unable to set text to radcombobox in radgrid itemtemplate

[Chinna]

hi,

trying to set text to radcombobox in radgrid itemtemplate and getting error "object reference not set an instance of an object"

aspx:

<

 

telerik:GridTemplateColumn HeaderText = "Print Letters/Post Cards" UniqueName = "PrintLetter" HeaderStyle-HorizontalAlign="Center" ItemStyle-HorizontalAlign

="Center">

 

 

 

<ItemTemplate

>

 

 

 

<telerik:RadComboBox ID= "Print" runat

="server">

 

 

 

<Items

>

 

 

 

<telerik:RadComboBoxItem runat="server" Text

="1 Year Postcard"/>

 

 

 

<telerik:RadComboBoxItem runat="server" Text

="1 Year Adult"/>

 

 

 

<telerik:RadComboBoxItem runat="server" Text

="2 Years Adult"/>

 

 

 

<telerik:RadComboBoxItem runat="server" Text

="3 Year"/>

 

 

 

</Items

>

 

 

 

</telerik:RadComboBox

>

 

 

 

</ItemTemplate

>

 

 

</

 

telerik:GridTemplateColumn

>

 

 

aspx.cs:

 

protected void ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs

e)

 

 

{

 

 

 

GridDataItem dataItem = e.Item as GridDataItem

;

 

 

 

 

RadComboBox Print = ((RadComboBox)dataItem["PrintLetter"].FindControl("Print"

));

 

 

Print.Text =

"1year"

;

 

 

}

 

Please suggest me on this.

[Shinu]

Hello Chinna,


If you need to set custom text for RadComboBox, then you will have to set the AllowCustomText property of the control to True.

<ItemTemplate>
        <telerik:RadComboBox AllowCustomText="true" ID="Print" runat="server">
                <Items>

-Shinu.