I have a simple RadMultiColumnComboBox in my aspx page with tag
<telerik:RadMultiColumnComboBox ID="RadMultiColumnComboBox1" RenderMode="Lightweight" runat="server" Filter="StartsWith" OnItemDataBound="RadMultiColumnComboBox1_ItemDataBound">
</telerik:RadMultiColumnComboBox>
How can I add ColumnsCollection-->MultiColumnComboBoxColumn fields from code behind.
What I am trying to achieve is creating a user control for MultiColumnComboBox so that it can be reused in various screens as per my need. Thus each page has different data and I need to bind the data from code behind instead of doing it from the design page like:
<telerik:RadMultiColumnComboBox runat="server" ID="RadMultiColumnComboBox1"
Width="220px" Height="400"
DataTextField="text" DataValueField="value">
<ColumnsCollection>
<telerik:MultiColumnComboBoxColumn Field="text" Title="Text">
</telerik:MultiColumnComboBoxColumn>
<telerik:MultiColumnComboBoxColumn Field="value" Title="Value">
</telerik:MultiColumnComboBoxColumn>
</ColumnsCollection>
</telerik:RadMultiColumnComboBox>
Please help.
Got the solution.
RadMultiColumnComboBox1.DataValueField = "ID";
RadMultiColumnComboBox1.DataTextField = "Name";
foreach (DataColumn item in dt.Columns)
{
RadMultiColumnComboBox1.ColumnsCollection.Add(new MultiColumnComboBoxColumn()
{
Field = item.ColumnName,
Title = item.ColumnName
});
}
RadMultiColumnComboBox1.DataSource = dt;
RadMultiColumnComboBox1.DataBind();
You have to fetch the data from DB into the data table