IWebPartField.GetFieldValue(FieldCallback) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts

Assembly:

System.Web.dll

Returns the value of the field that is being used by the interface as the basis of a connection between two WebPart controls.

C#

public void GetFieldValue(System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.FieldCallback callback);

Parameters

callback

FieldCallback

A FieldCallback delegate that contains the address of a method that receives the data.

Examples

The following code example shows the implementation and use of the GetFieldValue method. The complete example is shown in the class overview for the IWebPartField interface. The provider control implements the GetFieldValue method, returning the value of a particular field in the data table. The consumer control calls the GetFieldValue method in its OnPreRender method, so that the value of the data can be written to the page.

C#

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Security.Permissions;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;

namespace Samples.AspNet.CS.Controls
{
  // This sample code creates a Web Parts control that acts as a provider 
  // of field data.
  [AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.Demand,
    Level = AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)]
  [AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand,
    Level = AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)]
  public sealed class FieldProviderWebPart : WebPart, IWebPartField
  {
    private DataTable _table;

    public FieldProviderWebPart() 
    {
        _table = new DataTable();

        DataColumn col = new DataColumn();
        col.DataType = typeof(string);
        col.ColumnName = "Name";
        _table.Columns.Add(col);

        col = new DataColumn();
        col.DataType = typeof(string);
        col.ColumnName = "Address";
        _table.Columns.Add(col);

        col = new DataColumn();
        col.DataType = typeof(int);
        col.ColumnName = "ZIP Code";
        _table.Columns.Add(col);

        DataRow row = _table.NewRow();
        row["Name"] = "John Q. Public";
        row["Address"] = "123 Main Street";
        row["ZIP Code"] = 98000;
        _table.Rows.Add(row);
    }

      [ConnectionProvider("FieldProvider")]
      public IWebPartField GetConnectionInterface()
    {
        return new FieldProviderWebPart();
    }

    public PropertyDescriptor Schema 
    {
        get 
        {
            /* The two parameters are row and field. Zero is the first record. 
                0,2 returns the zip code field value.   */ 
            return TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(_table.DefaultView[0])[2];
        }
    }

      void IWebPartField.GetFieldValue(FieldCallback callback) 
    {
        callback(Schema.GetValue(_table.DefaultView[0]));
    }
  } // end FieldProviderWebPart

  // This sample code creates a Web Parts control that acts as a consumer 
  // of an IWebPartField interface.
  [AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.Demand,
    Level = AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)]
  [AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand,
    Level = AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)]
  public class FieldConsumerWebPart : WebPart
  {

    private IWebPartField _provider;
    private object _fieldValue;

    private void GetFieldValue(object fieldValue)
    {
      _fieldValue = fieldValue;
    }

    public bool ConnectionPointEnabled
    {
      get
      {
        object o = ViewState["ConnectionPointEnabled"];
        return (o != null) ? (bool)o : true;
      }
      set
      {
        ViewState["ConnectionPointEnabled"] = value;
      }
    }

    protected override void OnPreRender(EventArgs e)
    {
      if (_provider != null)
      {
        _provider.GetFieldValue(new FieldCallback(GetFieldValue));
      }
      base.OnPreRender(e);
    }

    protected override void RenderContents(HtmlTextWriter writer)
    {

      if (_provider != null)
      {
        PropertyDescriptor prop = _provider.Schema;

        if (prop != null && _fieldValue != null)
        {
          writer.Write(prop.DisplayName + ": " + _fieldValue);
        }
        else
        {
          writer.Write("No data");
        }
      }
      else
      {
        writer.Write("Not connected");
      }
    }

    [ConnectionConsumer("FieldConsumer", "Connpoint1", 
      typeof(FieldConsumerConnectionPoint), AllowsMultipleConnections = true)]
    public void SetConnectionInterface(IWebPartField provider)
    {
      _provider = provider;
    }

    public class FieldConsumerConnectionPoint : ConsumerConnectionPoint
    {
      public FieldConsumerConnectionPoint(MethodInfo callbackMethod, 
        Type interfaceType, Type controlType, string name, string id, 
        bool allowsMultipleConnections)
        : base(
        callbackMethod, interfaceType, controlType,
        name, id, allowsMultipleConnections)
      {
      }

      public override bool GetEnabled(Control control)
      {
        return ((FieldConsumerWebPart)control).ConnectionPointEnabled;
      }
    } // end FieldConsumerConnectionPoint
  } // end FieldConsumerWebPart
} // end namespace Samples.AspNet.CS.Controls

Remarks

Use this method to retrieve the data field values passed by the interface.

Applies to