[Solved] How to open a RadWindow from code

[Ed]

Hi there,

Is it possible to open a RadWindow from server-side code instead of clicking on the element specified in the Window.OpenerElementID?  I need to load some data into the Session just before the window is opened, so that I can refer to it in the code-behind file of the window's destination page.

Thanks,

Ed Graham

[Shinu]

Hi Ed,

Try the following code snippet which shows how to open RadWindow from code behind.

cs:

    protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        RadWindowManager windowManager = new RadWindowManager();
        RadWindow widnow1 = new RadWindow();
        // Set the window properties
        widnow1.NavigateUrl = "Window1.aspx";
        widnow1.ID = "RadWindow1";
        widnow1.VisibleOnPageLoad = true; // Set this property to True for showing window from code
        windowManager.Windows.Add(widnow1);
        this.form1.Controls.Add(widnow1);
    }

You can also checkout the following documentation for more information:
Setting Server-Side Properties

-Shinu.

[Georgi Tunev]

Hello Ed,

You can open the RadWindow from the server by setting its VisibleOnPageLoad property to true. More information on the subject is available here:

http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/window_settingserversideproperties.html

Best wishes,
Georgi Tunev
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[Ed]

Hi Shinu,

Thanks for the reply.  Unfortunately, however, that didn't work for me; the window simply doesn't open.  I am calling the code from within a user control rather than a standard ASPX page, as follows:

protected void lnkButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    RadWindowManager windowManager = new RadWindowManager();
    RadWindow widnow1 = new RadWindow();
    // Set the window properties
    widnow1.NavigateUrl = "http://www.google.co.uk/";
    widnow1.ID = "RadWindow1";
    widnow1.VisibleOnPageLoad = true; // Set this property to True for showing window from code
    windowManager.Windows.Add(widnow1);
    this.Page.Controls.Add(widnow1);
}

Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks for your help,

Ed

[Georgi Tunev]

Hi Ed,

The window must be added inside the form. The easiest way to achieve this is to put a standard asp:placeholder in that form and to add the window there. I also notice that in your code you create a window manager but you don't add it to the form as well.


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Georgi Tunev
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[Ed]

Thanks Georgi -- that did the trick.

[Georgi Tunev]

Hi Ed,

It is good to know that everything is working fine now. I just want to add something as I see that I missed it in my previous reply - sorry about that.
Note that RadWindow can exist as a standalone control. This means that you can add it to the form, but you will not be able to use radopen() to open it - radopen(), radalert, radconfirm, radprompt, etc. functions belong to the RadWindowManager control.
e.g.
If you create a RadWindowManager and RadWindow controls and add the RadWindow to the RadWindowManager's Windows collection, if you add the RadWindowManager to the form, you will be able to open the newly created RadWindow by using radopen().

If you create only RadWindow control and add it to the form, when you want to open it from the client, you should first get a reference to it and then call its show() method.
for example:
var oWnd = $find("<%= RadWindow1.ClientID %>");
oWnd.show();


Greetings,
Georgi Tunev
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