export to csv, cant find button

[mabs]

I am creating several buttons in the the commandItemTemplate, I am using these to export tp csv plus many other things (I could use the commandItemSettings but dont want to). The problem I am having is that I cannot find the buttons in the code behind.  My code is as follows.

<telerik:RadAjaxLoadingPanel runat="server" ID="progressLoader" MinDisplayTime="1500" InitialDelayTime="1000" Skin="Default"></telerik:RadAjaxLoadingPanel>
<telerik:RadAjaxPanel runat="server" ID="rap_panel1" LoadingPanelID="progressLoader">
        <telerik:RadGrid ID="RadGrid1"
                         runat="server"
                         GridLines="Vertical"
                         ShowGroupPanel="True"
                         PageSize="18"
                         AllowSorting="true"
                         AllowPaging="true"
                         AutoGenerateColumns="false"
                         EnableHeaderContextMenu="true"
                         Skin="Default">
            <ExportSettings>
                <Pdf FontType="Subset" PaperSize="A4" />
                <Excel Format="Html" />
                <Csv ColumnDelimiter="Comma" RowDelimiter="NewLine" />
            </ExportSettings>
            <MasterTableView DataKeyNames="ROWCLICK" GroupLoadMode="Client" CommandItemDisplay="Top">
                <PagerStyle  Mode="NextPrevNumericAndAdvanced" />

               <CommandItemTemplate>

                      <asp:LinkButton ID="btn_save" runat="server" CommandName="saveGrid" ><asp:Image runat="server" ID="img_save" ImageUrl="~/_resources/images/icons/tick.png"/></asp:LinkButton>
                        <asp:LinkButton ID="btn_excel" runat="server" CommandName="excel" ><asp:Image runat="server" ID="Image1" ImageUrl="~/_resources/images/icons/xls_grey.gif"/></asp:LinkButton>
                        <asp:LinkButton ID="btn_pdf" runat="server" CommandName="pdf" ><asp:Image runat="server" ID="Image2" ImageUrl="~/_resources/images/icons/pdf.gif"/></asp:LinkButton>


                </CommandItemTemplate>
            </MasterTableView>
            <ClientSettings ReorderColumnsOnClient="True"
                            AllowDragToGroup="True"
                            AllowColumnsReorder="True"
                            EnablePostBackOnRowClick="true"
                            AllowGroupExpandCollapse="true">
                <Resizing AllowRowResize="True"
                          AllowColumnResize="True"
                          EnableRealTimeResize="True"
                          ResizeGridOnColumnResize="False">
                </Resizing>
            </ClientSettings>
        </telerik:RadGrid>
</telerik:RadAjaxPanel>

    Protected Sub RadGrid1_ItemCreated(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.Web.UI.GridItemEventArgs) Handles RadGrid1.ItemCreated

        Dim item As GridCommandItem = TryCast(e.Item, GridCommandItem)
        If item IsNot Nothing Then
            Dim btn As Button = TryCast(item.FindControl("btn_excel"), Button)

        End If

    End Sub

Any help would be much appreciated.

[Princy]

Hello Russell,

I am happy to help you. The following code snippet will be useful for you in achieving this.

VB.NET:

 Protected Sub RadGrid1_ItemCreated(sender As Object, e As GridItemEventArgs)
    If TypeOf e.Item Is GridCommandItem Then
        Dim item As GridCommandItem = TryCast(e.Item, GridCommandItem)
        If item IsNot Nothing Then
            Dim btn As LinkButton = TryCast(item.FindControl("btn_excel"), LinkButton)
        End If
    End If
 End Sub

Thanks,
Princy.

[mabs]

Thank you works a treat, didn't spot the mistake untill you posted your solution!