How to access a label inside a footer template

[William]

I have  an asp label inside a footer template as follows:

<telerik:RadGrid RenderMode="Lightweight" runat="server" ID="RadGrid1" ShowFooter="true">
    <MasterTableView AutoGenerateColumns="false" TableLayout="Fixed">
        <Columns>
            <telerik:GridTemplateColumn DataType="System.Int32" SortExpression="PortalLoadSeconds" HeaderButtonType="TextButton" HeaderStyle-Width="14%" HeaderText="Portal Load Seconds" AutoPostBackOnFilter="true">
                <ItemTemplate>
                    <%#String.Format("{0}", Eval("PortalLoadSeconds")) %>
                </ItemTemplate>
                <FooterTemplate>
                    <asp:Label ID="lbl_TotalSeconds" runat="server"></asp:Label>
                </FooterTemplate>
            </telerik:GridTemplateColumn>
        </Columns>
    </MasterTableView>
</telerik:RadGrid>

 

How do I access the "lbl_TotalSeconds" label in a vb sub to change its text

[Tsvetomir]

Hi William,

Accessing controls can be done using different events (Load, ItemCreated, ItemDataBound, PreRender, etc..), hence you will need the choose the one that best fits your requirements.  Here is one example of accessing the label inside the Footer item using the PreRender event of RadGrid.

Protected Sub RadGrid1_PreRender(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)

    Dim footer As GridFooterItem = TryCast(RadGrid1.MasterTableView.GetItems(GridItemType.Footer)(0), GridFooterItem) 



    Dim lbl As Label = TryCast(footer.FindControl("lbl_TotalSeconds"), Label)

    lbl.Text = "Modified Footer Text"

End Sub

You can learn more about accessing controls, cells, cell values in the Accessing Cells and Rows documentation article.
  
Should you need further assistance, feel free to contact me back.

Kind regards,
Tsvetomir
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[William]

Thank you for the quick reply Tsvetomir,

I can't seem to figure out how to do this in the RadGrid1_NeedDataSource  sub though.  It seems that MasterTableView doesn't have any items at this sub.  Can you help me with it?

 

Thanks again,

William

[Tsvetomir]

Hi William,

The NeedDataSource event is part of the Advanced data binding of the RadGrid control. In the event handler, the data is retrieved either from a service or created in the code-behind and is set to the DataSource of the grid. Afterward, use the DataField property to specify the data field that should be used for the specific column. 

Check out the following article which puts more insight on the matter:

Advanced Data-binding (Using NeedDataSource Event)

The difference between Simple and Advanced data binding could be inspected in the live demo below:

Simple Vs Advanced Data Binding

I hope this clarification would prove helpful. Let me know if you need further information.


Best regards,
Tsvetomir
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