dataSource.sync() callback

[DJo]

Can I add a callback function to the dataSource sync() method? I want code to wait until after the sync() is finished before proceeding because subsequent code is querying the data that is updated by the sync().

I don't want to use the dataSource's change event because I need to stay in scope where I manually call the sync() method.

[DJo]

Solved it myself. I did use the sync event, which turned out to have some advantages.

[DJo]

Change my mind. This would be really useful and in keeping with jQuery norms.

Is there a way to add a callback function to the dataSource.sync() method? I want to sometimes execute a function after sync but not always.

[Rosen]

Hello DJo,

I'm afraid that such callback is not available. As you have already noted the sync event should be used instead. You may know it is possible to use the one method to attach a event handler only once when it is required.
Other useful events in this case are change event (which in this case will have e.action argument set to sync), as well as requestEnd event which is raised before data is processed, providing access to the raw response.

Regards,
Rosen
Telerik

[AJ]

Hello, I just wanted to update this post since the sync function now returns a promise.  So, you can do something like this:

myGrid.dataSource.sync().then(function() {

    //callback logic in here

});

[Vivek]

Thank you AJ. sync.then works :)