Persisting Columns property in Designer for a GridView inside a CompositeDataBoundControl

S

schmurgon

Hi,

This has been driving me nuts for 2 days now. I have a custom control
derived from CompositeDataBoundControl that contains a GridView control
and a few other controls. I am wanting to expose a "Coumns" property
on my control that uses the same designer that the GridView uses for
it's Columns property. I have managed to get this far, however after
adding the desired columns in design-time no changes are persisted.
What am I doing wrong? From what I have read, nested controls look
after their own ControlState e.t.c. It's as if I'm missing an event
hook that should fire when the "OK" button in the
DataControlFieldTypeEditor is pressed.

namespace Schmurgon.WebControls
{
public enum ContainerType
{
ActivityLogSummaryGridView = 1,
ActivityDescriptionLabel = 2,
ActivityDetailLabel = 3,
CreateNoteButton = 4
}

/// <summary>
/// Container control for individual components of the
/// ActivityLog control
/// </summary>
public class ActivityLogContainer : TableCell, INamingContainer
{
private ContainerType _containerType;

/// <summary>
/// Creates a new ActivityLogContainer of the specified type
/// </summary>
/// <param name="containerType"></param>
public ActivityLogContainer( ContainerType containerType )
{
_containerType = containerType;
}


/// <summary>
/// The container type
/// </summary>
public ContainerType ContainerType
{
get { return _containerType; }
}
}

[DefaultProperty("Text")]
[ToolboxData("<{0}:ActivityLog runat=server></{0}:ActivityLog>")]
public class ActivityLog : CompositeDataBoundControl,
IPostBackEventHandler
{
#region Fields

private Label _activityDetailLabel;
private Label _activityDescriptionLabel;
private GridView _activityLogSummaryGridView;
private Button _createNoteButton;
private ActivityLogContainer _activityDetailLabelContainer;
private ActivityLogContainer
_activityDescriptionLabelContainer;
private ActivityLogContainer
_activityLogSummaryGridViewContainer;
private ActivityLogContainer _createNoteButtonContainer;

private static readonly object CommandEventKey = new object();

#endregion

#region Properties

[Bindable(true)]
[Category("Data")]
[DefaultValue("")]
[Localizable(true)]
[NotifyParentProperty(true)]
/// <summary>
/// Gets or sets the ID of the DataSource control
/// </summary>
public override string DataSourceID
{
get
{
EnsureChildControls();
return _activityLogSummaryGridView.DataSourceID;
}
set
{
EnsureChildControls();
_activityLogSummaryGridView.DataSourceID = value;
}
}

[Bindable(true)]
[Category("Appearance")]
[DefaultValue("")]
[Localizable(true)]
public virtual string ActivityDescriptionText
{
get
{
EnsureChildControls();
_activityDescriptionLabel.Text =
(String)ViewState["ActivityDescriptionLabelText"];
return ((_activityDescriptionLabel.Text == null) ?
String.Empty : _activityDescriptionLabel.Text );
}
set
{
EnsureChildControls();
ViewState["ActivityDescriptionLabelText"] = value;
_activityDescriptionLabel.Text = value;
}
}

[Bindable(true)]
[Category("Appearance")]
[DefaultValue("")]
[Localizable(true)]
public virtual string ButtonText
{
get
{
EnsureChildControls();
_createNoteButton.Text =
(String)ViewState["CreateNoteButtonText"];
return ((_createNoteButton.Text == null) ? String.Empty
: _createNoteButton.Text);
}
set
{
EnsureChildControls();
ViewState["CreateNoteButtonText"] = value;
_createNoteButton.Text = value;
}
}

public string CommandName
{
get { return _createNoteButton.CommandName; }
}

public string CommandArgument
{
get { return _createNoteButton.CommandArgument; }
}

[PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.InnerProperty)]
[Editor(typeof(
System.Web.UI.Design.WebControls.DataControlFieldTypeEditor), typeof(
UITypeEditor ))]
[MergableProperty(false)]
[DefaultValue( (string)null)]
[Category("Default")]
[DesignerSerializationVisibility(
DesignerSerializationVisibility.Content)]
public virtual DataControlFieldCollection Columns
{
get
{
EnsureChildControls();
return _activityLogSummaryGridView.Columns;
}
}

[Editor(typeof(
System.Web.UI.Design.WebControls.DataControlFieldTypeEditor ), typeof(
UITypeEditor )), TypeConverter( typeof( StringArrayConverter ))]
[Category("Data")]
public string[] DataKeyNames
{
get
{
return _activityLogSummaryGridView.DataKeyNames;
}
}



#endregion

#region Events

public event CommandEventHandler Command
{
add { Events.AddHandler( CommandEventKey, value );}
remove { Events.RemoveHandler( CommandEventKey, value );}
}

#endregion

protected override void OnInit( EventArgs e )
{
EnsureChildControls();
base.OnInit( e );
InitializeComponent();
}

private void InitializeComponent()
{
_activityLogSummaryGridView.RowCommand += new
GridViewCommandEventHandler(
ActivityLogSummaryGridView_RowCommand );

_activityLogSummaryGridView.RowDataBound += new
GridViewRowEventHandler(
ActivityLogSummaryGridView_RowDataBound );

_activityLogSummaryGridView.RowCreated += new
GridViewRowEventHandler(
ActivityLogSummaryGridView_RowCreated );

_activityLogSummaryGridView.Columns.FieldsChanged +=
new EventHandler(
ActivityLogSummaryGridView_FieldsChanged );

}

private void ActivityLogSummaryGridView_RowCreated( object
sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
// do Something
}

void ActivityLogSummaryGridView_RowCommand( object sender,
GridViewCommandEventArgs e)
{
// Do Something
}

private void ActivityLogSummaryGridView_RowDataBound( object
sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
if ( e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow )
{
// Do Something
}
}

private void ActivityLogSummaryGridView_FieldsChanged( object
sender, EventArgs e )
{

}



protected virtual void OnCommand( CommandEventArgs e )
{
CommandEventHandler handler = Events[ CommandEventKey ] as
CommandEventHandler;

if ( handler != null )
{
handler( this, e );
}

RaiseBubbleEvent( this, e );
}


/// <summary>
/// Create a new ActivityLogContainer
/// </summary>
/// <param name="containerType"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
protected virtual ActivityLogContainer CreateContainer(
ContainerType containerType )
{
return new ActivityLogContainer( containerType );
}

/// <summary>
///
/// </summary>
/// <param name="activityLogContainer"></param>
protected virtual void CreateContainerChildControls(
ActivityLogContainer activityLogContainer )
{
switch ( activityLogContainer.ContainerType )
{
case ContainerType.ActivityDetailLabel:
_activityDetailLabel = new Label();
_activityDetailLabel.Width = Unit.Percentage(100);
_activityDetailLabel.ID = "_activityDetailLabel";
_activityDetailLabel.Text = "[Activity Detail]";
activityLogContainer.Controls.Add(
_activityDetailLabel );
break;

case ContainerType.ActivityDescriptionLabel:
_activityDescriptionLabel = new Label();
_activityDescriptionLabel.Width =
Unit.Percentage(100);
_activityDescriptionLabel.ID =
"_activityDescriptionLabel";
_activityDescriptionLabel.Text = "[Description]";

activityLogContainer.Controls.Add(_activityDescriptionLabel);
break;

case ContainerType.ActivityLogSummaryGridView:
_activityLogSummaryGridView = new GridView();
_activityLogSummaryGridView.Visible = true;
_activityLogSummaryGridView.EmptyDataText = "No
Activities";
_activityLogSummaryGridView.Width =
Unit.Percentage(100);
_activityLogSummaryGridView.ID =
"_activityLogSummaryGridView";
// _activityLogSummaryGridView.DataSourceID =
DataSourceID;
_activityLogSummaryGridView.AutoGenerateColumns =
false;
_activityLogSummaryGridView.DataKeyNames = new
string[] { "ActivityId" };

// InitializeGridViewColumns();

activityLogContainer.Controls.Add(
_activityLogSummaryGridView );
break;

case ContainerType.CreateNoteButton:
_createNoteButton = new Button();
_createNoteButton.CommandName = "CreateNote";
_createNoteButton.Text = ButtonText;
_createNoteButton.ID = "_createNoteButton";
activityLogContainer.Controls.Add(
_createNoteButton );
break;
}
}

private void InitializeGridViewColumns()
{
BoundField activityLogId = new BoundField();
BoundField description = new BoundField();
BoundField detail = new BoundField();

activityLogId.HeaderText = "ID";
activityLogId.DataField = "ActivityId";
activityLogId.InsertVisible = false;
activityLogId.SortExpression = "ActivityId";

description.HeaderText = "Description";
description.DataField = "Description";
description.SortExpression = "Description";

detail.HeaderText = "Detail";
detail.DataField = "Detail";
detail.SortExpression = "Detail";

_activityLogSummaryGridView.Columns.Add(activityLogId);
_activityLogSummaryGridView.Columns.Add(description);
_activityLogSummaryGridView.Columns.Add(detail);
}

/// <summary>
///
/// </summary>
protected virtual void ApplyContainerStyles()
{
ApplyContainerStyle( _activityDetailLabelContainer );
ApplyContainerStyle( _activityDescriptionLabelContainer );
ApplyContainerStyle( _activityLogSummaryGridViewContainer
);
ApplyContainerStyle( _createNoteButtonContainer );
}

/// <summary>
///
/// </summary>
/// <param name="container"></param>
private void ApplyContainerStyle( ActivityLogContainer
container )
{
container.VerticalAlign = VerticalAlign.Middle;
container.Wrap = true;
container.BackColor = Color.FromName( "White" );
container.ForeColor = Color.FromName( "Black" );

if ( container.ContainerType ==
ContainerType.CreateNoteButton )
{
container.HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Right;
}
else
{
container.HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Left;
}
}

protected virtual void AddContainer( ActivityLogContainer
container )
{
Controls.Add( container );
}

protected virtual void RenderContainer( ActivityLogContainer
container,
HtmlTextWriter writer )
{
container.RenderControl( writer );
}

protected override void CreateChildControls()
{
Controls.Clear();
_activityDetailLabelContainer = CreateContainer(
ContainerType.ActivityDetailLabel );
CreateContainerChildControls( _activityDetailLabelContainer
);
AddContainer( _activityDetailLabelContainer );

_activityDescriptionLabelContainer = CreateContainer(
ContainerType.ActivityDescriptionLabel );
CreateContainerChildControls(
_activityDescriptionLabelContainer );
AddContainer( _activityDescriptionLabelContainer );

_activityLogSummaryGridViewContainer = CreateContainer(
ContainerType.ActivityLogSummaryGridView );
CreateContainerChildControls(
_activityLogSummaryGridViewContainer );
AddContainer( _activityLogSummaryGridViewContainer );

_createNoteButtonContainer = CreateContainer(
ContainerType.CreateNoteButton );
CreateContainerChildControls( _createNoteButtonContainer );
AddContainer( _createNoteButtonContainer );

ChildControlsCreated = true;
}

/// <summary>
///
/// </summary>
protected override HtmlTextWriterTag TagKey
{
get { return HtmlTextWriterTag.Table; }
}

/// <summary>
///
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
protected override Style CreateControlStyle()
{
return new TableStyle( ViewState );
}

/// <summary>
///
/// </summary>
/// <param name="writer"></param>
protected override void RenderContents( HtmlTextWriter writer )
{
ApplyContainerStyles();
writer.RenderBeginTag( HtmlTextWriterTag.Tr );
RenderContainer( _activityLogSummaryGridViewContainer,
writer );
writer.RenderEndTag();

writer.RenderBeginTag( HtmlTextWriterTag.Tr );
RenderContainer( _activityDescriptionLabelContainer, writer
);
writer.RenderEndTag();

writer.RenderBeginTag( HtmlTextWriterTag.Tr );
RenderContainer( _activityDetailLabelContainer, writer );
writer.RenderEndTag();

writer.RenderBeginTag( HtmlTextWriterTag.Tr );
RenderContainer( _createNoteButtonContainer, writer );
writer.RenderEndTag();
}

/// <summary>
///
/// </summary>
/// <param name="source"></param>
/// <param name="args"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
protected override bool OnBubbleEvent(object source, EventArgs
args)
{
bool handled = false;

//TODO: Implement this if we want to raise our own events,
and not expose the button
//command event
CommandEventArgs commandEventArgs = args as
CommandEventArgs;
if ( commandEventArgs != null &&
commandEventArgs.CommandName == "CreateNote" )
{
// Create new CreateNoteEventArgs class e.t.c.
OnCommand( commandEventArgs );
handled = true;
}

return handled;
}


void IPostBackEventHandler.RaisePostBackEvent( string
eventArgument )
{
RaisePostBackEvent( eventArgument );
}

protected virtual void RaisePostBackEvent( string eventArgs )
{
CommandEventArgs e = new CommandEventArgs( CommandName,
CommandArgument );
OnCommand( e );
}

protected override int CreateChildControls( IEnumerable
dataSource, bool dataBinding )
{
//Controls.Clear();
CreateChildControls();

// TODO: return an int? (no. of rows
return 2;
}
}
}
 

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