Adding items programmatically

Updated over 6 months ago

RadListControl supports adding items at run time, which means that you can manually populate it with data. The following example demonstrates how to add two different items to the RadListControl.Items collection.

You can use one of the following item types:

• RadListDataItem – it represents a logical data item which can display specific text and image.

• DescriptionTextListDataItem – similar to the RadListDataItem. In addition, it displays some description below the item’s text.

Figure 1: Sample RadListDataItem and DescriptionTextListDataItem

Add items programmatically

C#

DescriptionTextListDataItem descriptionItem = new DescriptionTextListDataItem();
descriptionItem.Text = "Chicken wings";
descriptionItem.Image = Properties.Resources.chicken_wings;
descriptionItem.DescriptionText = "some description";
this.radListControl1.Items.Add(descriptionItem);
RadListDataItem dataItem = new RadListDataItem();
dataItem.Text = "Chicken toast";
dataItem.Image = Properties.Resources.chicken_toast;
this.radListControl1.Items.Add(dataItem);

VB.NET

Dim descriptionItem As New DescriptionTextListDataItem()
descriptionItem.Text = "Chicken wings"
descriptionItem.Image = My.Resources.chicken_wings
descriptionItem.DescriptionText = "some description"
Me.radListControl1.Items.Add(descriptionItem)
Dim dataItem As New RadListDataItem()
dataItem.Text = "Chicken toast"
dataItem.Image = My.Resources.chicken_toast
Me.radListControl1.Items.Add(dataItem)
'#End Region
'#Region "expression"
Me.radListControl1.FilterExpression = "Country LIKE 'Argentina'"
'#End Region
End Sub
'#Region "Binding"
Public Class Item
Public Property Id() As Integer
    Get
        Return m_Id
    End Get
    Set(value As Integer)
        m_Id = value
    End Set
End Property
Private m_Id As Integer
Public Property Description() As String
    Get
        Return m_Description
    End Get
    Set(value As String)
        m_Description = value
    End Set
End Property
Private m_Description As String
Public Sub New(id As Integer, description As String)
    Me.Id = id
    Me.Description = description
End Sub
End Class
Public Sub Bind()
Dim items As New List(Of Item)()
For i As Integer = 0 To 9
    items.Add(New Item(i, "Data" + i))
Next
radListControl1.DataSource = items
radListControl1.DisplayMember = "Description"
radListControl1.ValueMember = "Id"
End Sub
'#End Region
'#region creatingVisualListItem
Private Sub radListControl1_CreatingVisualListItem(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal args As CreatingVisualListItemEventArgs)
args.VisualItem = New CustomVisualItem()
End Sub

See Also

• Design Time
• Data Binding