RadComboBox lose items on PostBack

[Jesus]

Hi,

Here is the situation: I have a RadComboBox (not LoadOnDeman) which is filled with values when I load the page:

<telerik:RadComboBox ID="drpCollectingScript" runat="server" Height="150px" Width="225px"
DropDownWidth="360px" HighlightTemplatedItems="true" Filter="Contains" AutoPostBack="False"
MarkFirstMatch="true" OnClientKeyPressing="setHighlightedItem"
OnClientBlur="setId" OnClientFocus="toggleRadCombo" ViewStateMode="Enabled">
  <HeaderTemplate>
    <table style="width: 340px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
      <tr>
        <td style="width: 340px;">
          <asp:Label ID="lblCSCode" runat="server">Code</asp:Label>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
  </HeaderTemplate>
  <ItemTemplate>
    <table style="width: 340px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
      <tr>
        <td style="width: 340px;">
          <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container, "Attributes['Code']")%>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
  </ItemTemplate>
</telerik:RadComboBox>

CodeBehind:

If Me.IsPostBack = False Then
  Dim scripts = New CatalogService().GetAllScriptTips()
  For i As Integer = 0 To scripts.Count - 1
    Dim item As New RadComboBoxItem()
    item.Text = scripts(i).Code
    item.Value = scripts(i).ScriptTipId

    item.Attributes.Add("Code", scripts(i).Code)
    item.Attributes.Add("Script", scripts(i).ContentDesign)
    drpCollectingScript.Items.Add(item)
    item.DataBind()
  Next
End If

The problem is that if I don't make a Postback that refreshes the table element in which the RadComboBox is contained (using RadAjaxManager) within aproximately 2 minutes after loading the page, then the RadComboBox loses all of its items and this problem extends aswell to the asp:DropDownList controls which are contained within the same table element.

So, what's the problem here? What can I do to solve this problem?

[Nencho]

Hello Arturo,

I tried to replicate the described issue, but to no avail. I had prepared a sample page for you, demonstrating the behavior at my end. Would you give it a try at your end and let me know if I had missed something. Please find the attachment.

Regards,
Nencho
Telerik

[Jacob]

I'm having exactly the same issue that I can consistently reproduce.

 I looked at your code...

Can you please explain this line: item.DataBind()?

 Are you calling DataBind() method on RadComboBoxItem?

[Ivan Danchev]

Hello Arturo,

The DataBind() method is called on the RadComboBoxItems so that the Template can use the custom attributes in its data-binding expressions. 

Were you able to reproduce the issue in the sample project my colleague Nencho attached in his previous reply? If you were, could you please post your modifications so we can further investigate the reason for the observed behavior?

Regards,
Ivan Danchev
Telerik