Rebind Combobox after disable/enable sequence

[Aaron]

Working w/a C# MVC Project that displays a Company's information if the user chosen from a ComboBox EXISTS.  One of the data fields displayed is the Company's State which is itself a ComboBox:

@(Html.Kendo().ComboBox()
                            .Name("CompanyState")
                            .Placeholder("Select a state...")
                            .BindTo((List<string>)ViewBag.StateNames)
                            .Value("NV")
                            .Suggest(true)
                        )

Note that when the ComboBox is first created, its data source is bound to the List in "ViewBag.StateNames". 

When the data is displayed, I DISABLE the "CompanyState" ComboBox as there is no need for the App User to enter the data.

$("#CompanyState").kendoComboBox({ enabled: false });

My problem is when I need to ENABLE the "CompanyState", I lose the binding to the List in "ViewBag.StateNames". My question then is: how can I rebind to that List?

[Nencho]

Hello Aaron,

Using the approach that you have demonstrated :

$("#CompanyState").kendoComboBox({ enabled: false });

You are initializing a new widget, with its enabled state set to false. You can consider using the following approaches for disabling and enabling the kendoComboBox:

$("#CompanyState").data("kendoComboBox").enable(false)  // disable
$("#CompanyState").data("kendoComboBox").enable(true)  // enable

This approach is demonstrated in our documentation article below:

http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/ui/combobox#methods-enable

Regards,
Nencho
Telerik

[Aaron]

Thanks Nencho!