Gird popup editing with deferred save

[Leslie]

I am currently investigating the Kendo UI.

Is it really true that you cannot edit a grid without a trip to the server for each add/update/delete with a popup editor?  I would like the grid to be part of a larger object and nothing gets saved until the entire object gets saved.  This seems like a very common scenario to me!  Am I missing something?

If I don't supply a Create action, I get a compile error.  If I set batch mode to true, and I leave off the Save command in the grid, it calls the create command when I add a row through a popup editor (and it calls the batch version of create passing multiple objects which is strange since the save should be deferred).  If I set batch mode to true and include the Save command, I get a runtime error:

"You must use InCell edit mode for batch updates"

How can I use a popup editor for the grid and post the entire form to save my changes at a later date while avoiding constant trips to the server?

Leslie

@(Html.Kendo().Grid(Model.item.vendoritems)
.Name("grdVendorItems")
.Columns(columns =>
{
columns.Bound(c => c.vendorid);
columns.Bound(c => c.vendoritemcode);
columns.Bound(c => c.name);
columns.Bound(c => c.description);
columns.Bound(c => c.uomclassid);
columns.ForeignKey(c => c.vendorid, Model.vendorList, "Value", "Text");
columns.Command(command => { command.Edit(); });
}
)
.ToolBar(toolbar => { toolbar.Create(); toolbar.Save(); })
.Editable(editable =>
{
editable.Mode(GridEditMode.PopUp);
editable.TemplateName("vendoritemEditor");
editable.AdditionalViewData(new { VendorList = Model.vendorList, UOMClassList = Model.uomClassList });
}
)
 .Sortable()
.Scrollable()
.DataSource(dataSource => dataSource
.Ajax()
.ServerOperation(false)
.Batch(true)
.Model(model =>
{
model.Id(i => i.id);
model.Field(i => i.id).Editable(false);
})
.Events(events => events.Error("error_handler"))
.Create(update => update.Action("EditingPopup_Create", "VendorItems"))
.Update(update => update.Action("EditKendo", "VendorItems"))
)
)

[Petur Subev]

Hello Leslie,

Such editing mode is not supported. 

You can try and use the similar work-around solution as the one covered here.

http://www.kendoui.com/code-library/mvc/grid/external-editing-container-for-batch-editable-grid.aspx

Kind Regards,
Petur Subev
the Telerik team

[Aaron]

I found a way to achieve this by listing to the grid save event and calling container.data( "kendoWindow" ).close()

[Aaron]

I was mistaken.  I thought I had it working.

[Petur Subev]

Hello Aaron ,

Could you please share more details about the issue that you have and clarify your question? 

Kind Regards,
Petur Subev
Telerik