Load on demand and selected item in selectedindexchanged

[Peter]

Hi guys,

I have a RadComboBox as follows

<radcontrol:RadComboBox ID="MessageRecepientsSelectorComboBox" runat="server" EnableLoadOnDemand="true"
    LoadingMessage="Loading..." EmptyMessage="Please enter recepient(s) for the message..."
    OnItemsRequested="MessageRecepientsSelectorComboBox_OnItemsRequested" Width="450" ShowDropDownOnTextboxClick="false"
    Filter="StartsWith" OnSelectedIndexChanged="MessageRecepientsSelectorComboBox_OnSelectedIndexChanged"
    AutoPostBack="true" EnableItemCaching="true"></radcontrol:RadComboBox>

Which is inside a Load on demand RadPageView (incase that is relevant).

The ComboBox works fine for getting and matching values (names in this case) however in the SelectedIndexChanged my RadComboBox.SelectedItem is null, RadComboBox.Items.Count = 0. See below

protected void MessageRecepientsSelectorComboBox_OnItemsRequested(object sender, RadComboBoxItemsRequestedEventArgs e)
    {
        RadComboBox recepientSelectorComboBox = (RadComboBox)sender;
        if (!e.Text.Equals("") && e.Text.Length >= 1)
        {
            List<Controls_RecepientsSelectorAJAXDropDownResult> potentialRecepients = MemberContactStaticRepository.GetRecepientsForAJAXSelector(53, e.Text);
            RadComboBoxItem currentItem = new RadComboBoxItem(); //stop re initialising var in loop
            for(int i = 0;i < potentialRecepients.Count();i++)
            {
                currentItem = new RadComboBoxItem(potentialRecepients[i].UserName, potentialRecepients[i].UserID.ToString());
                //currentItem.Attributes["ContactType"] = "User";
                recepientSelectorComboBox.Items.Add(currentItem);
            }
        }
    }

protected void MessageRecepientsSelectorComboBox_OnSelectedIndexChanged(object sender, RadComboBoxSelectedIndexChangedEventArgs e)
    {
        RadComboBox recepientBox = (RadComboBox)sender;
        //RadComboBoxItem selectedItem = MessageRecepientsSelectorComboBox.FindItemByValue(e.Value); //finds nothing == null
        //MessageRecepientsSelectorComboBox.Items.Count; // is 0
        //MessageRecepientsSelectorComboBox.SelectedIndex;//returns -1
    }

Please note in the OnSelectedIndexChanged it is all commented out but the comments beside it tell you what happens.
I need it to have a SelectedItem so that i can access the Attributes i need to set.

Thanks in advance,
Pete

[Veselin Vasilev]

Hi Peter,

ComboBox items are not accessible on the server-side when loading them on demand

What you can do in this case is to use hidden fields and store the necessary attributes in their values.

Let me know if I can assist you further.

Sincerely yours,
Veskoni
the Telerik team

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[Bala]

Hi,

I am also facing the same issue. Please assist me in fixing this issue.

Yours Sincerely
Mohamed

[Ivana]

Hello Bala,

The help article provided by Veselin (ComboBox items are not accessible on the server-side when loading them on demand) explains a lot on why it is essential to not have the items of RadComboBox accessible on the server when the control is loaded on demand.

The help article also explains on the RadComboBox's properties that are accessible on the server.

I hope you'll  find this helpful!

Regards,
Ivana
the Telerik team