[Solved] I am successfully changing the TEXT of the NoRecordsTemplate message with the NoRecordsTemplate : ITemplate class scenerio , but the "No records to display" message still appears when I blan

[IQworks]

 Hi, 

     When there are no records to display, I get the correct message "No records to display".  However, when i display the insert/edit screen to enter new records, the message still appears on the bottom of the screen. This is fine.  But when i add a new record, I want
that message to go away. I understand that it would go away if I did a rebind after I entered the first record, but in my add data scenerio, i only rebind when I am done adding records and I am ready to redisplay the grid.
     To correct this, I saw a telerik post (http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/aspnet/grid/changing-no-records-to-display-text.aspx ) using the  a "NoRecordsTemplate : ITemplate" class. Now, my message of  "No Equipment to List as yet"    is used.  
1) Now when I add  that first record, I can blank out the message, BUT, instead of blank, the default "No records to display" appears. Am I missing another step ?
2)  Using that ITemplate class scenerio seems like a lot just to blank a message when a record is added. is thier a way to do this with 
less code (not that its a lot of code, but). 
3) I am populating and blanking out the   "No Equipment to List as yet"  message according to whether their was any data read in my needdatasource on the last rebind. I am doing this in my  ItemDataBound method, is this the right place to do it ?

Here is how I define the class

/* 090825b Need this class to emulate the NoRecordsTemplate
     * so that we can control when and what message to display
     * when no equipment records exist yet */
    class iqNoRecordsTemplate : ITemplate
        {

        string iqText;
        System.Drawing.Color iqColor;

       public iqNoRecordsTemplate(string text,System.Drawing.Color Color)
            {
             iqText=text;
             iqColor = Color;
            }

        public void InstantiateIn(Control container)
            {
            Label lbl = new Label();
            lbl.ID = "Label1";
            lbl.Text = iqText;
            lbl.ForeColor = iqColor;
            container.Controls.Add(lbl);
            }
        }

Here is how and where I change the text (equipmentGrid is my RadGrid)

   if (Session["AnyDataRead"] == "No") //090815a
                {
                ftbox.Text = "0";

                // Create new No Records Template on the fly from iqNoRecordsTemplate()
                // No records found messages.

                iqText = "No Equipment to List as yet"; // 090825b
                equipmentGrid.MasterTableView.NoRecordsTemplate = new iqNoRecordsTemplate(iqText, System.Drawing.Color.Brown); // 090825b
                }
            else
                {
                ftbox.Text = equipmentGrid.PageSize.ToString();
                iqText = " ";// 090825b
                equipmentGrid.MasterTableView.NoRecordsTemplate = new iqNoRecordsTemplate(iqText, System.Drawing.Color.Brown); // 090825b
                }

When I initialize the iqText to " ", is when the default message seems to appear. 
(Ignore the passing of the System.DrawingColor.Brown while iqText gets the " ", it dosnt matter for now). 

    thanks for your help  

 

 

    

 

[Daniel]

Hello David,

Please test the attached demo that I created for you. Let me know whether it is suitable for your scenario.

Kind regards,
Daniel
the Telerik team

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