GridBoundColumn text is blank space when visible=false

[Jason]

I just updated my RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX, and am now having problems getting the cell text of GridBoundItems when visible is set to false.

item["NonVisibleColumnName"].Text is always returning a blank space ( ).

Has anyone run into this issue?

[Shinu]

Hi,

Please examine this sticky thread which explains breaking change in new version.
Breaking change: Hidden column cell text is not persisted in ViewState

Thanks,
Shinu

[Jason]

Well that's embarrassing. Thanks!

[Billy]

Don't feel bad, I came here because of the same thing. I ended up discovering the display="false" alternative.

Not sure if this is proper because it's not mentioned in the link above, but I think you might also be able to set the column visibility after databinding in codebehind like:

RadGrid1.MasterTableView.GetColumn("FirstName").Visible = false;