[Solved] Display Grid W/O Data

[James]

I have the requirement, in numerous screens whereas the user will be presented with
textbox(s) to enter search criteria, and upon their entry of one or many search items
we wil retrieve the data and bind it to the grid.

When the screen opens where is a BIG HOLE in it where I was hoping some type of
placeholder, etc would display the results grid. I have googled and tried some of the
solutions to no avail.

I would love to have a something there to indicate "This is where the search results" are
going to go, possibly with the actual column headings?

Thanks!

Jim Douglas

[Princy]

Hi Jim,

You can initially bind your grid to an empty object collection as shown below so that it displays the NoMasterRecordsText when there are no records. You can bind the grid to the searched results on postback (say a button click or so).

c#:

 protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (!IsPostBack)
        {
            RadGrid1.DataSource = new object[] { };
            RadGrid1.Rebind();
        }
    }

 

Also you can customize the NoMasterRecordsText as shown below:

aspx:

<telerik:RadGrid ID="RadGrid3" AutoGenerateColumns="true" runat="server" >
        <MasterTableView NoMasterRecordsText="Search Results" >

Thanks

Princy. 

[James]

Thanks, just what I wanted! Excellent support!