I hope this helps http://datawebcontrols.com/faqs/Editing/EditedValuesNotSaved.shtml --- In AspNetAnyQuestionIsOk@yahoogroups.com, Scott Dexter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm at my wits end. I've googled, scoured more than my share of > articles, and I'm still stumped as to why my datagrid is not firing > the CancelItem or UpdateItem events. > > I'm using a datagrid with one boundcolumn, a few templatecolumns, and > an editcommandcolumn. I'm using the footertemplate to have a 'new > item' row. I have the datagrid's ItemCommand and CancelCommand wired > up to my functions in the code behind (instead of specifying the > method names in the <asp:datagrid> tag). > > When run, the Edit link works fine, it does its job and renders the > edittemplated portion of the datagrid. But when I click the "cancel" > linkbutton, the page is posted back, but no ItemCommand or > CancelCommand events are fired. I've pasted the code below. What am I > missing? > > The datagrid tag: > > <asp:datagrid > id="dgRightNavLinks" > runat="server" > autogeneratecolumns="False" > showheader="True" > showfooter="True" > edititemstyle-backcolor="#CCCCCC" > > > <columns> > <asp:boundcolumn visible="False" > datafield="PageLinkID"></asp:boundcolumn> > <asp:templatecolumn headertext="Link URL"> > <itemtemplate> > <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"LinkTarget") % > > </ItemTemplate> > <footertemplate> > <asp:textbox id="addLinkTarget" runat="server" columns="20" > maxlength="250" /> > </FooterTemplate> > <edititemtemplate> > <asp:textbox id="txtLinkTarget" runat="server" columns="20" > maxlength="100" text='<%# > DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"LinkTarget") %>'></asp:textbox> > </EditItemTemplate> > > </asp:templatecolumn> > > <asp:templatecolumn headertext="Link Description"> > <itemtemplate> > <%# DataBinder.Eval (Container.DataItem,"LinkDescription")%> > </ItemTemplate> > <footertemplate> > <asp:textbox id="addLinkDescription" runat="server" columns="20" > maxlength="100"></asp:textbox> > </FooterTemplate> > <edititemtemplate> > <asp:textbox id="txtLinkDescription" runat="server" columns="20" > maxlength="100" text='<%# > DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"LinkDescription")% >'></asp:textbox> > </EditItemTemplate> > </asp:templatecolumn> > > <asp:editcommandcolumn buttontype="LinkButton" updatetext="Update" > canceltext="Cancel" edittext="Edit"></asp:editcommandcolumn> > > <asp:templatecolumn> > <itemtemplate> > <asp:linkbutton commandname="Delete" text="X" id="btnDel" > runat="server" cssclass="errorMessage" /> > </ItemTemplate> > <footertemplate> > <asp:linkbutton commandname="Insert" text="Add" id="btnAdd" > runat="server" /> > </FooterTemplate> > </asp:templatecolumn> > </Columns> > </asp:datagrid> > > And as for the wiring of delegates, I have: > > private void InitializeComponent() > { > this.dgRightNavLinks.ItemCommand += new > System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGridCommandEventHandler (this.dgRightNavLinks_ItemCommand); > this.dgRightNavLinks.CancelCommand+=new > DataGridCommandEventHandler(dgRightNavLinks_CancelCommand); > > ... > } > > Note I do have the event handlers written out; they're not included > here for brevity. > > (Thanks for any insight) > Scott Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AspNetAnyQuestionIsOk/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/