[Solved] RadGrid Edit Mode Dropdownliast binding

[Shehab]

Hello everyone,

I am running into a RadGrid and binding the datasource for it programmatically, one of the columns should be a dropdown list so when I am in edit mode it would query a table and show options to choose from

                          <radG:GridTemplateColumn DataField="DepName" HeaderText="DepName" UniqueName="DepName">
                                <ItemTemplate>
                                    <asp:DropDownList ID="lblDep" runat="server" Enabled="false" />
                                </ItemTemplate>
                                <EditItemTemplate>
                                    <asp:DropDownList ID="DepNameddl" runat="server" />
                                </EditItemTemplate>
                          </radG:GridTemplateColumn>

 And here is the ItemDataBound that I can't seem to get to work;

    Protected Sub rgPersonAdmin_ItemDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.WebControls.GridItemEventArgs) Handles rgPersonAdmin.ItemDataBound
        If TypeOf e.Item Is GridDataItem Then
            Dim item As GridDataItem = DirectCast(e.Item, GridDataItem)
            Dim strChk As String = item.GetDataKeyValue("PersonIndic").ToString()
            Dim chkbx As CheckBox = DirectCast(item("PersonIndic").FindControl("cbPersonIndic"), CheckBox)
            If strChk = "1" Then
                chkbx.Checked = True
            Else
                chkbx.Checked = False
            End If

            'dropdownlist
            Dim ddl As DropDownList = DirectCast(item("DepName").FindControl("lblDep"), DropDownList)
            Dim getDS As New DataSet
            getDS = dataConn.PhoneGetDepDDL()
            ddl.DataSource = getDS.Tables(0).DefaultView
            ddl.DataTextField = "DepName"
            ddl.DataValueField = "DepID"
            ddl.DataBind()

        End If
    End Sub

It works fine to bind the checkbox but it is not working for the dropdownlist.

I saw in other forms about the gridColumnDropDownList but I couldn't find a way to bind it programmatically; any help will be appreciated.

Thanks,
Shehab

[Princy]

Hi Shehab,

Try accessing the DropDownList in edit mode as shown below.

CS:

 protected void RadGrid2_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
    {

        if((e.Item is GridEditableItem)&&(e.Item.IsInEditMode))
        {
            GridEditableItem edititem = (GridEditableItem)e.Item;
            DropDownList ddl = (DropDownList)edititem["DepName"].FindControl("DepNameddl");
        }
   }

Thanks
Princy.