Find blank Cell value in Radgrid

[Kevin]

I am switching over a gridview to a radgrid and ran into a hiccup, Gridview when a cell is blank actually puts in a   so you have to check for this , apparently Radgrid works differently.  I am trying to find out if a cell is blank or not, if its blank I want to hide a button on the radgrid.

Protected Sub myRadGrid_ItemDataBound(sender As Object, e As Telerik.Web.UI.GridItemEventArgs) Handles myRadGrid.ItemDataBound
       If (TypeOf e.Item Is GridDataItem) Then
           Dim button As LinkButton = e.Item.FindControl("lnkPickUp")
           Dim text As String = e.Item.Cells(7).Text
           If text = Nothing Then
               button.Enabled = False
               button.Visible = False
           End If
       End If
   End Sub

[Shinu]

Hello Kevin,

You can check for null value with the following code.
VB:

Protected Sub grid1_ItemDataBound(sender As Object, e As Telerik.Web.UI.GridItemEventArgs)
    If TypeOf e.Item Is GridDataItem Then
        Dim itm As GridDataItem = DirectCast(e.Item, GridDataItem)
        Dim link As LinkButton = DirectCast(itm.FindControl("lnkPickUp"), LinkButton)
        Dim text As String = e.Item.Cells(2).Text
        If text = " " Then
            link.Visible = False
        End If
    End If
End Sub

Thanks,
Shinu.

[Kevin]

Hi,
I originally tried this as that is how it is in a gridview, but its not working, nothing changed but changing to a radgrid, i have tried the following.
If IsDBNull(text) Then
if text = " " then
if text = " " then

I checked my sql query and it comes into the grid a a null.

[Shinu]

Hello Kevin,

Can you please specify the ColumnType you are using(means column which has Cell index 7)? Please note that columns like GridDateTimeColumn,GridButtonColumn etc are rendered as their respective controls in normal mode. Please post your code for more help.

Thanks,
Shinu.

[Kevin]

Hi,
its just a gridboundcoulmn

 <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="name" HeaderText="ISSUED TO"  />
                      

<Columns>
                                           <telerik:GridTemplateColumn HeaderText="Return">
                                               <ItemTemplate>
                                                     <asp:LinkButton ID="lnkReturn" runat="server" CommandArgument='<%#  bind("intRecId") %>' ToolTip="Return To Individual" CommandName="Return"
                                                       OnClientClick="return confirm('Are you sure you want to return item to service and Owner');"><asp:Image ID="imgReturn" runat="server" ImageUrl="~/Images/Return.png" BorderStyle="None" /></asp:LinkButton>
                                               </ItemTemplate>
                                           </telerik:GridTemplateColumn>
                                           <telerik:GridTemplateColumn HeaderText="ReIssue">
                                               <ItemTemplate>
                                                      <asp:LinkButton ID="lnkPickUp" runat="server" CommandArgument='<%#  bind("intRecId") %>' ToolTip="ReIssue to other person picking up equipment" CommandName="Pickup"
                                                       OnClientClick="return confirm('Are you sure you want to return issue item to another person');"><asp:Image ID="imgReIssue" runat="server" ImageUrl="~/Images/ReIssue.png" BorderStyle="None" /></asp:LinkButton>
                                               </ItemTemplate>
                                           </telerik:GridTemplateColumn>
                                           <telerik:GridTemplateColumn HeaderText="INFO">
                                               <ItemTemplate>
                                                       <asp:Image ID="imgLooker" runat="server" ImageUrl="~/Images/ViewResources.gif" ImageAlign="Middle" BorderStyle="None" />
                                                       <asp:PopupControlExtender ID="popInfo" runat="server" PopupControlID="pnlPop" TargetControlID="imgLooker" DynamicContextKey='<% #Eval("intRecId") %>'
                                                       DynamicControlID="pnlpop" DynamicServiceMethod="HelloWorld" Position="bottom"></asp:PopupControlExtender>
                                               </ItemTemplate>
                                           </telerik:GridTemplateColumn>
                                           <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="SN" HeaderText="SN" />
                                           <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="strManufacturer" HeaderText="MANUFACTURER" />
                                           <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="strModel" HeaderText="MODEL" />
                                           <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="strMake" HeaderText="MAKE" />
                                           <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="name" HeaderText="ISSUED TO"  />
                                       </Columns>

[Shinu]

Hello Kevin,

The column index starts at index 2 beacuse GridExpandColumn and GridRowindicatorColumn are always in front of data columns.
If you are accessing using cell index then the "Name" column should have an index of 9. Otherwise you can set a UniqueName for the column and access the column as shown below.
aspx:

<telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="name" UniqueName="name" HeaderText="ISSUED TO"  />

VB:

Private Sub RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(sender As Object, e As GridItemEventArgs)
    If TypeOf e.Item Is GridDataItem Then
        Dim item As GridDataItem = DirectCast(e.Item, GridDataItem)
        Dim cell As TableCell = item("Name")
        Dim text As String = cell.Text
    End If
End Sub

Thanks,
Shinu.

[Kevin]

Hi,
Ok got it, going to start using the uniques names to get at things, looks like a lot less toruble expecially if they change the amount of columns in the grid.  thanks for the help.