how to make communication between user controller and Controll Designer ?
HI,
how to make communication between user controller and Controll Designer in sitefinity 4.0 ? for Example
1. i created user control a.ascx
2. i created control designer adesigner.ascx for a.ascx user control.
how do i connect(communicate) both user control and control desinger ?
thanks
Humayoo
Hi humayoo,
You cannot have a control designer for a user control you have to use a custom control. You can use ControlDesigner attribute to connect the control to the designer
sample
[ControlDesigner(typeof(YourDesigner))]public class MyClass : Simpleview // do somethinghi,
i am getting trouble.please see my code and suggest me where am i wrong?
1. created user control and its name is frontuser.ascx
<%@ Control Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="frontuser.ascx.cs" Inherits="controls_test_frontuser" %> <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server"></asp:TextBox><%@ Register TagPrefix="telerik" Namespace="Telerik.Web.UI" Assembly="Telerik.Web.UI" %> <%@ Register Assembly="Telerik.Sitefinity" Namespace="Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI" TagPrefix="sitefinity" %> <sitefinity:ResourceLinks id="resourcesLinks" runat="server"> <sitefinity:ResourceFile JavaScriptLibrary="JQuery" /> <sitefinity:ResourceFile Name="Skins/Grid.css" /> <sitefinity:ResourceFile Name="Skins/ToolBar.css" /> <sitefinity:ResourceFile Name="Skins/Ajax.css" /> </sitefinity:ResourceLinks> <asp:SiteMapDataSource ID="SiteMapDataSource1" runat="server" /> <telerik:RadTreeView id="RadTreeView1" runat="server" DataSourceID="SiteMapDataSource1" Skin="Sitefinity" OnClientNodeClicked="function() return false;" > <DataBindings> <telerik:RadTreeNodeBinding ValueField="Id" /> </DataBindings> </telerik:RadTreeView> </div> <p class="sfButtonArea sfSelectorBtns"> <asp:LinkButton ID="DoneButton" runat="server" OnClientClick="return false;" CssClass="sfLinkBtn sfSave">DoneButton</asp:LinkButton> <asp:Literal ID="literalOr" runat="server" Text="<%$Resources:Labels, or %>" /> <asp:LinkButton ID="CancelButton" runat="server" CssClass="sfCancel" OnClientClick="return false;">CancelButton</asp:LinkButton> </p> using Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI; using Telerik.Web.UI; using System.Web.UI.WebControls; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Web.UI; using System; using Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.ControlDesign; [ControlDesigner(typeof("~/controls/test/WebUserControl.ascx"))] public class CustomDialogSelector : SimpleScriptView #region Public Methods public bool CheckBoxes get; set; #endregion #region Properties protected override string LayoutTemplateName get return "~/controls/test/frontuser.ascx"; private RadTreeView SiteMapTreeView get return Container.GetControl<RadTreeView>(); private LinkButton DoneButton get return Container.GetControl<LinkButton>("DoneButton", true); private string UseCheckboxes get return this.CheckBoxes.ToString().ToLower(); private LinkButton CancelButton get return Container.GetControl<LinkButton>("CancelButton", true); public string OnDoneClientSelection get; set; #endregion #region Methods /// <summary> /// Gets a collection of script descriptors that represent (JavaScript) client components. /// </summary> public override IEnumerable<System.Web.UI.ScriptDescriptor> GetScriptDescriptors() var descriptor = new ScriptControlDescriptor(this.GetType().FullName, this.ClientID); descriptor.AddComponentProperty("siteMapTree", SiteMapTreeView.ClientID); descriptor.AddElementProperty("doneButton", DoneButton.ClientID); descriptor.AddElementProperty("cancelButton", CancelButton.ClientID); descriptor.AddProperty("checkboxes", UseCheckboxes); if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(this.OnDoneClientSelection)) descriptor.AddEvent("doneClientSelection", this.OnDoneClientSelection); return new[] descriptor ; /// <summary> /// Gets a collection of objects that define script resources that the control requires. /// </summary> public override IEnumerable<System.Web.UI.ScriptReference> GetScriptReferences() // here you can return reference to a custom script that your control // will use. string assembly = this.GetType().Assembly.GetName().ToString(); List<ScriptReference> res = new List<ScriptReference> new ScriptReference(selectorScript, assembly), ; return res; protected override void OnPreRender(EventArgs e) base.OnPreRender(e); var controlSiteMap = this.SiteMapTreeView; controlSiteMap.CheckBoxes = this.CheckBoxes; controlSiteMap.DataBind(); controlSiteMap.ExpandAllNodes(); protected override void InitializeControls(Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.GenericContainer container) #endregion #region Fields private const string selectorScript = "Telerik.Sitefinity.Samples.AlterScript.js"; private const string templatePath = "Telerik.Sitefinity.Resources.Templates.Samples.PageTemplate.ascx"; #endregion Hello humayoo,
Please check this post where it is show how to create page selector. You are also missing the javascript code where you should bind the RadTreeView on the client and persist selected nodes.
Regards,
Ivan Dimitrov
the Telerik team
Ivan, did I undestand you correctly in your above posting that there is no way to add a custom control designer to my user control? (You said: "You cannot have a control designer for a user control you have to use a custom control"). Did you mean to say that you can't use a user control AS a control designer, or that you can't use a control designer with a user control?
I knew that the control designer itself could not be a user control. It must be a custom control. But do I have to convert my existing user control into a custom control just so that I can add a user friendly control designer?
I have a usercontrol I use in Sitefinity 3.7 for which I have written a control designer and I am attempting to convert it. I tried starting from scratch following the NewsRotator example, but so far all my experiements have failed. I used the The control designer seems to work and it pops up but it is always empty and even the Save and Cancel buttons do nothing. I want to make sure that what I am attempting is even possible before I spend any more days on this.
Hi Jeff,
I sent you a link to the documentation from where you can get a sample code. There is a SDK from where you can download the entire sample.
In 3.x you cannot use ControlDesigner with a user control as well. There is not such a scenario that we have showed somewhere. We have always used custom controls that inherit from CompositeControl, SimpleControl or ContentView control.
You are getting some issues with the designer, because the template is not set correctly or there is a problem with the java script ( if the problem is related to the java scrip there must be an error in the browser console)
Regards,
Ivan Dimitrov
the Telerik team
I'm not trying to make a control designer _with_ a user control. I'm trying to make one _for_ a user control. Just like in your article here:
http://www.sitefinity.com/blogs/ivan/post/08-04-23/how_to_create_a_control_designer_for_user_controls.aspx
I've done this in Sitefinity 3.7 but I was wondering if this is still possible in 4. The tutorial only mentions creating control designers for custom controls. Based on your response, I think the answer must be yes, but it seems I hadn't made my question clear yet.
Hi,
Actually you will be able to do this. You need to use ControlDesigner attribute in your user control.
[Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.ControlDesign.ControlDesigner(typeof(MyControlDesigner))]
public partial class ButtonTest : System.Web.UI.UserControl