Hi,
I created a EO grid witih a custom column of dropdown column. The display text and the selected value are different in the dropdown as shown in this demo. It displays the right Text for the user to select before getting the focus for edit.
But once the user selects a value in the drop down and leaves the column, I want the display text to be displayed back , instead the value is displayed. However on postback when I try to get the selectedValue from the grid using (string)e.Item.Cells[1].Value; I want the value not the Text.

To summarize I dont want to display the Values to the user at any point. I might be storing db primary keys which I dont want to expose to the user. But should be accessible to me.

Yes they all work fine before the user can edit the drop down. but once the user edit the drop down and leaves the cell, my ClientSideEndEdit method ensures that it returns the cell value, for my future reference.

But this also end up displaying the cell value to the user.

I want to avoid something that is happening here. http://demo.essentialobjects.com/Demos/Grid/Features/Custom%20Column%20-%20Advanced%202/Demo.aspx

The dropdown contains HP #94 Black ink. But if I select that and leave the cell, it is changed to C8765WA. But I want the HP #94 Black ink to stay on the display.

But if in my C# code if I say string)e.Item.Cells[1].Value; I want the cell value, C8765WA in this case.