[Solved] GridBoundColumn,GridDropDownListColumnEditor

[ahmad]

Hi Telerik Team,

    I created my RadGrid dynamically without creating its columns and its data source is datatable.
    I need to change the default GridTextBoxColumnEditor into GridDropDownListColumnEditor.
    Please Help !

Regards,
Ahmad

[Tsvetoslav]

Hello ahmad,

Pleae, review the following online example on using column editors: Grid/Using column editors, and if it is not relevant to your implementation, could you provide more details on your scenario.

Thank you.

Best Regards,
Tsvetoslav
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[ahmad]

Hello Telerik,
         Can i write this:
              

protected void RadGrid1_CreateColumnEditor(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.GridCreateColumnEditorEventArgs e)
{
 if ( e.Column is GridBoundColumn )
 {
   if ( (e.Column as GridBoundColumn).DataField == "Country" )
   {
      e.ColumnEditor = new GridDropDownListColumnEditor();
   }
  
 }
}

That is i replace MultiLineTextBoxColumnEditor by GridDropDownListColumnEditor.
It gave me error.

Regards,
Ahmad

[Princy]

Hello Ahmad,

Generally a GridBoundColumn would accept only editors of the type GridTextColumnEditor. So if you require to display a DropDownList for a specific column when its in EditMode, then i would suggest you to either use a GridTemplateColumn with a Label in its ItemTemplate and a DropDownList in its EditItemTemplate or use a GridDropDownColumn which automatically displays data as in GridBoundColumn when in normal mode and displays a dropdownlist when in edit mode. You can also refer to the following document to understand better the diffferent types of columns:
Column types

Thanks
Princy.

[ahmad]

Thank You.