[Solved] ItemTemplate as ItemEditTemplate and adding new row

[Aleksei]

Hello !

I needed a RadGrid with possibility to change data in it without pressing any Edit buttons, so i added textboxes and Save/Delete buttons directly to ItemTemplates, also added  CommandItemDisplay="Top" to insert new rows, as a result  RadGrid looks like this:

    <telerik:RadGrid ID="gvwEducations" runat="server" GridLines="None" OnItemDataBound="gvwEducations_ItemDataBound"

        AutoGenerateColumns="False" OnItemCommand="gvwEducations_ItemCommand">

        <MasterTableView CommandItemDisplay="Top" AutoGenerateColumns="false" EditMode="InPlace">

            <Columns>

                <telerik:GridTemplateColumn UniqueName="IntstituteTemplate" HeaderText="Institute">

                    <ItemTemplate>

                        <telerik:RadComboBox ID="cbxInstitute" runat="server">

                        </telerik:RadComboBox>

                    </ItemTemplate>

                    <EditItemTemplate>

                        <telerik:RadComboBox ID="cbxInstitute" runat="server">

                        </telerik:RadComboBox>

                    </EditItemTemplate>

                </telerik:GridTemplateColumn>

                <telerik:GridTemplateColumn UniqueName="StartTimeTemplate" HeaderText="Start">

                    <ItemTemplate>

                        <telerik:RadTextBox ID="tbxStartYear" runat="server">

                        </telerik:RadTextBox>

                    </ItemTemplate>

                    <EditItemTemplate>

                        <telerik:RadTextBox ID="tbxStartYear" runat="server">

                        </telerik:RadTextBox>

                    </EditItemTemplate>

                </telerik:GridTemplateColumn>

                <telerik:GridButtonColumn CommandName="Save" Text="Save" UniqueName="SaveColumn"

                    ShowInEditForm="true">

                </telerik:GridButtonColumn>

                <telerik:GridButtonColumn CommandName="Delete" Text="Delete" UniqueName="DeleteColumn"

                    ShowInEditForm="true">

                </telerik:GridButtonColumn>

            </Columns>

        </MasterTableView>

    </telerik:RadGrid>

Here comes the questions :)

is it possible to use ItemTemplate on item insert ?(at the moment edititemtemplate is just copypaste of itemtemplate) 

and one more questions about codebehind :

        protected void gvwEducations_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)

        {

            if (e.Item is GridDataItem)

            {

                RadComboBox cbxInstitute = (RadComboBox)e.Item.FindControl("cbxInstitute");

                RadTextBox tbxStart = (RadTextBox)e.Item.FindControl("tbxStartYear");

                cbxInstitute.DataSource = SomeCacheDatasource;

   cbxInstitute.DataBind();

                if (e.Item.DataItem is MyDataType)

                {

//fill textboxes with data from datasource

                }

            }

            if (e.Item is GridEditFormInsertItem) //if inserting new item, fill comboboxes

            {

                RadComboBox cbxInstitute = (RadComboBox)e.Item.FindControl("cbxInstitute");

                cbxInstitute.DataSource = SomeCacheDatasource;

                cbxInstitute.DataBind();

            }

        }

        protected void gvwEducations_ItemCommand(object source, GridCommandEventArgs e)

        {

            if (e.CommandName == "Save")

            {

                SaveData(e);

            }

        }

when i save newly added item in gvwEducations_ItemCommand all it's controls values exist but they are empty,

am i doeing something wrong ?

Thank you !

[Shinu]

Hello Aleksei,

To populate the RadComboBox while inserting a new item, you have to try the following code

c#:

protected void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Item is GridDataInsertItem && e.Item.OwnerTableView.IsItemInserted)//GridDataInsertItem since EditMode = "InPlace"
        {
            GridDataInsertItem editItem = (GridDataInsertItem)e.Item;
            RadComboBox cbxInstitute = (RadComboBox)editItem.FindControl("cbxInstitute");
            cbxInstitute.DataSource = SomeCacheDatasource;
            cbxInstitute.DataTextField = "DataField";
            cbxInstitute.DataBind();
        }
  }

Also while saving use the following code:

 private void SaveData(GridItemEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Item is GridDataInsertItem && e.Item.OwnerTableView.IsItemInserted)
           {
                  GridDataInsertItem editItem = (GridDataInsertItem)e.Item;
                  RadComboBox cbxInstitute = (RadComboBox)editItem.FindControl("cbxInstitute");
                  string strtxt = cbxInstitute.SelectedItem.Text;
           }
    }

Thanks

Shinu.

[Aleksei]

Hello Shinu,

Thank You for reply !

 I've tryed the code, but unfortunately wasnt able to get cbxInstitute value in SaveData method.

(can it be due to i've added AllowCustomText="true" in cbxInstitute ?)

Thx.