Start in Edit Mode

HOW TO

Start RadDatForm in edit mode, without showing the ItemTemplate.

SOLUTION

Use its PreRender event to do one of the following:

• Call the FireCommandEvent("Edit", "") method of the first item.
• OR, set the Edit property of the first item to true and rebind the data form.

Make sure you have at least an emty ItemTemplate and that the control has a data source set.

protected void RadDataForm1_PreRender(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (!IsPostBack)
    {
        // first approach
        RadDataFormItem item = RadDataForm1.Items[0];
        item.FireCommandEvent("Edit", "");
        // second approach
        //(RadDataForm1.Items[0] as RadDataFormDataItem).Edit = true;
        //CandidateDataForm.Rebind();
    }
}

Protected Sub RadDataForm1_PreRender(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
    If Not IsPostBack Then
        'first approach
        Dim item As RadDataFormItem = RadDataForm1.Items(0)
        item.FireCommandEvent("Edit", "")
        ' second approach
        '(TryCast(RadDataForm1.Items(0), RadDataFormDataItem)).Edit = True
        'CandidateDataForm.Rebind()
    End If
End Sub