Equivlant of CreateHostViewCommand("SomeViewView",

Posted by Community Admin on 17-Dec-2010 00:00

Hi,

Stuggling to find this as the jobs sample doesnt show me, i've effectively created a few control views now (just SimpleView's for now) AuctionsOverview needs to somethingelse.ascx in the views folder via a hyperlink from the first control.

How do you do this?

In Sitefinity 3.7 I hooked onto the ItemDataBound event and set the hyperlink of a custom item template on the fly using CreateHostViewCommand("SomeViewView", itemId.ToString(), Nothing).

Thanks,
Chris

Posted by Community Admin on 17-Dec-2010 00:00

Hello Chris,

In 4.0 we use definition classes and the architecure is completely diferent from what you see in 3.x.

In the definition you have

1. ListView - it is represented by MasterGridViewElement

var moduleGridView = new MasterGridViewElement(backendContentView.ViewsConfig)

ViewName = ModuleDefinitions.BackendListViewName,

ViewType = typeof(MasterGridView),

AllowPaging = true,

DisplayMode = FieldDisplayMode.Read,

ItemsPerPage = 50,

ResourceClassId = typeof(ModuleResources).Name,

ExtendedSearchFields = "Title",

SortExpression = "Title ASC",

Title = "Title",

WebServiceBaseUrl = "~/Sitefinity/Services/Content/ContentItemService.svc/"

This view is populated by a web service that you should create to bind the items.

2. Then you have a mode of the grid where you populate the client data like - status, author, title etc

var gridMode = new GridViewModeElement(moduleGridView .ViewModesConfig)

Name = "Grid"

;

(moduleGridView .ViewModesConfig.Add(gridMode);

DataColumnElement titleColumn = new DataColumnElement(gridMode.ColumnsConfig)

Name = "Title",

HeaderText = Res.Get<Labels>().Title,

HeaderCssClass = "sfTitleCol",

ItemCssClass = "sfTitleCol",

ClientTemplate = @"<a sys:href='javascript:void(0);' sys: 'sf_binderCommand_edit sfItemTitle sf' + UIStatus.toLowerCase()"">

Title

<span class='sfStatusLocation'>Status</a>"

;

gridMode.ColumnsConfig.Add(titleColumn);

var translationsColumn = new DynamicColumnElement(gridMode.ColumnsConfig)

Name = "Translations",

HeaderText = Res.Get<LocalizationResources>().Translations,

DynamicMarkupGenerator = typeof(LanguagesColumnMarkupGenerator),

ItemCssClass = "sfLanguagesCol",

HeaderCssClass = "sfLanguagesCol"

;

translationsColumn.GeneratorSettingsElement = new LanguagesColumnMarkupGeneratorElement(translationsColumn)

LanguageSource = LanguageSource.Frontend,

ItemsInGroupCount = DefinitionsHelper.LanguageItemsPerRow,

ContainerTag = "div",

GroupTag = "div",

ItemTag = "div",

ContainerClass = string.Empty,

GroupClass = string.Empty,

ItemClass = string.Empty

;

gridMode.ColumnsConfig.Add(translationsColumn);

ActionMenuColumnElement actionsColumn = new ActionMenuColumnElement(gridMode.ColumnsConfig)

Name = "Actions",

HeaderText = Res.Get<Labels>().Actions,

HeaderCssClass = "sfMoreActions",

ItemCssClass = "sfMoreActions"

;

DefinitionsHelper.FillActionMenuItems(actionsColumn.MenuItems, actionsColumn, typeof(NewsResources).Name);

gridMode.ColumnsConfig.Add(actionsColumn);

DataColumnElement authorColumn = new DataColumnElement(gridMode.ColumnsConfig)

Name = "Author",

HeaderText = Res.Get<Labels>().Author,

ClientTemplate = "Author",

HeaderCssClass = "sfRegular",

ItemCssClass = "sfRegular"

;

gridMode.ColumnsConfig.Add(authorColumn);

DataColumnElement dateColumn = new DataColumnElement(gridMode.ColumnsConfig)

///.format('dd MMM, yyyy hh:mm:ss')

Name = "Date",

HeaderText = Res.Get<Labels>().Date,

ClientTemplate = " (DateCreated) ? DateCreated.sitefinityLocaleFormat('dd MMM, yyyy hh:mm:ss'): '-' ",

HeaderCssClass = "sfDate",

ItemCssClass = "sfDate"

;

gridMode.ColumnsConfig.Add(dateColumn);

3. You should have decision screen - create item, edit item

DecisionScreenElement dsElement = new DecisionScreenElement((moduleGridView .DecisionScreensConfig)

Name = "NoItemsExistScreen",

DecisionType = DecisionType.NoItemsExist,

MessageType = MessageType.Neutral,

Displayed = false,

Title = "WhatDoYouWantToDoNow",

MessageText = "NoItems",

ResourceClassId = typeof((moduleResources).Name

;

CommandWidgetElement actionCreateNew = new CommandWidgetElement(dsElement.Actions)

Name = "Create",

ButtonType = CommandButtonType.Create,

CommandName = DefinitionsHelper.CreateCommandName,

Text = "CreateItem",

ResourceClassId = typeof(moduleResources).Name,

CssClass = "sfCreateItem",

PermissionSet = SecurityConstants.Sets.General.SetName,

ActionName = SecurityConstants.Sets.General.Create

;

dsElement.Actions.Add(actionCreateNew);

moduleGridView.DecisionScreensConfig.Add(dsElement);

4. You need edit/insert form view

var EditDetailView = new DetailFormViewElement(backendContentView.ViewsConfig)

Title = "EditItem",

ViewName = ModuleDefinitions.BackendEditViewName,

ViewType = typeof(DetailFormView),

ShowSections = true,

DisplayMode = FieldDisplayMode.Write,

ShowTopToolbar = true,

ResourceClassId = typeof(NewsResources).Name,

WebServiceBaseUrl = "~/Sitefinity/Services/Content/ContentItemService.svc/",

IsToRenderTranslationView = true,

AlternativeTitle = "CreateNewItem"

;

backendContentView.ViewsConfig.Add(EditDetailView );

var InsertDetailView = new DetailFormViewElement(backendContentView.ViewsConfig)

Title = "CreateNewItem",

ViewName = ModuleDefinitions.BackendInsertViewName,

ViewType = typeof(DetailFormView),

ShowSections = true,

DisplayMode = FieldDisplayMode.Write,

ShowTopToolbar = true,

ResourceClassId = typeof(moduleResources).Name,

WebServiceBaseUrl = "~/Sitefinity/Services/Content/ContentItemService.svc/",

IsToRenderTranslationView = false

;

backendContentView.ViewsConfig.Add(InsertDetailView);

Most of the things above are just a configuration, as you can see there is no coding. We will have a sample module and documentation for it shortly so you will be able to get the idea.

Kind regards,
Ivan Dimitrov
the Telerik team

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Posted by Community Admin on 17-Dec-2010 00:00

Ok thanks - i'm stuggling to get my head around that and how that fits in with the jobs module sample, think i might wait until the sample is released to ensure I dont waste too much time rewriting code.

Do you have to use a web service for that data, what about calling a stored procedure? The procedure in question looks something like SELECT Auctions.*, Departments.Name AS DepartmentName, Departments.AuctionType, Departments.[Role] FROM Auctions INNER JOIN Departments ON Auctions.DeptID = Departments.DeptID WHERE Departments.[Role] IN ('role1','role2','etc') nothing special but because of the IN statement not looked at converting it to fluet api, then it would a case of putting that into a web service wrapper.

Bear in mind i'm not using your dynamic database tables but my own inside the sitefinity database as I have other windows forms apps, etc hooked onto it.

Also say for example you had a listview that needed an import button at the top of the page that went to a seperate view that does an excel import. With the old api it was relatively easy to write a hook and navigate to it...

Thanks,
Chris

Posted by Community Admin on 17-Dec-2010 00:00

Hi Chris,

We use RESTful services and client side binders. The data is persisted by Telerik Open Access which is responsible for database management.

Greetings,
Ivan Dimitrov
the Telerik team

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