Instead of passing parameters and accessing by Request.QueryString, is it possible to get parameters by Request.Form in this example?

  <script type="text/javascript">
        function editrates(el) {
            var dlg = $find("dlgEditRates")
            dlg.get_contentPane().set_contentUrl("CarrierLedgerDetailEditRates.aspx?pub=" + el.getAttribute("pub") + "&routeid=" + el.getAttribute("routeid");
            dlg.set_windowState($IG.DialogWindowState.Maximized);
            dlg.set_visible(true);
        }  
    </script>

When you use above, QueryStrings can't have special characters? Otherwise, the above example works perfectly.

Do you have any suggestions/examples?

Thanks

don't think he plans to do it without a postback..

since the wdw with grid has to pull data based on the id..

Is it just me or is no one seeing the easy way out?

CHP.. put a tag on the click event of the grid row.. then grab the id field. pass it to a sub,, load your wdw, pass the id to your sqlcontrol and QED..

You basically have to grab the ID field value when the user clicks on the row or the cell.

grid_dblClick event would do fine for you..

..dgrid.DisplayLayout.ActiveRow.Selected = True
        yourvariablefieldname = grid.DisplayLayout.SelectedRows.Item(0).Cells(1).ToString()

then pass "yourvariablename" to whatever function or routine you have to show the wdw..assign the id, etc..

I understand the question differently... It sounds to me like the WebDataGrid and the WebDialogWindow are on the same page, and he wants to open the WebDialogWindow in the same page.

Further, it sounds like he'd like to do it without a postback.

Here is how I did something similar....

TemplateDataField with a literal:

                    <ig:TemplateDataField Key="btnedit">
                        <ItemTemplate>
                            <asp:Literal ID="ltrRouteEdit" runat="server"></asp:Literal>
                        </ItemTemplate>
                        <Header Text="" />
                    </ig:TemplateDataField>

Inject some HTML into the Literal on the InitializeRow event

    Protected Sub whdgSummary_InitializeRow(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Infragistics.Web.UI.GridControls.RowEventArgs) Handles whdgSummary.InitializeRow

        Dim ltr As Literal

        ltr = e.Row.Items(whdgSummary.Columns.FromKey("btnedit").Index).FindControl("ltrRouteEdit")
        Dim RouteId As Long = DataBinder.Eval(e.Row.DataItem, "RouteID")
        Dim pub As String = DataBinder.Eval(e.Row.DataItem, "pubcode")
        s = String.Format("<a alt='edit rates' " & _
                  "href='#' pub='{0}' routeid='{1}' " & _
                  "onclick='editrates(this); return false;'><img class='imgedit' src='images/edit.gif' " & _
                  "alt='Edit Rates' align='middle' />Edit Rates</a>", pub, RouteId)
        ltr.Text = s.ToString
    End Sub

Stick a javascript function into your page that will respond to the client-side click event, and load the WebDialogWindow

    <script type="text/javascript">
        function editrates(el) {
            var dlg = $find("dlgEditRates")
            dlg.get_contentPane().set_contentUrl("CarrierLedgerDetailEditRates.aspx?pub=" + el.getAttribute("pub") + "&routeid=" + el.getAttribute("routeid");
            dlg.set_windowState($IG.DialogWindowState.Maximized);
            dlg.set_visible(true);
        }  
    </script>

I placed my detail webgrid in another page and passed in the parameters to it in a querystring, just for simplicity.  If you need to detect when the user closes the WebDialogWindow so that you can refresh your parent grid data, wrap the parent WebDataGrid in an update panel, attach a client event to the WebDialogWindow's "WindowStateChanged" event,  and use the following javascript.

    <script type="text/javascript">
        function dlgEditRates_WindowStateChanged(sender, eventArgs) {
            if ($find("dlgEditRates").get_windowState() == $IG.DialogWindowState.Hidden) {
                __doPostBack("UpdatePanel1", '');
            }
        }
    </script>