Passing string to MVC controller as a widget property
Hello
Previously, I have created .ascx controls that I have managed to tweak allowing me to pass values from the backend of Sitefinity so they can be used in the code itself e.g.:
public partial class ComplianceReviewForm : System.Web.UI.UserControl public string Source get; set; protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
Is there any way to do something similar through MVC?
EDIT: I can seein the default designer that gets created, there is a"Message" example. Effectively, I need to find out the value of this Message control in the MVC controller when it has been changed/updated. Any ideas?
EDIT II: *sigh* Well in debug mode the designer javascript throws a null reference here anyway :
/* Called when the designer window gets opened and here is place to "bind" your designer to the control properties */refreshUI: function () var controlData = this._propertyEditor.get_control().Settings; /* JavaScript clone of your control - all the control properties will be properties of the controlData too */ /* RefreshUI Message */ jQuery(this.get_message()).val(controlData.Message);,/* Called when the "Save" button is clicked. Here you can transfer the settings from the designer to the control */applyChanges: function () var controlData = this._propertyEditor.get_control().Settings; /* ApplyChanges Message */ controlData.Message = jQuery(this.get_message()).val();,
Rich
Ok, I have managed to sort this out myself now. For those who may across this, I highly recommend downloading Sitefininty Thunder, adding a Test MVC widget with designer and look closely at how the example Message property is used.