[Solved] Find control in an edit form template during itemCommand event

[Kirk Thomas]

Hello,

I have a grid and with a from template for editing.  I need to be able to find the controls in the form template  in either the itemCommand event or editCommand event.  I can find them if I use if(e.CommandName == RadGrid1.UpdateCommandName) but if I try to find a contol inside the itemCommand event without any if statment like that I get a null reference exception.  I assume this is because the controls have not rendered at the time I try to find them.  What do I have to do to be able to find the controls when the edit form template is loaded?

Thanks,
Kirk

[Thomas Salt]

you can get them in the item data bound event if you need to reference them when they are loading...

[Princy]

Hello Kirk,

Since the EditCommand is too early to access the edit form items, you can access the items in the ItemDataBound event of the grid instead as suggested by Thomas after checking if the grid item is in edit mode. Here is an example:
c#:

 protected void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.GridItemEventArgs e)
    {
       if (e.Item is GridEditFormItem && e.Item.IsInEditMode)
        {
            GridEditFormItem editItem = (GridEditFormItem)e.Item;
            TextBox txtbx1 = (TextBox)editItem["BoundColumnUniqueName"].Controls[0];

        }
    }

Thanks
Princy.

[Kirk Thomas]

Thanks Thomas and Princy that did the trick.