Load on Demand and Templates

[Dan]

I'm trying to create a control based on RadComboBox that uses LoD and uses templates to display multicolumn data.

I can't figure out the proper place for the call to the DataBind() method.

I'm creating the control programmatically.

	namespace TestBed {
	public partial class WebForm5 : System.Web.UI.Page {
	DataSet _Data;
	public DataSet Data {
	get {
	if(_Data == null || _Data.Tables.Count == 0) {
	_Data = new DataSet();
	XmlDataDocument doc = new XmlDataDocument();
	doc.Load(System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("App_Data/lstransact.xml"));
	StringReader sr = new StringReader(doc.SelectSingleNode("//data").OuterXml);
	XmlTextReader r = new XmlTextReader(sr);
	_Data.ReadXml(r);
	}
	return _Data;
	}
	}
	protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
	RadComboBox cb = CreateCombo();
	AjaxPanel.Controls.Add(cb);
	}
	RadComboBox CreateCombo() {
	RadComboBox cb = new RadComboBox();
	cb.ID = "combo";
	cb.AllowCustomText = true;
	cb.EnableLoadOnDemand = true;
	cb.EnableVirtualScrolling = true;
	cb.ShowMoreResultsBox = true;
	cb.ShowToggleImage = true;
	cb.HighlightTemplatedItems = true;
	cb.MarkFirstMatch = false;
	cb.Width = Unit.Pixel(250);
	cb.Height = Unit.Pixel(200);
	cb.HeaderTemplate = new HeaderTemplate();
	cb.ItemTemplate = new ItemTemplate();
	cb.ItemsRequested += new RadComboBoxItemsRequestedEventHandler(cb_ItemsRequested);
	return cb;
	}
	void cb_ItemsRequested(object o, RadComboBoxItemsRequestedEventArgs e) {
	RadComboBox cb = (RadComboBox) o;
	int offset = e.NumberOfItems;
	DataRow[] rs = Data.Tables[0].Select(String.Format("trannum>={0}", e.Text == String.Empty ? "0" : e.Text));
	DataTable data = new DataTable();
	data = Data.Tables[0].Clone();
	foreach(DataRow r in rs) {
	data.ImportRow(r);
	}
	int itemsPerRequest = 20;
	int endOffset = offset + itemsPerRequest;
	if(endOffset > data.Rows.Count) {
	endOffset = data.Rows.Count;
	}
	if(endOffset == data.Rows.Count) {
	e.EndOfItems = true;
	}
	else {
	e.EndOfItems = false;
	}
	for(int i = offset;i < offset + itemsPerRequest;i++) {
	RadComboBoxItem itm = new RadComboBoxItem(data.Rows[i]["trannum"].ToString());
	cb.Items.Add(itm);
	}
	if(data.Rows.Count > 0) {
	e.Message = String.Format("Items <b>1</b>-<b>{0}</b> out of <b>{1}</b>", endOffset.ToString(), data.Rows.Count.ToString());
	}
	else {
	e.Message = "No matches";
	}
	}
	}
	public class HeaderTemplate : ITemplate {
	void ITemplate.InstantiateIn(Control container) {
	Table t = new Table();
	TableRow r = new TableRow();
	TableCell c;
	c = new TableCell();
	c.Width = Unit.Pixel(50);
	c.Text = "Audit No";
	r.Cells.Add(c);
	c = new TableCell();
	c.Width = Unit.Pixel(70);
	c.Text = "Date";
	r.Cells.Add(c);
	c = new TableCell();
	c.Width = Unit.Pixel(270);
	c.Text = "Tenant name";
	r.Cells.Add(c);
	t.Rows.Add(r);
	container.Controls.Add(t);
	}
	}
	public class ItemTemplate : ITemplate {
	void ITemplate.InstantiateIn(Control container) {
	Table t = new Table();
	TableRow r = new TableRow();
	TableCell c;
	c = new TableCell();
	c.Width = Unit.Pixel(50);
	c.Text = (string) DataBinder.Eval((container as RadComboBoxItem).DataItem, "trannum");
	r.Cells.Add(c);
	c = new TableCell();
	c.Width = Unit.Pixel(70);
	c.Text = (string) DataBinder.Eval((container as RadComboBoxItem).DataItem, "trandate");
	r.Cells.Add(c);
	c = new TableCell();
	c.Width = Unit.Pixel(270);
	c.Text = (string) DataBinder.Eval((container as RadComboBoxItem).DataItem, "toDbTenant-name");
	r.Cells.Add(c);
	t.Rows.Add(r);
	container.Controls.Add(t);
	}
	}
	}

I've tried calling DataBind() on each RadComboBoxItem a couple of places in the Page_Load event and in the ItemsRequested event to no avail.

What should I be doing?

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Stuart

[Dan]

Perhaps I should have said; what I see is an empty dropdown. It is populated with a table and there is a row for every item added to the ComboBox, it's just that there is no visible data.

Funnily enough, clicking on one of the empty rows gives the ComboBox the value you might expect.

Oh, and my tests suggest that the value of

(container as RadComboBoxItem).DataItem

is always null, regardless of when I call DataBind() even if I can see it is being called before the template is being invoked.

--
Stuart

[Dan]

Funnily enough, clicking on one of the empty rows gives the ComboBox the value you might expect.
Obviously, there's nothing mysterious about this; I'm creating the RadComboBoxItem by passing this value. <sigh/>.

--
Stuart

[Dan]

has anyone else seen this? Or is it just me?

--
Stuart

[Juan]

Me too, it worked on rad controls for asp.net, but not in prometheus, I dont know what the differences is

[Veselin Vasilev]

Hi,

Have you tried calling cb.DataBind() method in the ItemsRequested event handler?

Also, if you could isolate the problem in a small and running project will help us find a solution.

Thanks

All the best,
Veskoni
the Telerik team

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[Dan]

Have you tried calling cb.DataBind() method in the ItemsRequested event handler?
If you read my original message again, you'll see I've already answered this.

Also, if you could isolate the problem in a small and running project will help us find a solution.
You don't think the posted code is enough?

--
Stuart

[Dan]

See call 140283.

--
Stuart

[Veselin Vasilev]

Hi Stuart,

Thank you for the provided project in the support ticket.

DataItem property is available only during databinding. That is why it is null in your case.

I have made some changes in the ItemsRequested event handler and the InstantiateIn method as well.
Attached, please download the file and give it a try.

I hope this helps.


Best wishes,
Veskoni
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