[Solved] Programatically hide controls in a data row

[Rick]

Hi,

I'm using the latest version of the Telerik controls and using the RadGrid to show a list of quotations. Dependent on the quote status I want to show/hide linkbuttons for each row depending on which is valid at the time. I have the following columns:

                   <telerik:GridButtonColumn ButtonType="LinkButton" CommandName="View" Text="View Quote" UniqueName="lnkView" />
                   <telerik:GridButtonColumn ButtonType="LinkButton" CommandName="Edit" Text="Edit Quote" UniqueName="EditColumn" />
                   <telerik:GridButtonColumn ButtonType="LinkButton" CommandName="BuyNow" Text="Buy Now" UniqueName="BuyNowColumn" />

in the code behind I'm using grdCarQuotes_ItemCreated and grdCarQuotes_ItemDataBound to try and find the linkbutton controls to set their visibility as so:

        protected void grdCarQuotes_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.Item.ItemType == GridItemType.Item || e.Item.ItemType == GridItemType.AlternatingItem)
            {
                // Get car quote status
                string status = ((BLL.DTO.QuoteSummaryRow)e.Item.DataItem).Status;
                LinkButton lnk = e.Item.FindControl("lnkView") as LinkButton;
                if(status != "Quoted")
                          lnk.Visible = false;
            }
        }

However, it can't find the control. Please can you advise me on how to best achieve this simple requirement?

TIA,

Rick

[Princy]

Hello Rick,

Try out the following code to access the linkbutton in the GridButtonColumn:
c#:

 protected void RadGrid_ItemDataBound(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.GridItemEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Item is GridDataItem)
        {
            GridDataItem dataItem = (GridDataItem)e.Item;
            LinkButton lnk = dataItem["lnkView"].Controls[0] as LinkButton;
            lnk.Visible = false;
        }
    }

Thanks
Princy.

[Rick]

Thanks very much, that works!!!