Determine CurrentCell during PastingCellClipboardContent event

[Matthew]

As the subject says, I need to know the Current Cell (as type GridViewCell) from within this event in order to do some additional validation.

How would I get this information?

        void rgvBulkEntry_PastingCellClipboardContent(Object sender, GridViewCellClipboardEventArgs e)
        {
            ValidateData(e.Cell.Column.UniqueName, e.Value.ToString(), (GridViewCell)e.Cell);
        }

(GridViewCell)e.Cell fails as e.Cell is of type GridViewCellInfo...

[Maya]

Hi Matthew,

Generally, there is no easy way to convert GridViewCellInfo into GridViewCell. The basic reason is that the virtualization of the grid is turned on by default and not all cells are available. 
Would you clarify a bit what is the scenario that you want to accomplish ? Why do you need GridViewCell instead of GridViewCellInfo ?
 

Kind regards,
Maya
the Telerik team

[Matthew]

I am attempting to have a single function that I could call in order to validate data in the radGridVIew cells during both the PastingCellClipboardContent and CellValidating events.

[Maya]

Hi Matthew,

You can still use the GridViewCellInfo from the PastingCellClipboardContent event - it gives you information for the Item and the Value as well. Another possible approach would be to execute the validation in the setter of your property that will be called on pasting a new value. 
 

Greetings,
Maya
the Telerik team

[Matthew]

Is there a way I could call CellValidating from the PastingCellClipboardContent event?

[Matthew]

Hi Maya,

I am using a WCF service to get data which then is updated into other fields of the object - however I think the asynchronous calls that it is making is causing the results to be very spotty - do you have any suggestions on this?

[Maya]

Hello Matthew,

You can try to validate the item not in any event but either in the setter of the properties for example ( that will be called event when pasting a new value) or implementing INotifyDataErrorInfo Interface. Please take a look at this blog post on the later approach.
 

Regards,
Maya
the Telerik team