[Solved] Error when grid uses Render()

[Richard]

I have the below grid markup:

<%

 

: Html.Telerik().Grid(Model)

 

 

.Name(

 

"Category")

 

 

.Columns(columns =>

 

{

 

columns.Template(e =>

 

{

 

%>

 

<%

 

= Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", new { id = e.Id })%>

 

 

<%

 

}).Title(

 

"Edit");

 

 

columns.Bound(e => e.Name);

 

columns.Bound(e => e.Email);

 

columns.Bound(e => e.IsActive);

 

})

 

.Render();

 

%>

I receive this error:
Compiler Error Message: CS1525: Invalid expression term ')'

Source Error:

Line 12: { Line 13: columns.Template(e => Line 14: {Line 15: %> Line 16: <%= Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", new { id = e.Id })%>

If I remove the Template column but leave the .Render(), I still receive a similar error.  If I remove both the template column and the .Render(), it works fime.

What should I do?

[Bodevain Svensson]

Your grid signature looks correct when I compare it against this example except for the colon in the very beginning:
 

<% : Html.Telerik().Grid(Model)

What do you need it for? Can this mess-up the parsing of the view at runtime?

[Richard]

Yes, I think that you are right.  When the Render() method is used, it renders the content so the colon is not needed and probably the reason for my problems.

Thanks for the help.