Custom Property Sample

peter hardy

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Hi Guys, I notice from the release notes that the way custom properties are created in version 5 has changed. With-out a code-sample its a little tricky to know where to start. Is one available and where can I download it from? Cheers Pete

#15720

Jul 24, 2007 20:57

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Hi Pete, Have you looked in the help files? Try this link http://sdk.episerver.com/library/cms5/ and see if you get the answeres you need under the How to section. Regards

#16225

Jul 25, 2007 16:03

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This Code may help.. this property "CheckNonZeroValue" will checks the non zero value, if non zerovalues is assigned this will return 1 . private int _nonZeroval = 0; public int CheckNonZeroValue { get { if (_nonZeroval < 0) { return 1; } else { return _nonZeroval; } } set { _nonZeroval = value ; } }

#16226

Jul 26, 2007 7:51

peter hardy

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Hi there, Thanks for the info but I'm actually looking for a complete sample (however simple). Is one not available? Cheers, Pete

#16227

Jul 29, 2007 1:04

Mari Jørgensen

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Below is a simple codesample that demonstrates how to change the default behavior for built in properties using ASP.NET control adapters. The code will add a message beside the PageName property in editmode.


using System;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

using EPiServer.Web.PropertyControls;
using EPiServer.Web.PropertyControls.Adapters;

namespace EPiServerDemo.PropertyTypes
{
    
    public class PropertyStringControlAdapter : PropertyDataControlAdapter
    {
        private const string PageNamePropertyName = "PageName";
        private Label lblMessage; 

        public override void CreateEditControls()
        {
            base.CreateEditControls();

            if (this.Name.Equals(PageNamePropertyName))
            {
                //Adding a message beside the PageName property
                lblMessage = new Label();
                lblMessage.Text = "Note: Please keep PageName short";
                lblMessage.Font.Italic = true;
                Control.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl(" "));
                Control.Controls.Add(lblMessage);
            }
        }
    }
}

You also need to add the following to your AdapterMappings.browser file

If you want to override the complete behavior of the control (not just adding a message), you need to create and add the control yourself (remove call to base.CreateEditControls()) and override ApplyChanges() to save the value (see SDK for sample code).

#16228

Aug 07, 2007 12:47

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