Finding GridBoundControl in Command event

[Phil]

Hi
I am in the grid Command event and I can not cast to GridBoundControl:

Protected Sub RadGrid1_UpdateCommand(ByVal source As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.Web.UI.GridCommandEventArgs)
    Dim _flg As GridBoundColumn = CType(e.Item.FindControl("flgColumn"), GridBoundColumn)
End Sub

Says: Value of type 'System.Web.UI.Control' cannot be converted to 'Telerik.Web.UI.GridBoundColumn'.  I am able to find templated controls this way but how do I find the Bound controls?

[Princy]

Hello Phil,

I suppose you are trying to access the default TextBox for a GridBoundColumn when the grid is in EditMode. If thats the case, you can access the TextBox for the column as shown below:
aspx:

 <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="ProductName" UniqueName="ProductName" HeaderText="ProductName"></telerik:GridBoundColumn>

vb:

 Protected Sub RadGrid1_UpdateCommand(ByVal source As Object, ByVal e As GridCommandEventArgs)
     If TypeOf e.Item Is GridEditableItem AndAlso e.Item.IsInEditMode Then
         Dim editItem As GridEditableItem = DirectCast(e.Item, GridEditableItem)
         Dim txtbx As TextBox = DirectCast(editItem("ProductName").Controls(0), TextBox)
     End If
 End Sub

whereas, if you are trying to access the GridBoundColumn in the UpdateCommand, try out the following code:
vb:

     Protected Sub RadGrid1_UpdateCommand(ByVal source As Object, ByVal e As GridCommandEventArgs)

         Dim column As GridBoundColumn = DirectCast(RadGrid1.MasterTableView.GetColumn("ProductName"), GridBoundColumn)

     End Sub

-Princy.