, "ItemID").innerHTML;
                var storeNumber = theGrid.getCellByColumnUniqueName(row, "StoreNumber").innerHTML;
//              alert(ItemID);
                if (parseInt(ItemID) == parseInt(thisItem.value)) {
                    if (parseInt(storeNumber) == parseInt(thisStore.value)) {
                        var ShipDate = theGrid.getCellByColumnUniqueName(row, "ShipDate").innerHTML;
                        if (Date.parse(date) == Date.parse(ShipDate)) {
                            alert('Date already used ' + ShipDate);
                            sender.set_selectedDate(oldDate);
                            return false;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
          
        var strSD = format_dates(date);
        if (!delivery_ok(strSD)) {
            j++;
            sender.set_selectedDate(oldDate);
            alert('Invalid delivery date');
            return false;
            }
    }
    // validate that date supplied falls in one of three ship windows        
    function delivery_ok(strSD) {
        var endDate1 = document.getElementById('rtbEnd1');
        var endDate2 = document.getElementById('rtbEnd2');
        var endDate3 = document.getElementById('rtbEnd3');
        var startDate1 = document.getElementById('rtbStart1');
        var startDate2 = document.getElementById('rtbStart2');
        var startDate3 = document.getElementById('rtbStart3');
  
        // add century(20) to ship dates-mm/dd/yy->mm/dd/yyyy            
        var vDate1 = format_dates(startDate1.value);
        var vDate2 = format_dates(startDate2.value);
        var vDate3 = format_dates(startDate3.value);
        var vEnd1 = format_dates(endDate1.value);
        var vEnd2 = format_dates(endDate2.value);
        var vEnd3 = format_dates(endDate3.value);
  
        if (vDate1 != '') {
            if (Date.parse(strSD) >= Date.parse(vDate1) && Date.parse(strSD) <= Date.parse(vEnd1)) {
                return true;
            }
        }
        if (vDate2 != '') {
            if (Date.parse(strSD) >= Date.parse(vDate2) && Date.parse(strSD) <= Date.parse(vEnd2)) {
                return true;
            }
        }
        if (vDate3 != '') {
            if (Date.parse(strSD) >= Date.parse(vDate3) && Date.parse(strSD) <= Date.parse(vEnd3)) {
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }
the grid
        <telerik:RadGrid ID="rgEditOrder" OnNeedDataSource="rgEditOrder_NeedDataSource" 
            OnItemCommand="rgEditOrder_ItemCommand" OnItemCreated="rgEditOrder_ItemCreated" 
            ShowFooter="True" runat="server" Skin="Sunset">
        <GroupingSettings CaseSensitive="false" />
        <MasterTableView DataKeyNames="OrderSeq" AutoGenerateColumns="false" AllowSorting="true" AllowPaging="true" AllowFilteringByColumn="False" EditMode="InPlace" >
        <Columns>
            <telerik:GridBoundColumn UniqueName="StoreNumber" DataField="StoreNumber" HeaderText="Store #" DataFormatString="{0:#####}" DataType="System.Int32" Aggregate="None" ReadOnly="True">
                <HeaderStyle Width="40px" />
            </telerik:GridBoundColumn>
            <telerik:GridBoundColumn UniqueName="BoothNumber" DataField="BoothNumber" HeaderText="Booth #" DataFormatString="{0:#####}" DataType="System.Int32" Aggregate="None" ReadOnly="True">
                <HeaderStyle Width="40px" />
            </telerik:GridBoundColumn>
            <telerik:GridBoundColumn UniqueName="ItemID" DataField="ItemID" HeaderText="Item" DataType="System.Double" Aggregate="None" ReadOnly="True">
                <HeaderStyle Width="40px" />
            </telerik:GridBoundColumn>
            <telerik:GridBoundColumn UniqueName="ItemDescription" DataField="ItemDescription" HeaderText="Description" ReadOnly="True">
                <HeaderStyle Width="100px" />
            </telerik:GridBoundColumn>
            <telerik:GridDateTimeColumn UniqueName="ShipDate" DataField="ShipDate" PickerType="DatePicker" HeaderText="Ship Date" DataFormatString="{0:d}" DataType="System.DateTime" >
                <HeaderStyle Width="60px" />           
            </telerik:GridDateTimeColumn>
            <telerik:GridTemplateColumn UniqueName="Cases" HeaderText="" >
                <EditItemTemplate>
                    <telerik:RadNumericTextBox ID="rntbQty" Text='<%# Eval("Qty") %>' MinValue='<%# Bind("Qty") %>' OnTextChanged="rntbQty_TextChanged" AutoPostBack="True" Width="30px" runat="server">
                        <NumberFormat DecimalDigits="0" />
                    </telerik:RadNumericTextBox>
                </EditItemTemplate>
                <HeaderStyle Width="30px" />            
            </telerik:GridTemplateColumn>
            <telerik:GridBoundColumn UniqueName="Qty" DataField="Qty" HeaderText="Cases" DataFormatString="{0:#####}" DataType="System.Int32" Aggregate="Sum" ReadOnly="True" >
                <HeaderStyle Width="30px" />
            </telerik:GridBoundColumn>
            <telerik:GridBoundColumn UniqueName="NetCost" DataField="NetCost" HeaderText="Net Cost" DataFormatString="{0:C2}" DataType="System.Double" Aggregate="None" ReadOnly="True">
                <HeaderStyle Width="50px" />
            </telerik:GridBoundColumn>
            <telerik:GridBoundColumn UniqueName="ItemTotal" DataField="ItemTotal" HeaderText="Item Total" DataFormatString="{0:C2}" DataType="System.Double" Aggregate="Sum" ReadOnly="True">
                <HeaderStyle Width="50px" />
            </telerik:GridBoundColumn>
            <telerik:GridBoundColumn UniqueName="PageNumber" DataField="PageNumber" HeaderText="Page" DataFormatString="{0:#####}" DataType="System.Int32" Aggregate="None" ReadOnly="True">
                <HeaderStyle Width="40px" />
            </telerik:GridBoundColumn>
            <telerik:GridBoundColumn UniqueName="VendorNumber" DataField="VendorNumber" HeaderText="Vendor" DataFormatString="{0:#####}" DataType="System.Int32" Aggregate="None" ReadOnly="True">
                <HeaderStyle Width="40px" />
            </telerik:GridBoundColumn>
            <telerik:GridBoundColumn UniqueName="DepartmentNumber" DataField="DepartmentNumber" HeaderText="Depart" DataFormatString="{0:##}" DataType="System.Int32" Aggregate="None" ReadOnly="True">
                <HeaderStyle Width="30px" />
            </telerik:GridBoundColumn>
            <telerik:GridBoundColumn UniqueName="OrderSeq" DataField="OrderSeq" DataType="System.Int64" Visible="false">
            </telerik:GridBoundColumn>
            <telerik:GridDateTimeColumn UniqueName="StartDate1" DataField="StartDate1" PickerType="DatePicker" DataType="System.DateTime" Visible="false">
            </telerik:GridDateTimeColumn>   
            <telerik:GridDateTimeColumn UniqueName="EndDate1" DataField="EndDate1" PickerType="DatePicker" DataType="System.DateTime" Visible="false">
            </telerik:GridDateTimeColumn>
            <telerik:GridDateTimeColumn UniqueName="StartDate2" DataField="StartDate2" PickerType="DatePicker" DataType="System.DateTime" Visible="false">
            </telerik:GridDateTimeColumn>   
            <telerik:GridDateTimeColumn UniqueName="EndDate2" DataField="EndDate2" PickerType="DatePicker" DataType="System.DateTime" Visible="false">
            </telerik:GridDateTimeColumn>
            <telerik:GridDateTimeColumn UniqueName="StartDate3" DataField="StartDate3" PickerType="DatePicker" DataType="System.DateTime" Visible="false">
            </telerik:GridDateTimeColumn>   
            <telerik:GridDateTimeColumn UniqueName="EndDate3" DataField="EndDate3" PickerType="DatePicker" DataType="System.DateTime" Visible="false">
            </telerik:GridDateTimeColumn>
        </Columns>
        </MasterTableView>
        <ClientSettings>
            <ClientEvents OnRowDblClick="RowDblClick" />
            <ClientEvents OnRowClick="RowClick" />
<%--        <ClientEvents OnGridCreated="GetGridObject" />
            <ClientEvents OnDataSourceResolved="CalcTotals" />--%>
        </ClientSettings>
        </telerik:RadGrid>

I fire the validation on the update, which is fine - it's on the server anyway

protected void rgEditOrder_ItemCreated(object source, GridItemEventArgs e)
{
    GridEditableItem geItem;
    RadDatePicker rdpShipDate;
    GridDateTimeColumnEditor ceShipDate;
    TableCell tcShipDate;
    CustomValidator cvShipDate;
    if (e.Item.IsInEditMode)
    { }
    else
        return;
    if (e.Item is GridEditableItem)
    { }
    else
        return;
    geItem = (GridEditableItem)e.Item;
    rdpShipDate = (geItem["ShipDate"].Controls[0] as RadDatePicker);
    rdpShipDate.ClientEvents.OnDateSelected = "ship_date_selected";
    rdpShipDate.AutoPostBack = true;     
    rdpShipDate.SelectedDateChanged += rdpShipDate_SelectedDateChanged;
    txtShipDate.Value = rdpShipDate.ClientID;
    ceShipDate = geItem.EditManager.GetColumnEditor("ShipDate") as GridDateTimeColumnEditor;
    tcShipDate = (TableCell)ceShipDate.PickerControl.Parent;
    cvShipDate = new CustomValidator();
    cvShipDate.ID = "cvShipDate";
    cvShipDate.ControlToValidate = rdpShipDate.ID;
    cvShipDate.ServerValidate += ShipDate_OnServerValidate;
    cvShipDate.Text = "*";
    cvShipDate.ErrorMessage = "Item already ordered on this ship date";
    tcShipDate.Controls.Add(cvShipDate);
}

protected void rdpShipDate_SelectedDateChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    RadDatePicker rdpShipDate;
    GridEditableItem geItem;
    DateTime OldShipDate,NewShipDate;
    double fStore,dItemID;
    int iBooth,iPage,iQty;
    string strOldDel,strNewDel;
    bool bUpdate=false;
    WsOrderSystem wsOrder;
    Page.Validate();
    if (Page.IsValid) {}
    else { return; }
    rdpShipDate = (sender as RadDatePicker);
    geItem = rdpShipDate.NamingContainer as GridEditableItem;
    NewShipDate = Convert.ToDateTime(rdpShipDate.SelectedDate);
    OldShipDate = Convert.ToDateTime((e as Telerik.Web.UI.Calendar.SelectedDateChangedEventArgs).OldDate);
    fStore = Convert.ToDouble(ExtractValue(geItem,"StoreNumber"));
    iBooth = Convert.ToInt32(ExtractValue(geItem,"BoothNumber"));
    dItemID = Convert.ToDouble(ExtractValue(geItem,"ItemID"));
    iPage = Convert.ToInt32(ExtractValue(geItem,"PageNumber"));
    iQty = Convert.ToInt32(ExtractValue(geItem, "Qty"));
    strOldDel = OldShipDate.ToShortDateString();
    strNewDel = NewShipDate.ToShortDateString();
    wsOrder = new WsOrderSystem();        
    bUpdate = wsOrder.UpdateOrder(fStore,iBooth,iPage,dItemID,iQty,strOldDel,strNewDel);
    rgEditOrder.MasterTableView.IsItemInserted = false;
}
protected void ShipDate_OnServerValidate(object source, ServerValidateEventArgs args)
{
    CustomValidator cvShipDate;
    RadDatePicker rdpShipDate;
    GridEditableItem geItem;
    TableCell tcShipDate;
    double fStore, dItemID;
    int iBooth, iPage, iQty;
    string strDel;
    WsOrderSystem wsOrder;
    DataSet dsOrder;
    lblCompleteOrder.Visible = false;
    args.IsValid = false;
    cvShipDate = (CustomValidator)source;
    tcShipDate = (TableCell) cvShipDate.Parent;
    geItem = (GridEditableItem) tcShipDate.Parent;
    strDel = args.Value;
    fStore = Convert.ToDouble(ExtractValue(geItem, "StoreNumber"));
    iBooth = Convert.ToInt32(ExtractValue(geItem, "BoothNumber"));
    dItemID = Convert.ToDouble(ExtractValue(geItem, "ItemID"));
    iPage = Convert.ToInt32(ExtractValue(geItem, "PageNumber"));
    wsOrder = new WsOrderSystem();
    dsOrder = new DataSet();
    dsOrder = wsOrder.GetOneOrderItem(fStore,iBooth,iPage,dItemID,strDel);
    if (dsOrder.Tables.Count > 0)
    {
        if (dsOrder.Tables[0].Rows.Count < 1)
            args.IsValid = true;
    }
}
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answered on 09 Aug 2012, 07:46 AM
i am making a page where i need some validation that StartDate should be less than the EndDate and i m using telerik:GridDateTimeColumn. Please tell me hoe can i compare these two values from telerik:GridDateTimeColumn.
its ergent please.....:-/
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Andrey
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answered on 13 Aug 2012, 04:09 PM
Hello,

You could check this online demo application for a sample code of the approach you could use.

Greetings,
Andrey
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