OldValues.Count 0 on edited row after an insert

[Courouble Damien]

Hi everyone, 

I'm working on a grid, my issue is the following

1) I add a new row with begin insert stuff,
2) When the row is editedend, i save it to Database
3) When i want to edited the row right after the insert, i go back in the editedend event but the OldValues in gridviewroweditendedeventArgs doesn't have element

It's really annoying, because i need to compare the oldvalues (the one right after the insert) and the newones ( the one we juste set up on edited) to proceed of certain query in DB

Do you know when i can store this informations  ? 

I hope i was clear,

Thanks

[Courouble Damien]

Someone to help me ? 

Thanks

[Nedyalko Nikolov]

Hello Courouble Damien,

The "OldValues" dictionary is created when any cell of the row enters into edit mode. Do you use CellTemplates to edit underlying properties?

All the best,
Nedyalko Nikolov
the Telerik team

[Courouble Damien]

Hey,

Nevermind i found a new way to do things, i wasn't using celltemplate, but the issue come from the fact that i was binding a silverlight datatable

Thanks,

D.

[Alex Galie]

Hello,

Digging up this old thread because I'm running into the same issue. I AM using cell edit templates, just curious if there's a way to retain the old values even so.

Here's a portion of XAML:

<telerik:GridViewDataColumn Header="Asset"
                            DataMemberBinding="{Binding Name}" />

<telerik:GridViewDataColumn Header="Site" UniqueName="SiteColumn"
                            DataMemberBinding="{Binding Converter={StaticResource MapObjectLocationConverter}, ConverterParameter=Site}">
    <telerik:GridViewDataColumn.CellEditTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <telerik:RadComboBox x:Name="SiteList" IsEditable="True" DisplayMemberPath="Name"
                                 ItemsSource="{Binding Company.Locations}"
                                 SelectedItem="{Binding Site, Mode=TwoWay}" />
        </DataTemplate>
    </telerik:GridViewDataColumn.CellEditTemplate>
</telerik:GridViewDataColumn>

The Asset column is added to the OldValues, but the 2nd one does not.

Thanks

[Nedyalko Nikolov]

Hello Alex Galie,

Generally OldValues are generated based on column's data member binding via reflection, and for this column we cannot get any value for this column, so we cannot add anything in OldValues dictionary.

However you can use RadGridView's support for IEditableObject interface to achieve your scenario - at BeginEdit() - take the old values and at EndEdit() compare them with new ones.
Let me know if there is something unclear. 

Regards,
Nedyalko Nikolov
the Telerik team

[Alex Galie]

Thanks,

That's how I went about it eventually.

[Eric]

In regards to your solution of grabbing OldValues on begin edit and comparing them on EndEdit.

"However you can use RadGridView's support for IEditableObject interface to achieve your scenario - at BeginEdit() - take the old values and at EndEdit() compare them with new ones.
Let me know if there is something unclear. "

Can you provide a code sample for this. I am running into the same issue. I have a checkbox that is part of a CellTemplate. I need to inspect the value of the checkbox to see if it changed also.

Thanks,
Eric

[Nedyalko Nikolov]

Hi Eric,

Your business object (DataContext of the GridViewRow) should implement IEditableObject interface which exposes BeginEdit(), EndEdit() and CancelEdit() methods.

public class Person : IEditableObject
{
#region IEditableObject Members

        public void BeginEdit()
        {
            throw new NotImplementedException();
        }

        public void CancelEdit()
        {
            throw new NotImplementedException();
        }

        public void EndEdit()
        {
            throw new NotImplementedException();
        }

        #endregion
}

this.radGridView.ItemsSource = new ObservableCollection<Person>();

Let me know if you need further assistance.

Kind regards,
Nedyalko Nikolov
the Telerik team