How to create ItemTemplate by code in Telerik - telerik-grid

Question

I created the following piece of code using Telerik:
<telerik:RadGrid ID="RadGrid1" runat="server" DataSourceID="LinqDataSource1" AllowPaging="True" AutoGenerateColumns="False" Width="50%" AllowSorting="True">
<MasterTableView DataKeyNames="OrderID" DataSourceID="LinqDataSource1" PageSize="5">
<Columns>
<telerik:GridTemplateColumn DataField="Order" HeaderText="Order" UniqueName="Order">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label runat="server" Text='<%#Eval("Order") %>'/>
</ItemTemplate>
</telerik:GridTemplateColumn>
</Columns>
</MasterTableView>
</telerik:RadGrid>
How I can declare the code that is within the "ItemTemplate" (the "Label") in the Page.Init?

Answer 1

I think you would need to use the grids ItemDataBound event rather than Page.Init, here is a code example from the telerik site showing how you might implement your logic http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/grid-conditional-image-display-in-grid-column.html

Answer 2

Creating Template Columns Programmatically
When creating template columns programmatically, the grid must be generated completely in the code-behind using the Page_Init event. Then, you must create the templates dynamically in the code-behind and assign them to the ItemTemplate and EditItemTemplate properties of the column. To create a template dynamically, you must define a custom class that implements the ITemplate interface. Then you can assign an instance of this class to the ItemTemplate or EditTemplateTemplate property of the GridTemplateColumn object.
From here
You might have problems with the above approach. If it doesn't work, try creating the whole column programmatically. This above link shows how to implement it.