How do I invoke the edit form on the server side?

[Brandon Slezak]

Ok this may sound really easy but I'm having a hard time figuring it out, basically I have a Grid with an ID and text column, simple add/edit/delete functionality is what I'm looking for.  Because of company standards I cannot use an Object or SQL data source, I'm using MVP and need to bubble the events.

I've got the item_command event firing fine but I'm looking for a way to invoke Telerik's "Automatic" edit form on the server side, does anyone have any ideas? 

As a side note, when I do setup a datasource, automatic operations are fine, I'm just looking for a way to invoke automatic operations without a data source.

I'll post in some aspx and code behind so you can see sort of what I'm trying to do:

<

 

telerik:RadGrid runat="server" ID="radViews" AutoGenerateDeleteColumn="True"

 

 

AutoGenerateEditColumn="True" GridLines="None" AllowAutomaticUpdates="true"

 

 

Skin="Office2007" OnItemCommand="radViews_ItemCommand" >

 

  <

 

HeaderContextMenu EnableTheming="True">

 

<

 

CollapseAnimation Type="OutQuint" Duration="200"></CollapseAnimation>

 

</

 

HeaderContextMenu>

 

<

 

MasterTableView AutoGenerateColumns="False" CommandItemDisplay="Top">

 

<

 

RowIndicatorColumn>

 

<

 

HeaderStyle Width="20px"></HeaderStyle>

 

</

 

RowIndicatorColumn>

 

<

 

ExpandCollapseColumn>

 

<

 

HeaderStyle Width="20px"></HeaderStyle>

 

</

 

ExpandCollapseColumn>

 

 

<Columns>

 

 

<telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="ID" DataType="System.Int32" HeaderText="ID"

 

 

SortExpression="ID" UniqueName="ID">

 

 

</telerik:GridBoundColumn>

 

 

<telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="Text" HeaderText="Text"

 

 

SortExpression="Text" UniqueName="Text">

 

 

</telerik:GridBoundColumn>

 

 

</Columns>

 

</

 

MasterTableView>

 

<

 

FilterMenu EnableTheming="True">

 

<

 

CollapseAnimation Type="OutQuint" Duration="200"></CollapseAnimation>

 

</

 

FilterMenu>

 

 

</telerik:RadGrid>

 

protected

 

void radViews_ItemCommand(object source, Telerik.Web.UI.GridCommandEventArgs e)

 

{

 

if (e.CommandName == RadGrid.InitInsertCommandName) //"Add new" button clicked

 

 

 

 

{

    e.Canceled =

true;

 

 

    //Prepare an IDictionary with the predefined values

 

 

 

 

    System.Collections.Specialized.

ListDictionary newValues = new System.Collections.Specialized.ListDictionary();

 

    newValues[

"Tag"] = user.UserName;

 

 

    
    //Insert the item and rebind

 

 

 

 

    e.Item.OwnerTableView.InsertItem(newValues);

}

 

// Pass to MVP

 

 

 

 

 

if (e.CommandName == RadGrid.DeleteCommandName)

 

    {

 

        this.OnDeleteView(this, e);

 

    }

 

if (e.CommandName == RadGrid.EditCommandName)

 

    {

 

        "Go Go Gadget editable Grid!!!!"    

 

 

 

 

    }

 

}

 

[Tsvetoslav]

Hi Brandon Slezak,

Automatic operations with the RadGrid control are not possible unless you are binding the grid to a data source object. It is namely the commands of the data source object that are automatically invoked by the grid and hence the name automatic operations.

I hope this information helps.

Best Regards,
Tsvetoslav
the Telerik team

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[Brandon Slezak]

Thank you very much for the reply, it turns out that the automatic form only works if you add the "need data source" event to it and wire it up, I kept getting pre_render exceptions.

Anyway, thanks for the help I just thought I'd post what I found it in case someone else is searching for manual data binding with insert/update/delete and automatic operations.

-Brandon