[Solved] How can I add an EmptyItemTemplate to a GridTemplateColumn?

[Edwin Burns]

I have the below GridTemplateColumn bound from a sql data source.  I need help developing an empty Item template or I need a way to check to see if there is a value in MSDSLocation. Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.
 
<telerik:GridTemplateColumn HeaderText="MSDS" DataField="MSDSLocation"> 
    <ItemTemplate> 
        <a href='<%# Eval("MSDSLocation") %>' target="_blank"> 
            <img src="/images/icons/msds-icon.gif" alt='<%# Eval("Name") +" MSDS" %>' style="border: none; width: 40px;" />
        </a> 
    </ItemTemplate>
</telerik:GridTemplateColumn>

[Shinu]

Hi Edwin,

I hope you are trying to set the visibility of the image in the GridTemplateColumn depending on the value of the DataField. If so give a try with the following approach and see whether it helps.

ASPX:

 <telerik:GridTemplateColumn HeaderText="MSDS" DataField="MSDSLocation">
                  <ItemTemplate>
                  <a href='<%# Eval("MSDSLocation") %>' target="_blank" runat="server"  visible='<%# DataBinder.Eval (Container.DataItem,"MSDSLocation").ToString()!=String.Empty?true:false %>'   >
                         <img src="/images/icons/msds-icon.gif" alt='<%# Eval("Name") +" MSDS" %>' style="border: none; width: 40px;" />
                      </a>
                </ItemTemplate>

Thanks
Shinu

[Edwin Burns]

Your approach worked for that situation. Thanks. However, I am still curious if there is any thing like an empty item template for gridtemplatecolumns ?