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  • Item Framework for Handling INamingContainer

    Item Framework for Handling INamingContainer...Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.

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  • ASP.NET WebControl ITemplate child controls are null

    - by tster
    Here is what I want: I want a control to put on a page, which other developers can place form elements inside of to display the entities that my control is searching. I have the Searching logic all working. The control builds custom search fields and performs searches based on declarative C# classes implementing my SearchSpec interface. Here is what I've been trying: I've tried using ITemplate on a WebControl which implements INamingContainer I've tried implementing a CompositeControl The closest I can get to working is below. OK I have a custom WebControl [ AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.Demand, Level = AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal), AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, Level = AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal), DefaultProperty("SearchSpecName"), ParseChildren(true), ToolboxData("<{0}:SearchPage runat=\"server\"> </{0}:SearchPage>") ] public class SearchPage : WebControl, INamingContainer { [Browsable(false), PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.InnerProperty), DefaultValue(typeof(ITemplate), ""), Description("Form template"), TemplateInstance(TemplateInstance.Single), TemplateContainer(typeof(FormContainer))] public ITemplate FormTemplate { get; set; } public class FormContainer : Control, INamingContainer{ } public Control MyTemplateContainer { get; private set; } [Bindable(true), Category("Behavior"), DefaultValue(""), Description("The class name of the SearchSpec to use."), Localizable(false)] public virtual string SearchSpecName { get; set; } [Bindable(true), Category("Behavior"), DefaultValue(true), Description("True if this is query mode."), Localizable(false)] public virtual bool QueryMode { get; set; } private SearchSpec _spec; private SearchSpec Spec { get { if (_spec == null) { Type type = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetTypes().Where(t => t.Name == SearchSpecName).First(); _spec = (SearchSpec)Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().CreateInstance(type.Namespace + "." + type.Name); } return _spec; } } protected override void CreateChildControls() { if (FormTemplate != null) { MyTemplateContainer = new FormTemplateContainer(this); FormTemplate.InstantiateIn(MyTemplateContainer); Controls.Add(MyTemplateContainer); } else { Controls.Add(new LiteralControl("blah")); } } protected override void RenderContents(HtmlTextWriter writer) { // <snip> } protected override HtmlTextWriterTag TagKey { get { return HtmlTextWriterTag.Div; } } } public class FormTemplateContainer : Control, INamingContainer { private SearchPage parent; public FormTemplateContainer(SearchPage parent) { this.parent = parent; } } then the usage: <tster:SearchPage ID="sp1" runat="server" SearchSpecName="TestSearchSpec" QueryMode="False"> <FormTemplate> <br /> Test Name: <asp:TextBox ID="testNameBox" runat="server" Width="432px"></asp:TextBox> <br /> Owner: <asp:TextBox ID="ownerBox" runat="server" Width="427px"></asp:TextBox> <br /> Description: <asp:TextBox ID="descriptionBox" runat="server" Height="123px" Width="432px" TextMode="MultiLine" Wrap="true"></asp:TextBox> </FormTemplate> </tster:SearchPage> The problem is that in the CodeBehind, the page has members descriptionBox, ownerBox and testNameBox. However, they are all null. Furthermore, FindControl("ownerBox") returns null as does this.sp1.FindControl("ownerBox"). I have to do this.sp1.MyTemplateContainer.FindControl("ownerBox") to get the control. How can I make it so that the C# Code Behind will have the controls generated and not null in my Page_Load event so that developers can just do this: testNameBox.Text = "foo"; ownerBox.Text = "bar"; descriptionBox.Text = "baz";

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  • Is it possible top opt-out of INamingContainer if it's implemented by a superclass?

    - by michielvoo
    The UserControl class inherits from TemplateControl which implements INamingContainer. Since this is "only a marker interface" I was wondering if it's possible to opt-out of the behavior that this interface brings with it. I am developing a templated control based on a user control, and I want the controls inside the template to be accessible in the page without using FindControl(id).

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  • Javascript Item Framework

    Helps simplify javascript when using ASP.Net and iNamingContainer...Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.

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  • An Unusual UpdatePanel

    - by João Angelo
    The code you are about to see was mostly to prove a point, to myself, and probably has limited applicability. Nonetheless, in the remote possibility this is useful to someone here it goes… So this is a control that acts like a normal UpdatePanel where all child controls are registered as postback triggers except for a single control specified by the TriggerControlID property. You could basically achieve the same thing by registering all controls as postback triggers in the regular UpdatePanel. However with this, that process is performed automatically. Finally, here is the code: public sealed class SingleAsyncTriggerUpdatePanel : WebControl, INamingContainer { public string TriggerControlID { get; set; } [TemplateInstance(TemplateInstance.Single)] [PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.InnerProperty)] public ITemplate ContentTemplate { get; set; } public override ControlCollection Controls { get { this.EnsureChildControls(); return base.Controls; } } protected override void CreateChildControls() { if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(this.TriggerControlID)) throw new InvalidOperationException( "The TriggerControlId property must be set."); this.Controls.Clear(); var updatePanel = new UpdatePanel() { ID = string.Concat(this.ID, "InnerUpdatePanel"), ChildrenAsTriggers = false, UpdateMode = UpdatePanelUpdateMode.Conditional, ContentTemplate = this.ContentTemplate }; updatePanel.Triggers.Add(new SingleControlAsyncUpdatePanelTrigger { ControlID = this.TriggerControlID }); this.Controls.Add(updatePanel); } } internal sealed class SingleControlAsyncUpdatePanelTrigger : UpdatePanelControlTrigger { private Control target; private ScriptManager scriptManager; public Control Target { get { if (this.target == null) { this.target = this.FindTargetControl(true); } return this.target; } } public ScriptManager ScriptManager { get { if (this.scriptManager == null) { var page = base.Owner.Page; if (page != null) { this.scriptManager = ScriptManager.GetCurrent(page); } } return this.scriptManager; } } protected override bool HasTriggered() { string asyncPostBackSourceElementID = this.ScriptManager.AsyncPostBackSourceElementID; if (asyncPostBackSourceElementID == this.Target.UniqueID) return true; return asyncPostBackSourceElementID.StartsWith( string.Concat(this.target.UniqueID, "$"), StringComparison.Ordinal); } protected override void Initialize() { base.Initialize(); foreach (Control control in FlattenControlHierarchy(this.Owner.Controls)) { if (control == this.Target) continue; bool isApplicableControl = false; isApplicableControl |= control is INamingContainer; isApplicableControl |= control is IPostBackDataHandler; isApplicableControl |= control is IPostBackEventHandler; if (isApplicableControl) { this.ScriptManager.RegisterPostBackControl(control); } } } private static IEnumerable<Control> FlattenControlHierarchy( ControlCollection collection) { foreach (Control control in collection) { yield return control; if (control.Controls.Count > 0) { foreach (Control child in FlattenControlHierarchy(control.Controls)) { yield return child; } } } } } You can use it like this, meaning that only the B2 button will trigger an async postback: <cc:SingleAsyncTriggerUpdatePanel ID="Test" runat="server" TriggerControlID="B2"> <ContentTemplate> <asp:Button ID="B1" Text="B1" runat="server" OnClick="Button_Click" /> <asp:Button ID="B2" Text="B2" runat="server" OnClick="Button_Click" /> <asp:Button ID="B3" Text="B3" runat="server" OnClick="Button_Click" /> <asp:Label ID="LInner" Text="LInner" runat="server" /> </ContentTemplate> </cc:SingleAsyncTriggerUpdatePanel>

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  • Is it a good idea to put all assembly: WebResource in the same cs file?

    - by Guilherme J Santos
    I have a .NET library, with some WebControls. These webControls have Embed Resources. And we declare them like it, in all webcontrols for each cs file: Something like this: [assembly: WebResource("IO.Css.MyCSS.css", "text/css")] namespace MyNamespace.MyClass { [ParseChildren(true)] [PersistChildren(false)] [Designer(typeof(MyNamespace.MyClassDesigner))] public class QuickTip : Control, INamingContainer { //My code... } } Would it be a good idea to create a cs file and include all WebResource declarations there? Example a cs file with just: [assembly: WebResource("IO.Css.MyCSS.css", "text/css")] [assembly: WebResource("IO.Image.MyImage.png", "image/png")] //And many other WebResources of all WebControls of the Assembly

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  • Creating a simple templated control. Having issues...

    - by Jimock
    Hi, I'm trying to create a really simple templated control. I've never done it before, but I know a lot of my controls I have created in the past would have greatly benefited if I included templating ability - so I'm learning now. The problem I have is that my template is outputted on the page but my property value is not. So all I get is the static text which I include in my template. I must be doing something correctly because the control doesn't cause any errors, so it knows my public property exists. (e.g. if I try to use Container.ThisDoesntExist it throws an exception). I'd appreciate some help on this. I may be just being a complete muppet and missing something. Online tutorials on simple templated server controls seem few and far between, so if you know of one I'd like to know about it. A cut down version of my code is below. Many Thanks, James Here is my code for the control: [ParseChildren(true)] public class TemplatedControl : Control, INamingContainer { private TemplatedControlContainer theContainer; [TemplateContainer(typeof(TemplatedControlContainer)), PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.InnerProperty)] public ITemplate ItemTemplate { get; set; } protected override void CreateChildControls() { Controls.Clear(); theContainer = new TemplatedControlContainer("Hello World"); this.ItemTemplate.InstantiateIn(theContainer); Controls.Add(theContainer); } } Here is my code for the container: [ToolboxItem(false)] public class TemplatedControlContainer : Control, INamingContainer { private string myString; public string MyString { get { return myString; } } internal TemplatedControlContainer(string mystr) { this.myString = mystr; } } Here is my mark up: <my:TemplatedControl runat="server"> <ItemTemplate> <div style="background-color: Black; color: White;"> Text Here: <%# Container.MyString %> </div> </ItemTemplate> </my:TemplatedControl>

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  • Two-way databinding of a custom templated control. Eval works, but not Bind.

    - by Jason
    I hate long code snippets and I'm sorry about this one, but it turns out that this asp.net stuff can't get much shorter and it's so specific that I haven't been able to generalize it without a full code listing. I just want simple two-way, declarative databinding to a single instance of an object. Not a list of objects of a type with a bunch of NotImplementedExceptions for Add, Delete, and Select, but just a single view-state persisted object. This is certainly something that can be done but I've struggled with an implementation for years. This newest, closest implementation was inspired by this article from 4-Guys-From-Rolla, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa478964.aspx. Unfortunately, after implementing, I'm getting the following error and I don't know what I'm missing: System.InvalidOperationException: Databinding methods such as Eval(), XPath(), and Bind() can only be used in the context of a databound control. If I don't use Bind(), and only use Eval() functionality, it works. In that way, the error is especially confusing. Here's the simplified codeset that still produces the error: using System.ComponentModel; namespace System.Web.UI.WebControls.Special { public class SampleFormData { public string SampleString = "Sample String Data"; public int SampleInt = -1; } [ToolboxItem(false)] public class SampleSpecificFormDataContainer : WebControl, INamingContainer { SampleSpecificEntryForm entryForm; internal SampleSpecificEntryForm EntryForm { get { return entryForm; } } [Bindable(true), Category("Data")] public string SampleString { get { return entryForm.FormData.SampleString; } set { entryForm.FormData.SampleString = value; } } [Bindable(true), Category("Data")] public int SampleInt { get { return entryForm.FormData.SampleInt; } set { entryForm.FormData.SampleInt = value; } } internal SampleSpecificFormDataContainer(SampleSpecificEntryForm entryForm) { this.entryForm = entryForm; } } public class SampleSpecificEntryForm : WebControl, INamingContainer { #region Template private IBindableTemplate formTemplate = null; [Browsable(false), DefaultValue(null), TemplateContainer(typeof(SampleSpecificFormDataContainer), ComponentModel.BindingDirection.TwoWay), PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.InnerProperty)] public virtual IBindableTemplate FormTemplate { get { return formTemplate; } set { formTemplate = value; } } #endregion #region Viewstate SampleFormData FormDataVS { get { return (ViewState["FormData"] as SampleFormData) ?? new SampleFormData(); } set { ViewState["FormData"] = value; SaveViewState(); } } #endregion public override ControlCollection Controls { get { EnsureChildControls(); return base.Controls; } } private SampleSpecificFormDataContainer formDataContainer = null; [Browsable(false), DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Hidden)] public SampleSpecificFormDataContainer FormDataContainer { get { EnsureChildControls(); return formDataContainer; } } [Bindable(true), Browsable(false)] public SampleFormData FormData { get { return FormDataVS; } set { FormDataVS = value; } } protected override void CreateChildControls() { if (!this.ChildControlsCreated) { Controls.Clear(); formDataContainer = new SampleSpecificFormDataContainer(this); Controls.Add(formDataContainer); FormTemplate.InstantiateIn(formDataContainer); this.ChildControlsCreated = true; } } public override void DataBind() { CreateChildControls(); base.DataBind(); } } } With an ASP.NET page the following: <%@ Page Title="Home Page" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Site.master" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="Default2.aspx.cs" Inherits="EntryFormTest._Default2" EnableEventValidation="false" %> <%@ Register Assembly="EntryForm" Namespace="System.Web.UI.WebControls.Special" TagPrefix="cc1" %> <asp:Content ID="HeaderContent" runat="server" ContentPlaceHolderID="HeadContent"> </asp:Content> <asp:Content ID="BodyContent" runat="server" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent"> <h2> Welcome to ASP.NET! </h2> <cc1:SampleSpecificEntryForm ID="EntryForm1" runat="server"> <FormTemplate> <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("SampleString") %>'></asp:TextBox><br /> <h3>(<%# Container.SampleString %>)</h3><br /> <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Button" /> </FormTemplate> </cc1:SampleSpecificEntryForm> </asp:Content> Default2.aspx.cs using System; namespace EntryFormTest { public partial class _Default2 : System.Web.UI.Page { protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { EntryForm1.DataBind(); } } } Thanks for any help!

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  • Ensuring unique ID attribute for elements within ScriptControl

    - by Andy West
    I'm creating a control based on ScriptControl, and I'm overriding the Render method like this: protected override void Render(HtmlTextWriter writer) { RenderBeginTag(writer); writer.RenderBeginTag(HtmlTextWriterTag.Div); writer.Write("This is a test."); writer.RenderEndTag(); RenderEndTag(writer); } My question is, what if I want to assign the div an ID attribute and have it be unique on the page, even if there are mulitple instances of my control? I've seen other people's code that does this: writer.AddAttribute(HtmlTextWriterAttribute.Id, this.ID + "_divTest"); That will prevent naming conflicts between instances of my control, but what if I've already created a div elsewhere on the page that coincidentally has the same ID? I've also heard about implementing INamingContainer. Would that apply here? How could I use it?

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  • Two-way databinding of a custom templated asp.net control

    - by Jason
    I hate long code snippets and I'm sorry about this one, but it turns out that this asp.net stuff can't get much shorter and it's so specific that I haven't been able to generalize it without a full code listing. I just want simple two-way, declarative, edit-only databinding to a single instance of an object. Not a list of objects of a type with a bunch of NotImplementedExceptions for Add, Delete, and Select, but just a single view-state persisted object. This is certainly something that can be done but I've struggled with an implementation for years. This newest, closest implementation was inspired by this article from 4-Guys-From-Rolla. Unfortunately, after implementing, I'm getting the following error and I don't know what I'm missing: System.InvalidOperationException: Databinding methods such as Eval(), XPath(), and Bind() can only be used in the context of a databound control. If I don't use Bind(), and only use Eval() functionality, it works. In that way, the error is especially confusing. Update: Actually, using Eval() does NOT work, but using <%# Container.SampleString %> works. However, Eval("SampleString") gives the same error. That leads me back to this article I found earlier but had discarded. Now I believe it might be related, though I haven't cracked it yet ... Here's the simplified codeset that still produces the error: using System.ComponentModel; namespace System.Web.UI.WebControls.Special { public class SampleFormData { public string SampleString = "Sample String Data"; public int SampleInt = -1; } [ToolboxItem(false)] public class SampleSpecificFormDataContainer : DataBoundControl, INamingContainer { SampleSpecificEntryForm entryForm; internal SampleSpecificEntryForm EntryForm { get { return entryForm; } } [Bindable(true), Category("Data")] public string SampleString { get { return entryForm.FormData.SampleString; } set { entryForm.FormData.SampleString = value; } } [Bindable(true), Category("Data")] public int SampleInt { get { return entryForm.FormData.SampleInt; } set { entryForm.FormData.SampleInt = value; } } internal SampleSpecificFormDataContainer(SampleSpecificEntryForm entryForm) { this.entryForm = entryForm; } } public class SampleSpecificEntryForm : WebControl, INamingContainer { #region Template private IBindableTemplate formTemplate = null; [Browsable(false), DefaultValue(null), TemplateContainer(typeof(SampleSpecificFormDataContainer), ComponentModel.BindingDirection.TwoWay), PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.InnerProperty)] public virtual IBindableTemplate FormTemplate { get { return formTemplate; } set { formTemplate = value; } } #endregion #region Viewstate SampleFormData FormDataVS { get { return (ViewState["FormData"] as SampleFormData) ?? new SampleFormData(); } set { ViewState["FormData"] = value; SaveViewState(); } } #endregion public override ControlCollection Controls { get { EnsureChildControls(); return base.Controls; } } private SampleSpecificFormDataContainer formDataContainer = null; [Browsable(false), DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Hidden)] public SampleSpecificFormDataContainer FormDataContainer { get { EnsureChildControls(); return formDataContainer; } } [Bindable(true), Browsable(false)] public SampleFormData FormData { get { return FormDataVS; } set { FormDataVS = value; } } protected override void CreateChildControls() { if (!this.ChildControlsCreated) { Controls.Clear(); formDataContainer = new SampleSpecificFormDataContainer(this); Controls.Add(formDataContainer); FormTemplate.InstantiateIn(formDataContainer); this.ChildControlsCreated = true; } } public override void DataBind() { CreateChildControls(); base.DataBind(); } } } With an ASP.NET page the following: <%@ Page Title="Home Page" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Site.master" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="Default2.aspx.cs" Inherits="EntryFormTest._Default2" EnableEventValidation="false" %> <%@ Register Assembly="EntryForm" Namespace="System.Web.UI.WebControls.Special" TagPrefix="cc1" %> <asp:Content ID="HeaderContent" runat="server" ContentPlaceHolderID="HeadContent"> </asp:Content> <asp:Content ID="BodyContent" runat="server" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent"> <h2> Welcome to ASP.NET! </h2> <cc1:SampleSpecificEntryForm ID="EntryForm1" runat="server"> <FormTemplate> <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("SampleString") %>'></asp:TextBox><br /> <h3>(<%# Container.SampleString %>)</h3><br /> <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Button" /> </FormTemplate> </cc1:SampleSpecificEntryForm> </asp:Content> Default2.aspx.cs using System; namespace EntryFormTest { public partial class _Default2 : System.Web.UI.Page { protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { EntryForm1.DataBind(); } } } Thanks for any help!

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  • AssociatedControlId of inner namingcontainer

    - by Eric
    Hi, I have a custom control contains a label control. I want to set the AssociatedControlId of this label to be other control id on the page, but as soon as I implement the INamingContainer in my custom control, it will run into an error saying "Unable to find control with id 'abc' that is associated with the Label 'xyz'." This would be due to the fact that the label is in a nested naming container and it trys to find the control within the same container but couldn't (as the control is on the page, outside of it own naming container) Anyone know of a way to set this property? Thanks, Eric

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  • Custom Web Control - ParseChildren & Resource Objects

    - by Raybiez
    I hope someone can help me. I have the following custom server control: [ParseChildren(true)] public class MyControl : WebControl, INamingContainer { [PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.InnerProperty)] public string MyProperty { get;set; } } It works perfectly with the following mark-up: <acme:MyControl runat="sever"> <MyProperty>Test String</MyProperty> </acme:MyControl> But if I try to localise the property string, I get a parse error: <acme:MyControl runat="sever"> <MyProperty><%=(string)GetLocalResourceObject("MyResourceKey") %></MyProperty> </acme:MyControl> Even if I cast the type, ASP.NET indicates that the property cannot accept controls as children. How should the expression look like if I want to localise it? I can make the property accessible as an attribute of the control's tag, but I prefer the mark-up above, it looks more elegant and clean. Thanks

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  • Events on controls in web server control

    - by MarkyMarc
    Hi All, I'm creating a web server control that has an image button on it. The html for the control is done in the RenderControls of the code, the control devrives from WebControl, IScriptControl, INamingContainer. The button is coded as follow in the RenderControls: System.Web.UI.WebControls.ImageButton img = new System.Web.UI.WebControls.ImageButton(); img.ImageUrl = "Url of the image"; img.Click += new ImageClickEventHandler(img_Click); img.ID = this.ClientID + "_img"; img.CausesValidation = false; imgLock.RenderControl(output); The button apreas in the browser but when i click on it, the page postsback but the event handler for the button doesn't get fired, from what i can figure out, since the control goes throught RenderControls eachtime the page is posted back, the button gets redrawn and the event handling disapears. This server control is in a master page. Anyone can help me on this? Thanks

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  • Usercontrol losing Viewstate across Postback

    - by Robert W
    I have a user control which uses objects as inner properties (some code is below). I am having trouble with setting the attribute of the Step class programmatically, when set programmatically it is being lost across postback which would indicate something to do with Viewstate (?). When setting the property of the Step class declaratively it's working fine. Does anybody have any ideas of what this code be/what's causing it to lose the state across postback? public partial class StepControl : System.Web.UI.UserControl { [PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.InnerProperty)] [DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Content)] [NotifyParentProperty(true)] public Step Step1 { get; set; } [PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.InnerProperty)] [DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Content)] [NotifyParentProperty(true)] public Step Step2 { get; set; } protected void Page_Init(object sender, EventArgs e) { AddSteps(); } private void AddSteps() { } } [Serializable()] [ParseChildren(true)] [PersistChildren(false)] public class Step { [PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.Attribute)] public string Title { get; set; } [PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.Attribute)] public string Status { get; set; } [PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.InnerProperty)] [TemplateInstance(TemplateInstance.Single)] [TemplateContainer(typeof(StepContentContainer))] public ITemplate Content { get; set; } public class StepContentContainer : Control, INamingContainer { } }

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  • asp.net 4.0 webforms - how to keep ContentPlaceHolder1_ out of client id's in a simple way?

    - by James Manning
    I'm attempting to introduce master pages to an existing webforms site that's avoided using them because of client id mangling in the past (and me not wanting to deal with the mangling and doing <% foo.ClientID % everywhere :) GOAL: use 'static' id values (whatever is in the server control's id attribute) except for data-bound / repeating controls which would break for those cases and therefore need suffixes or whatever to differentiate (basically, Predictable) Now that the site migrated to ASP.NET 4.0, I first attempted to use ClientIDMode of Static (in the web.config) but that broke too many places doing repeating controls (checkboxes inside gridviews, for instance) since they all resulted with the same id. So, I then tried Predictable (again, just in the web.config) so that the repeating controls wouldn't have conflicting id's, and it works well except that the master page content placeholder (which is indeed a naming container) is still reflecting in the resulting client id's (for instance, ContentPlaceHolder1_someCheckbox). Certainly I could leave the web.config setting as static and then go through all the databound/repeating controls switch them to Predictable, but I'm hoping there's some easier/simpler way to get that effect without having to scatter ClientIDMode attributes in those N number of places (or extend all those databound controls with my own usercontrol that just sets clientidmode, or whatever). I even thought of leaving web.config set to static and doing a master or basepage handler (preinit? not sure if that would work or not) that would go walk Controls with OfType<INamingContainer() (might be a better choice on the type, but that seems like a good starting choice looking at repeater and gridview) and then set those to Predictable so I'd get static for all my 'normal' things outside of repeating controls but not have to deal with static inside things like gridview/repeater/etc. I don't see any way to mark the content placeholder such that it 'opts out' of being included in child id's - setting the ID of the placeholder to empty/blank doesn't work as it's a required attribute :) At that point I figured there was a better/simpler way that I was missing and decided to ask on SO :) Edit: I thought about changing all my 'fetch by id' jquery calls from $('#foo') to fetch_by_id('foo') and then having that function return the 'right one' by checking $('#foo').length and then $('#ContentPlaceHolder1_foo').length (and maybe other patterns) or even just have it return $('#foo, #ContentPlaceHolder1_foo') (again, potentially other patterns) but changing all the places I fetch elements by id seemed pretty ugly too, and I'd like to avoid that abstraction layer if possible to do so easily :)

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  • HiddenField.Value is an empty string upon postback inside my custom control

    - by Matthew Cox
    I have a custom control that has a hidden field. Upon postback I want to obtain the value stored in it, but it's always an empty string. any thoughts? I am performing client-side manipulation of the hidden field values and have verified in firebug that the fields are correct before issue a post back Here is the setup: public class DualListPanel : SWebControl, INamingContainer { protected IList<DlpItem> UnassignedList { get; set; } protected IList<DlpItem> AssignedList { get; set; } private HiddenField assignedItemsField, unassignedItemsField; public DualListPanel() { CssClass = "DualListPanel"; EnableViewState = true; } #region ViewState protected override void LoadViewState(object savedState) { var state = savedState as object[]; UnassignedList = state[0] as List<DlpItem>; AssignedList = state[1] as List<DlpItem>; base.LoadViewState(state[2]); } protected override object SaveViewState() { object[] state = new object[3]; state[0] = UnassignedList; state[1] = AssignedList; state[2] = base.SaveViewState(); return state; } #endregion #region WebControl Overrides protected override void CreateChildControls() { assignedItemsField = new HiddenField(); assignedItemsField.ID = "HiddenAssignedItems"; assignedItemsField.EnableViewState = true; unassignedItemsField = new HiddenField(); unassignedItemsField.ID = "HiddenUnassignedItems"; unassignedItemsField.EnableViewState = true; Controls.Add(assignedItemsField); Controls.Add(unassignedItemsField); base.CreateChildControls(); } #endregion #region Item Lists Retrieval public string GetCommaDelimUnassignedItems() { return unassignedItemsField.Value; } public string GetCommaDelimAssignedItems() { return assignedItemsField.Value; } #endregion }

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  • How do I add events to nested server controls? (ASP.Net)

    - by bert
    I am building a custom master page type control i.e. sort of like a datagrid but should be easier to add custom functionality into it. It's going great but part of the desired functionality is to have a paging control that switches on and off and part of that control would be a textbox that displays the current page number and on TextChanged redirects to the new page of the dataset. The problem I'm having is that technically the textbox which has its event fired is embedded in a control that is embedded in the control you actually put on the page sort of like Page  | Display Control  | Paging Control  | Textbox Buried all the way down there the event is not firing. Worse the postback javascript isn't even being written onto the page (Nothing on the page posts back so far this is the only bit that really needs to). I've been trawling around Google for quite a while now and picked up that I need to implement INamingContainer (done) and I need to add the control into the page's control tree (is Pre_Init too late for that? When's a good time to Add the Control to the page?) then the event should fire, apparently. But I've been unable to find an example of best practice on this there are quite a few near misses where people are having button angst but this isn't a button. So can anyone point me in the direction of getting a control embedded in a control embedded in a control added to a page to behave properly?

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  • how to change a button into a imagebutton in asp.net c#

    - by sweetsecret
    How to change the button into image button... the button in the beginning has "Pick a date" when clicked a calender pops out and the when a date is selected a label at the bottom reading the date comes in and the text on the button changes to disabled... i want to palce a imagebutton having a image icon of the calender and rest of the function will be the same.... the code as follows: using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Text; using System.Web; using System.Web.UI; using System.Web.UI.WebControls; [assembly: TagPrefix("DatePicker", "EWS")] namespace EclipseWebSolutions.DatePicker { [DefaultProperty("Text")] [ToolboxData("<{0}:DatePicker runat=server")] [DefaultEvent("SelectionChanged")] [ValidationProperty("TextValue")] public class DatePicker : WebControl, INamingContainer { #region Properties public TextBox txtDate = new TextBox(); public Calendar calDate = new Calendar(); public Button btnDate = new Button(); public Panel pnlCalendar = new Panel(); private enum ViewStateConstants { ValidationGroup, RegularExpression, ErrorMessage, RegExText, CalendarPosition, FormatString, ExpandLabel, CollapseLabel, ApplyDefaultStyle, CausesValidation, } /// <summary> /// Defines the available display modes of this calendar. /// </summary> public enum CalendarDisplay { DisplayRight, DisplayBelow } /// <summary> /// Where to display the popup calendar. /// </summary> [Category("Behaviour")] [Localizable(true)] public CalendarDisplay CalendarPosition { get { if (ViewState[ViewStateConstants.CalendarPosition.ToString()] == null) { ViewState[ViewStateConstants.CalendarPosition.ToString()] = CalendarDisplay.DisplayRight; } return (CalendarDisplay)ViewState[ViewStateConstants.CalendarPosition.ToString()]; } set { ViewState[ViewStateConstants.CalendarPosition.ToString()] = value; } } /// <summary> /// Text version of the control's value, for use by ASP.NET validators. /// </summary> public string TextValue { get { return txtDate.Text; } } /// <summary> /// Holds the current date value of this control. /// </summary> [Category("Behaviour")] [Localizable(true)] [Bindable(true, BindingDirection.TwoWay)] public DateTime DateValue { get { try { if (txtDate.Text == "") return DateTime.MinValue; DateTime val = DateTime.Parse(txtDate.Text); return val; } catch (ArgumentNullException) { return DateTime.MinValue; } catch (FormatException) { return DateTime.MinValue; } } set { if (value == DateTime.MinValue) { txtDate.Text = ""; } else { txtDate.Text = value.ToShortDateString(); } } } [Category("Behavior"), Themeable(false), DefaultValue("")] public virtual string ValidationGroup { get { if (ViewState[ViewStateConstants.ValidationGroup.ToString()] == null) { return string.Empty; } else { return (string)ViewState[ViewStateConstants.ValidationGroup.ToString()]; } } set { ViewState[ViewStateConstants.ValidationGroup.ToString()] = value; } } /// <summary> /// The label of the exand button. Shown when the calendar is hidden. /// </summary> [Bindable(true)] [Category("Appearance")] [DefaultValue("PickDate")] [Localizable(true)] public string ExpandButtonLabel { get { String s = (String)ViewState[ViewStateConstants.ExpandLabel.ToString()]; return ((s == null) ? "PickDate" : s); } set { ViewState[ViewStateConstants.ExpandLabel.ToString()] = value; } } /// <summary> /// The label of the collapse button. Shown when the calendar is visible. /// </summary> [Bindable(true)] [Category("Appearance")] [DefaultValue("Disabled")] [Localizable(true)] public string CollapseButtonLabel { get { String s = (String)ViewState[ViewStateConstants.CollapseLabel.ToString()]; return ((s == null) ? "Disabled" : s); } set { ViewState[ViewStateConstants.CollapseLabel.ToString()] = value; } } /// <summary> /// Whether to apply the default style. Disable this if you want to apply a custom style, or to use themes and skins /// to style the control. /// </summary> [Category("Appearance")] [DefaultValue(true)] [Localizable(true)] public bool ApplyDefaultStyle { get { if (ViewState[ViewStateConstants.ApplyDefaultStyle.ToString()] == null) { ViewState[ViewStateConstants.ApplyDefaultStyle.ToString()] = true; } return (bool)ViewState[ViewStateConstants.ApplyDefaultStyle.ToString()]; } set { ViewState[ViewStateConstants.ApplyDefaultStyle.ToString()] = value; } } /// <summary> /// Causes Validation /// </summary> [Category("Appearance")] [DefaultValue(false)] [Localizable(false)] public bool CausesValidation { get { if (ViewState[ViewStateConstants.CausesValidation.ToString()] == null) { ViewState[ViewStateConstants.CausesValidation.ToString()] = false; } return (bool)ViewState[ViewStateConstants.CausesValidation.ToString()]; } set { ViewState[ViewStateConstants.CausesValidation.ToString()] = value; btnDate.CausesValidation = value; } } #endregion #region Events /// <summary> /// A day was selected from the calendar control. /// </summary> public event EventHandler SelectionChanged; protected virtual void OnSelectionChanged() { if (SelectionChanged != null) // only raise the event if someone is listening. { SelectionChanged(this, EventArgs.Empty); } } #endregion #region Event Handlers /// <summary> /// The +/- button was clicked. /// </summary> protected void btnDate_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { if (!calDate.Visible) { // expand the calendar calDate.Visible = true; txtDate.Enabled = false; btnDate.Text = CollapseButtonLabel; if (DateValue != DateTime.MinValue) { calDate.SelectedDate = DateValue; calDate.VisibleDate = DateValue; } } else { // collapse the calendar calDate.Visible = false; txtDate.Enabled = true; btnDate.Text = ExpandButtonLabel; } } /// <summary> /// A date was selected from the calendar. /// </summary> protected void calDate_SelectionChanged(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { calDate.Visible = false; txtDate.Visible = true; btnDate.Text = ExpandButtonLabel; txtDate.Enabled = true; txtDate.Text = calDate.SelectedDate.ToShortDateString(); OnSelectionChanged(); } #endregion /// <summary> /// Builds the contents of this control. /// </summary> protected override void CreateChildControls() { btnDate.Text = ExpandButtonLabel; btnDate.CausesValidation = CausesValidation; txtDate.ID = "txtDate"; calDate.Visible = false; if (ApplyDefaultStyle) { calDate.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.White; calDate.BorderColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(10066329); calDate.CellPadding = 2; calDate.DayNameFormat = DayNameFormat.Shortest; calDate.Font.Name = "Verdana"; calDate.Font.Size = FontUnit.Parse("8pt"); calDate.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Black; calDate.Height = new Unit(150, UnitType.Pixel); calDate.Width = new Unit(180, UnitType.Pixel); calDate.DayHeaderStyle.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(228, 228, 228); calDate.DayHeaderStyle.Font.Size = FontUnit.Parse("7pt"); calDate.TitleStyle.Font.Bold = true; calDate.WeekendDayStyle.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 204); } ConnectEventHandlers(); pnlCalendar.Controls.Add(calDate); pnlCalendar.Style["position"] = "absolute"; pnlCalendar.Style["filter"] = "alpha(opacity=95)"; pnlCalendar.Style["-moz-opacity"] = ".95"; pnlCalendar.Style["opacity"] = ".95"; pnlCalendar.Style["z-index"] = "2"; pnlCalendar.Style["background-color"] = "White"; if (CalendarPosition == CalendarDisplay.DisplayBelow) { pnlCalendar.Style["margin-top"] = "27px"; } else { pnlCalendar.Style["display"] = "inline"; } Controls.Add(txtDate); Controls.Add(pnlCalendar); Controls.Add(btnDate); base.CreateChildControls(); } /// <summary> /// Render the contents of this control. /// </summary> /// <param name="output">The HtmlTextWriter to use.</param> protected override void RenderContents(HtmlTextWriter output) { switch (CalendarPosition) { case CalendarDisplay.DisplayRight: { txtDate.RenderControl(output); btnDate.RenderControl(output); pnlCalendar.RenderControl(output); break; } case CalendarDisplay.DisplayBelow: { pnlCalendar.RenderControl(output); txtDate.RenderControl(output); btnDate.RenderControl(output); break; } } } /// <summary> /// Connect event handlers to events. /// </summary> private void ConnectEventHandlers() { btnDate.Click += new System.EventHandler(btnDate_Click); calDate.SelectionChanged += new System.EventHandler(calDate_SelectionChanged); } } } using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Text; using System.Web; using System.Web.UI; using System.Web.UI.WebControls; [assembly: TagPrefix("DatePicker", "EWS")] namespace EclipseWebSolutions.DatePicker { [DefaultProperty("Text")] [ToolboxData("<{0}:DatePicker runat=server")] [DefaultEvent("SelectionChanged")] [ValidationProperty("TextValue")] public class DatePicker : WebControl, INamingContainer { #region Properties public TextBox txtDate = new TextBox(); public Calendar calDate = new Calendar(); public Button btnDate = new Button(); public Panel pnlCalendar = new Panel(); private enum ViewStateConstants { ValidationGroup, RegularExpression, ErrorMessage, RegExText, CalendarPosition, FormatString, ExpandLabel, CollapseLabel, ApplyDefaultStyle, CausesValidation, } /// <summary> /// Defines the available display modes of this calendar. /// </summary> public enum CalendarDisplay { DisplayRight, DisplayBelow } /// <summary> /// Where to display the popup calendar. /// </summary> [Category("Behaviour")] [Localizable(true)] public CalendarDisplay CalendarPosition { get { if (ViewState[ViewStateConstants.CalendarPosition.ToString()] == null) { ViewState[ViewStateConstants.CalendarPosition.ToString()] = CalendarDisplay.DisplayRight; } return (CalendarDisplay)ViewState[ViewStateConstants.CalendarPosition.ToString()]; } set { ViewState[ViewStateConstants.CalendarPosition.ToString()] = value; } } /// <summary> /// Text version of the control's value, for use by ASP.NET validators. /// </summary> public string TextValue { get { return txtDate.Text; } } /// <summary> /// Holds the current date value of this control. /// </summary> [Category("Behaviour")] [Localizable(true)] [Bindable(true, BindingDirection.TwoWay)] public DateTime DateValue { get { try { if (txtDate.Text == "") return DateTime.MinValue; DateTime val = DateTime.Parse(txtDate.Text); return val; } catch (ArgumentNullException) { return DateTime.MinValue; } catch (FormatException) { return DateTime.MinValue; } } set { if (value == DateTime.MinValue) { txtDate.Text = ""; } else { txtDate.Text = value.ToShortDateString(); } } } [Category("Behavior"), Themeable(false), DefaultValue("")] public virtual string ValidationGroup { get { if (ViewState[ViewStateConstants.ValidationGroup.ToString()] == null) { return string.Empty; } else { return (string)ViewState[ViewStateConstants.ValidationGroup.ToString()]; } } set { ViewState[ViewStateConstants.ValidationGroup.ToString()] = value; } } /// <summary> /// The label of the exand button. Shown when the calendar is hidden. /// </summary> [Bindable(true)] [Category("Appearance")] [DefaultValue("PickDate")] [Localizable(true)] public string ExpandButtonLabel { get { String s = (String)ViewState[ViewStateConstants.ExpandLabel.ToString()]; return ((s == null) ? "PickDate" : s); } set { ViewState[ViewStateConstants.ExpandLabel.ToString()] = value; } } /// <summary> /// The label of the collapse button. Shown when the calendar is visible. /// </summary> [Bindable(true)] [Category("Appearance")] [DefaultValue("Disabled")] [Localizable(true)] public string CollapseButtonLabel { get { String s = (String)ViewState[ViewStateConstants.CollapseLabel.ToString()]; return ((s == null) ? "Disabled" : s); } set { ViewState[ViewStateConstants.CollapseLabel.ToString()] = value; } } /// <summary> /// Whether to apply the default style. Disable this if you want to apply a custom style, or to use themes and skins /// to style the control. /// </summary> [Category("Appearance")] [DefaultValue(true)] [Localizable(true)] public bool ApplyDefaultStyle { get { if (ViewState[ViewStateConstants.ApplyDefaultStyle.ToString()] == null) { ViewState[ViewStateConstants.ApplyDefaultStyle.ToString()] = true; } return (bool)ViewState[ViewStateConstants.ApplyDefaultStyle.ToString()]; } set { ViewState[ViewStateConstants.ApplyDefaultStyle.ToString()] = value; } } /// <summary> /// Causes Validation /// </summary> [Category("Appearance")] [DefaultValue(false)] [Localizable(false)] public bool CausesValidation { get { if (ViewState[ViewStateConstants.CausesValidation.ToString()] == null) { ViewState[ViewStateConstants.CausesValidation.ToString()] = false; } return (bool)ViewState[ViewStateConstants.CausesValidation.ToString()]; } set { ViewState[ViewStateConstants.CausesValidation.ToString()] = value; btnDate.CausesValidation = value; } } #endregion #region Events /// <summary> /// A day was selected from the calendar control. /// </summary> public event EventHandler SelectionChanged; protected virtual void OnSelectionChanged() { if (SelectionChanged != null) // only raise the event if someone is listening. { SelectionChanged(this, EventArgs.Empty); } } #endregion #region Event Handlers /// <summary> /// The +/- button was clicked. /// </summary> protected void btnDate_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { if (!calDate.Visible) { // expand the calendar calDate.Visible = true; txtDate.Enabled = false; btnDate.Text = CollapseButtonLabel; if (DateValue != DateTime.MinValue) { calDate.SelectedDate = DateValue; calDate.VisibleDate = DateValue; } } else { // collapse the calendar calDate.Visible = false; txtDate.Enabled = true; btnDate.Text = ExpandButtonLabel; } } /// <summary> /// A date was selected from the calendar. /// </summary> protected void calDate_SelectionChanged(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { calDate.Visible = false; txtDate.Visible = true; btnDate.Text = ExpandButtonLabel; txtDate.Enabled = true; txtDate.Text = calDate.SelectedDate.ToShortDateString(); OnSelectionChanged(); } #endregion /// <summary> /// Builds the contents of this control. /// </summary> protected override void CreateChildControls() { btnDate.Text = ExpandButtonLabel; btnDate.CausesValidation = CausesValidation; txtDate.ID = "txtDate"; calDate.Visible = false; if (ApplyDefaultStyle) { calDate.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.White; calDate.BorderColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(10066329); calDate.CellPadding = 2; calDate.DayNameFormat = DayNameFormat.Shortest; calDate.Font.Name = "Verdana"; calDate.Font.Size = FontUnit.Parse("8pt"); calDate.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Black; calDate.Height = new Unit(150, UnitType.Pixel); calDate.Width = new Unit(180, UnitType.Pixel); calDate.DayHeaderStyle.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(228, 228, 228); calDate.DayHeaderStyle.Font.Size = FontUnit.Parse("7pt"); calDate.TitleStyle.Font.Bold = true; calDate.WeekendDayStyle.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 204); } ConnectEventHandlers(); pnlCalendar.Controls.Add(calDate); pnlCalendar.Style["position"] = "absolute"; pnlCalendar.Style["filter"] = "alpha(opacity=95)"; pnlCalendar.Style["-moz-opacity"] = ".95"; pnlCalendar.Style["opacity"] = ".95"; pnlCalendar.Style["z-index"] = "2"; pnlCalendar.Style["background-color"] = "White"; if (CalendarPosition == CalendarDisplay.DisplayBelow) { pnlCalendar.Style["margin-top"] = "27px"; } else { pnlCalendar.Style["display"] = "inline"; } Controls.Add(txtDate); Controls.Add(pnlCalendar); Controls.Add(btnDate); base.CreateChildControls(); } /// <summary> /// Render the contents of this control. /// </summary> /// <param name="output">The HtmlTextWriter to use.</param> protected override void RenderContents(HtmlTextWriter output) { switch (CalendarPosition) { case CalendarDisplay.DisplayRight: { txtDate.RenderControl(output); btnDate.RenderControl(output); pnlCalendar.RenderControl(output); break; } case CalendarDisplay.DisplayBelow: { pnlCalendar.RenderControl(output); txtDate.RenderControl(output); btnDate.RenderControl(output); break; } } } /// <summary> /// Connect event handlers to events. /// </summary> private void ConnectEventHandlers() { btnDate.Click += new System.EventHandler(btnDate_Click); calDate.SelectionChanged += new System.EventHandler(calDate_SelectionChanged); } } } <%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" % <%@ Register Assembly="EclipseWebSolutions.DatePicker" Namespace="EclipseWebSolutions.DatePicker" TagPrefix="ews" % Untitled Page       using System; using System.Data; using System.Configuration; using System.Web; using System.Web.Security; using System.Web.UI; using System.Web.UI.WebControls; using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts; using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls; public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page { protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { } protected void DatePicker1_SelectionChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) { Label1.Text = DatePicker1.DateValue.ToShortDateString(); pnlLabel.Update(); } }

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  • Spring.NET & Immediacy CMS (or how to inject to server side controls without using PageHandlerFactor

    - by Simon Rice
    Is there any way to inject dependencies into an Immediacy CMS control using Spring.NET, ideally without having to use to ContextRegistry when initialising the control? Update, with my own answer The issue here is that Immediacy already has a handler defined in web.config that deals with all aspx pages, & so it's not possible add an entry for Spring.NET's PageHandlerFactory in web.config as per a normal webforms app. That rules out making the control implement ISupportsWebDependencyInjection. Furthermore, most of Immediacy's generated pages are aspx pages that don't physically exist on the drive. I have changed the title of the question to reflect this. What I have done to get Dependency Injection working is: Add the usual entries to web.config for Spring.NET as outlined in the documentation, except for the adding the entry to the <httpHandlers> section. In this case I've got my object definitions in Spring.config. Create the following abstract base class that will deal with all of the Dependency Injection work: DIControl.cs public abstract class DIControl : ImmediacyControl { protected virtual string DIName { get { return this.GetType().Name; } } protected override void OnInit(EventArgs e) { if (ContextRegistry.GetContext().GetObject(DIName, this.GetType()) != null) ContextRegistry.GetContext().ConfigureObject(this, DIName); base.OnInit(e); } } For non-immediacy controls, you can make this server side control inherit from Control or whatever subclass of that you like. For any control with which you wish to use with Spring.NET's Inversion of Control container, define it to inherit from DIControl & add the relelvant entry to Spring.config, for example: SampleControl.cs public class SampleControl : DIControl, INamingContainer { public string Text { get; set; } protected string InjectedText { get; set; } public SampleControl() : base() { Text = "Hello world"; } protected override void RenderContents(HtmlTextWriter output) { output.Write(string.Format("{0} {1}", Text, InjectedText)); } } Spring.config <objects xmlns="http://www.springframework.net"> <object id="SampleControl" type="MyProject.SampleControl, MyAssembly"> <property name="InjectedText" value="from Spring.NET" /> </object> </objects> You can optionally override DIName if you wish to name your entry in Spring.config differently from the name of your class. Provided everything's done correctly, you will have the control writing out "Hello world from Spring.NET!" when used in a page. This solution uses Spring.NET's ContextRegistry from within the control, but I would be surprised if there's no way around that for Immediacy at least since the page objects themselves aren't accessible. However, can this be improved at all from a Spring.NET perspective? Is there maybe an Immediacy plugin that already does this that I'm completely unaware of? Or is there an approach that does this in a more elegant way? I'm open to suggestions.

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  • ASP.NET Creating a Rich Repeater, DataBind wiping out custom added controls...

    - by tonyellard
    So...I had this clever idea that I'd create my own Repeater control that implements paging and sorting by inheriting from Repeater and extending it's capabilities. I found some information and bits and pieces on how to go about this and everything seemed ok... I created a WebControlLibrary to house my custom controls. Along with the enriched repeater, I created a composite control that would act as the "pager bar", having forward, back and page selection. My pager bar works 100% on it's own, properly firing a paged changed event when the user interacts with it. The rich repeater databinds without issue, but when the databind fires (when I call base.databind()), the control collection is cleared out and my pager bars are removed. This screws up the viewstate for the pager bars making them unable to fire their events properly or maintain their state. I've tried adding the controls back to the collection after base.databind() fires, but that doesn't solve the issue. I start to get very strange results including problems with altering the hierarchy of the control tree (resolved by adding [ViewStateModeById]). Before I go back to the drawing board and create a second composite control which contains a repeater and the pager bars (so that the repeater isn't responsible for the pager bars viewstate) are there any thoughts about how to resolve the issue? In the interest of share and share alike, the code for the repeater itself is below, the pagerbars aren't as significant as the issue is really the maintaining of state for any additional child controls. (forgive the roughness of some of the code...it's still a work in progress) using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Text; using System.Data; using System.Web; using System.Web.UI; using System.Web.UI.WebControls; [ViewStateModeById] public class SortablePagedRepeater : Repeater, INamingContainer { private SuperRepeaterPagerBar topBar = new SuperRepeaterPagerBar(); private SuperRepeaterPagerBar btmBar = new SuperRepeaterPagerBar(); protected override void OnInit(EventArgs e) { Page.RegisterRequiresControlState(this); InitializeControls(); base.OnInit(e); EnsureChildControls(); } protected void InitializeControls() { topBar.ID = this.ID + "__topPagerBar"; topBar.NumberOfPages = this._currentProperties.numOfPages; topBar.CurrentPage = this.CurrentPageNumber; topBar.PageChanged += new SuperRepeaterPagerBar.PageChangedEventHandler(PageChanged); btmBar.ID = this.ID + "__btmPagerBar"; btmBar.NumberOfPages = this._currentProperties.numOfPages; btmBar.CurrentPage = this.CurrentPageNumber; btmBar.PageChanged += new SuperRepeaterPagerBar.PageChangedEventHandler(PageChanged); } protected override void CreateChildControls() { EnsureDataBound(); this.Controls.Add(topBar); this.Controls.Add(btmBar); //base.CreateChildControls(); } private void PageChanged(object sender, int newPage) { this.CurrentPageNumber = newPage; } public override void DataBind() { //pageDataSource(); //DataBind removes all controls from control collection... base.DataBind(); Controls.Add(topBar); Controls.Add(btmBar); } private void pageDataSource() { //Create paged data source PagedDataSource pds = new PagedDataSource(); pds.PageSize = this.ItemsPerPage; pds.AllowPaging = true; // first get a PagedDataSource going and perform sort if possible... if (base.DataSource is System.Collections.IEnumerable) { pds.DataSource = (System.Collections.IEnumerable)base.DataSource; } else if (base.DataSource is System.Data.DataView) { DataView data = (DataView)DataSource; if (this.SortBy != null && data.Table.Columns.Contains(this.SortBy)) { data.Sort = this.SortBy; } pds.DataSource = data.Table.Rows; } else if (base.DataSource is System.Data.DataTable) { DataTable data = (DataTable)DataSource; if (this.SortBy != null && data.Columns.Contains(this.SortBy)) { data.DefaultView.Sort = this.SortBy; } pds.DataSource = data.DefaultView; } else if (base.DataSource is System.Data.DataSet) { DataSet data = (DataSet)DataSource; if (base.DataMember != null && data.Tables.Contains(base.DataMember)) { if (this.SortBy != null && data.Tables[base.DataMember].Columns.Contains(this.SortBy)) { data.Tables[base.DataMember].DefaultView.Sort = this.SortBy; } pds.DataSource = data.Tables[base.DataMember].DefaultView; } else if (data.Tables.Count > 0) { if (this.SortBy != null && data.Tables[0].Columns.Contains(this.SortBy)) { data.Tables[0].DefaultView.Sort = this.SortBy; } pds.DataSource = data.Tables[0].DefaultView; } else { throw new Exception("DataSet doesn't have any tables."); } } else if (base.DataSource == null) { // don't do anything? } else { throw new Exception("DataSource must be of type System.Collections.IEnumerable. The DataSource you provided is of type " + base.DataSource.GetType().ToString()); } if (pds != null && base.DataSource != null) { //Make sure that the page doesn't exceed the maximum number of pages //available if (this.CurrentPageNumber >= pds.PageCount) { this.CurrentPageNumber = pds.PageCount - 1; } //Set up paging values... btmBar.CurrentPage = topBar.CurrentPage = pds.CurrentPageIndex = this.CurrentPageNumber; this._currentProperties.numOfPages = btmBar.NumberOfPages = topBar.NumberOfPages = pds.PageCount; base.DataSource = pds; } } public override object DataSource { get { return base.DataSource; } set { //init(); //reset paging/sorting values since we've potentially changed data sources. base.DataSource = value; pageDataSource(); } } protected override void Render(HtmlTextWriter writer) { topBar.RenderControl(writer); base.Render(writer); btmBar.RenderControl(writer); } [Serializable] protected struct CurrentProperties { public int pageNum; public int itemsPerPage; public int numOfPages; public string sortBy; public bool sortDir; } protected CurrentProperties _currentProperties = new CurrentProperties(); protected override object SaveControlState() { return this._currentProperties; } protected override void LoadControlState(object savedState) { this._currentProperties = (CurrentProperties)savedState; } [Category("Status")] [Browsable(true)] [NotifyParentProperty(true)] [DefaultValue("")] [Localizable(false)] public string SortBy { get { return this._currentProperties.sortBy; } set { //If sorting by the same column, swap the sort direction. if (this._currentProperties.sortBy == value) { this.SortAscending = !this.SortAscending; } else { this.SortAscending = true; } this._currentProperties.sortBy = value; } } [Category("Status")] [Browsable(true)] [NotifyParentProperty(true)] [DefaultValue(true)] [Localizable(false)] public bool SortAscending { get { return this._currentProperties.sortDir; } set { this._currentProperties.sortDir = value; } } [Category("Status")] [Browsable(true)] [NotifyParentProperty(true)] [DefaultValue(25)] [Localizable(false)] public int ItemsPerPage { get { return this._currentProperties.itemsPerPage; } set { this._currentProperties.itemsPerPage = value; } } [Category("Status")] [Browsable(true)] [NotifyParentProperty(true)] [DefaultValue(1)] [Localizable(false)] public int CurrentPageNumber { get { return this._currentProperties.pageNum; } set { this._currentProperties.pageNum = value; pageDataSource(); } } }

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