CompositeControl Property Persisted But Not Reflected At Run/Desig

S

swalkertdci

I have a compositecontrol derived class that I am working on that exposes
several design-time properties. Most of these properties simply delegate to a
corresponding child control property. In most cases this works just fine in
both the designer and runtime. However for two properties on my control
CSSClass and RibbonGroupTitle, I can see the values I set in the designer
persited to the HTML, but after switching to source view and back, the value
I set is not correctly refelected in the designer, or at runtime. I'm sure
there is something really simple I'm missing here, but if someone could help
me find the problem that would be fantastic. The code is as follows:

Imports System.Web
Imports System.Web.UI
Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.ComponentModel.Design

<ToolboxData("<{0}:RibbonGroup runat=server></{0}:RibbonGroup>"), _
ParseChildren(True), _
Designer("TDCIRibbonBar.RibbonGroupDesigner, TDCIRibbonBar",
GetType(IDesigner))> _
Public Class RibbonGroup
Inherits CompositeControl

Private moContainerTable As Table
Private moTableContentRow As TableRow
Private moTableContentCell As TableCell
Private moTableTitleRow As TableRow
Private moTableTitleCell As TableCell
Private molblTitle As Label
Private moContentTemplate As ITemplate

<Browsable(True), _
Category("Appearance"), _
Description("Style for the inner table area.")> _
Public Property InnerTableCSSClass() As String
Get
EnsureChildControls()
Return moContainerTable.CssClass
End Get
Set(ByVal value As String)
EnsureChildControls()
moContainerTable.CssClass = value
End Set
End Property

<Browsable(True), _
Category("Appearance"), _
Description("Style for the title area.")> _
Public Property TitleAreaCSSClass() As String
Get
EnsureChildControls()
Return moTableTitleCell.CssClass
End Get
Set(ByVal value As String)
EnsureChildControls()
moTableTitleCell.CssClass = value
End Set
End Property

<Browsable(True), _
Category("Appearance"), _
Description("Style for the content area.")> _
Public Property ContentAreaCSSClass() As String
Get
EnsureChildControls()
Return moTableContentCell.CssClass
End Get
Set(ByVal value As String)
EnsureChildControls()
moTableContentCell.CssClass = value
End Set
End Property

<Browsable(True), _
Category("Appearance"), _
Description("Alignment of the group title area."), _
PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.Attribute)> _
Public Property TitleAlignment() As VerticalAlign
Get
Dim oValue As Object = ViewState("TitleAlignment")
If oValue Is Nothing Then Return VerticalAlign.Bottom Else
Return oValue
End Get
Set(ByVal value As VerticalAlign)
If value = VerticalAlign.Middle Or value = VerticalAlign.NotSet
Then
Throw New NotSupportedException(String.Format("Value {0} is
not a supported value.", value))
Else
ViewState("TitleAlignment") = value
MyBase.ChildControlsCreated = False
EnsureChildControls()
End If
End Set
End Property

<Browsable(True), _
Category("Appearance"), _
Description("Group title text.")> _
Public Property RibbonGroupTitle() As String
Get
EnsureChildControls()
Return molblTitle.Text
End Get
Set(ByVal value As String)
EnsureChildControls()
molblTitle.Text = value
End Set
End Property

'TODO: Do we need this? TemplateContainer(typeof(GridViewRow))]
<Browsable(False), _
PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.InnerProperty)> _
Public Property ItemTemplate() As ITemplate
Get
Return moContentTemplate
End Get
Set(ByVal value As ITemplate)
moContentTemplate = value
End Set
End Property

Protected Overrides Sub CreateChildControls()
MyBase.CreateChildControls()

Controls.Clear()
CreateControlHierarchy()
ClearChildViewState()
End Sub

Protected Sub CreateControlHierarchy()
Me.CssClass = "RibbonGroup"

moContainerTable = New Table()
moContainerTable.CssClass = "RibbonGroupInnerTable"
moContainerTable.CellPadding = 0
moContainerTable.CellSpacing = 0
moContainerTable.BorderWidth = 0

moTableContentRow = New TableRow()
moTableContentCell = New TableCell()
moTableTitleRow = New TableRow()
moTableTitleCell = New TableCell()
molblTitle = New Label()

moTableTitleCell.CssClass = "RibbonGroupTitleArea"
molblTitle.Text = "Title Area"
moTableTitleCell.Controls.Add(molblTitle)
moTableTitleRow.Controls.Add(moTableTitleCell)
moTableContentCell.CssClass = "RibbonGroupContentArea"
moTableContentRow.Controls.Add(moTableContentCell)

' make sure we have controls to put in the content
If Not moContentTemplate Is Nothing Then
moContentTemplate.InstantiateIn(moTableContentCell)
Else
moTableContentCell.Controls.Add(New LiteralControl("Content
Area"))
End If

Select Case Me.TitleAlignment
Case VerticalAlign.Bottom
moContainerTable.Rows.Add(moTableContentRow)
moContainerTable.Rows.Add(moTableTitleRow)
Case VerticalAlign.Top
moContainerTable.Rows.Add(moTableTitleRow)
moContainerTable.Rows.Add(moTableContentRow)
End Select

Me.Controls.Add(moContainerTable)
End Sub

Friend Sub GetDesignTimeHTML()
Me.EnsureChildControls()
End Sub

Protected Overrides ReadOnly Property TagKey() As
System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriterTag
Get
Return HtmlTextWriterTag.Div
End Get
End Property

End Class


Imports System
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Web.UI
Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls
Imports System.Web.UI.Design

Public Class RibbonGroupDesigner
Inherits ControlDesigner

Dim moTemplateColl As TemplateGroupCollection = Nothing

Public Overrides Sub Initialize(ByVal component As
System.ComponentModel.IComponent)
MyBase.Initialize(component)

'enable template editing
SetViewFlags(ViewFlags.TemplateEditing, True)
End Sub

Public Overrides Function GetDesignTimeHtml() As String
Dim ctl As RibbonGroup = CType(Me.Component, RibbonGroup)
ctl.getdesigntimehtml()
Return MyBase.GetDesignTimeHtml()
End Function

Public Overrides ReadOnly Property TemplateGroups() As
System.Web.UI.Design.TemplateGroupCollection
Get
If moTemplateColl Is Nothing Then
moTemplateColl = MyBase.TemplateGroups

Dim tempGroup As TemplateGroup = Nothing
Dim tempDef As TemplateDefinition = Nothing
Dim ctl As RibbonGroup = Nothing

' get component reference
ctl = CType(Me.Component, RibbonGroup)

'create a template group
tempGroup = New TemplateGroup("ItemTemplate")

' create a template definition
tempDef = New TemplateDefinition(Me, "ItemTemplate", ctl,
"ItemTemplate", True)

' add template definition to the template group
tempGroup.AddTemplateDefinition(tempDef)
moTemplateColl.Add(tempGroup)
End If

Return moTemplateColl

End Get
End Property

Public Overrides ReadOnly Property AllowResize() As Boolean
Get
Return True
End Get
End Property


End Class


..RibbonGroup
{
width:200px;
height:100px;
float:left;
border-width: 1px;
border-color: #4A79C6;
border-style: solid;
}

..RibbonGroupInnerTable
{
height:100%;
width:100%;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
}

..RibbonGroupTitleArea
{
height:20%;
width:100%;
text-align: center;
color: #4A79C6;
font-weight:bold;
font-size: small;
filter:
progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(gradientType=0,startColorStr=#EFEBE7,endColorStr=#C6DBEF);
}

..RibbonGroupContentArea
{
height:80%;
width:100%;
filter:
progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(gradientType=0,startColorStr=#EFEBE7,endColorStr=#FFFBFF);
}
 
S

swalkertdci

Another problem is that if the first thing I do on the control is edit the
template, the template will show up ok in the designer. As soon as I change
any of the custom properties on my control, the designer no longer renders
the template.

swalkertdci said:
I have a compositecontrol derived class that I am working on that exposes
several design-time properties. Most of these properties simply delegate to a
corresponding child control property. In most cases this works just fine in
both the designer and runtime. However for two properties on my control
CSSClass and RibbonGroupTitle, I can see the values I set in the designer
persited to the HTML, but after switching to source view and back, the value
I set is not correctly refelected in the designer, or at runtime. I'm sure
there is something really simple I'm missing here, but if someone could help
me find the problem that would be fantastic. The code is as follows:

Imports System.Web
Imports System.Web.UI
Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.ComponentModel.Design

<ToolboxData("<{0}:RibbonGroup runat=server></{0}:RibbonGroup>"), _
ParseChildren(True), _
Designer("TDCIRibbonBar.RibbonGroupDesigner, TDCIRibbonBar",
GetType(IDesigner))> _
Public Class RibbonGroup
Inherits CompositeControl

Private moContainerTable As Table
Private moTableContentRow As TableRow
Private moTableContentCell As TableCell
Private moTableTitleRow As TableRow
Private moTableTitleCell As TableCell
Private molblTitle As Label
Private moContentTemplate As ITemplate

<Browsable(True), _
Category("Appearance"), _
Description("Style for the inner table area.")> _
Public Property InnerTableCSSClass() As String
Get
EnsureChildControls()
Return moContainerTable.CssClass
End Get
Set(ByVal value As String)
EnsureChildControls()
moContainerTable.CssClass = value
End Set
End Property

<Browsable(True), _
Category("Appearance"), _
Description("Style for the title area.")> _
Public Property TitleAreaCSSClass() As String
Get
EnsureChildControls()
Return moTableTitleCell.CssClass
End Get
Set(ByVal value As String)
EnsureChildControls()
moTableTitleCell.CssClass = value
End Set
End Property

<Browsable(True), _
Category("Appearance"), _
Description("Style for the content area.")> _
Public Property ContentAreaCSSClass() As String
Get
EnsureChildControls()
Return moTableContentCell.CssClass
End Get
Set(ByVal value As String)
EnsureChildControls()
moTableContentCell.CssClass = value
End Set
End Property

<Browsable(True), _
Category("Appearance"), _
Description("Alignment of the group title area."), _
PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.Attribute)> _
Public Property TitleAlignment() As VerticalAlign
Get
Dim oValue As Object = ViewState("TitleAlignment")
If oValue Is Nothing Then Return VerticalAlign.Bottom Else
Return oValue
End Get
Set(ByVal value As VerticalAlign)
If value = VerticalAlign.Middle Or value = VerticalAlign.NotSet
Then
Throw New NotSupportedException(String.Format("Value {0} is
not a supported value.", value))
Else
ViewState("TitleAlignment") = value
MyBase.ChildControlsCreated = False
EnsureChildControls()
End If
End Set
End Property

<Browsable(True), _
Category("Appearance"), _
Description("Group title text.")> _
Public Property RibbonGroupTitle() As String
Get
EnsureChildControls()
Return molblTitle.Text
End Get
Set(ByVal value As String)
EnsureChildControls()
molblTitle.Text = value
End Set
End Property

'TODO: Do we need this? TemplateContainer(typeof(GridViewRow))]
<Browsable(False), _
PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.InnerProperty)> _
Public Property ItemTemplate() As ITemplate
Get
Return moContentTemplate
End Get
Set(ByVal value As ITemplate)
moContentTemplate = value
End Set
End Property

Protected Overrides Sub CreateChildControls()
MyBase.CreateChildControls()

Controls.Clear()
CreateControlHierarchy()
ClearChildViewState()
End Sub

Protected Sub CreateControlHierarchy()
Me.CssClass = "RibbonGroup"

moContainerTable = New Table()
moContainerTable.CssClass = "RibbonGroupInnerTable"
moContainerTable.CellPadding = 0
moContainerTable.CellSpacing = 0
moContainerTable.BorderWidth = 0

moTableContentRow = New TableRow()
moTableContentCell = New TableCell()
moTableTitleRow = New TableRow()
moTableTitleCell = New TableCell()
molblTitle = New Label()

moTableTitleCell.CssClass = "RibbonGroupTitleArea"
molblTitle.Text = "Title Area"
moTableTitleCell.Controls.Add(molblTitle)
moTableTitleRow.Controls.Add(moTableTitleCell)
moTableContentCell.CssClass = "RibbonGroupContentArea"
moTableContentRow.Controls.Add(moTableContentCell)

' make sure we have controls to put in the content
If Not moContentTemplate Is Nothing Then
moContentTemplate.InstantiateIn(moTableContentCell)
Else
moTableContentCell.Controls.Add(New LiteralControl("Content
Area"))
End If

Select Case Me.TitleAlignment
Case VerticalAlign.Bottom
moContainerTable.Rows.Add(moTableContentRow)
moContainerTable.Rows.Add(moTableTitleRow)
Case VerticalAlign.Top
moContainerTable.Rows.Add(moTableTitleRow)
moContainerTable.Rows.Add(moTableContentRow)
End Select

Me.Controls.Add(moContainerTable)
End Sub

Friend Sub GetDesignTimeHTML()
Me.EnsureChildControls()
End Sub

Protected Overrides ReadOnly Property TagKey() As
System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriterTag
Get
Return HtmlTextWriterTag.Div
End Get
End Property

End Class


Imports System
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Web.UI
Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls
Imports System.Web.UI.Design

Public Class RibbonGroupDesigner
Inherits ControlDesigner

Dim moTemplateColl As TemplateGroupCollection = Nothing

Public Overrides Sub Initialize(ByVal component As
System.ComponentModel.IComponent)
MyBase.Initialize(component)

'enable template editing
SetViewFlags(ViewFlags.TemplateEditing, True)
End Sub

Public Overrides Function GetDesignTimeHtml() As String
Dim ctl As RibbonGroup = CType(Me.Component, RibbonGroup)
ctl.getdesigntimehtml()
Return MyBase.GetDesignTimeHtml()
End Function

Public Overrides ReadOnly Property TemplateGroups() As
System.Web.UI.Design.TemplateGroupCollection
Get
If moTemplateColl Is Nothing Then
moTemplateColl = MyBase.TemplateGroups

Dim tempGroup As TemplateGroup = Nothing
Dim tempDef As TemplateDefinition = Nothing
Dim ctl As RibbonGroup = Nothing

' get component reference
ctl = CType(Me.Component, RibbonGroup)

'create a template group
tempGroup = New TemplateGroup("ItemTemplate")

' create a template definition
tempDef = New TemplateDefinition(Me, "ItemTemplate", ctl,
"ItemTemplate", True)

' add template definition to the template group
tempGroup.AddTemplateDefinition(tempDef)
moTemplateColl.Add(tempGroup)
End If

Return moTemplateColl

End Get
End Property

Public Overrides ReadOnly Property AllowResize() As Boolean
Get
Return True
End Get
End Property


End Class


.RibbonGroup
{
width:200px;
height:100px;
float:left;
border-width: 1px;
border-color: #4A79C6;
border-style: solid;
}

.RibbonGroupInnerTable
{
height:100%;
width:100%;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
}

.RibbonGroupTitleArea
{
height:20%;
width:100%;
text-align: center;
color: #4A79C6;
font-weight:bold;
font-size: small;
filter:
progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(gradientType=0,startColorStr=#EFEBE7,endColorStr=#C6DBEF);
}

.RibbonGroupContentArea
{
height:80%;
width:100%;
filter:
progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(gradientType=0,startColorStr=#EFEBE7,endColorStr=#FFFBFF);
}
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