GRID Drop Down Column problem

[Kannan]

Hi,

I have GridDropDownColumn with EnableEmptyListItem = "true" EmptyListItemValue="0" EmptyListItemText="Select" in my RadGrid and required field validator as well and i am experiencing a problem that my validator is not fired when the drop down selected text is "Select". I have many fields as well in an order (ie) For Ex. User Name, Password, User Type and Contact No etc., in this User Type is the drop down list. The required field validator is fired for username, password,contact no and for user type its not firing. So i used to check the separately OnInsertCommand.

But I required is the required field validator should fire that. So i need some help in this regards

Thanks,
Kannan

[Princy]

Hello Kannan,

This is the code that I tried in my application. Please check this and find whether you have missed anything.

ASPX:

<telerik:GridDropDownColumn ListTextField="UserType" ListValueField="UserType"
           DataField="UserType" DropDownControlType="DropDownList"
           UniqueName="GridDropDownColumn2"
           DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1" EnableEmptyListItem="true" EmptyListItemValue="0"
           EmptyListItemText="Select" >
</telerik:GridDropDownColumn>

C#:

protected void RadGrid1_ItemCreated(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
   {
       if (e.Item is GridEditFormInsertItem && e.Item.OwnerTableView.IsItemInserted)
       {
           GridEditFormInsertItem insertItem = e.Item as GridEditFormInsertItem;
           DropDownList dropDownList1 = insertItem["GridDropDownColumn2"].Controls[0] as DropDownList;
           GridDropDownColumnEditor editor = (GridDropDownColumnEditor)insertItem.EditManager.GetColumnEditor("GridDropDownColumn2");
           TableCell cell = (TableCell)editor.ContainerControl;

           RequiredFieldValidator validator = new RequiredFieldValidator();
           validator.ControlToValidate = dropDownList1.ID;
           validator.InitialValue = "0";
           validator.ErrorMessage = "*";
           cell.Controls.Add(validator);
        }
   }

Thanks,
Princy.

[Kannan]

Hi Princy,

Thanks for your code and I have missed out validator.InitialValue = "0";

Now its working fine.

Thanks & Regards
Kannan.S

[Carl]

I'm working on a similar project using RadGrid with GridDropDownColumns and EnableEmptyListItem options. I'm trying to implement a solution like the one proposed by Princy but I was wondering if I could accomplish the same thing with a RadComboBox instead of the ASP.NET DropDownList control? I tried to change:

DropDownList dropDownList1 = insertItem["GridDropDownColumn2"].Controls[0] as DropDownList;
to
RadComboBox dropDownList1 = insertItem["GridDropDownColumn2"].Controls[0] as RadComboBox;

However, now the validator will not fire, but it works correctly if I use DropDownList instead of RadCombBox.


Please advise if this is a supported scenario or if I must use DropDownList instead.

Thanks.

[Konstantin Dikov]

Hi Carl,

The only difference when RadComboBox control is used is that the InitialValue of the validator must be set to "Select" instead of "0":

validator.InitialValue = "Select";

Additionally, I would like to point out that you can accomplish the same behavior from the markup only:

<telerik:GridDropDownColumn ListTextField="CompanyName" ListValueField="CompanyName"
    DataField="CompanyName" DropDownControlType="RadComboBox" UniqueName="GridDropDownColumn2"
    DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1" EnableEmptyListItem="true" EmptyListItemValue="0"
    EmptyListItemText="Select">
    <ColumnValidationSettings EnableRequiredFieldValidation="true">
        <RequiredFieldValidator ValidateRequestMode="Enabled" InitialValue="Select" ErrorMessage="*"></RequiredFieldValidator>
    </ColumnValidationSettings>
</telerik:GridDropDownColumn>

Hope this helps.


Regards,
Konstantin Dikov
Telerik

 

 

[Carl]

Excellent! I was able to swap to using RadComboBox for my grid editors successfully, thanks for the help.