Get the data from a row

This article shows how to obtain the data from a row of RadGridView.

We will consider two scenarios - getting the data from the selected row and getting the data from any GridViewRow.

• The SelectedItem property of RadGridView returns an object which can be cast to your business object. So, it is very easy to get the underlying data from the selected item:

private void Button1_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) 
{ 
    Club club = this.clubsGrid.SelectedItem as Club; 
    string message = string.Format("Name: {0} \n Established: {1} \n Capacity: {2}", club.Name, 
                         club.Established, 
                         club.StadiumCapacity); 
    MessageBox.Show(message); 
} 

Private Sub Button2_Click(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs) 
    Dim club As Club = TryCast(Me.clubsGrid.SelectedItem, Club) 
    Dim message As String = String.Format("Name: {0} " & vbLf & " Established: {1} " & vbLf & " Capacity: {2}", club.Name, club.Established, club.StadiumCapacity) 
    MessageBox.Show(message) 
End Sub 

• Getting the data from an arbitrary GridViewRow is almost the same - you just need to cast its DataContext or Item property to your business object:

void clubsGrid_RowActivated(object sender, Telerik.Windows.Controls.GridView.RowEventArgs e) 
{ 
    var row = e.Row as GridViewRow; 
    Club club = row.Item as Club; 
    string message = string.Format("Name: {0} \n Established: {1} \n Capacity: {2}", club.Name, 
                         club.Established, 
                         club.StadiumCapacity); 
    MessageBox.Show(message); 
} 

Private Sub clubsGrid_RowActivated(sender As Object, e As Telerik.Windows.Controls.GridView.RowEventArgs) 
    Dim row = TryCast(e.Row, GridViewRow) 
    Dim club As Club = TryCast(row.Item, Club) 
    Dim message As String = String.Format("Name: {0} " & vbLf & " Established: {1} " & vbLf & " Capacity: {2}", club.Name, club.Established, club.StadiumCapacity) 
    MessageBox.Show(message) 
End Sub