Load DropDown Box When Tab is Made Visible

[Coty]

I am using a RadTabStrip, one of the dropdown boxes is loaded depending on a previous tab's controls (depending on what the user selects on a previous tab)

I have it set up with a TabStrip, MultiPageView and PageViews.

I used the RadTabStrip Unload event to figure out which tab is currently being viewed and load the dropdown box as follows:

Protected Sub RadTabStrip1_Unload(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles RadTabStrip1.Unload

        Select Case RadTabStrip1.SelectedTab.Text

            Case "Case Info"
            Case "Client Info"
            Case "Experts"
            Case "Letter Details"

                'get office phone numbers
                Dim db As New RFIDataContext

                Dim q = (From o In db.Offices _
                         Where o.OfficeId = rcbOffice.SelectedValue _
                        Select o.Fax, o.Fax2, o.Fax3).First

                With q

                    If Not IsNothing(q.Fax) Then
                        If q.Fax.Trim <> String.Empty Then
                            ddlFaxes.Items.Add(FormatPhoneDots(q.Fax))
                        End If
                    End If
                    If Not IsNothing(q.Fax2) Then
                        If q.Fax2.Trim <> String.Empty Then
                            ddlFaxes.Items.Add(FormatPhoneDots(q.Fax2))
                        End If
                    End If
                    If Not IsNothing(q.Fax3) Then
                        If q.Fax3.Trim <> String.Empty Then
                            ddlFaxes.Items.Add(FormatPhoneDots(q.Fax3))
                        End If
                    End If

                End With

            Case "Sign & Save"



        End Select

The problem is that the dropdown box is still empty.  The event fires and the data is pulled and loaded but not updated on the page.  (I confirmed through debugging that everything works above just nothing is visually loaded)

What am I missing?

Coty

[Coty]

Nevermind, I just did it a different way.  I guess the Unload event doesn't support server-side code updates?

I just used the tabclick event instead and looked at the selectedIndex which works.

[Simon]

Hi Coty,

Yes, changes to Page's controls are not rendered in the Unload phase as it is the last phase in the page life cycle. Controls render in the Render phase is happens earlier than Unload.

Sincerely yours,
Simon
the Telerik team