Find and bind dropdownlist in inlineinserttemplate

[David Sitton]

Hi,
I'm having trouble finding and binding my ddl control server side - mainly falling at the first hurdle - I can't find the control!

Here's the inlineinserttemplate:

        <InlineInsertTemplate>
            <div id="InlineInsertTemplate" class="rsCustomAppointmentContainer technical">
                <div>
                </div>
                <span class="rsCustomAppointmentContainerInner">
                    <asp:TextBox ID="TitleTextBox" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Subject") %>' Width="90%"
                        TextMode="MultiLine" Height="20px"></asp:TextBox>
                    <asp:LinkButton ID="InsertButton" runat="server" CommandName="Insert">
                        Insert
                    </asp:LinkButton>
                    <asp:LinkButton ID="InsertCancelButton" runat="server" CausesValidation="False" CommandName="Cancel">
                        Cancel
                    </asp:LinkButton>

                    <span class="inline-label">Type</span>
                    <asp:DropDownList ID="ddlActivityType" runat="server" DataValueField="activity_type_uniq" DataTextField="activity_type_name">
                    </asp:DropDownList>

                    <asp:LinkButton ID="InsertMoreButton" runat="server" CommandName="More" CssClass="rsAdvancedEditLink">Advanced</asp:LinkButton>
                </span>
            </div>
        </InlineInsertTemplate>

Can anyone help me with where to look and what event to look in?

Cheers!

[Princy]

Hello,

You can access and bind the DropDownList from the FormCreated event. See the sample code below.
C#:

protected void radscheduler1_FormCreated(object sender, SchedulerFormCreatedEventArgs e)
  {
    RadScheduler scheduler = (RadScheduler)sender;
    if (e.Container.Mode == SchedulerFormMode.Insert )
      {
        DropDownList DropDownList1 = (DropDownList)e.Container.FindControl("ddlActivityType");
        DropDownList1.DataSourceID = "SqlDataSource1";
      }
  }

Hope this helps.

Thanks,
Princy.

[David Sitton]

Ok, I've found the DDL in {FormCreated} - now I need to pick up the value during {AppointmentInsert}
Anyone done this already? Or should it be mapped to a custom attribute (and if so how?)
Any help much appreciated :-)

[David Sitton]

Thanks Princy, much appreciated! Stumbled across it myself but the extra condition will help it from falling over!

[David Sitton]

No worries, I've found the DDL in the {AppointmentCommand} event - if there is a way to auto bind that DDL to a custom attribute would be good to hear though. Cheers!

[Plamen]

Hi David,

You can use the same functionality as in the Using Templates demo and set Custom Attributes as it is done in the code behind of this demo.

Hope this will be helpful. 

Greetings,
Plamen Zdravkov
the Telerik team