StatusBar - Displaying a dynamic custom message

[Reid]

Is there a way to show custom messages in the RadGrid statusbar?  If any CRUD operation fails or any exceptions occur I would like to show a message of my choice to the user.

Thanks

[Daniel]

Hello Reid,

You can access the text in the status bar as shown below:

protected void RadGrid1_PreRender(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    RadGrid1.StatusBarSettings.ReadyText = "Total items: " + RadGrid1.Items.Count;
}

or:

 GridStatusBarItem item = (GridStatusBarItem)RadGrid1.MasterTableView.GetItems(GridItemType.StatusBar)[0];

Please note that the StatusBar will be marked as obsolete in the next release of RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX which is expected tomorrow.

I recommend you use a CommandItemTemplate  or GridFooterItem instead.
Command item template

Accessing the footer item on PreRender:

protected void RadGrid1_PreRender(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    GridFooterItem item = (GridFooterItem)RadGrid1.MasterTableView.GetItems(GridItemType.Footer)[0];
    item["yourColumn"].Text = "Total items: " + RadGrid1.Items.Count;
}

I hope that the provided information is helpful.

Best regards,
Daniel
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[Reid]

Daniel,

Thanks for responding.

Point taken about grim future for the StatusBar.  I do not understand the Column in the Footer?  Do I need to create another column?

[Shinu]

Hi Reid,

You can access the footer of any column in your Grid's column collection using the column's UniqueName property.

ASPX:

                <Columns>
                   <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="ProductName"   UniqueName="ProductName" HeaderText="ProductName" ></telerik:GridBoundColumn>
                   ..............

                </Columns>

CS:

 protected void RadGrid1_PreRender(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        GridFooterItem item = (GridFooterItem)RadGrid1.MasterTableView.GetItems(GridItemType.Footer)[0];
        item["ProductName"].Text = "Total items: " + RadGrid1.Items.Count;
    }

Note: Set the ShowFooter property to true.

Thanks
Shinu

[Reid]

Hello Shinu,

This grid is using an item template and the status text displays but only in the first column (an AutoGeneratedEdit column) when I use a column name in use.  How can you make the message as wide as the grid, and wrap if need be?

Thanks

[Shinu]

Hi,

Try adding a LiteralControl to the Grid to show the Status message and see whether it works.

CS:

RadGrid1.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl(string.Format("<div style='color:Blue;text-align:center'>{0}</div>", "Status Text")));

Shinu