Ax EP Clipboard

A few days ago we got the following question:

I have come across some trouble with the LinkButton in AxGridView.
I have a LinkButton in the TemplateField in the AxGridView. I would like to ask if there is possibility that can trigger both PostBackURL and OnClick event?
Or are there any ways that can Save the editing record and Then redirect to the next page of the respective record?
Here is my situation:
1) I have a axgridview in my user control, and inside, I used a templateField to contain the LinkButton.
2) The LinkButton will bring the user to the “Line-level” gridview, which is in the next page. Currently, I achieved this by using “PostbackUrl = ‘<%#GetLineURL%>’” to bind the URL, but the onClick event is not fired.
3) However, when the grid is still in Edit mode, the current record cannot be saved as the user clicks on the linkbutton.
So, are there any solutions that can help me out?

My solution or more a workaround is to use a regular button instead of a linkbutton so we have better control over our actions.
In the clicked event of the button we can then perform all the actions we want in the order we choose.
So in this case we can save the record and redirect the page.

In the gridview we have a templatefield that contains a imagebutton. The gridview has an onrowdatabound, in this event we can set the command argument of the button so we can see on which record there has been clicked.

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<dynamics:AxGridView ID="AxGridView1" runat="server"
 onrowdatabound="AxGridView1_RowDataBound" AllowEdit="True">
 <Columns>
    <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Redirect">
        <ItemTemplate>
            <asp:ImageButton ID="ImageButton1" runat="server" onclick="ImageButton1_Click" />
        </ItemTemplate>
    </asp:TemplateField>
  </Columns>
</dynamics:AxGridView>

In the row databound event we can fetch the button out of the templatefield and set the command argument with the needed data.
So in the clicked event itself we can fetch the command argument and get the needed data to perform the actions.
e.g. you can set the primary key fields as argument and fetch the entire record from ax, or just pass al the field you need. The choice is yours.

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protected void AxGridView1_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
    {
        ImageButton btn= (ImageButton)e.Row.FindControl("ImageButton1");
         //set commandArgument
        btn.CommandArgument = DataBinder.Eval(e.Row.DataItem, "Year") + ";" + DataBinder.Eval(e.Row.DataItem, "EmplId");
    }
}
 
protected void ImageButton1_Click(object sender, ImageClickEventArgs e)
{
     //get parameters from the button to save the correct record of perform an other action
     ImageButton btn = (ImageButton)sender;
     string[] parms = new string[2];
     parms = btn.CommandArgument.Split(';');
 
    string sParam1 = parms[0];
    string sParam2 = parms[1];
 
    //execute code to save the record
    //redirect to different page
 }

I hope this is an answer to the question.
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