Is it possible to pass an enum to a Web User Control?

[M]

I can pass in a string to a Web User Control, but I haven't been successful
passing in an enum. I declared my enum as a public variable in my Web User
Control itself.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Karl Seguin]

It'd be easier if you showed us what you have so far...

public class x1 : System.Web.UI.UserControl
{

private DisplayType type;
public DisplayType Type
{
get { return type; }
set { type = value; }
}
private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
Response.Write(type.ToString());
}
}
public enum DisplayType
{
Simple = 10,
Complex = 15
}


<uc1:x1 Type="Simple" id="X11" runat="server"></uc1:x1>

Karl

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[M]

Hi Karl,

I thought I was not clear, but your explanation is right on; you read my
mind. And it solved my problem too.

I was trying something like:
<uc1:x1 Type="DisplayType.Simple" id="X11" runat="server"></uc1:x1>

then even more complicated:
<uc1:x1 Type="MyNamespace.MyClass.DisplayType.Simple" id="X11"
runat="server"></uc1:x1>

I got a couple of questions though because I'm not sure I understand why it
works.
1. How can you access Simple directly? That is without DisplayType.Simple.
2. Is an enum actually a class by itself (or subclass in this case)? Seems I
read that somewhere, or maybe I'm just getting completely confused.

Thanks a lot.

 

[Karl Seguin]

M,
ASP.Net uses something known as TypeConverters to turn seemingly "string"
values into real values...For example, when you type ForeColor="Red" since
ForeColor is of type Color it uses the ColorConverter to turn "Red" into an
actual instance of the class Color which represents red.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...rfsystemdrawingcolorconvertermemberstopic.asp

Not suprisingly, for enumerations, it uses a class called EnumConverter:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...emcomponentmodelenumconvertermemberstopic.asp


You can check out the code of EnumConverter using reflector...but, to answer
your question, that's just how EnumConverter works....it knows that Simple
is of type DisplayType because the Type property is of that type...

Karl

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