RadGrid Header Checkbox Find

[Madhan]

Hi - I am new to telerik controls. I have added a checkbox in Radgrid column header. In the code behing trying to find the column header checkbox control.

My code:

<telerik:RadGrid ID="RadGrid1" Width="97%"
            AllowPaging="True" PageSize="15" runat="server" AllowSorting="True" AllowFilteringByColumn="True"
            GridLines="None">
            <MasterTableView Width="100%" AutoGenerateColumns="False" DataKeyNames="GrowerId">
                 <Columns>
                     <telerik:GridTemplateColumn UniqueName="TemplateColumn" SortExpression="CompanyName">
                     <HeaderTemplate>
                                        <asp:CheckBox id="headerChkbox" OnCheckedChanged="chkHeader_CheckedChanged"  AutoPostBack="true" runat="server" Text="Select All" ></asp:CheckBox>
                                       </HeaderTemplate>
var chkHeader = RadGrid1.MasterTableView.GetColumn("headerChkbox").HeaderAbbr = "checkbox";

 


I was trying that chkHeader code. it says cannot find uniquename headerChkbox. Please help

[Madhan]

Right now , I have code in code behind as

oreach (GridHeaderItem headerItem in RadGrid1.MasterTableView.GetItems(GridItemType.Header))
        {
            CheckBox chk = (CheckBox)headerItem["TemplateColumn"].Controls[0]; // Get the header checkbox
        }

I am trying to find contrrol of checkbox that is placed in radgrid column header. I am getting error "
Unable to cast object of type 'System.Web.UI.LiteralControl' to type 'System.Web.UI.WebControls.CheckBox'." Can anyone please help me fix this?

[Shinu]

Hi,

Try accessing the CheckBox using FindControl method.
C#:

foreach (GridHeaderItem headerItem in RadGrid1.MasterTableView.GetItems(GridItemType.Header))
{
    CheckBox chk = (CheckBox)headerItem.FindControl("headerChkbox");
}

Thanks,
Shinu.