telerik UniqueID returns name?

[dexter]

Hi,

I'm trying to get the checkbox reference which is inside the grid using the property UniqueName.
It returns me this ctl01$ctl03$chk which is actually the name of the control rather than the id.

I noticed that the id is exactly the same, just that the $ symbol is replaced with _
which means the id is ctl01_ctl03_chk

I just need some confirmation that the only difference with name and id is the symbol $ and _
because i replaced the symbol $ with _ in order to get the reference of the checkbox.

Is this advisable? I'm just concern that in future telerik might use some kind of other symbols that might
render my code useless. Please help.
 
Regards,
Dexter

[Jayesh Goyani]

Hello dexter,

Can you please provide your aspx page code?

Thanks,
Jayesh Goyani

[dexter]

Hi Jayesh,

There is nothing unusual about the aspx page. Just a normal grid with GridTemplateColumn having checkbox column inside it.

Here is the code behind:

string id = "";//global

protected void grdDmnDocFolder_ItemCreated(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)

    {

      if (e.Item is GridDataItem)//will only be true if the object is item

      {

        GridDataItem item = (GridDataItem)e.Item;

  

 //need to replace $ with _ because $ is for name _ for id

//Eg:name = ctl01$ctl03$chk id = ctl01_ctl03_chk

        id += item["chk"].FindControl("chkI").UniqueID.Replace('$', '_') + ",";

        ajxManager.ResponseScripts.Add("id = '" + id + "';");

          } 
    }

  

protected void grdDmnDocFolder_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)

{

      if (e.Item is GridHeaderItem)//will only be true if the object is header

      {

        GridHeaderItem headerItem = (GridHeaderItem)grdDmnDocFolder.MasterTableView.GetItems(GridItemType.Header)[0];

        CheckBox chk = (CheckBox)headerItem.FindControl("chkH");

        ajxManager.ResponseScripts.Add("hdrID ='" + chk.UniqueID.Replace('$','_') + "';");

      }

}

Regards,
Dexter

[Jayesh Goyani]

Hello Dexter,

CheckBox chk = (CheckBox)headerItem.FindControl("chkH");
                chk.ClientID // try to access with this clientId

Thanks,
Jayesh Goyani