Image in grid not refreshed after update

[Jane]

I am displaying an image in a grid via a template and I use a web service to get that image.  After I have updated a row via the update popup, the image does not get refreshed.  I need to force the grid to call the web service again.

            {title: "Modified Drawing",
             template: function(data){return getModifiedDrawingTemplate(data) },
                filterable: false
            },

function getModifiedDrawingTemplate(data) {
    var url = buildWebServiceUrl(retrieveDrawingUrl, data.CORR_DETAIL_ID, "new", "SVG", "250");
    return '<img src="' + url + '" />';
}

 

Could you please tell me how to do this?  The column is not bound to the data as such so I can't use the bind method.

[Stefan]

Hello Jane,

I can assume that this may be a timing issue.

In general, when a row is updated via the popup the function in the template will be called and the content() will be changed accordingly.

http://dojo.telerik.com/APAkU

Please check if the item with the correct new URL is available in the function just before the return.

If the issue still occurs, please send a fully runnable example, or modify the provided one, and I will gladly assist. 

Regards,
Stefan
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[Jane]

Thanks Stefan,

I can see that the function to get the template is being called after the update but, unfortunately in my case, the url hasn't changed after update so the web service doesn't get called again. Presumably that's a browser feature.

I think I'm going to have to change the service to accept some kind of unique identifier which changes after update (the field that was updated to change the image is really long and we're trying to limit network traffic so can't use that).

[Stefan]

Hello Jane,

Another think that can be checked in this scenario is that the function in the template is calling another function to get the URL, please check if using only one function in this scenario will help.

Also, the URL can be sent as a field in the dataSource, and it will be available together with the Grids data after the update.

Regards,
Stefan
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