[Solved] Dynamically Skin RadCombobox in Edit Form

[David]

In my app I allow the users to choose a skin and it stores the choice in an application variable.


I am having trouble skinning the control in the edit form.

    Protected Sub rgTimeslips_ItemCommand(ByVal source As Object, ByVal e As GridCommandEventArgs) Handles rgTimeslips.ItemCommand

        If (e.CommandName = RadGrid.EditCommandName) Then
            e.Item.OwnerTableView.EditFormSettings.CaptionFormatString = "Edit Time Slip"


            Dim frmitem As GridEditFormItem = DirectCast(e.Item, GridEditFormItem)
            Dim ddlreason As RadComboBox = DirectCast(frmitem.FindControl("ddlReason1"), RadComboBox)

            ddlreason.Skin = Application("TelerikTheme")

        End If


    End Sub

I get an error that says: 
Error Message: Unable to cast object of type 'Telerik.Web.UI.GridDataItem' to type 'Telerik.Web.UI.GridEditFormItem'.


Help please ?

[Tsvetoslav]

Hi David,

You need to move your code to the ItemCreated event and give it a condition of:

if (e.Item is GridEditFormItem && e.Item.IsInEditMode)
{
}

I hope this helps.

Best regards,
Tsvetoslav
the Telerik team

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