ObjectDataSource parameter linked to control inside CommandItemTemplate

[John Davis]

Can you recommend a straightforward way or tell me how to fix the workaround?

I want an ObjectDataSource to have a parameter linked to the value of a CheckBox ("chkShowInactivesInGrid") that is inside a CommandItemTemplate.
Is there any way for the ObjectDataSource to refer to this CheckBox? (I get "not found" error.)

As a workaround I use for the parameter a CheckBox "chkShowInactive" that is on the web page, NOT inside a CommandItemTemplate.

<SelectParameters>
     <asp:ControlParameter Name="DisplayInactive" ControlID="chkShowInactive" PropertyName="Checked" />
....

<CommandItemTemplate>
      <div style="padding: 10px 0px;">
       <asp:CheckBox ID="chkShowInactivesInGrid" Text="Show Inactive" runat="server" />
      </div>
 </CommandItemTemplate>

In this workaround I hope to have the CheckBox inside CommandItemTemplate ("chkShowInactivesInGrid" ) mirror the value of the other checkbox.

I can set the value of "chkShowInactivesInGrid" using the following, BUT this event fires ONLY when the page (actually the user control) is first displayed.
When the page containing the user control is refreshed, the  chkShowInactive may have a new value but this value is not transferred to chkShowInactivesInGrid because
the following event is not fired.

        protected void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.GridItemEventArgs e)
        {
            PopulateOnPrerender = false;
          
            if (e.Item is GridCommandItem)
            {
                GridCommandItem cmditm = (GridCommandItem)e.Item;
                CheckBox cb = (CheckBox)cmditm.FindControl("chkShowInactivesInGrid");
                cb.Checked = chkShowInactive.Checked;
            } 
        }

[Vlad]

Hello John,

ControlParameter will try to locate the control only in the current INamingContainer and in this case the CheckBox is inside grid item which is INamingContainer. You can use ItemCreated instead ItemDataBound to find the control in every page lifecycle.

Sincerely yours,
Vlad
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[John Davis]

Thanks.  ItemCreated  event occurs too soon in this case.  But I found

RadGrid1_PreRender works.  You can access the CheckBox inside the grid item using the technique shown in this post:

http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/thread/b311D-bdtkgg.aspx

John