Two-way databinding with RadComboBox.CheckedItems

[Jeff]

I am trying to do two way databinding with a RadComboBox when Checkboxes="true". Getting them to save to the database is fine but binding each checked item when reading from the database isnt working. The CheckedItems property is read only so that wont work. I tried this next:

Dim branchBox As RadComboBox = FormView1.FindControl("branchBox")
For Each b As Branch In current.branches
    For Each item As RadComboBoxItem In branchBox.Items
        item.Checked = (b.branchId = item.Value)
    Next
Next

'current' is an instance of an Person entity in my Entity Framework. A Person has a collection of branches. I want to bind the RadComboBox to all of the branches for the person.

Doing the above, only the last item in the RadComboBox will be checked. So, if the person has "Army" and "Navy" as branches and Army appears before Navy in the RCB, only Navy will be checked. Army will be unchecked.

Is there a way to set multiple checkboxes in a RadComboBox in C#?

[Shinu]

Hello Jeff,

You can add CheckBoxes in RadComboBox as shown below.
aspx:

<telerik:RadComboBox ID="combo" runat="server" Text="Select" EmptyMessage="select" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1" DataTextField="FirstName" DataValueField="EmployeeID">
 <ItemTemplate>
      <asp:CheckBox ID="CheckBox1" runat="server" />
      <asp:CheckBox ID="CheckBox2" runat="server" />
  </ItemTemplate>
</telerik:RadComboBox>

Also check the following help documentation.
Templates Overview.

-Shinu.

[Kalina]

Hello Jeff,

Currently we are developing a new RadComboBox property called "DataCheckedField" - a bindable property to represent the checked state of the RadComboBox items. It will define which datasource field will be used to hold the checked state of the items. "DataCheckedField" will be available in our next release (till the end of the week).

Regards,
Kalina
the Telerik team

[Jeff]

Thanks Kalina. In the absence of an existing solution, that is exactly what I was hoping to hear.

[Bilal]

Any news about when this version is going to be released?

Thanks,
Bilal

[Kalina]

Hi,

In our latest Q3 2011 (version 2011.3.1115)  release we have introduced a new RadComboBox property - DataCheckedField.
You can find more details about this at the Q3 release notes and in the "CheckBox Support" help article.

All the best,
Kalina
the Telerik team