Register a Custom Config

Posted by Community Admin on 12-Mar-2012 00:00

The docs say to register a custom config like this

Config.RegisterSection<PageAppearanceConfig>();

...should we be checking to see if it's already registered or something first though, or is that handled internally in the RegisterSection?

Posted by Community Admin on 15-Mar-2012 00:00

Hi Steve,

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Please find below a sample method demonstrating how you can register a control in your Toolbox, and if the section does not exist a new one will be created, I believe you might find it useful:

public static void RegisterControl(string controlName, Type controlType, string toolboxName, string sectionName)

var configManager = ConfigManager.GetManager();

var config = configManager.GetSection<ToolboxesConfig>();

var controls = config.Toolboxes[toolboxName];

var section = controls.Sections.Where<ToolboxSection>(e => e.Name == sectionName).FirstOrDefault();

if (section == null)

section = new ToolboxSection(controls.Sections)

Name = sectionName,

Title = sectionName,

Description = sectionName,

ResourceClassId = typeof(PageResources).Name

;

controls.Sections.Add(section);

if (!section.Tools.Any<ToolboxItem>(e => e.Name == controlName))

var tool = new ToolboxItem(section.Tools)

Name = controlName,

Title = controlName,

Description = controlName,

ControlType = controlType.AssemblyQualifiedName

;

section.Tools.Add(tool);

configManager.SaveSection(config);

That's the approach we've implemented in all Sitefinity SDK samples that are being created through code, so I'd recommend you to refer to this implementation , in other words check if there is already such a section, and if none, create a new one.

Regards,
Boyan Barnev
the Telerik team

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Posted by Community Admin on 15-Mar-2012 00:00

Perfect!

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