Users.aspx chapter 4 will not run because...

realkewl · April 3rd, 2009, 11:17 AM

Hello,

The Users.aspx page will not run because it's trying to sort on a bound column that does not exist.

Users.aspx code looks something like this (vb.net):

Code:

 
...
cgvUsers.AddBoundField("", "Actions", "")
cgvUsers.AddBoundField("DisplayText", "Name", "DisplayText")
cgvUsers.AddBoundField("WindowsAccountName", "Windows Account", "WindowsAccountName")
cgvUsers.AddBoundField("Email", "Email", "Email")
cgvUsers.AddBoundField("", "Active", "IsActive")
cgvUsers.DataBind()
...

The columns come from the ListClassName which is ENTUserAccountEOList (this is pretty cool)

Anyway, ENTUserAccountEOList is a list of ENTUserAccountEO objects. It's looking for a property called 'DisplayText" and I could not find that property. So to get around this issue I created a readonly property called DisplayText that returns the function GetDisplayText:

Code:

 
Public ReadOnly Property DisplayText() As String
Get
     Return GetDisplayText()
End Get
End Property

This does work and The page now renders, however not sure if this is the correct way.

Thanks,
-realkewl

Note:
I could not find ENTUserAccountEOList in chapter 4's source code...so you can just write it using the book

Corsair · April 4th, 2009, 12:10 AM

The DisplayText property is defined in ETBaseBO as a read-only property that calls the GetDisplayText() abstract method. It's up to the inheriting class to implement GetDisplayText(). See Page 50.

For ENTUserAccountEO's implementation, see page 66.

ENTUserAccountEOList is in the ENTUserAccountEO.cs file. The author puts the object and object list classes in the same file to reduce the total file count and make things easier to manage (page 66, as well).

Hope this helps :)

Tim

realkewl · April 7th, 2009, 09:22 AM

Tim,

Thank you!! You are correct. I had a typo in my property name (can you believe that) it said DisplayTest instead of DisplayText. Thanks so much...

-realkewl

Corsair · April 9th, 2009, 01:54 AM

realkewl -

You're welcome. I know all about typos....I keep waiting for an IDE that will input what I meant to type, rather than what I actually typed. It would save me a lot of headaches :)

Tim