RadGrid ItemTemplate GridDataItem .TEXT is empty

[Brian Meagher]

Hi,

I am attempting to retrieve the value of a cell in a RadGrid during the ItemDataBound event. The catch is that I am using an ItemTemplate, which seems to be the root of the problem.

I found http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/grdaccessingcellsandrows.html which states (about half-way down) that “This approach of obtaining cell values works for auto-generated columns and built-in column types except for template columns. For template columns you must find the control in the grid cell and extract its value.”

I agree with that statement (based on my testing), but I cannot find anywhere an example of “finding the control in the grid cell and extracting its value.”

Can someone point me to a relevant example?

My goal is to read the URL for a picture (image source), and set an imagecolumn on the same row to use that image source. This approach works perfectly so long as I do not use an <ItemTemplate></ItemTemplate> block.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Brian Meagher

[Shinu]

Hello Brian Meagher,

You need to access the GridDataItem and get reference to control using the FindControl(controlId) method. Here is an example.

ASPX:

   <telerik:GridTemplateColumn DataField="Username" HeaderText="Username" UniqueName="Username"
        SortExpression="Username">
        <ItemTemplate>
            <asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink1" runat="server" NavigateUrl="~/Users.aspx">HyperLink</asp:HyperLink>
        </ItemTemplate>
    </telerik:GridTemplateColumn>

C#:

    protected void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
    {
        if ((e.Item is GridDataItem))
        {
            GridDataItem dataItem = (GridDataItem)e.Item;
            HyperLink hLink = (HyperLink)dataItem.FindControl("HyperLink1"); // Access the control
            String url = hLink.NavigateUrl;  // Get the url
        }
    }

-Shinu.