Hi Steve,
As for your first question the best approach to load a RadComboBox in RadGrid is try to bind it in the
OnItemDataBound event of RadGrid as follows. Please have a look into the sample code snippet to achieve your scenario.
ASPX:
<telerik:RadGrid ID="rgrdOrders" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="false" DataSourceID="sqldsOrders" AutoGenerateEditColumn="True" CellSpacing="-1" GridLines="Both" ResolvedRenderMode="Classic" OnItemDataBound="rgrdOrders_ItemDataBound">
<MasterTableView>
<Columns>
<telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="OrderID" UniqueName="OrderID" HeaderText="OrderID">
</telerik:GridBoundColumn>
<telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="CustomerID" UniqueName="CustomerID" HeaderText="CustomerID">
</telerik:GridBoundColumn>
<telerik:GridTemplateColumn>
<EditItemTemplate>
<telerik:RadComboBox ID="rcboOrders" runat="server">
</telerik:RadComboBox>
</EditItemTemplate>
</telerik:GridTemplateColumn>
</Columns>
</MasterTableView>
</telerik:RadGrid>
C#:
protected void rgrdOrders_ItemDataBound(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.GridItemEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Item is GridEditableItem && e.Item.IsInEditMode)
{
//bind teh radcombobox here
GridEditableItem item = e.Item as GridEditableItem;
RadComboBox combo = item.FindControl("rcboOrders") as RadComboBox;
combo.DataSourceID = "sqldsOrders";
combo.DataTextField = "OrderID";
combo.DataValueField = "OrderID";
//select the combobox item
TextBox selectedText = (TextBox)item["OrderID"].Controls[0];
combo.SelectedValue = selectedText.Text;
}
}
Thanks,
Princy.