I have 2 Silverlight DataGrids one on top of another. I want to synchronize their horizontal scrollbars.
I have tried to put them both in separate scrollviewers and set the horizontal offset of source scrollviewer to horizontal offset of target scrollviewer but that does not work, the below DataGrid scrollviewer disappers.I think that might be because these Datagrid are inside a StackPanel?
I also tried to put these 2 grids in a third grid and apply scrollviewer on that but that does not work either
Does anyone have an idea how to go about this?
Thanks a lot in advance
I did this in SL4, have no idea if it works in SL3, sorry. The docs state that the API is there but I have not tried it.
The trick is to use automation peers. Get the scroll pattern automation peers for both grids. When scrolling happens on one grid, scroll the other one through the automation peer.
To make this more concrete, assuming we have 2 grids, named _dgGrowth and _dgTotals:
using System.Windows.Automation.Peers;
using System.Windows.Automation.Provider;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Controls.Primitives;
public partial class MyPageWithGrids : Page {
...
private ScrollBar _sbGrowth, _sbTotals;
private AutomationPeer _peerGrowth, _peerTotals;
private bool _ignoreScrollEvents;
private void OnPageLoaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) {
_sbGrowth = GetHorizontalScrollBar(_dgGrowth);
if (_sbGrowth != null) {
_sbGrowth.Scroll += OnScrollGrowthGrid;
}
_sbTotals = GetHorizontalScrollBar(_dgTotals);
if (_sbTotals != null) {
_sbTotals.Scroll += OnScrollTotalsGrid;
}
_peerGrowth = FrameworkElementAutomationPeer.CreatePeerForElement(_dgGrowth);
_peerTotals = FrameworkElementAutomationPeer.CreatePeerForElement(_dgTotals);
}
private ScrollBar GetHorizontalScrollBar(DataGrid parentGrid) {
return parentGrid.Descendents().OfType<ScrollBar>().FirstOrDefault(sb => sb.Name == "HorizontalScrollbar");
}
private void OnScrollTotalsGrid(object sender, ScrollEventArgs e) {
if (! _ignoreScrollEvents) {
SyncHorizontalScroll(_peerTotals, _peerGrowth);
}
}
private void OnScrollGrowthGrid(object sender, ScrollEventArgs e) {
if (! _ignoreScrollEvents) {
SyncHorizontalScroll(_peerGrowth, _peerTotals);
}
}
private void SyncHorizontalScroll(AutomationPeer source, AutomationPeer copy) {
IScrollProvider sourceProvider = null;
if (source != null) {
sourceProvider = (IScrollProvider) source.GetPattern(PatternInterface.Scroll);
}
IScrollProvider copyProvider = null;
if (copy != null) {
copyProvider = (IScrollProvider) copy.GetPattern(PatternInterface.Scroll);
}
if (sourceProvider != null && copyProvider != null) {
_ignoreScrollEvents = true;
// scroll copy at horizontal position of source, and keep vertical position
copyProvider.SetScrollPercent(sourceProvider.HorizontalScrollPercent, copyProvider.VerticalScrollPercent);
_ignoreScrollEvents = false;
}
}
}
What is not shown is setting up the Loaded event to OnPageLoaded and the Descendants() method found in this question.
Related
I have a business object in my XAF application which inherits from the standard Scheduler'Event' class. In the list view I get the default scheduler list view where the boxes display the descriptive text. I want to display additional text in those boxes. I looked around and found "ScheduleControl.InitAppointmentDisplayText" event but could not figure out how to implement it within my class.
You can implement the following code within a view controller within the Module.Win project.
namespace Project.Module.Win.Controllers{
using DevExpress.ExpressApp;
using DevExpress.ExpressApp.Scheduler.Win;
using DevExpress.XtraScheduler;
public partial class SchedulerViewController : ObjectViewController<ListView, Project.Module.BusinessObjects.Event>
{
public SchedulerViewController()
{
this.InitializeComponent();
this.RegisterActions(this.components);
}
protected override void OnViewControlsCreated()
{
base.OnViewControlsCreated();
SchedulerListEditor listEditor = View.Editor as SchedulerListEditor;
if (listEditor != null)
{
SchedulerControl scheduler = listEditor.SchedulerControl;
if (scheduler != null)
{
scheduler.InitAppointmentDisplayText += new AppointmentDisplayTextEventHandler(this.SchedulerControl_InitAppointmentDisplayText);
}
}
}
private void SchedulerControl_InitAppointmentDisplayText(object sender, AppointmentDisplayTextEventArgs e)
{
MyEventObject myEventObject = this.ObjectSpace.GetObjectByKey<MyEventObject>(e.Appointment.Id);
if (myEventObject != null)
{
e.Text = string.Concat("Text Goes Here - ", myEventObject.FieldValue);
}
}
}
I'm implementing a DynamicItemStart button inside a Menu Controller. I'm loading the dynamic items for this button when Visual Studio starts. Everything is loaded correctly so the initialize method is called an I see all the new items in this Dynamic button. After the package is completely loaded I want to add more items to this Dynamic button, but since the package is already loaded the initialize method is not called again and I cannot see the new items in this Dynamic button. I only see the ones that were loaded when VS started.
Is there any way that I can force the update of this Dynamic button so it shows the new items?. I want to be able to update the VS UI after I added more items but outside the Initialize method.
The implementation I did is very similar to the one showed on this msdn example:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb166492.aspx
Does anyone know if an Update of the UI can be done by demand?
Any hints are greatly appreciated.
I finally got this working. The main thing is the implementation of a derived class of OleMenuCommand that implements a new constructor with a Predicate. This predicate is used to check if a new command is a match within the DynamicItemStart button.
public class DynamicItemMenuCommand : OleMenuCommand
{
private Predicate<int> matches;
public DynamicItemMenuCommand(CommandID rootId, Predicate<int> matches, EventHandler invokeHandler, EventHandler beforeQueryStatusHandler)
: base(invokeHandler, null, beforeQueryStatusHandler, rootId)
{
if (matches == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("Matches predicate cannot be null.");
}
this.matches = matches;
}
public override bool DynamicItemMatch(int cmdId)
{
if (this.matches(cmdId))
{
this.MatchedCommandId = cmdId;
return true;
}
this.MatchedCommandId = 0;
return false;
}
}
The above class should be used when adding the commands on execution time. Here's the code that creates the commands
public class ListMenu
{
private int _baselistID = (int)PkgCmdIDList.cmdidMRUList;
private List<IVsDataExplorerConnection> _connectionsList;
public ListMenu(ref OleMenuCommandService mcs)
{
InitMRUMenu(ref mcs);
}
internal void InitMRUMenu(ref OleMenuCommandService mcs)
{
if (mcs != null)
{
//_baselistID has the guid value of the DynamicStartItem
CommandID dynamicItemRootId = new CommandID(GuidList.guidIDEToolbarCmdSet, _baselistID);
DynamicItemMenuCommand dynamicMenuCommand = new DynamicItemMenuCommand(dynamicItemRootId, isValidDynamicItem, OnInvokedDynamicItem, OnBeforeQueryStatusDynamicItem);
mcs.AddCommand(dynamicMenuCommand);
}
}
private bool IsValidDynamicItem(int commandId)
{
return ((commandId - _baselistID) < connectionsCount); // here is the place to put the criteria to add a new command to the dynamic button
}
private void OnInvokedDynamicItem(object sender, EventArgs args)
{
DynamicItemMenuCommand invokedCommand = (DynamicItemMenuCommand)sender;
if (null != invokedCommand)
{
.....
}
}
private void OnBeforeQueryStatusDynamicItem(object sender, EventArgs args)
{
DynamicItemMenuCommand matchedCommand = (DynamicItemMenuCommand)sender;
bool isRootItem = (matchedCommand.MatchedCommandId == 0);
matchedCommand.Enabled = true;
matchedCommand.Visible = true;
int indexForDisplay = (isRootItem ? 0 : (matchedCommand.MatchedCommandId - _baselistID));
matchedCommand.Text = "Text for the command";
matchedCommand.MatchedCommandId = 0;
}
}
I had to review a lot of documentation since it was not very clear how the commands can be added on execution time. So I hope this save some time whoever has to implement anything similar.
The missing piece for me was figuring out how to control the addition of new items.
It took me some time to figure out that the matches predicate (the IsValidDynamicItem method in the sample) controls how many items get added - as long as it returns true, the OnBeforeQueryStatusDynamicItem gets invoked and can set the details (Enabled/Visible/Checked/Text etc.) of the match to be added to the menu.
Scenario:
User submits search criteria and selects an item from search results on the same page, which navigates to a new page of details for the selected item.
When the User returns to the search screen, the search criteria & results (including selected page and sort-order) should be preserved from their last visit.
Related information:
All form submissions are POSTs.
Navigation back to the search screen may not be available from last browser history (e.g. more than one details screen may be encountered, or the user may navigate directly to the search screen from an alternative menu.)
Search results are provided using Telerik RadGrid control.
I'm looking for a generic solution that will be able to be applied to different search screens.
In some instances, the item may be DELETED from within the details screen, and should therefore not appear in the search results when the screen is next encountered.
Thoughts:
I've read a lot of suggested methods for addressing various parts of this scenario, but I'm still confused; no comprehensively "correct" solution jumps to the forefront.
I guess I'm asking for recommendations/approach rather than a whole solution spelled out for me (although that would be nice! ;-)
The .NET VIEWSTATE would seem to do exactly what I'm after (with the exception of #5) - Is there some way of leveraging off this so that viewstate can be used between pages, and not just between postbacks to the same page? (e.g. can I store/restore viewstate to/from a session variable or something? I haven't seen this suggested anywhere and I'm wondering if there's a reason why.)
Thanks in advance.
Thanks for all the advice.
For the benefit of others, here is a solution to this issue (no doubt there's room for improvement, but this works satisfactorily for the moment).
4 functions...
StoreSearchCookie - Persist the state/values of a panel of search criteria and a results grid in a cookie with a specified UID.
RestoreSearchCookie_Criteria - Read the cookie and re-populate the search criteira
RestoreSearchCookie_Results - Read the cookie and restore the grid state.
FindFormControls - Helper method to recursively find form-input controls in a container (pinched & modified from elsewhere on Stack Overflow)
NB...
I haven't addressed the multiple-tabs issue because our application doesn't allow them anyway.
RestoreSearchResults utilises GridSettingsPersister.cs available from Telerik website, (but I had to modify it to store the page number as well)
Usage is as follows...
protected void Page_PreRender(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (Page.IsPostBack)
{
// Store the state of the page
StoreSearchCookie("SomeSearchPage", pnlSearchCriteria, gridResults);
}
else
{
// Restore search criteria
RestoreSearchCookie_Criteria("SomeSearchPage");
// Re-invoke the search here
DoSearch(); // (for example)
// Restore the grid state
RestoreSearchCookie_Results("SomeSearchPage");
}
}
Code follows...
protected void StoreSearchCookie(string cookieName, Panel SearchPanel, RadGrid ResultsGrid)
{
try
{
HttpCookie cookieCriteria = new HttpCookie("StoredSearchCriteria_" + cookieName);
// 1. Store the search criteria
//
List<Control> controls = new List<Control>();
FindFormControls(controls, SearchPanel);
foreach (Control control in controls)
{
string id = control.ID;
string parentId = control.Parent.ID;
string uid = string.Format("{0}>{1}", parentId, id);
string value = "";
Type type = control.GetType();
bool isValidType = true; // Optimistic!
if (type == typeof(TextBox))
{
value = ((TextBox)control).Text;
}
else if (type == typeof(DropDownList))
{
value = ((DropDownList)control).SelectedValue;
}
else if (type == typeof(HiddenField))
{
value = ((HiddenField)control).Value;
}
else if (type == typeof(RadioButton))
{
value = ((RadioButton)control).Checked.ToString();
}
else if (type == typeof(CheckBox))
{
value = ((CheckBox)control).Checked.ToString();
}
else
{
isValidType = false;
}
if (isValidType)
{
cookieCriteria.Values[uid] = value;
}
}
cookieCriteria.Expires = DateTime.Now.AddDays(1d);
Response.Cookies.Add(cookieCriteria);
// 2. Persist the grid settings
//
GridSettingsPersister SavePersister = new GridSettingsPersister(ResultsGrid);
HttpCookie cookieResults = new HttpCookie("StoredSearchResults_" + cookieName);
cookieResults.Values["GridId"] = ResultsGrid.ID;
cookieResults.Values["GridSettings"] = SavePersister.SaveSettings();
cookieResults.Expires = DateTime.Now.AddDays(1d);
Response.Cookies.Add(cookieResults);
}
catch (Exception exception)
{
Logger.Write(exception);
}
}
protected void RestoreSearchCookie_Criteria(string cookieName)
{
try
{
HttpCookie cookieCriteria = Request.Cookies["StoredSearchCriteria_" + cookieName];
if (cookieCriteria != null)
{
foreach (string key in cookieCriteria.Values.AllKeys)
{
string value = cookieCriteria[key];
string[] ids = key.Split('>');
string parentId = ids[0];
string id = ids[1];
Control control = FindControl(parentId).FindControl(id);
Type type = control.GetType();
if (type == typeof(TextBox))
{
((TextBox)control).Text = value;
}
else if (type == typeof(DropDownList))
{
((DropDownList)control).SelectByValue(value);
}
else if (type == typeof(HiddenField))
{
((HiddenField)control).Value = value;
}
else if (type == typeof(RadioButton))
{
((RadioButton)control).Checked = Boolean.Parse(value);
}
else if (type == typeof(CheckBox))
{
((CheckBox)control).Checked = Boolean.Parse(value);
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception exception)
{
Logger.Write(exception);
}
}
protected void RestoreSearchCookie_Results(string cookieName)
{
try
{
HttpCookie cookieResults = Request.Cookies["StoredSearchResults_" + cookieName];
if (cookieResults != null)
{
string gridId = cookieResults.Values["GridId"];
string settings = cookieResults.Values["GridSettings"];
RadGrid grid = (RadGrid)FindControl(gridId);
GridSettingsPersister LoadPersister = new GridSettingsPersister(grid);
LoadPersister.LoadSettings(settings);
grid.Rebind();
}
}
catch (Exception exception)
{
Logger.Write(exception);
}
}
private void FindFormControls(List<Control> foundSofar, Control parent)
{
List<Type> types = new List<Type> { typeof(TextBox), typeof(DropDownList), typeof(RadioButton), typeof(CheckBox), typeof(HiddenField) };
foreach (Control control in parent.Controls)
{
if (types.Any(item => item == control.GetType()))
{
foundSofar.Add(control);
}
if (control.Controls.Count > 0)
{
this.FindFormControls(foundSofar, control); // Use recursion to find all descendants.
}
}
}
I have a complex asp.net form,having even 50 to 60 fields in one form like there is Multiview, inside MultiView I have a GridView, and inside GridView I have several CheckBoxes.
Currently I am using chaining of the FindControl() method and retrieving the child ID.
Now, my question is that is there any other way/solution to find the nested control in ASP.NET.
If you're looking for a specific type of control you could use a recursive loop like this one -
http://weblogs.asp.net/eporter/archive/2007/02/24/asp-net-findcontrol-recursive-with-generics.aspx
Here's an example I made that returns all controls of the given type
/// <summary>
/// Finds all controls of type T stores them in FoundControls
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
private class ControlFinder<T> where T : Control
{
private readonly List<T> _foundControls = new List<T>();
public IEnumerable<T> FoundControls
{
get { return _foundControls; }
}
public void FindChildControlsRecursive(Control control)
{
foreach (Control childControl in control.Controls)
{
if (childControl.GetType() == typeof(T))
{
_foundControls.Add((T)childControl);
}
else
{
FindChildControlsRecursive(childControl);
}
}
}
}
Late as usual. If anyone is still interested in this there are a number of related SO questions and answers. My version of recursive extension method for resolving this:
public static IEnumerable<T> FindControlsOfType<T>(this Control parent)
where T : Control
{
foreach (Control child in parent.Controls)
{
if (child is T)
{
yield return (T)child;
}
else if (child.Controls.Count > 0)
{
foreach (T grandChild in child.FindControlsOfType<T>())
{
yield return grandChild;
}
}
}
}
All the highlighted solutions are using recursion (which is performance costly). Here is cleaner way without recursion:
public T GetControlByType<T>(Control root, Func<T, bool> predicate = null) where T : Control
{
if (root == null) {
throw new ArgumentNullException("root");
}
var stack = new Stack<Control>(new Control[] { root });
while (stack.Count > 0) {
var control = stack.Pop();
T match = control as T;
if (match != null && (predicate == null || predicate(match))) {
return match;
}
foreach (Control childControl in control.Controls) {
stack.Push(childControl);
}
}
return default(T);
}
FindControl does not search within nested controls recursively. It does only find controls that's NamigContainer is the Control on that you are calling FindControl.
Theres a reason that ASP.Net does not look into your nested controls recursively by default:
Performance
Avoiding errors
Reusability
Consider you want to encapsulate your GridViews, Formviews, UserControls etc. inside of other UserControls for reusability reasons. If you would have implemented all logic in your page and accessed these controls with recursive loops, it'll very difficult to refactor that. If you have implemented your logic and access methods via the event-handlers(f.e. RowDataBound of GridView), it'll be much simpler and less error-prone.
Action Management On Controls
Create below class in base class.
Class To get all controls:
public static class ControlExtensions
{
public static IEnumerable<T> GetAllControlsOfType<T>(this Control parent) where T : Control
{
var result = new List<T>();
foreach (Control control in parent.Controls)
{
if (control is T)
{
result.Add((T)control);
}
if (control.HasControls())
{
result.AddRange(control.GetAllControlsOfType<T>());
}
}
return result;
}
}
From Database:
Get All Actions IDs (like divAction1,divAction2 ....) dynamic in DATASET (DTActions) allow on specific User.
In Aspx:
in HTML Put Action(button,anchor etc) in div or span and give them id like
<div id="divAction1" visible="false" runat="server" clientidmode="Static">
<a id="anchorAction" runat="server">Submit
</a>
</div>
IN CS:
Use this function on your page:
private void ShowHideActions()
{
var controls = Page.GetAllControlsOfType<HtmlGenericControl>();
foreach (DataRow dr in DTActions.Rows)
{
foreach (Control cont in controls)
{
if (cont.ClientID == "divAction" + dr["ActionID"].ToString())
{
cont.Visible = true;
}
}
}
}
Recursively find all controls matching the specified predicate (do not include root Control):
public static IEnumerable<Control> FindControlsRecursive(this Control control, Func<Control, bool> predicate)
{
var results = new List<Control>();
foreach (Control child in control.Controls)
{
if (predicate(child))
{
results.Add(child);
}
results.AddRange(child.FindControlsRecursive(predicate));
}
return results;
}
Usage:
myControl.FindControlsRecursive(c => c.ID == "findThisID");
I decided to just build controls dictionaries. Harder to maintain, might run faster than the recursive FindControl().
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.BuildControlDics();
}
private void BuildControlDics()
{
_Divs = new Dictionary<MyEnum, HtmlContainerControl>();
_Divs.Add(MyEnum.One, this.divOne);
_Divs.Add(MyEnum.Two, this.divTwo);
_Divs.Add(MyEnum.Three, this.divThree);
}
And before I get down-thumbs for not answering the OP's question...
Q: Now, my question is that is there any other way/solution to find the nested control in ASP.NET?
A: Yes, avoid the need to search for them in the first place. Why search for things you already know are there? Better to build a system allowing reference of known objects.
https://blog.codinghorror.com/recursive-pagefindcontrol/
Page.FindControl("DataList1:_ctl0:TextBox3");
OR
private Control FindControlRecursive(Control root, string id)
{
if (root.ID == id)
{
return root;
}
foreach (Control c in root.Controls)
{
Control t = FindControlRecursive(c, id);
if (t != null)
{
return t;
}
}
return null;
}
The following example defines a Button1_Click event handler. When invoked, this handler uses the FindControl method to locate a control with an ID property of TextBox2 on the containing page. If the control is found, its parent is determined using the Parent property and the parent control's ID is written to the page. If TextBox2 is not found, "Control Not Found" is written to the page.
private void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs MyEventArgs)
{
// Find control on page.
Control myControl1 = FindControl("TextBox2");
if(myControl1!=null)
{
// Get control's parent.
Control myControl2 = myControl1.Parent;
Response.Write("Parent of the text box is : " + myControl2.ID);
}
else
{
Response.Write("Control not found");
}
}
I am using a PagedCollectionView in Silverlight 3 to group items in a datagrid. I want to detect when the group headers are clicked but after 6 hours still cannot find any way to do this.
(So that when a collapsed header is clicked I can dynamically load the group's content)
The datagrid is populated like so:
PagedCollectionView collection = new PagedCollectionView(orgMembers);
collection.GroupDescriptions.Add(new PropertyGroupDescription("Generation"));
DataGrid1.ItemsSource = collection;
write an extension method to find a parent element of a specific type:
public static T FindParentOfType<T>(this FrameworkElement element)
{
var parent = VisualTreeHelper.GetParent(element) as FrameworkElement;
while (parent != null)
{
if (parent is T)
return (T)(object)parent;
parent = VisualTreeHelper.GetParent(parent) as FrameworkElement;
}
return default(T);
}
Handle the MouseLeftButtonUp event on the datagrid:
private void PassportGrid_MouseLeftButtonUp(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
{
DataGridRowGroupHeader rgh = (e.OriginalSource as FrameworkElement).FindParentOfType<DataGridRowGroupHeader>();
if (rgh != null && rgh.DataContext is CollectionViewGroup)
{
var stuff = (rgh.DataContext as CollectionViewGroup);
var items = stuff.Items;
}
}
you can get info on the group that was clicked and its item collection (shown above)