issue with databinding

[nbushnell]

Hello,

i am using v2008.3.1105.35

I am trying to data bind a text box in the panel bar's item template to a field in my data source. But it dose not seem to to working correctly.  Here are the important parts:

<telerik:RadPanelBar ID="RadPanelBar1" runat="server" Skin="Telerik" Width="800px">     <ItemTemplate>         <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox2" runat="server" Text='<%#  DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "ItemDesc")%>' />     </ItemTemplate> </telerik:RadPanelBar>

    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (!IsPostBack)
        {
            BindPanelBar();
            for (int i = 0; i < RadPanelBar1.Items.Count; i++)
                RadPanelBar1.Items[i].DataBind();
        }
    }

    protected void BindPanelBar()
    {
      DataTable dt;

// snip: code building the datatable

        RadPanelBar1.DataSource = dt;
        RadPanelBar1.DataTextField = "Title";
        RadPanelBar1.DataValueField = "ID";
        RadPanelBar1.DataFieldID = "Alt_ID";
        RadPanelBar1.DataBind();

    }

It runs with no errors but the text box is blank. Am I doing this in the wrong order or missing a step?

If i data bind to a panel bar property it works as expected

<telerik:RadPanelBar ID="RadPanelBar1" runat="server" Skin="Telerik" Width="800px">
    <ItemTemplate>
        <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox2" runat="server" Text='<%#  DataBinder.Eval(Container, "Text")%>' />
    </ItemTemplate>
</telerik:RadPanelBar>

Thanks for the help.

[nbushnell]

ok i got this working

I did not need the for loop on the page load. I just added an on item data bound event to the panel bar. And in there call the data bind method for the panel bar item.
.aspx

<telerik:RadPanelBar ID="RadPanelBar1" runat="server" Skin="Telerik" Width="800px" OnItemDataBound="RadPanelBar1_ItemDataBound">
    <ItemTemplate>
        <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox2" runat="server" Text='<%#  DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "ItemDesc")%>' />
    </ItemTemplate>
</telerik:RadPanelBar>

page load

    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (!IsPostBack)
        {
            BindPanelBar();
        }
    }

databind function

    protected void BindPanelBar()
    {
      DataTable dt;

// snip: code building the datatable

        RadPanelBar1.DataSource = dt;
        RadPanelBar1.DataTextField = "Title";
        RadPanelBar1.DataValueField = "ID";
        RadPanelBar1.DataFieldID = "Alt_ID";
        RadPanelBar1.DataBind();

    }

on item data bound event handler

  protected void RadPanelBar1_ItemDataBound(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.RadPanelBarEventArgs e)
    {
      Telerik.Web.UI.RadPanelItem r = (Telerik.Web.UI.RadPanelItem)e.Item;
      r.DataBind();
    }

happy coding