This is a migrated thread and some comments may be shown as answers.

Problem with RadDatePicker in dynamically loaded user control.

4 Answers 344 Views

Calendar

This is a migrated thread and some comments may be shown as answers.

Scott R asked on 18 Jul 2008, 01:51 AM

I'm having a problem with the RadDatePicker when it is used inside a dynamically loaded user control. Also, the dynamically loaded user control is displayed inside a RadPageView.

The problem is this: I set the initial value for the RadDatePicker in server-side code when the user control is first created. The initial value displays correctly when the page is displayed. However, once a postback occurs the value is "lost" (i.e. the RadDatePicker is blank). If you type in a date or select a date using the calendar then the value is persisted across postbacks. It's only the initial value, set on the server side when the user control is created, that is not persisted across postbacks.

Here is some sample code. First, the user control:

WebUserControl.ascx

    
            <%@ Control Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="WebUserControl.ascx.cs" Inherits="WebUserControl" %> 
        
            <%@ Register Assembly="Telerik.Web.UI" Namespace="Telerik.Web.UI" TagPrefix="telerik" %> 
        
            <telerik:RadDatePicker ID="RadDatePicker1" runat="server">  
        
            </telerik:RadDatePicker>

WebUserControl.ascx.cs

    
            public partial class WebUserControl : System.Web.UI.UserControl  
        
            {  
        
                public void DisplayInformation()  
        
                {  
        
                    RadDatePicker1.SelectedDate = DateTime.Now.Date;  
        
                }  
        
            }

Default.aspx

    
            <%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true"  CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %> 
        
            <%@ Register Assembly="Telerik.Web.UI" Namespace="Telerik.Web.UI" TagPrefix="telerik" %> 
        
            <%@ Register src="WebUserControl.ascx" tagname="WebUserControl" tagprefix="uc1" %> 
        
            <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> 
        
            <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">  
        
            <head runat="server">  
        
                <title>Untitled Page</title> 
        
            </head> 
        
            <body> 
        
                <form id="form1" runat="server">  
        
                <div> 
        
                    <asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server">  
        
                    </asp:ScriptManager> 
        
                    <telerik:RadMultiPage ID="RadMultiPage1" runat="server" OnPageViewCreated="RadMultiPage1_PageViewCreated">  
        
                    </telerik:RadMultiPage> 
        
                    <asp:Button ID="Button2" runat="server" Text="Create Page View" OnClick="Button2_Click" /> 
        
                    <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="PostBack" /> 
        
                </div> 
        
                </form> 
        
            </body> 
        
            </html>

Default.aspx.cs

    
            public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page   
        
            {  
        
                bool DoDisplay = false;  
        
                protected void Button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)  
        
                {  
        
                    // Display initial values the first time the user  
        
                    // control is created.  
        
                    DoDisplay = true;  
        
                    RadPageView pv = new RadPageView();  
        
                    pv.ID = "RadPageView1";  
        
                    RadMultiPage1.PageViews.Add(pv);  
        
                }  
        
                protected void RadMultiPage1_PageViewCreated(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.RadMultiPageEventArgs e)  
        
                {  
        
                    WebUserControl wuc = Page.LoadControl("WebUserControl.ascx") as WebUserControl;  
        
                    wuc.ID = "WebUserControl1";  
        
                    e.PageView.Selected = true;  
        
                    // Only display initial values the first time the  
        
                    // user control is created. On subsequent postbacks  
        
                    // we want the value from the viewstate.  
        
                    if (DoDisplay)  
        
                        wuc.DisplayInformation();  
        
                    e.PageView.Controls.Add(wuc);  
        
                }  
        
            }

4 Answers, 1 is accepted

answered on 22 Jul 2008, 03:02 PM

Just in case anyone else comes across this problem, I will post the answer I got to my support ticket.

Unlike most other controls, the RadDatePicker relies on viewstate in order to maintain its selected value. Since viewstate is not tracked on controls until they are part of the page, the answer is to simply add the user control to the page before setting the selected date property. So, in my case, it's like this:

    
               protected void RadMultiPage1_PageViewCreated(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.RadMultiPageEventArgs e)     
        
                {     
        
                    WebUserControl wuc = Page.LoadControl("WebUserControl.ascx") as WebUserControl;     
        
                    // Add the user control to the page view early so that viewstate is tracked  
        
                    // on its child controls.  
        
                    e.PageView.Controls.Add(wuc);     
        
                    wuc.ID = "WebUserControl1";     
        
                    e.PageView.Selected = true;     
        
                    // Only display initial values the first time the     
        
                    // user control is created. On subsequent postbacks     
        
                    // we want the value from the viewstate.     
        
                    if (DoDisplay)     
        
                        wuc.DisplayInformation();     
        
                  }

Simple fix. Thanks, Plamen!