Grouping with GridDropDownColumn

[yerlan]

Hi.

I'm using GridDropDownColumn to display and edit values in grid:

1.<telerik:GridDropDownColumn DataField="MYFIELD" HeaderText="Entity" UniqueName="MYFIELD"
2.    DataSourceID="EntityDataSource" ListValueField="ID" ListTextField="NAME"
         EnableEmptyListItem="true">
4.</telerik:GridDropDownColumn>

and ObjectDataSource for show human-readable value of "MY_FIELD" column:

1.<asp:ObjectDataSource ID="EntityDataSource" runat="server" SelectMethod="GetEntityList"
2.TypeName="..."/>

When i;n group grid by this column - in grid headers shown "ID" value:
"MYFIELD: 45".
How i may to show "NAME" field in groups header?

[yerlan]

Anybody knows solution for this problem? Without retreiving additional column with human-readable value of dictionary?

[Pavlina]

Hi Yerlan,

You can have complete control over the display of the fields in a GridGroupHeaderItem and even perform calculations and display the results in the group header.

Additional information is available here:
http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/grdcustomizegridgroupheaderitem.html

Best wishes,
Pavlina
the Telerik team

[yerlan]

Pavlina, thanks for response.

I'm readed links - adding dummy column to dataset looks easier, cause to my little coding expirience:)

[Jason]

Yerlan,

I'm having the exact same problem, and the link provided is no help.  How did you solve this issue? I guess what I need to know is how to grab the "ListTextField" in  ItemDataBound.

Thanks,
J

[Pavlina]

Hi Jason,

I suggest that you review Customizing GridGroupHeaderItem help article which elaborates on this subject and see if it helps to achieve your goal.

Kind regards,
Pavlina
the Telerik team

[Jason]

Pavlina,

I've seen that. but that method assumes that I want my grid grouped on page load, and i dont.  What i'd like to know is how i can grab the listtextfield property?

[Pavlina]

Hello Jason,

Please refer to the below help article for more information about the mechanism which RadGrid uses to present values for GridDropDownColumn:
Customize/Configure GridDropDownColumn

Sincerely yours,
Pavlina
the Telerik team