[Solved] GridDataItem["colName"].Text returns ' '

[Chris]

Relevant code:

ASP:
<telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="TaskKey" UniqueName="colTaskKey" ReadOnly="true" Display="true" />


C#:
protected void grdAssign_UpdateCommand(object sender, GridCommandEventArgs e)
 {
    GridDataItem item = (GridDataItem)e.Item;
    int taskKey = Int32.Parse(item["colTaskKey"].Text);

The column is being displayed only for debugging purposes, so I can verify that yes, it is being populated with the correct data.  When I run this, Int32.Parse throws a FormatException because the string being passed to it is " ".  I have not been able to figure out why this is.

[Princy]

Hello Chris,

In the UpdateCommand, you can only access the GridEditableItem, i.e., the textbox for the bound column but if you want to access the parent item, you would have to try out the following code:
c#:

protected void grdAssign_UpdateCommand(object sender, GridCommandEventArgs e)
 {
    GridEditFormItem editItem = (GridEditFormItem)e.Item; // EditForms mode
   string strtxt = (editItem["colTaskKey"].Controls[0] as TextBox).Text; // get the updated text for a column
    string strtxt1 = editItem.ParentItem["colTaskKey"].Text;//get the original text for the column
 }

Thanks
Princy.