[Solved] hierarchical radgrid with user control edit forms

[Charles Hayes]

We have a hierarchical radgrid with a mastertable and a single detail table.  We need edit/insert functionality on both levels, however, on the second (inner) level, we need to have a different user control for the insert than we need for the edit.  There is a field that we do not want editable but we need input for the insert.

How do I assign a different user control based on whether the user is inserting or editing a record on the inner table?  Is there some way within the user control to know if you are editing or inserting?  if so, I can use the same user control and hide the input control for edits.

I hope this makes sense, I am new to Rad controls.  I appreciate any help.

Thanks
Chuck

[Princy]

Hello Charles,

You can try out the following code to hide a control when in Edit mode but display it in insert mode:
aspx:

<telerik:RadGrid ID="RadGrid1" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1" AutoGenerateColumns="false" runat="server" OnItemDataBound="RadGrid1_ItemDataBound">
      <MasterTableView Name="Master" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1">
             <DetailTables>
                     <telerik:GridTableView Name="Detail" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1" CommandItemDisplay="Top"
                            runat="server">
                            ....

c#:

 protected void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Item is GridEditFormItem && e.Item.OwnerTableView.Name == "Detail" && e.Item.IsInEditMode && !e.Item.OwnerTableView.IsItemInserted)
        {
            GridEditFormItem item = (GridEditFormItem)e.Item;
            UserControl user = (UserControl)item.FindControl(GridEditFormItem.EditFormUserControlID);
            ((TextBox)user.FindControl("TextBox1")).Visible = false;
        }
    }

and if you want to switch the user controls for Edit and Insert modes of the grid, you can try out the following code:
c#:

protected void RadGrid1_ItemCommand(object  source, Telerik.Web.UI.GridCommandEventArgs e)
 {
  if(e.Item.OwnerTableView.Name == "Detail")
    {
      if (e.CommandName == RadGrid.InitInsertCommandName)
      {
           e.Canceled = true;
           RadGrid1.EditIndexes.Clear();

           e.Item.OwnerTableView.EditFormSettings.UserControlName = "InsertForm.ascx";
           e.Item.OwnerTableView.InsertItem();
      }
      else if (e.CommandName == RadGrid.EditCommandName)
      {
           e.Item.OwnerTableView.IsItemInserted = false;
           e.Item.OwnerTableView.EditFormSettings.UserControlName = "EditForm.ascx";
      }
    }
 }

Thanks
Princy.