GridFooterItem: DataItem

[Sulman]

I am try to access the GridFooterItem on databound event and GridFooterItem.DataItem is nothing. 

Why I am getting Nothing for  "GridFooterItem.DataItem"?

[Shinu]

Hello Sulman,

Try the following code to access footer item in ItemDataBound event.
C#:

protected void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
{
   if (e.Item is GridFooterItem)
   {
     GridFooterItem footer = (GridFooterItem)e.Item;
   }
}

Thanks,
Shinu.

[Sulman]

Hi,

I am actually talking about e.Item.DataItem for a footerdataitem type. 

I am getting e.Item.DataItem = Nothing. but I can see there is a value if tries to access the cells(0).text ('0' is just an example.). I needed to access that value with out any formatting applied. 

[Eyup]

Hi Sulman,

Generally, the footer in a grid is not defined as a DataItem, but as a FooterItem and this is the cause of the issue you are facing.

Indeed you can access the footer values as a DataItem using the code snippet below:

Protected Sub RadGrid1_ItemDataBound1(sender As Object, e As GridItemEventArgs)Handles RadGrid1.ItemDataBound
    If TypeOf e.Item Is GridFooterItem Then
        Dim footer As GridFooterItem = DirectCast(e.Item, GridFooterItem)
        Dim text As String = footer("ColumnUniqueName").Text
    End If
End Sub

For additional information on accessing cells and rows please refer to this article.

For further assistance, please inform us why you want to represent the FooterItem as a DataItem and what you want to achieve, so we can recommend you the most suitable approach.

Regards,
Eyup
the Telerik team