Using DataItem in a UserControl

[Matt]

Is there any documentation that explains how the DataItem property is structured?  What is passed to that property when using a user control to update/insert a new item?  How is it passed?

I can retrieve all fields from the DataItem property EXCEPT the primary key.  I'm inserting/updating an Options row using a user control.  I can retrieve DataItem("Description"), DataItem("Category"), etc fields.  I just can't get DataItem("OptionsId") for some reason.  I get the IndexOutOfRangeException.

Any suggestions?

[Shinu]

Hello Matt,

In order to fetch the primary key field values for grid items, you can use the DataKeyNames and DataKeyValues arrays of the GridTableView object. In aspx you can set the DataKeyNames property and value of that column becomes available in DataKeyValue. Check out the following code:

aspx:

<MasterTableView DataKeyNames="OptionsId">

C#:

string OptionsId = DataItem.GetDataKeyValue("OptionsId").ToString();

Regards,
Shinu.

[Matt]

The issue with that is that the RadGrid is on the parent .aspx page.  And then I'm trying to retrieve OptionId in the edit/insert .ascx page.  Can I still retrive the DataKeyName from the .ascx?

I tried it and got this error: Public member 'GetDataKeyValue' on type 'DataRecordInternal' not found.

Any other ideas?  Thanks!

[Mira]

Hello Matt,

Please try using the following code to implement the desired functionality:

'<%# DataBinder.Eval( Container, "DataItem.OptionsId") %>'

For additional information, please take a look at the User Control Edit Form demo.

All the best,
Mira
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