grid's item attributes programmatically

[Boris]

Dear Sirs!
For RadGrid I want to change some item's attrfibutes. For example, border color width and style if some condition is true.
In ItemDataBound item I write:

 

if (e.Item is GridDataItem)

 

{

 

GridDataItem it = e.Item as GridDataItem;

 

 

try

 

{

 

if (it["track_type"].Text.Trim() == "0")

 

{

it.BorderColor = System.Drawing.

Color.Red;

 

}

}

 

catch { }

 

}

this not works but the it.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red work OK.
What I did wrong?
May be I need to override Grid's Style of my skin?

Thank you very much in advance.

Boris

 

[Veli]

Hello Boris,

Yes, the recommended approach for modifying the styles of the grid elements is through the CSS skin. You can either modify the CSS styles applied to the grid elements (through the preset CSS classes), or assign new CSS classes to your items.

Best,
Veli
the Telerik team

[Boris]

OK, but the question is:
if I want to modify the CSS styles of the grid's element then I have:
1) to copy the corresponding .css files in my project,
2) modify needed elements and link my page with this file no touching the original files in Program Files. It is correct?

For example, I have to take grid's css filr from:
C:\Program Files\Telerik\RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX Q1 2010\Skins\Office20070Grid.Office2007.css -  right?

Thank you,
Boris

[Veli]

Yes, this is the recommended approach. For details on how exactly you can proceed, refer to this help topic and other related topics in the same section.

Veli
the Telerik team

[Boris]

Veli, thank you very much for exhaustive answer!
Boris

[Mark]

I have a similar question along these lines but can't find the answer in this forum. I'm using a Custom Skin as well Skin="WC". We are using the Prior to the Q1 2009 release of RadGrid for ASP.NET AJAX. Any ideas? Or links to other forum entries? Thank you!

 

for (int i = 0; i < this.grdAccountLimits.Items.Count; i++)
{
    GridDataItem gdi = this.grdAccountLimits.Items[i];
    if (some check for error goes here)
    {
         // This Works
        gdi.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red;
        // This Does Not
        gdi.BorderColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red;
    }
}

 

[Veli]

Hello Mark,

We have a help article on how to customize RadGrid's Skin. It starts with the description of the skin RadGrid uses prior to Q1 2009 and how  to customize that.

Veli
the Telerik team