Update problem - self referencing hierarchical grid with multiple parents

[Clinton Smyth]

Hi

We have a self referencing hierarchical grid that contains rows with multiple parents.  For example, if I denote '->' as 'is a parent of', then we have:
A -> B -> C
A -> D -> C

Note that C is a repeated row in the GridData.

Now C also has child rows, ie.:
C -> D
C -> E

The RadGrid correctly displays the children of C under each occurrence of C (even though nodes D & E are not repeated in the GridData).  The grid (correctly again), treats each occurrence of D and E as the same (i.e. references to 1 object and not copies of it).

The problem appears when I set D or E to IsCurrent (i.e. dataCell.RowInfo.IsCurrent = true; where D or E is contained in the dataCell).  Both rows get highlighted which is great, however, when the user double-clicks on the cell to edit it, the edit box appears on the first occurrence, even if they double-click on the 2nd or other occurrences.  Additionally, once edited only the first occurrence (where the edit box appears) changes it's value on the screen.

So how do I:
1. Make the edit box appear on the row that the user double-clicked on?
2. Update all occurrences of the same record on the screen?

Thanks

[Julian Benkov]

Hello Clinton,

Thank you for writing.

RadGridView does not support multiple parents by design. The rendered view or data manipulation in this scenario can produce unexpected results during the usage of the grid control in run-time.

I hope this information is useful. Feel free to ask if you have additional questions or issues.

Greetings,
Julian Benkov
the Telerik team

[Clinton Smyth]

Thanks for your quick response.  I'm sorry to hear that you don't support multiple inheritance.  We'll look into alternative solutions.