Custom Control does not allow access to Attributes

[Sanjay Pais]

I built a custom control for all the basic web.ui.controls like textbox,
label, checkbox etc etc. I added my custom attribute called ApplySecurity to
the html in the page.

However, when I cycle through the controls on the page using this code, I
cant seem to be able to access the Attribute collection. However, if I were
to add the tag to a regular TextBox, the Attribute is available.

My recursive function looks like this:
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private SortedList PageFieldDetector(Control ctlPage, ref SortedList
r_slPageControlList)

{

string strPageID = ctlPage.ClientID;

string strObjectID = "";

string strObjectType = "";

string strTempObjectType = "";

string strApplySecurity = "";

int intLastPeriodIndexPosition = 0;

foreach (Control ctrl in ctlPage.Controls)

{

strObjectID = ctrl.ClientID.ToString();

//check if securable

try

{

strApplySecurity =
((WebControl)(ctrl)).Attributes["applysecurity"].ToString();

}

catch

{

strApplySecurity = "False";

}

if (strApplySecurity == "True")

{

strTempObjectType = ctrl.GetType().ToString();

intLastPeriodIndexPosition = strTempObjectType.LastIndexOf(".") + 1;

strObjectType = strTempObjectType.Substring(intLastPeriodIndexPosi tion,
strTempObjectType.Length - intLastPeriodIndexPosition);

r_slPageControlList.Add(strObjectID, strObjectType);

}

else

{

if (ctrl.Controls.Count > 0)

{

PageFieldDetector(ctrl, ref r_slPageControlList);

}

}

}

return r_slPageControlList;

}

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A regular html control like this has the attribute collection:
<asp:Label ID="lblHeader" applysecurity="False" runat="server" Text="Page
Header No security is to be applied to this object"></asp:Label>



However, My custom textbox does not diaplay any attributes at all

<aepc:aeptextbox id="AEPTextBox1" runat="server"
applysecurity="True"></aepc:aeptextbox>

This is my code for the custom textbox:

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Text;

using System.Web.UI;

using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

using System.ComponentModel;

using System.Drawing;

using System.Diagnostics;

using System.Design;

[assembly: TagPrefix("AEPortal", "AEPC")]

namespace AEPortal

{

[ToolboxData("<{0}:AEPTextBox runat=server
applysecurity=False></{0}:AEPTextBox>")]

[ToolboxBitmap(typeof(TextBox))]

[DesignerAttribute("System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextB ox")]

public class AEPTextBox : System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox

{

[Bindable(true),

Description("Accruent Enterprise Portal Custom TextBox"),

Category("Misc"),

DefaultValue("False")]

private bool blnApplySecurity = false;

public bool ApplySecurity

{

get

{

return blnApplySecurity;

}

set

{

blnApplySecurity = value;

}

}

protected override void Render(HtmlTextWriter w)

{

w.AddAttribute("applysecurity", blnApplySecurity.ToString());

base.Render(w);

}

}

}

[Brock Allen]

Arbitrary attributes (ones where there is no property) are implemented by
the custom control implementing the IAttributeAccessor interface.

-Brock
DevelopMentor
[url]http://staff.develop.com/ballen[/url]

> I built a custom control for all the basic web.ui.controls like
> textbox, label, checkbox etc etc. I added my custom attribute called
> ApplySecurity to the html in the page.
>
> However, when I cycle through the controls on the page using this
> code, I cant seem to be able to access the Attribute collection.
> However, if I were to add the tag to a regular TextBox, the Attribute
> is available.
>
> My recursive function looks like this:
> ************************************************** *****
> private SortedList PageFieldDetector(Control ctlPage, ref SortedList
> r_slPageControlList)
> {
>
> string strPageID = ctlPage.ClientID;
>
> string strObjectID = "";
>
> string strObjectType = "";
>
> string strTempObjectType = "";
>
> string strApplySecurity = "";
>
> int intLastPeriodIndexPosition = 0;
>
> foreach (Control ctrl in ctlPage.Controls)
>
> {
>
> strObjectID = ctrl.ClientID.ToString();
>
> //check if securable
>
> try
>
> {
>
> strApplySecurity =
> ((WebControl)(ctrl)).Attributes["applysecurity"].ToString();
>
> }
>
> catch
>
> {
>
> strApplySecurity = "False";
>
> }
>
> if (strApplySecurity == "True")
>
> {
>
> strTempObjectType = ctrl.GetType().ToString();
>
> intLastPeriodIndexPosition = strTempObjectType.LastIndexOf(".") + 1;
>
> strObjectType =
> strTempObjectType.Substring(intLastPeriodIndexPosi tion,
> strTempObjectType.Length - intLastPeriodIndexPosition);
>
> r_slPageControlList.Add(strObjectID, strObjectType);
>
> }
>
> else
>
> {
>
> if (ctrl.Controls.Count > 0)
>
> {
>
> PageFieldDetector(ctrl, ref r_slPageControlList);
>
> }
>
> }
>
> }
>
> return r_slPageControlList;
>
> }
>
> ************************************************** *****
> A regular html control like this has the attribute collection:
> <asp:Label ID="lblHeader" applysecurity="False" runat="server"
> Text="Page
> Header No security is to be applied to this object"></asp:Label>
> However, My custom textbox does not diaplay any attributes at all
>
> <aepc:aeptextbox id="AEPTextBox1" runat="server"
> applysecurity="True"></aepc:aeptextbox>
>
> This is my code for the custom textbox:
>
> using System;
>
> using System.Collections.Generic;
>
> using System.Text;
>
> using System.Web.UI;
>
> using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
>
> using System.ComponentModel;
>
> using System.Drawing;
>
> using System.Diagnostics;
>
> using System.Design;
>
> [assembly: TagPrefix("AEPortal", "AEPC")]
>
> namespace AEPortal
>
> {
>
> [ToolboxData("<{0}:AEPTextBox runat=server
> applysecurity=False></{0}:AEPTextBox>")]
>
> [ToolboxBitmap(typeof(TextBox))]
>
> [DesignerAttribute("System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextB ox")]
>
> public class AEPTextBox : System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox
>
> {
>
> [Bindable(true),
>
> Description("Accruent Enterprise Portal Custom TextBox"),
>
> Category("Misc"),
>
> DefaultValue("False")]
>
> private bool blnApplySecurity = false;
>
> public bool ApplySecurity
>
> {
>
> get
>
> {
>
> return blnApplySecurity;
>
> }
>
> set
>
> {
>
> blnApplySecurity = value;
>
> }
>
> }
>
> protected override void Render(HtmlTextWriter w)
>
> {
>
> w.AddAttribute("applysecurity", blnApplySecurity.ToString());
>
> base.Render(w);
>
> }
>
> }
>
> }
>