How to access dynamically created GridDataBoundGrid

[Pete Davis]

Hi there.

I'm currently building an application that is using a .net TabControl. Each TabPages of the TabControl are being dynamically created durring run-time and can range in number from 1 to 10. Each TabPage contains several Label and TextBox Controls and one Syncfusion GridDataBoundGrid control.

I am able to populate the GridDataBoundGrid control with data when I first create the control. The GridDataBoundGrid is editable to the user, so they are able to change the contents of cells and add or delete rows, so I need to be able to access the data from the control so that I can save it to database.

The problem I am having is accessing the the control (more specifically the data in it) after it's created.

Here is how I am currently accessing the contols on the TabPages:

foreach (TabPage tab in tabControl1.Controls)
{
foreach (Control ctrl in tab.Controls)
{
if (control is TextBox)
{
//Example of accessing my the data in my TextBox controls:
string test = control.Text;
}
else if (ctrl is GridDataBoundGrid)
{
//Not sure what to do here?
}
}
}

I've tried to typecast the control to a GridDataBoundGrid but that's not working, as in it's not allowing me to access the "Model" subclass to access the data in the cells.

Please give advice on how I should proceed.

Thank you.

[Pete Davis]

Finally figured it out.

I was trying to access the cells by doing something like this:

foreach (Control ctrl in tab.Controls)
{
if(ctrl is GridDataBoundGrid)
{
string myString = (GridDataBoundGrid)control.Model[1, 1].Text
}
}

This was not working though, as I technically was not able to access the subclasses of GridDataBoundGrid such as "Model".

The solution (or a solution) is to create a new instance of GridDataBoundGrid and assign it the value of the control. This will allow you to access the subclasses of the GridDataBoundGrid class. Example:

foreach (Control ctrl in tab.Controls)
{
if(ctrl is GridDataBoundGrid)
{
GridDataBoundGrid grid = (GridDataBoundGrid)control;
string myString = grid.Model[1, 1].Text;
}
}

P.S. Why does this forum not support tabbed white space?

[Thomas K]

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