RAD GRID issues

[Daniel]

Hi

I'm hoping I can resolve my problem here, if not I'll log a support call/ ticket.

I Have an application utilising the RAD Grid, the Grid consists of 4 dropdown lists with the values being populated from reference tables inside the main data set. (The grid has auto generate columns set to false).

The issue is that Every second line (the alternate line) doesn't render text - I've right clicked and 'Viewed Source" and in the table elements for the missing lines &nbsp is displayed additionally when I click the 'edit' link for a line where the data is missing the correct values are populated in the edit form, though when I click 'edit' for a line where the data is rendered no values are populated in the dropdown lists.

My first thought was a style sheet clash however given the table elements in View Source have &nbsp I don't believe this is the cause.

Another issue I've discovered is when I click 'edit' on a line that does render when the "ReadOnly" attribute is set to 'true' the RadGrid throws an application error stating: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

I've included the html from the aspx page below - showing the Rad Grid

  <telerik:RadGrid ID="RadGrid1" runat="server" AllowPaging="True" AllowSorting="True"
        AutoGenerateColumns="False" AutoGenerateEditColumn="True" GridLines="None">
        <HeaderContextMenu EnableTheming="True">
            <CollapseAnimation Type="OutQuint" Duration="200"></CollapseAnimation>
        </HeaderContextMenu>
        <MasterTableView>
            <RowIndicatorColumn>
                <HeaderStyle Width="20px"></HeaderStyle>
            </RowIndicatorColumn>
            <ExpandCollapseColumn>
                <HeaderStyle Width="20px"></HeaderStyle>
            </ExpandCollapseColumn>
            <Columns>
                <telerik:GridDropDownColumn DataField="Delay_Code_ID" DataSourceID="dsdelaycodemapping"
                    HeaderText="Code" ListDataMember="RRD_011_DELAY_CODE" ListTextField="Delay_DS"
                    ListValueField="id" ReadOnly="True" UniqueName="column">
                </telerik:GridDropDownColumn>
                <telerik:GridDropDownColumn DataField="COAL_SYSTEM_REPORT_ID" DataSourceID="dsdelaycodemapping"
                    HeaderText="Coal System" ListDataMember="RRD_008_DELAY_RESPONSIBILITY" ListTextField="DELAY_RESPONSIBILITY_NM"
                    ListValueField="ID" UniqueName="column1">
                </telerik:GridDropDownColumn>
                <telerik:GridDropDownColumn DataField="REPORTING_SYSTEM_REPORT_ID" DataSourceID="dsdelaycodemapping"
                    HeaderText="Reprting System" ListDataMember="RRD_008_DELAY_RESPONSIBILITY" ListTextField="DELAY_RESPONSIBILITY_NM"
                    ListValueField="ID" UniqueName="column2">
                </telerik:GridDropDownColumn>
                <telerik:GridDropDownColumn DataField="QT_DELAY_CATEGORY_ID" DataSourceID="dsdelaycodemapping"
                    HeaderText="QT Delay Category" ListDataMember="RRD_015_DELAY_CATEGORY" ListTextField="DELAY_CATEGORY_NM"
                    ListValueField="ID" UniqueName="column3">
                </telerik:GridDropDownColumn>
            </Columns>
        </MasterTableView>
        <FilterMenu EnableTheming="True">
            <CollapseAnimation Type="OutQuint" Duration="200"></CollapseAnimation>
        </FilterMenu>
    </telerik:RadGrid>

The Code behind  (...this is taken from a smaller solution I created in order to re-create the problem).

Imports System.Web.UI
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml
Imports QR.TELERIKRADGRID.DataObjects

Partial Public Class Index
    Inherits SiteBasePage 'Inherits System.Web.UI.Page

    Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
        Try
            If Me.IsPostBack = False Then

                'Create an instance of our typed dataset and disable constraints.
                Dim dsDelayCodeMapping As New dssDelayCodeMapping
                dsDelayCodeMapping.EnforceConstraints = False

                'Populate the dataset
                dsDelayCodeMapping = Populate_DS(dsDelayCodeMapping)

                'sets the RAD GRID DataSource
                RadGrid1.DataSource = dsDelayCodeMapping
            End If

        Catch ex As System.Exception

        End Try
    End Sub

    ''' <summary>
    ''' Populates the Typed dataset from an XML document.
    ''' The location of the XML Document will need to be set according to the individual machine that the solution
    ''' is running on Modify the "strPath" value.
    ''' </summary>
    ''' <param name="dsDelayCodeMapping"></param>
    ''' <returns></returns>
    ''' <remarks></remarks>
    Private Function Populate_DS(ByVal dsDelayCodeMapping As dssDelayCodeMapping) As dssDelayCodeMapping

        'Specify the Location the XML document to read into the dataset.
        Dim strPath As String = "D:\Projects\TELERIKRADGRID\TELERIKRADGRID\Web\"

        'Read the XML Document into the dataset using the Generic readXML Function.
        dsDelayCodeMapping.ReadXml(strPath & "XMLSTRING.xml")

        Return dsDelayCodeMapping

    End Function

    ''' <summary>
    ''' Required Function of RadGrid
    ''' </summary>
    ''' <param name="source"></param>
    ''' <param name="e"></param>
    ''' <remarks></remarks>
    Private Sub RadGrid1_NeedDataSource(ByVal source As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.Web.UI.GridNeedDataSourceEventArgs) Handles RadGrid1.NeedDataSource

        'Create an instance of our typed dataset and disable constraints.
        Dim dsDelayCodeMapping As New dssDelayCodeMapping
        dsDelayCodeMapping.EnforceConstraints = False

        RadGrid1.DataSource = Populate_DS(dsDelayCodeMapping)

    End Sub

End Class

If required I can Attach this smaller solution to any support ticket required, however I will be unable to do this until Wednesday.

Any assistance in the mean time will be greatly appreciated.

Cheers.
Daniel.

[Pavlina]

Hello Daniel,

I followed your scenario in order to replicate the issue but to no avail.
GridDropDownColumn is editable (implements the IGridEditableColumn interface) and provides, by default, GridDropDownListColumnEditor as its column editor.
This column type is useful for lookup fields from data tables. I suggest you to bind this column type on the following way: 

• Set the DataField property to the name of a field in the data source of the table view that contains the column.
• Set the DataSourceID property to the ID of a data source control for the lookup list. If the data source contains multiple tables, set the ListDataMember property to the name of the lookup table.
• Set the ListTextField property to the name of the field in the lookup table that provides the text of items in the drop-down control.
• Set the ListValueField property to the name of the field in the lookup table that supplies the value for the field specified by the DataField property.

More information about GridDropDownColumn is available on the following articles.
Column types
Customize/Configure GridDropDownColumn

I hope this information helps.

Regards,

Pavlina

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