ViewModel Binding only works with Ajax

[Jack]

I am passing the following ViewModel to my view page:

namespace myApp.Domain.ViewModels
{
  public class ApiAccountAccessKeyViewModel
  {
    public List<ApiAccountAccessKey> AccountAccessKeys { get; set; }
    public myAppUser User { get; set; }
    public List<SelectListItem> available { get; set; }
  }
}

When I have the data binding set to dataBinding.Ajax() it works but as soon as I comment that line out it does not bind the ViewModel to the View any more (In debug I can see it passed the model to the view.)

View:

<%@ Page Title="" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Views/Shared/SingleColumn.Master" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage<myApp.Domain.ViewModels.ApiAccountAccessKeyViewModel>" %>

Lots of HTML here and then:

         <%
           Html.Telerik().Grid<myApp.Domain.ApiAccountAccessKey>()
                .Name("AccountAccessKeyGrid")
                .DataKeys(dataKeys => dataKeys.Add(k => k))
                //.DataBinding(dataBinding => dataBinding.Ajax().Select("AjaxBinding", "API"))
                .ClientEvents(events => events.OnDataBound("onDataBound"))
                .Columns(columns =>
                             {
                               columns.Bound(k => k.ID).Format("<a href='javascript:void(0)' onclick=editAccessKey('{0}');>" + Resources.Resource.Site_Grid_Edit + "</a>")
                                   .Encoded(false).Title(" ").Filterable(false);
                               columns.Bound(k => k.ID).Format("<a href='javascript:void(0)' onclick=deleteAccessKey('{0}');>" + Resources.Resource.Device_Grid_Delete + "</a>")
                                   .Encoded(false).Title(" ").Filterable(false);
                                columns.Bound(k => k.AccessKey).Title("Access key").Filterable(true);
                                columns.Bound(k => k.FriendlyName).Title(Resources.Resource.API_Friendly_Name).Filterable(true);
                                columns.Bound(k => k.ExpirationDate).Format("{0:MM/dd/yyyy}").Title(Resources.Resource.API_Expires).Filterable(true);
                                columns.Bound(k => k.IsActive).Title(Resources.Resource.API_Activated).Filterable(true);
                                columns.Bound(k => k.Description).Title(Resources.Resource.API_Accesskey_Description).Filterable(false);
                            })
               .Pageable(p => p.PageSize(20))
               .Sortable()
               .Filterable()
               .HtmlAttributes(new { @class = "content_border_table", style="display:none" })
               .Render();
                %>

This is my controller part:

    public ActionResult ListAccessKeys()
    {
      var model = new ApiAccountAccessKeyViewModel();
      model.AccountAccessKeys = _apiAccountAccessKeyRepository.GetAccessKeysByPartyID(PartyId);
      model.User = _userRepository.GetByPartyId(PartyId);
      return View("ListAccessKeys", model);
    }

and the part that actually works:
    [GridAction]
    public ActionResult AjaxBinding()
    {
      return View(new GridModel(_apiAccountAccessKeyRepository.GetAccessKeysByPartyID(PartyId)));
    }

The repository has: public List<ApiAccountAccessKey> GetAccessKeysByPartyID(int partyID)

I get that the ajax ActionResult passes a sub-set of the View Model but what can I do to get the binding to occur without the Ajax... I want the binding to happen server-side and from that point everything will be done Ajax-style.

Thank you
Jack.

[Jack]

Ok, I answered my own question. What I found was:

Html.Telerik().Grid<Domain.PrescriptionFileTransfer>(Model)
      .Name("PrescriptionFiles")
      .DataKeys(dataKeys => dataKeys.Add(p => p.TechnicalKey))
      .DataBinding(dataBinding=>
        {
          dataBinding.Server().Select("Index", "Prescription");
          dataBinding.Ajax().Select("AjaxBinding", "Prescription");
        }
       )
      .Columns(columns =>
                    {
                        columns.Bound(f => f.FileName).Title(Resources.Resource.AA_Index_Grid_Filename);
                        columns.Bound(f => f.Name).Title(Resources.Resource.AA_Index_Grid_Device);
                        columns.Bound(f => f.StatusText).Title(Resources.Resource.AA_Index_Grid_Status);
                        columns.Bound(f => f.DisplayDate).Title(Resources.Resource.AA_Index_Grid_Created);
                        columns.Bound(f => f.TechnicalKey).Format(
                                  "<select onChange='selectChange(this)' disabled='disabled' class='prescriptionAction'>" +
                                  "<option value='{0}'>"+ Resources.Resource.File_Grid_Select +"</option>" +
                                  "<option value='delete'>"+ Resources.Resource.File_Grid_Delete +"</option>" +
                                  "<option value='pview'>"+ Resources.Resource.File_Grid_View +"</option>" +
                                  "<option value='save'>" + Resources.Resource.File_Grid_Save + "</option></select>").Encoded(false).Title(" ").Sortable(false);
                        columns.Bound(f => f.TechnicalKey).Format("<input type='checkbox' name='checkedRecords' value='<#= TechnicalKey #>' style=' border: none;' />").Encoded(false).Title(" ").HtmlAttributes(new { style = "text-align:center;" });
                  })
      .ClientEvents(config => config.OnDataBound("showNoDataText"))
      .Pageable()
      .Sortable()
      .HtmlAttributes(new { @class = "content_table" })
      .Render();
      %>

I had to add the Modal and the Server data binding(all in bold). Seems like I could have survived without the dataBinding.Server() but it makes a better read with it than without it.