How to leave FormTemplate popup open after saving row?

[jlj30]

I currently have a popup with an Update and a Cancel button.
I would like to have 3 buttons - Update, Save and Cancel.
Save would do just that, but NOT close the popup.
This behavior is typical of many applications where Update means save+close and Save means save+leave-open.

How would go about implementing this Save functionality for my popup?

Thanks

Jim

[Jayesh Goyani]

Hello Jim,

Can you please provide information or code, which method you used for save/update/cancel ?

Thanks,
Jayesh Goyani

[jlj30]

I have included some snippets of the aspx page below.
Radbutton8 is where the Insert or Update takes place.
I'd like to add another button that performs a "Save" - i.e., an update that leaves the popup open for additional editing.

<telerik:RadGrid ClientSettings-Resizing-AllowColumnResize="true" PageSize="20"
            ID="grdDataSpecs" Width="100%" ShowStatusBar="True"
                        DataSourceID="sqlDataSpec" runat="server"
            AutoGenerateColumns="False" AllowSorting="True"
                        AllowPaging="True" GridLines="None" Skin="Vista" ClientSettings-Selecting-AllowRowSelect="true"
                        AllowAutomaticDeletes="True" AllowAutomaticInserts="True"
            AllowAutomaticUpdates="True" AllowFilteringByColumn="True"
                        AllowMultiRowSelection="True"
            ClientSettings-Scrolling-AllowScroll="true" ClientSettings-Scrolling-UseStaticHeaders="true"
                        ClientSettings-Scrolling-ScrollHeight="100%" OnItemCommand="grdDataSpecs_ItemCommand" OnItemDataBound="grdDataSpecs_ItemDataBound"
                        OnPreRender="grdDataSpecs_PreRender" OnItemUpdated="grdDataSpecs_ItemUpdated" OnHTMLExporting="grdDataSpecs_HTMLExporting" OnExportCellFormatting="grdDataSpecs_ExportCellFormatting" OnItemCreated="grdDataSpecs_ItemCreated"
                        OnItemInserted="grdDataSpecs_ItemInserted" CellSpacing="0">
                        <ExportSettings HideStructureColumns="true" ExportOnlyData="true" IgnorePaging="true"
                            OpenInNewWindow="true">
                            <Excel Format="Html" />
                        </ExportSettings>
                        <MasterTableView DataSourceID="sqlDataSpec" DataKeyNames="ID" AllowMultiColumnSorting="True"
                            CommandItemDisplay="Top" AllowAutomaticDeletes="True"
                            AllowAutomaticInserts="True" AllowAutomaticUpdates="True" EditMode="PopUp">

...

<EditFormSettings CaptionDataField="BriefField_Name" CaptionFormatString="Editing Data Specification"
                                EditFormType="Template" InsertCaption="New Data Specification" PopUpSettings-Modal="true">
                                <EditColumn FilterControlAltText="Filter EditCommandColumn column">
                                </EditColumn>
                                <FormTemplate>
                                    <div id="divEdit" runat="server" class="formTemplate" style="height: 500px;">
                                        <div class="tabContent" style="height: 30px; padding-bottom:5px;">
                                            <table>
                                                <tr>
                                                    <td>
                                                        <telerik:RadButton ID="RadButton8" runat="server" CommandName='<%# ((bool)DataBinder.Eval(Container, "OwnerTableView.IsItemInserted")) ? "PerformInsert" : "Update" %>'
                                                            Text='<%# ((bool)DataBinder.Eval(Container, "OwnerTableView.IsItemInserted")) ? "Create" : "Update" %>'
                                                            Visible='<%# (Boolean)Session["EditProcess"] %>'>
                                                        </telerik:RadButton>
                                                        <telerik:RadButton ID="RadButton10" runat="server" CausesValidation="False" CommandName="Cancel"
                                                            Text='<%# ((Boolean)Session["EditProcess"]) ? "Cancel" : "Close" %>'>
                                                        </telerik:RadButton>
                                                    </td>
                                                </tr>
                                            </table>
                                        </div>

...

[Tsvetina]

Hello Jim,

Have you tried setting e.KeepInEditMode = true in the ItemUpdated event handler? This should leave the edit form open after the update takes place.

All the best,
Tsvetina
the Telerik team

[jlj30]

I tried setting e.KeepInEditMode = true in the ItemUpdated event, but that did not work - the popup still closes.
I do some simple processing in ItemCommand for the Update command, but just setting some hidden label's Text attribute which in turn is bound to the database.  I have included the opening section of the formtemplate below.
By the way, it is a rather busy template including a RadTabStrip, RadMultiPage and several RadPageViews.
Any suggestions as to what to try next?
Thanks.

<EditFormSettings CaptionDataField="BriefField_Name" CaptionFormatString="Editing Data Specification"
                    EditFormType="Template" InsertCaption="New Data Specification" PopUpSettings-Modal="true">
                    <EditColumn FilterControlAltText="Filter EditCommandColumn column">
                    </EditColumn>
                    <FormTemplate>
                        <div id="divEdit" runat="server" class="formTemplate" style="height: 500px;">
                            <div class="tabContent" style="height: 30px; padding-bottom: 5px;">
                                <table>
                                    <tr>
                                        <td>
                                            <telerik:RadButton ID="RadButton8" runat="server" CommandName='<%# ((bool)DataBinder.Eval(Container, "OwnerTableView.IsItemInserted")) ? "PerformInsert" : "Update" %>'
                                                Text='<%# ((bool)DataBinder.Eval(Container, "OwnerTableView.IsItemInserted")) ? "Create" : "Update" %>'
                                                Visible='<%# (Boolean)Session["EditProcess"] %>'>
                                            </telerik:RadButton>
                                            <telerik:RadButton ID="RadButton10" runat="server" CausesValidation="False" CommandName="Cancel"
                                                Text='<%# ((Boolean)Session["EditProcess"]) ? "Cancel" : "Close" %>'>
                                            </telerik:RadButton>
                                        </td>
                                    </tr>
                                </table>
                            </div>
                            <telerik:RadTabStrip ID="tspDataSpecs" runat="server" MultiPageID="RadMultiPageDataSpecs"
                                SelectedIndex="0">
                                <Tabs>
                                    <telerik:RadTab runat="server" ID="tabDetails" Text="Details" PageViewID="pagDataSpecsDetails"
                                        Selected="true">
                                    </telerik:RadTab>
                                    <telerik:RadTab runat="server" ID="tabValues" Text="Values" PageViewID="pagValues">
                                    </telerik:RadTab>
                                    <telerik:RadTab runat="server" ID="tabHelpText" Text="Help Text" PageViewID="pagHelpText">
                                    </telerik:RadTab>
                                    <telerik:RadTab runat="server" ID="tabComments" Text="Comments / Special Instructions"
                                        PageViewID="pagComments">
                                    </telerik:RadTab>
                                    <telerik:RadTab runat="server" ID="tabImpTech" Text="Implementation Technique" PageViewID="pagImpTech">
                                    </telerik:RadTab>
                                </Tabs>
                            </telerik:RadTabStrip>
                            <telerik:RadMultiPage ID="RadMultiPageDataSpecs" runat="server" SelectedIndex="0"
                                RenderSelectedPageOnly="false">
                                <telerik:RadPageView ID="pagDataSpecsDetails" runat="server">

...

[jlj30]

**Update**
I just tried your suggested technique on a simpler popup template (no tabs) and it works fine.
It's only the tabbed popup that will not close.
Jim

[Tsvetina]

Hi Jim,

Do you have AJAX in this scenario? If so, check what happens when you disable it, are there any server errors?
If you cannot see anything more specific about the problem, I would suggest you to open a formal support ticket and send us a runnable sample of the problemmatic scenario, so that we can also debug it.

Kind regards,
Tsvetina
the Telerik team