[Solved] MultiColumn LoadOnDemand Issues

[Atlas]

1) The Office 2007 skin is being applied to our application via the web.config, but the MultiColumn comboBox we are creating does not seem to inherit the look and feel that the rest of the controls get (We are using an item template). How do we fix that?
2) How do you apply a Selected Value column to the MultiColumn example? We are using the item template, and have specified the DataValueField and DataTextField names in the declaration, is that all there is to it?
I am guessing that we don't use the id which we want to use for the selected value in the item template, and it will bind but be invisible to the user?

[Peter]

Hi Nano,

1. This is expected since nested controls do not inherit the skin that RadCombobox uses. You need to create your own custom css styles for the nested controls. The Multi-column ComboBox demo shows how custom css styles are used for the tempate content.

2. Yes, the selected value will be whatever you specify. For example, the above demo uses CustomerID for selected value and ContactName for selected text:

protected void RadComboBox1_ItemDataBound(object sender, RadComboBoxItemEventArgs e)
        {
            //set the Text and Value property of every item
            //here you can set any other properties like Enabled, ToolTip, Visible, etc.
            e.Item.Text = ((DataRowView)e.Item.DataItem)["ContactName"].ToString() ;
            e.Item.Value = ((DataRowView)e.Item.DataItem)["CustomerID"].ToString();
        }

That's all there is.

Let us know if you have further questions.

Regards,
Peter
the Telerik team

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