In this example i am going to describe how to implement RadioButtonList and DropDOwnList in Edit mode of GridVIew using EditItemTemaplate in ASP.NET C# and VB.NET.
HTML markup of aspx page is mentioned below
RadioButton and DropDOwnList are selected in edit mode based on value saved in DataBase
HTML markup of aspx page is mentioned below
<span class="kwrd"><</span><span class="html">asp:GridView</span> <span class="attr">ID</span>
<span class="kwrd">="GridView1"</span> <span class="attr">runat</span><span class="kwrd">="server"
</span> <span class="attr">DataKeyNames</span><span class="kwrd">="ID"</span>
<span class="attr">AutoGenerateColumns</span><span class="kwrd">="False"</span>
<span class="attr">DataSourceID</span><span class="kwrd">="SqlDataSource1"</span>
<span class="attr">OnRowDataBound</span><span class="kwrd">=
"GridView1_RowDataBound"</span>
<span class="attr">OnRowUpdated</span><span class="kwrd">="GridView1_RowUpdated"</span>
<span class="attr">OnRowUpdating</span><span class="kwrd">="GridView1_RowUpdating"</span>
<span class="attr">OnRowEditing</span><span class="kwrd">="GridView1_RowEditing"</span>
<span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"><</span><span class="html">Columns</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"><</span><span class="html">asp:TemplateField</span> <
span class="attr">HeaderText</span>
<span class="kwrd">="ID"</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"><</span><span class="html">ItemTemplate</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"><</span><span class="html">asp:Label</span> <span
class="attr">ID</span><span class="kwrd">="lblID"</span>
<span class="attr">runat</span><span class="kwrd">="server"</span> <span class="attr">Text</span>
<span class="kwrd">='<%#Eval("ID") %>'</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"></</span><span class="html">asp:Label</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"></</span><span class="html">ItemTemplate</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"></</span><span class="html">asp:TemplateField</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"><</span><span class="html">asp:BoundField</span> <span class="attr">DataField</span>
<span class="kwrd">="Name"</span>
<span class="attr">HeaderText</span><span class="kwrd">="Name"</span>
<span class="attr">SortExpression</span><span class="kwrd">="Name"<
/span> <span class="kwrd">/></span>
<span class="kwrd"><</span><span class="html">asp:TemplateField</span> <
span class="attr">HeaderText</span>
<span class="kwrd">="Gender"</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"><</span><span class="html">ItemTemplate</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"><</span><span class="html">asp:Label</span> <span
class="attr">ID</span><span class="kwrd">="lblGender"</span>
<span class="attr">runat</span><span class="kwrd">="server"</span>
<span class="attr">Text</span><span class="kwrd">='<%#Eval("Sex") %>'</span>
<span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"></</span><span class="html">asp:Label</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"></</span><span class="html">ItemTemplate</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"><</span><span class="html">EditItemTemplate</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"><</span><span class="html">asp:RadioButtonList</span>
<span class="attr">ID</span>
<span class="kwrd">="rbGenderEdit"</span>
<span class="attr">runat</span><span class="kwrd">="server"</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"><</span><span class="html">asp:ListItem</span><span class="kwrd">></span>Male
<span class="kwrd"></</span><span class="html">asp:ListItem</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"><</span><span class="html">asp:ListItem</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
Female<span class="kwrd"></</span><span class="html">
asp:ListItem</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"></</span><span class="html">asp:RadioButtonList</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"></</span><span class="html">EditItemTemplate</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"></</span><span class="html">asp:TemplateField</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"><</span><span class="html">asp:TemplateField</span>
<span class="attr">HeaderText</span><span class="kwrd">="Marital Status"</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"><</span><span class="html">ItemTemplate</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"><</span><span class="html">asp:Label</span> <span class="attr">ID</span>
<span class="kwrd">="lblStatus"</span> <span class="attr">runat</span><span class="kwrd">="server"</span>
<span class="attr">Text</span><span class="kwrd">='<%#Eval("MaritalStatus") %>'</span>
<span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"></</span><span class="html">asp:Label</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"></</span><span class="html">ItemTemplate</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"><</span><span class="html">EditItemTemplate</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"><</span><span class="html">asp:DropDownList</span> <span class="attr">ID</span>
<span class="kwrd">="ddlStatusEdit"</span> <span class="attr">runat</span><span class="kwrd">="server"</span>
<span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"><</span><span class="html">asp:ListItem</span><span class="kwrd">><
/span>Single<span class="kwrd"></</span>
<span class="html">asp:ListItem</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"><</span><span class="html">asp:ListItem</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
Married<span class="kwrd"></</span>
<span class="html">asp:ListItem</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"></</span><span class="html">asp:DropDownList</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"></</span><span class="html">EditItemTemplate</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"></</span><span class="html">asp:TemplateField</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"><</span><span class="html">asp:CommandField</span> <span class="attr">
ShowEditButton</span><span class="kwrd">="True"</span> <span class="kwrd">/></span>
<span class="kwrd"></</span><span class="html">Columns</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"></</span><span class="html">asp:GridView</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"><</span><span class="html">asp:SqlDataSource</span> <span class="attr">ID</span>
<span class="kwrd">="SqlDataSource1"</span> <span class="attr">runat</span><span class="kwrd">="server"</span>
<span class="attr">ConnectionString</span><span class="kwrd">="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ConnectionString %>"</span>
<span class="attr">SelectCommand</span><span class="kwrd">="SELECT [ID], [Name], [Sex], [MaritalStatus]
FROM [Details]"</span>
<span class="attr">UpdateCommand</span><span class="kwrd">="Update Details Set [Name]=@Name, [Sex]=@Sex,
[MaritalStatus]=@MaritalStauts Where [ID]=@ID"</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"><</span><span class="html">UpdateParameters</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"><</span><span class="html">asp:Parameter</span> <span class="attr">Name</span>
<span class="kwrd">="Name"</span> <span class="kwrd">/></span>
<span class="kwrd"><</span><span class="html">asp:Parameter</span> <span class="attr">Name</span>
<span class="kwrd">="Sex"</span> <span class="kwrd">/></span>
<span class="kwrd"><</span><span class="html">asp:Parameter</span> <span class="attr">Name</span>
<span class="kwrd">="ID"</span> <span class="kwrd">/></span>
<span class="kwrd"><</span><span class="html">asp:Parameter</span> <span class="attr">Name</span>
<span class="kwrd">="MaritalStauts"</span> <span class="kwrd">/></span>
<span class="kwrd"></</span><span class="html">UpdateParameters</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
<span class="kwrd"></</span><span class="html">asp:SqlDataSource</span><span class="kwrd">></span>
C# Code Behind
01.protected void GridView1_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)02.{03. DataRowView dRowView = (DataRowView)e.Row.DataItem;04. if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)05. {06. if ((e.Row.RowState & DataControlRowState.Edit) > 0)07. {08. RadioButtonList rblGender = (RadioButtonList)e.Row.FindControl("rbGenderEdit");09. DropDownList ddlStatus = (DropDownList)e.Row.FindControl("ddlStatusEdit");10. rblGender.SelectedValue = dRowView[2].ToString();11. ddlStatus.SelectedValue = dRowView[3].ToString();12. }13. }14. 15.}16. 17.protected void GridView1_RowUpdating(object sender, GridViewUpdateEventArgs e)18.{19. RadioButtonList rblGender = (RadioButtonList)GridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex].FindControl("rbGenderEdit");20. DropDownList ddlStatus = (DropDownList)GridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex].FindControl("ddlStatusEdit");21. SqlDataSource1.UpdateParameters["Sex"].DefaultValue = rblGender.SelectedValue;22. SqlDataSource1.UpdateParameters["MaritalStauts"].DefaultValue = ddlStatus.SelectedValue;23.}VB.NET Code Behind
01.Protected Sub GridView1_RowDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As GridViewRowEventArgs)02. Dim dRowView As DataRowView = DirectCast(e.Row.DataItem, DataRowView)03. If e.Row.RowType = DataControlRowType.DataRow Then04. If (e.Row.RowState And DataControlRowState.Edit) > 0 Then05. Dim rblGender As RadioButtonList = DirectCast(e.Row.FindControl("rbGenderEdit"), RadioButtonList)06. Dim ddlStatus As DropDownList = DirectCast(e.Row.FindControl("ddlStatusEdit"), DropDownList)07. rblGender.SelectedValue = dRowView(2).ToString()08. ddlStatus.SelectedValue = dRowView(3).ToString()09. End If10. 11. End If12.End Sub13. 14.Protected Sub GridView1_RowUpdating(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As GridViewUpdateEventArgs)15. Dim rblGender As RadioButtonList = DirectCast(GridView1.Rows(e.RowIndex).FindControl("rbGenderEdit"), RadioButtonList)16. Dim ddlStatus As DropDownList = DirectCast(GridView1.Rows(e.RowIndex).FindControl("ddlStatusEdit"), DropDownList)17. SqlDataSource1.UpdateParameters("Sex").DefaultValue = rblGender.SelectedValue18. SqlDataSource1.UpdateParameters("MaritalStauts").DefaultValue = ddlStatus.SelectedValue19.End SubHope this helps.
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