Adding an Edit column to a telerik grid using ASP.Net MVC 2 and Telerik MVC (2010 Q1)

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I have been successful with creating a Telerik grid to display a list of products, however I've gone through some difficulty adding the column to allow a user to edit (I'm not even trying to edit within the grid - I simply want a link to an edit view) When I add the custom column, I get the following lines in my error screen when I debug (Line 24 in red): ``` Line 22: columns.Add(o => o.ProductIsActive); Line 23: columns.Template(o => Line 24: { Line 25: Line 26: %><%=Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", new { id = o.ProductID })%><% }).Title("Edit"); ``` My Compiler Error Message is Compiler Error Message: CS1525: Invalid expression term ')' Here is my View Code: ``` <%= Html.Telerik().Grid() .Ajax(ajax => ajax.Action("_Index", "Products")) .DataKeys(dataKeys => dataKeys.Add(c => c.ProductID)) .DataBinding(dataBinding => dataBinding.Ajax().Update("Update", "Home")) .Name("Grid") .Columns(columns => { columns.Add(o => o.ProductName).Width(81); columns.Add(o =…

Accepted Answer

I don't know about Telerik. But it looks like the problem is about the closing/opening tags inside the expression. Try this :

```
columns.Template(o =>
              { 
                  Response.Write(Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", 
                  new { id = o.ProductID })); 
              }).Title("Edit");
```

Adding an Edit column to a telerik grid using ASP.Net MVC 2 and Telerik MVC (2010 Q1)

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