Force Row Update with GridButton

[David A.]

Hi,
We have  not-so-technical users that don't understand moving off a row is what causes it to be added or updated.  Subsequently, I have added a button in each row that is to basically "save" the changes of the row (to the dataset).  I cannot seem to find a way to force the row to update as EndEdit and EndUpdate only seem to end a cell update.  I need something that will do the same thing as moving off a row so I can catch the errors in the RowValidating event.  Can you point me in the right direction?

Thank you.

[Richard Slade]

Hello David,

I'd advise using Cell validation rather than Row validation for this. You can find out more by visiting this help topic.
I hope this helps but let me know if you need more information
Richard

[Emanuel Varga]

Hello,

So, you can just put a dummy button and when the users click that button the cell and also the grid will loose focus, so changes will be applied, like so:

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using Telerik.WinControls.UI;

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    private RadGridView radGridView1;
    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        this.Controls.Add(radGridView1 = new RadGridView());
        radGridView1.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
        radGridView1.AutoSizeColumnsMode = GridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill;

        var button = new RadButton();
        button.Text = "DummySave";
        button.Dock = DockStyle.Bottom;
        this.Controls.Add(button);

        var list = new List<Test>();
        list.Add(new Test{Id = 1, Name = "Name1"});
        list.Add(new Test{Id = 2, Name = "Name2"});
        radGridView1.DataSource = list;
    }
}

public class Test
{
    public int Id
    {
        get;
        set;
    }

    public string Name
    {
        get;
        set;
    }
}

Hope this helps, if you have any other questions or comments, please let me know,

Best Regards,
Emanuel Varga
Telerik WinForms MVP

[David A.]

Thank you Richard and Emanuel.  Both of your suggestions were helpful.  I ended up using cell validation for this.