ITrackingPersonalizable Interface

Definition

Namespace:

System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts

Assembly:

System.Web.dll

Allows Web Parts controls to track the specific phases of the personalization load and save process.

C#

public interface ITrackingPersonalizable

Derived

System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.ErrorWebPart

Examples

The following code example demonstrates using ITrackingPersonalizable methods and properties to track the loading and saving of personalization information. The example consists of two parts, an .aspx page and a file that should be placed in an App_Code subdirectory.

The following code example creates a Web Parts control that allows a user to enter URL information and saves this information for the user.

C#

namespace PersTest
{

    using System;
    using System.Collections;
    using System.ComponentModel;
    using System.Diagnostics;
    using System.Drawing;
    using System.Web.UI;
    using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
    using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;

    public class UrlListWebPart : WebPart, IPersonalizable
    {

        private ArrayList _sharedUrls;
        private ArrayList _userUrls;
        private bool _listDirty;

        private TextBox _nameTextBox;
        private TextBox _urlTextBox;
        private Button _addButton;
        private BulletedList _list;

        public override string Subtitle
        {
            get
            {
                return Text;
            }
        }

        [Personalizable, WebBrowsable]
        public virtual string Text
        {
            get
            {
                object o = ViewState["Text"];
                return (o != null) ? (String)o : "My Links";
            }
            set
            {
                ViewState["Text"] = value;
            }
        }

        protected override void CreateChildControls()
        {
            Label nameLabel = new Label();
            Label urlLabel = new Label();
            LiteralControl breakLiteral1 = new LiteralControl("<br />");
            LiteralControl breakLiteral2 = new LiteralControl("<br />");
            LiteralControl breakLiteral3 = new LiteralControl("<br />");

            _nameTextBox = new TextBox();
            _urlTextBox = new TextBox();
            _addButton = new Button();
            _list = new BulletedList();

            nameLabel.Text = "Name: ";
            urlLabel.Text = "URL: ";
            _nameTextBox.ID = "nameTextBox";
            _urlTextBox.ID = "urlTextBox";
            _addButton.Text = "Add";
            _addButton.ID = "addButton";
            _addButton.Click += new EventHandler(this.OnClickAddButton);
            _list.DisplayMode = BulletedListDisplayMode.HyperLink;
            _list.ID = "list";

            Controls.Add(nameLabel);
            Controls.Add(_nameTextBox);
            Controls.Add(breakLiteral1);

            Controls.Add(urlLabel);
            Controls.Add(_urlTextBox);
            Controls.Add(breakLiteral2);

            Controls.Add(_addButton);
            Controls.Add(breakLiteral3);

            Controls.Add(_list);
        }

        private void OnClickAddButton(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            string name = _nameTextBox.Text.Trim();
            string url = _urlTextBox.Text.Trim();

            Pair p = new Pair(name, url);
            if (WebPartManager.Personalization.Scope == PersonalizationScope.Shared)
            {
                _sharedUrls ??= new ArrayList();
                _sharedUrls.Add(p);
            }
            else
            {
                _userUrls ??= new ArrayList();
                _userUrls.Add(p);
            }

            OnUrlAdded();
        }

        protected virtual void OnUrlAdded()
        {
            _listDirty = true;
            ChildControlsCreated = false;
        }

        protected override void RenderContents(HtmlTextWriter writer)
        {
            if (_sharedUrls != null)
            {
                foreach (Pair p in _sharedUrls)
                {
                    _list.Items.Add(new ListItem((string)p.First, (string)p.Second));
                }
            }
            if (_userUrls != null)
            {
                foreach (Pair p in _userUrls)
                {
                    _list.Items.Add(new ListItem((string)p.First, (string)p.Second));
                }
            }

            base.RenderContents(writer);
        }

        public virtual bool IsDirty
        {
            get
            {
                return _listDirty;
            }
        }
        public new virtual void Load(PersonalizationDictionary state)
        {
            if (state != null)
            {
                PersonalizationEntry sharedUrlsEntry = state["sharedUrls"];
                if (sharedUrlsEntry != null)
                {
                    _sharedUrls = (ArrayList)sharedUrlsEntry.Value;
                }

                PersonalizationEntry userUrlsEntry = state["userUrls"];
                if (userUrlsEntry != null)
                {
                    _userUrls = (ArrayList)userUrlsEntry.Value;
                }
            }
        }

        public virtual void Save(PersonalizationDictionary state)
        {
            if ((_sharedUrls != null) && (_sharedUrls.Count != 0))
            {
                state["sharedUrls"] = new PersonalizationEntry(_sharedUrls, PersonalizationScope.Shared);
            }
            if ((_userUrls != null) && (_userUrls.Count != 0))
            {
                state["userUrls"] = new PersonalizationEntry(_userUrls, PersonalizationScope.User);
            }
        }
    }

    public class UrlListExWebPart : UrlListWebPart, ITrackingPersonalizable
    {

        private string _trackingLog = String.Empty;
        private bool _loading;
        private bool _saving;

        public override string Text
        {
            get
            {
                return base.Text;
            }
            set
            {
                if (!base.Text.Equals(value))
                {
                    base.Text = value;
                    SetPersonalizationDirty();
                }
            }
        }
        protected override void OnUrlAdded()
        {
            base.OnUrlAdded();
            SetPersonalizationDirty();
        }
        protected override void RenderContents(HtmlTextWriter writer)
        {
            base.RenderContents(writer);

            writer.Write("<br />");
            writer.Write("<pre id=\"" + ClientID + "$log" + "\">");
            writer.Write(_trackingLog);
            writer.Write("</pre>");
        }

        public override void Load(PersonalizationDictionary state)
        {
            if (!_loading)
            {
                throw new InvalidOperationException();
            }
        }

        public override void Save(PersonalizationDictionary state)
        {
            if (!_saving)
            {
                throw new InvalidOperationException();
            }
            base.Save(state);
        }
        bool ITrackingPersonalizable.TracksChanges
        {
            get
            {
                return true;
            }
        }
        void ITrackingPersonalizable.BeginLoad()
        {
            _loading = true;
            _trackingLog = "1. BeginLoad\r\n";
        }
        void ITrackingPersonalizable.BeginSave()
        {
            _saving = true;
            _trackingLog += "3. BeginSave\r\n";
        }
        void ITrackingPersonalizable.EndLoad()
        {
            _loading = false;
            _trackingLog += "2. EndLoad\r\n";
        }
        void ITrackingPersonalizable.EndSave()
        {
            _saving = false;
            _trackingLog += "4. EndSave";
        }
    }
}

The following .aspx page creates a Web Parts zone and adds the control to the zone. The page also references a login control that you should use to log on individual users so that personalization can be applied.

ASP.NET (C#)

<%@ Page Language="C#"  %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dict" namespace="PersTest" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <asp:WebPartManager ID="WebPartManager1" runat="server"></asp:WebPartManager>
     <asp:LoginName ID="LoginName1" runat="server" />
         
        <asp:LoginStatus ID="LoginStatus1" runat="server" LogoutAction="RedirectToLoginPage" />
            <br />
    <div>
    <asp:WebPartZone ID="WebPartZone1" runat="server">
                 <ZoneTemplate>
        <dict:UrlListWebPart id="PersDict" title="Personalization Dictionary" runat="server" />
       
        </ZoneTemplate>
        </asp:WebPartZone>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Remarks

This interface allows control developers to track different phases of the personalization life cycle, including the loading and saving of personalization data. In most cases, to use this interface you would create a custom WebPart or WebPartManager and implement this interface. Additionally, controls that need to manage their own change ("dirty") tracking should implement this interface. Controls that manage their own change tracking should return true from the TracksChanges property.

If false is returned, then ASP.NET is responsible for determining changes by comparing the property information loaded with the property information that was saved.

Properties

TracksChanges

Indicates whether the control tracks the status of its changes.

Methods

BeginLoad()	Represents the beginning of the load phase for personalization information.
BeginSave()	Represents the phase prior to extracting personalization data from a control.
EndLoad()	Represents the phase after personalization data has been applied to a control.
EndSave()	Represents the phase after personalization data has been extracted from a control.

Applies to

See also

• ASP.NET Web Parts Controls
• Web Parts Personalization Overview
• Walkthrough: Implementing Web Parts Personalization with a User Control
• Web Parts Personalization