ItemTemplate can't find a control in placeholder

[mark_me]

Hi, i have a problem retrieving a control that has been added at runtime into the place holder... Please provide help...

<telerik:GridTemplateColumn HeaderText="Description" SortExpression="ProductName" UniqueName="ProductName2">
<HeaderStyle HorizontalAlign="center" />
<ItemStyle HorizontalAlign="Left" Width="700px" />
<ItemTemplate>
<table style="border:0px;" >
<tr >
<td style="border:0px;">
<asp:Label id = "lblProductDescription" runat = "server" Text = '<%# Eval("ProductName") %>'></asp:Label>
</td>
</tr>
<tr >
<td style="border:0px;" ID ="tdAttributes" runat = "server">
<asp:PlaceHolder id = "placeHolderAttributes" runat = "server" Visible = "false"></asp:PlaceHolder>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</ItemTemplate>
</telerik:GridTemplateColumn>

Control is added in ItemDataBound as. This code works,

</pre>
'htmltable,row and cells are declared
Select Case controltype
Case ControlType.TEXTBOX 'Constants declared
Dim textBox As Telerik.Web.UI.RadTextBox = New Telerik.Web.UI.RadTextBox
textBox.ID = "MYCONTROL"
tableCell.Controls.Add(textBox )
Case ControlType.TEXTAREA
Dim textBox As Telerik.Web.UI.RadTextBox = New Telerik.Web.UI.RadTextBox
textBox.ID = "MYCONTROL"
tableCell.Controls.Add(textBox )
Case GlobalControls.UCFormFields.FormFieldTypes.CHECKBOX
Case GlobalControls.UCFormFields.FormFieldTypes.DROPDOWNLIST
End Select
thisHtmlTable.Rows.Insert(0, thisTableRow)
thisTableRow.Cells.Add(tableCell)
thisTableRow.Visible = True
thisHtmlTable.Rows.Insert(thisHtmlTable.Rows.Count, thisTableRow)

Dim placeHolder As PlaceHolder
placeHolder = gridItem.FindControl("placeHolderAttributes")
placeHolder.Controls.Add(thisHtmlTable)
placeHolder.Visible = True

In item command , i want to retrieve the control, i can switch between the controls if i retrieve the placeholder... my problem is that in itemcommand, i can retrieve the Placeholder but when i try pla

[Jamil Hallal]

Hi Mark, before the execution of the ItemCommand , you must redraw the grid as you are creating dynamic controls on ItemDataBound.

Regards, Jamil

[mark_me]

Hi, Thanks for replying. I am not sure on how to redraw the grid. i mean, i am not sure on which event to use for creating the controls, so that the controls are available for itemcommand. Can u please provide a bit more detail. Thanks again. Mark