[Solved] Making a child objects properties filterable

[Adam Webb]

Hi there,
Apologies if this question is already documented, I couldn't find anything that would help me.
I am using the RadGrid, on a list of objects, "Request" (RadGrid1.DataSource = List<Request>). One property of "Request" is an object "Client". I don't want the object "Client" to be a column, but I would like for the property "Name" in "Client" to be shown. Ie. (String) Client.Name.

I managed to achieve this by Adding this on the ItemDataBound event as follows:

if (e.Item is GridDataItem)
            {
                int reqID;
                String strReqID = ((GridDataItem)e.Item)["RequestID"].Text;
                if (int.TryParse(strReqID, out reqID))
                {
                    ((GridDataItem)e.Item)["Client"].Text = GetClientNameFromRequest(reqID);
                }
            }

However, this appears to stop the column from being filterable. I would like for it to be possible to filter by Client.Name.

I realise it is not possible to set DataField="Client.Name". So I was wondering if there was another way I could achieve this?

Thanks in advance for any help!

FWIW I'm using WinXP, VS2008, .NET framework 3.5, and preferred language is C#.

[Sebastian]

Hello Adam,

RadGrid for ASP.NET AJAX supports binding to sub-objects using declarative syntax with dots as demonstrated on this online demo:

http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/grid/examples/programming/binding/defaultcs.aspx

Therefore, you can try the following signature for the DataField of the grid column:

DataField="Request.Client.Name"

Thus the filtering capability for that column should remain intact. Additional tips when binding RadGrid to custom collections you can find in this help topic.

Best regards,
Sebastian
the Telerik team

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