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Custom Data Binding

You can configure the Telerik UI DropDownList for data binding to use a custom DataSource and thus bind to a ToDataSourceResult instance.

  1. Create an action method which renders the view.

    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        return View();
    }
    
  2. Create a new action method and pass the Products table as JSON result.

    public JsonResult GetProducts([DataSourceRequest] DataSourceRequest request)
    {
        NorthwindDataContext northwind = new NorthwindDataContext();
    
        return Json(northwind.Products.ToDataSourceResult(request));
    }
    
  3. Add an Ajax-bound DropDownList.

    @(Html.Kendo().DropDownList()
        .Name("productDropDownList") // The name of the DropDownList is mandatory. It specifies the "id" attribute of the widget.
        .DataTextField("ProductName") // Specify which property of the Product to be used by the DropDownList as a text.
        .DataValueField("ProductID") // Specify which property of the Product to be used by the DropDownList as a value.
        .DataSource(source =>
        {
            source.Custom()
                    .ServerFiltering(true)
                    .Type("aspnetmvc-ajax") // Set this type if you want to use DataSourceRequest and ToDataSourceResult instances.
                    .Transport(transport =>
                    {
                        transport.Read("GetProducts", "Home");
                   })
                    .Schema(schema =>
                    {
                        schema.Data("Data") // Define the [data](https://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/data/datasource#configuration-schema.data) option.
                            .Total("Total"); // Define the [total](https://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/data/datasource#configuration-schema.total) option.
                    });
        })
    )

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