parent/child inside repeater

[raphael]

Hi everybody,

I'm trying to put 2 RadComboBoxes inside an asp:repeater. what I'd like to achieve is that on each line when I select a value from the first combobox It load me the value in my second combo.

can somebody help me? I just would like to know if it's possible to do such a thing, and if so if somebody could give me an example!

Thank you very much

Raphael

[Veselin Vasilev]

Hi raphael,

Here is one approach: subscribe to the OnClientSelectedIndexChanged event of the first combobox and in its event handler find the corresponding second combobox and call the requestItems client side method.

Here is a sample code:

<asp:Repeater ID="Repeater1" runat="server" DataSourceID="AccessDataSource1" >
            <ItemTemplate>
                <telerik:RadComboBox ID="RadComboBox1" runat="server"
                    Skin="Hay"
                    OnClientSelectedIndexChanged="OnClientSelectedIndexChangedHandler"
                    DataTextField="ID"
                    SelectedValue='<%# Bind("ID") %>'
                    DataValueField="ID"
                    DataSourceID="AccessDataSource1">
                </telerik:RadComboBox> <br />
                <telerik:RadComboBox ID="RadComboBox2" runat="server"
                    DataTextField="Name"
                    SelectedValue='<%# Bind("Name") %>'
                    DataValueField="Name"
                    AllowCustomText="true"
                    DataSourceID="AccessDataSource1"
                    Skin="Sunset">
                </telerik:RadComboBox> <br /><br />
            </ItemTemplate>
        </asp:Repeater>

<script type="text/javascript">
function OnClientSelectedIndexChangedHandler(sender, eventArgs)
{
    var comboArray = Telerik.Web.UI.RadComboBox.ComboBoxes;
    var i;
    for (i = 0; i < comboArray.length; i++)
    {
        if (comboArray[i] == sender)
        {
            break;
        }
    }

    var nextCombo = comboArray[i + 1];
    nextCombo.requestItems(eventArgs.get_item().get_value(), false);
}
</script>

I hope that this will get you started.

Best wishes,
Veselin Vasilev
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[raphael]

hi Veselin,

Thank you for the quick answer, that solve part of my problem.

Now I have another one... inside the itemsrequested function I try to bind the right set of Data to my child combobox.
I get back the value from the db, I bind them to my combobox but when I get back on my page the combo is still empty

 

protected void RadComboBox2_ItemsRequested(object o, RadComboBoxItemsRequestedEventArgs e)

 

{

 

RadComboBox rcb = (RadComboBox)o;

 

 

AccountFacade facade = new AccountFacade();

 

 

DataSet ds = facade.GetBanksForAccount(int.Parse(e.Text));

 

rcb.DataSource = ds;

rcb.DataBind();

}

Do i miss something or do somenthing wrong?

Thank you Raphael

[Veselin Vasilev]

Hi raphael,

The code looks correct.

I would suggest that you put a breakpoint in this event handler and debug the application. Check if it enters into that handler and does the dataset has data?


Regards,
Veselin Vasilev
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[raphael]

I've already checked if the event fires with a break point, and the dataset has some values inside.

I noticed that using radAjaxPanel the comboBox gets populated for an istant but after the page gets loaded the comboBox is empty again.

I check if there where some other functions that clear combo but there aren't

after selecting a value from the first combo the page load event fires, than the itemsRequestes event fire an than the page_load event fires again. Both time in the page_load nothing happens beacause at the begining of the event I putted the control if the page.ispostback control.

I've tryied to populate the combo adding every dataset element mannualy (combobox.items.add()) but I get the same behaviour.

[Veselin Vasilev]

Hi raphael,

The page_load event should not be fired after the ItemsRequested event handler. This is strange and could be the reason for the problem. I suggest that you open a support ticket and send us a sample project demonstrating the issue.

Thanks

Greetings,
Veselin Vasilev
the Telerik team

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[raphael]

Ok Thanx to your post I solved my problem! before posting my problem on the forum I tryied out some possible solutions, and after that I forgot to set to false the autopostback attribute.

Thank you very much and sorry

Raphael