How to populate Dropdownlist in Grid ClientTemplate code?

[Xavier]

I am trying to use a ClientTemplate containing a DropDownListFor in a grid. My ClientTemplate code is as follows: 

@(Html.Kendo().DropDownListFor(m => m)
        .DataValueField("Value")
        .DataTextField("Text")
        .Name("PurchaseAgreementType")
        .BindTo(new List<SelectListItem>() {
            new SelectListItem() {
                Text = "PO Only",
                Value = "PO Only"
            },
            new SelectListItem() {
                Text = "Contract Based",
                Value = "Contract Based"
            }
    }))

the column in the grid is shown here: 

                    columns.Bound(l => l.PurchaseAgreementType).ClientTemplate("#=PurchaseAgreementType.Value#").Width(150);

This results in the following error: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'Value' of null

However if I copy/paste the code in the client template directly onto my form, it works perfectly.  
How can I get this to work in my grid? It seems that the DDL is not populating. 

Thanks. 

 

[Nencho]

Hелло Xavier,

As I can see from the stated error that is thrown - the reason is probably the scenario when the value field is null. Hence, you can try the following implementation for the ClientTemplate evaluation:

columns.Bound(l => l.PurchaseAgreementType).ClientTemplate("#= PurchaseAgreementType.Value != null ? PurchaseAgreementType.Value : ' ' # ").Width(150);

If the above does not help. I would like to ask you to provide us with a runnable sample, in order to investigate the exact scenario when the implementation fails with the described error and pin down the reason for it.

Hope this would help.

Regards,
Nencho
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