I have a question which kindof links to this one. I want to remove the whole tab completely! I know how to add my own tabs but this is the first time the customer has asked to hide default EPiServer tabs. I guess our goals are the same... /John

Hi John, Maybe changing the access level to that particular tab would solve your problem? (for 4.50: /Admin-->Page Type-->General Settings-->Edit Headings) This will not hide the tab for users with administer rights. I don't know how to hide it for _all_ users. /Olle

I don't know exactly how to remove this option from the dropdown box. This is being rendered deep inside epi, and it is also a builtin property on the pages. You can however do a check when saving a page. See DataFactory.SavingPage for more information. In here you can check if the property has been set to Fetch data from. If so, you can deny saving the page. Frank :)

Actually Frank good point. I do something similar to this in another part of the site. I create pages after the publish button is pressed. I do so like this: protected void Application_Start(Object sender, EventArgs e) { Global.EPDataFactory.PublishingPage += new PageEventHandler(CreateNewPage); System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("sv-SE"); } private void CreateNewPage(object sender, PageEventArgs e) thanks /John

Here is some sample code on how to hide properties. If there are no properties for a tab left it will not be rendered: protected void Application_Start(Object sender, EventArgs e) { Global.EPDataFactory.LoadedPage += new EPiServer.PageEventHandler(EPDataFactory_LoadedPage); } private void EPDataFactory_LoadedPage(object sender, EPiServer.PageEventArgs e) { e.Page.Property["PageShortcutType"].OwnerTab = -1; e.Page.Property["PageShortcutLink"].OwnerTab = -1; e.Page.Property["PageTargetFrame"].OwnerTab = -1; e.Page.Property["PageLinkURL"].OwnerTab = -1; }

Definitely an undocumented solution, but a far better one! :D

Thanks, that is great information, Linus! It solves a few issues in other projects. But, to go back to my original request, is there any way to hide just the "Fetch data from..." option? 48.000-kronors-frågan. /Olle

That's nice. Is it possible to do a similar solution to Dynamic Properties? Regards, Micke

"Definitely an undocumented solution, but a far better one!" - I updated the documentation for the PropertyData.OwnerTab Property in the SDK. "That's nice. Is it possible to do a similar solution to Dynamic Properties?" - Sorry, but this is not possible to do with dynamic properties as far as I can see as there are no events when loading the dynamic properties for a page. "But, to go back to my original request, is there any way to hide just the "Fetch data from..." option?" - There are probably ways but I have not solved this yet. I'll try some more if I get some time over next week. ps. You might want to add this row in the beginning of the EPDataFactory_LoadedPage method just for a slighty performance increace: if(!e.PageLink.LoadRawPageData) return; ds.