template dataitem on selectedidexchanged

[Christian]

Hi,

I have a Combobox that uses a itemtemplate that is bound to a class object and OnSelectedIndexChanged I need to get the dataitem of that item to get the class object but cant seem to get this to work. Any suggestions? 

 

<telerik:RadComboBox runat="server" ID="cmbOptions" AutoPostBack="true" EmptyMessage="Please select..." OnSelectedIndexChanged="cmbOptions_SelectedIndexChanged">
                                       <ItemTemplate>
                                            <img />
                                            <%#Eval("Text") %>
                                        </ItemTemplate>
                                    </telerik:RadComboBox>

 

private webService.DetailedPart pa;s

private webService.SessUser su;
   webService.SrvCoreClient service;

  

    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

    {

        su = Common.getSession(Session);

        service = new webService.SrvCoreClient();

 

        pa = service.GetPart(su.id, partId);

 

        if (pa.GroupedParts != null)

        {

            cmbOptions.EmptyMessage = pa.GroupedParts.Header;

            cmbOptions.DataSource = pa.GroupedParts.GroupedParts;

            cmbOptions.DataBind();

        }

    }

 

protected void cmbOptions_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.RadComboBoxSelectedIndexChangedEventArgs e)

    {

        //How do I get the dataitem of the selected index??

    }

 

 

 

[Eyup]

Hello Christian,

The DataItems of the individual items is available only during the ItemDataBound event handler. You can use place a asp:Label control inside the ItemTemplate and set the Eval expression to its Text property. Then, you can use the cmbOptions.SelectedItem.FindControl("LabelID") to access the label instance and consequently its Text value.

I hope this will prove helpful.

Regards,
Eyup
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