ASPxGridView.FindEditFormTemplateControl(String) Method

Searches for the specified server control contained within the Edit Form‘s template.

Namespace: DevExpress.Web

Assembly: DevExpress.Web.v18.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public Control FindEditFormTemplateControl(
    string id
)

VB.NET

Public Function FindEditFormTemplateControl(
    id As String
) As Control

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
id	String	A String value that identifies the control within the Edit Form.

Returns

Type	Description
Control	A Control object that represents the control contained within the Edit Form.

Remarks

For more information, see Templates.

Example

For a full example, see Grid - Edit Form Templates demo.

C#

protected string GetMemoText() {
     ASPxPageControl pageControl = grid.FindEditFormTemplateControl("pageControl") as ASPxPageControl;
     ASPxMemo memo = pageControl.FindControl("notesEditor") as ASPxMemo;
     return memo.Text;
}

VB.NET

Protected Function GetMemoText() As String
     Dim pageControl As ASPxPageControl = TryCast(grid.FindEditFormTemplateControl("pageControl"), ASPxPageControl)
     Dim memo As ASPxMemo = TryCast(pageControl.FindControl("notesEditor"), ASPxMemo)
     Return memo.Text
End Function

ASPX

<dx:ASPxGridView ID="grid" runat="server" DataSourceID="DemoDataSource1" KeyFieldName="EmployeeID" 
        AutoGenerateColumns="False" OnRowUpdating="grid_RowUpdating" OnRowInserting="grid_RowInserting">
     <Columns>
          ...
          <dx:GridViewDataMemoColumn FieldName="Notes" Visible="False">
          </dx:GridViewDataMemoColumn>
          ...
     </Columns>
     ...
     <Templates>
            <EditForm>
                <div style="padding: 4px 3px 4px">
                    <dx:ASPxPageControl runat="server" ID="pageControl" Width="100%">
                        <TabPages>
                            <dx:TabPage Text="Info" Visible="true">
                                <ContentCollection>
                                    <dx:ContentControl runat="server">
                                        <dx:ASPxGridViewTemplateReplacement ID="Editors" ReplacementType="EditFormEditors"
                                            runat="server">
                                        </dx:ASPxGridViewTemplateReplacement>
                                    </dx:ContentControl>
                                </ContentCollection>
                            </dx:TabPage>
                            <dx:TabPage Text="Notes" Visible="true">
                                <ContentCollection>
                                    <dx:ContentControl runat="server">
                                        <dx:ASPxMemo runat="server" ID="notesEditor" Text='<%# Eval("Notes")%>' Width="100%" Height="93px" />
                                    </dx:ContentControl>
                                </ContentCollection>
                            </dx:TabPage>
                        </TabPages>
                    </dx:ASPxPageControl>
                </div>
                <div style="text-align: right; padding: 2px">
                    <dx:ASPxGridViewTemplateReplacement ID="UpdateButton" ReplacementType="EditFormUpdateButton"
                        runat="server">
                    </dx:ASPxGridViewTemplateReplacement>
                    <dx:ASPxGridViewTemplateReplacement ID="CancelButton" ReplacementType="EditFormCancelButton"
                        runat="server">
                    </dx:ASPxGridViewTemplateReplacement>
                </div>
            </EditForm>
     </Templates>
</dx:ASPxGridView>

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-edit-hierarchical-data-using-cascading-comboboxes-e1346/CS/MultiCombo/Default.aspx.cs#L30

Session["Cat1ID"] = combo1.Value;
ASPxComboBox combo2 = ((ASPxComboBox)ASPxGridView1.FindEditFormTemplateControl("Cat2"));
combo2.Value = null;

show-an-error-message-for-a-control-in-editformtemplatecontainer-using-a-separate-editor-e1091/CS/AdSelection/Default.aspx.cs#L26

e.Errors.Add(((ASPxGridView)sender).Columns["Description"], "Incorrect value");
ASPxTextBox txt = ((ASPxGridView)sender).FindEditFormTemplateControl("ASPxTextBox1") as ASPxTextBox;
txt.IsValid = false;

how-to-populate-aspxcombobox-within-the-editformtemplatecontainer-manually-e1065/CS/WebSite/Default.aspx.cs#L26

{
    ASPxComboBox currentBox = ((ASPxGridView)sender).FindEditFormTemplateControl("descrBox") as ASPxComboBox;
    int index = ((ASPxGridView)sender).EditingRowVisibleIndex;

how-to-display-and-edit-many-to-many-objects-from-xpo-xpview-e243/CS/EditManyToMany/Default.aspx.cs#L43

DataObjects.Department dept = fSession.GetObjectByKey<DataObjects.Department>(keys[1]);
ASPxTextEdit edLoc = (ASPxTextEdit)ASPxGridView1.FindEditFormTemplateControl("editLocation");
ASPxTextEdit edDept = (ASPxTextEdit)ASPxGridView1.FindEditFormTemplateControl("editDepartment");

how-to-set-and-get-a-value-of-an-unbound-control-within-the-editform-e491/CS/SetEditTemplateValueInCode/Default.aspx.cs#L43

protected void ASPxGridView1_HtmlEditFormCreated(object sender, DevExpress.Web.ASPxGridViewEditFormEventArgs e) {
    ASPxTextEdit editor = (ASPxTextEdit)ASPxGridView1.FindEditFormTemplateControl("ASPxTextBox1");
    // EditForm is open for editing

VB.NET

how-to-edit-hierarchical-data-using-cascading-comboboxes-e1346/VB/MultiCombo/Default.aspx.vb#L31

Session("Cat1ID") = combo1.Value
Dim combo2 As ASPxComboBox = (CType(ASPxGridView1.FindEditFormTemplateControl("Cat2"), ASPxComboBox))
combo2.Value = Nothing

show-an-error-message-for-a-control-in-editformtemplatecontainer-using-a-separate-editor-e1091/VB/AdSelection/Default.aspx.vb#L23

e.Errors.Add((CType(sender, ASPxGridView)).Columns("Description"), "Incorrect value")
Dim txt As ASPxTextBox = TryCast((CType(sender, ASPxGridView)).FindEditFormTemplateControl("ASPxTextBox1"), ASPxTextBox)
txt.IsValid = False

how-to-populate-aspxcombobox-within-the-editformtemplatecontainer-manually-e1065/VB/WebSite/Default.aspx.vb#L23

If Session("isEditForCreated") Is Nothing Then
    Dim currentBox As ASPxComboBox = TryCast((CType(sender, ASPxGridView)).FindEditFormTemplateControl("descrBox"), ASPxComboBox)
    Dim index As Integer = (CType(sender, ASPxGridView)).EditingRowVisibleIndex

how-to-display-and-edit-many-to-many-objects-from-xpo-xpview-e243/VB/EditManyToMany/Default.aspx.vb#L45

Dim dept As DataObjects.Department = fSession.GetObjectByKey(Of DataObjects.Department)(keys(1))
Dim edLoc As ASPxTextEdit = CType(ASPxGridView1.FindEditFormTemplateControl("editLocation"), ASPxTextEdit)
Dim edDept As ASPxTextEdit = CType(ASPxGridView1.FindEditFormTemplateControl("editDepartment"), ASPxTextEdit)

how-to-set-and-get-a-value-of-an-unbound-control-within-the-editform-e491/VB/SetEditTemplateValueInCode/Default.aspx.vb#L46

Protected Sub ASPxGridView1_HtmlEditFormCreated(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.Web.ASPxGridViewEditFormEventArgs)
    Dim editor As ASPxTextEdit = CType(ASPxGridView1.FindEditFormTemplateControl("ASPxTextBox1"), ASPxTextEdit)
    ' EditForm is open for editing