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Distinguish grid rows in hierarchy on ItemCreated/ItemDataBound

There are cases in which you may want to identify to which level of the hierarchy the currently created/bound row is. This is suitable when you would like to undertake a task (formatting a row, binding values to its column editors or attaching client events to them when a row is in edit mode, etc.).To identify the table to which the current row belongs/is bound (in the ItemCreated/ItemDataBound handler), you can use the DataMember property of the respective GridTableView (under NET 2.x/3.x when you do not populate the nested table content through data source control) or the DataSourceID property (.NET 2.x/NET 3.x). The third option is to utilize the Name property of each GridTableView(applicable for NET 2.x and NET 3.x) assigning unique value for it beforehand.Below are some sample code snippets:

Without data source controls

private void RadGrid1_ItemCreated(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.GridItemEventArgs e)
{
    //identify to which table belongs the currently bound item
    if (e.Item.OwnerTableView.DataMember == "MyDataMember")
    {
        //process requested operations
    }

}
private void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.GridItemEventArgs e)
{
    //identify to which table belongs the currently bound item
    if (e.Item.OwnerTableView.DataMember == "MyDataMember")
    {
        //process requested operations
    }

}
Private Sub RadGrid1_ItemCreated(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.Web.UI.GridItemEventArgs) Handles RadGrid1.ItemCreated
    'identify to which table belongs the currently bound item
    If (e.Item.OwnerTableView.DataMember = "MyDataMember") Then
        'process requested operations
    End If

End Sub
Private Sub RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.Web.UI.GridItemEventArgs) Handles RadGrid1.ItemDataBound
    'identify to which table belongs the currently bound item
    If (e.Item.OwnerTableView.DataMember = "MyDataMember") Then
        'process requested operations
    End If

End Sub

With data source controls

private void RadGrid1_ItemCreated(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.GridItemEventArgs e)
{
    //identify to which table belongs the currently bound item
    if (e.Item.OwnerTableView.DataSourceID == "MyDataSourceID")
    {
        //process requested operations
    }

}
private void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.GridItemEventArgs e)
{
    //identify to which table belongs the currently bound item
    if (e.Item.OwnerTableView.DataSourceID == "MyDataSourceID")
    {
        //process requested operations
    }

}
Private Sub RadGrid1_ItemCreated(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.Web.UI.GridItemEventArgs) Handles RadGrid1.ItemCreated
    'identify to which table belongs the currently bound item
    If (e.Item.OwnerTableView.DataSourceID = "MyDataSourceID") Then
        'process requested operations
    End If
End Sub
Private Sub RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.Web.UI.GridItemEventArgs) Handles RadGrid1.ItemDataBound
    'identify to which table belongs the currently bound item
    If (e.Item.OwnerTableView.DataSourceID = "MyDataSourceID") Then
        'process requested operations
    End If
End Sub

Using Name property

private void RadGrid1_ItemCreated(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.GridItemEventArgs e)
{
    //identify to which table belongs the currently bound item
    if (e.Item.OwnerTableView.Name == "MyUniqueTableName")
    {
        //process requested operations
    }

}
private void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.GridItemEventArgs e)
{
    //identify to which table belongs the currently bound item
    if (e.Item.OwnerTableView.Name == "MyUniqueTableName")
    {
        //process requested operations
    }

}
Private Sub RadGrid1_ItemCreated(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.Web.UI.GridItemEventArgs) Handles RadGrid1.ItemCreated
    'identify to which table belongs the currently bound item
    If (e.Item.OwnerTableView.Name = "MyUniqueTableName") Then
        'process requested operations
    End If
End Sub
Private Sub RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.Web.UI.GridItemEventArgs) Handles RadGrid1.ItemDataBound
    'identify to which table belongs the currently bound item
    If (e.Item.OwnerTableView.Name = "MyUniqueTableName") Then
        'process requested operations
    End If
End Sub
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