Ch. 17, Exercise 1, p. 652

krzys18asp · May 14th, 2013, 04:34 AM

Hello,

I have tried re-doing the Theme selection accoording to the suggestion of ex. 1 on p. 652, but the Profile object is not available in App_Code/BasePage.cs. The word "Profile" in line "string preferredTheme = Profile.FavoriteTheme;" is underlined in red and an error of The name 'Profile' does not exist in the current context.

All other Profile values work correctly for me.

My App_Code/BasePage.cs:

Code:

using System;
using System.Web;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web.Profile;

/// <summary>
/// This class is used to check the titles of the pages before they are rendered
/// </summary>
public class BasePage:System.Web.UI.Page
{
    private void Page_PreRender(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (this.Title == "Untitled Page" || string.IsNullOrEmpty(this.Title) || this.Title == "\n" || this.Title == "\r\n")
        {
            throw new Exception("Page title cannot be \"Untitled Page\" or an empty string.");
        }
    }

    private void Page_PreInit(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        //HttpCookie preferredTheme = Request.Cookies.Get("PreferredTheme");
        string preferredTheme = Profile.FavoriteTheme;
        if (preferredTheme!=null) {
            // Page.Theme = preferredTheme.Value;
            Page.Theme = preferredTheme;
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Adds event handler to the event: check if a page has the TITLE tag set or not, throw an exception if necessary
    /// </summary>
	public BasePage()
	{
        this.PreRender += new EventHandler(Page_PreRender);
        this.PreInit += new EventHandler(Page_PreInit);
	}
}

My MyProfile.aspx.cs:

Code:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

public partial class _MyProfile : BasePage
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
       
        if (!Page.IsPostBack) {
            FirstName.Text = Profile.FirstName;
            LastName.Text = Profile.LastName;
            DateOfBirth.Text = Profile.DateOfBirth.ToShortDateString();
            Bio.Text = Profile.Bio;
        }
    }
    protected void SaveButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (Page.IsValid) {
            
            Profile.FirstName = FirstName.Text;
            Profile.LastName = LastName.Text;
            Profile.DateOfBirth = DateTime.Parse(DateOfBirth.Text);
            Profile.Bio = Bio.Text;
            
            // clear the list of favourite genres and re-save again
            Profile.FavoriteGenres.Clear();
            foreach (ListItem myItem in PreferenceList.Items) {
                if (myItem.Selected) {
                    Profile.FavoriteGenres.Add(Convert.ToInt32(myItem.Value));
                }
            }
        }
    }
    protected void PreferenceList_DataBound(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        foreach(ListItem myItem in PreferenceList.Items) {
            int currentValue = Convert.ToInt32(myItem.Value);
            if (Profile.FavoriteGenres.Contains(currentValue)) {
                myItem.Selected = true;
            }
        }
    }
}

My MasterPages/Frontend.master.cs:

Code:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

public partial class MasterPages_Frontend : System.Web.UI.MasterPage
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (!Page.IsPostBack) {
            string selectedTheme = Page.Theme;
            //HttpCookie preferredTheme = Request.Cookies.Get("PreferredTheme");
            string preferredTheme = Profile.FavoriteTheme;
            if (preferredTheme!=null) {
                //selectedTheme = preferredTheme.Value;
                selectedTheme = preferredTheme;
            }
            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(selectedTheme) && ThemeList.Items.FindByValue(selectedTheme)!=null) {
                ThemeList.Items.FindByValue(selectedTheme).Selected = true;
            }
        }

        switch (Page.Theme.ToLower()) {
            case "darkgrey":
                Menu1.Visible = false;
                TreeView1.Visible = true;
                break;
            default:
                Menu1.Visible = true;
                TreeView1.Visible = false;
                break;
        }
    }
    protected void ThemeList_SelectedIndexChanged1(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        //HttpCookie preferredTheme = new HttpCookie("PreferredTheme");
        //preferredTheme.Expires = DateTime.Now.AddMonths(3);
        //preferredTheme.Value = ThemeList.SelectedValue;
        //Response.Cookies.Add(preferredTheme);
        Profile.FavoriteTheme = ThemeList.SelectedValue;
        Response.Redirect(Request.Url.ToString());
    }
    
}

I have the following in web.config / <system.web>:

Code:

 
<!-- Enable anonymous identification -->
    <anonymousIdentification enabled="true" cookieName="PlanetWorxAnonymous"/>
    <!-- Define properties to be kept in a user profile (also stored for anonymous users) -->
    <profile defaultProvider="SqlProvider">
      <properties>
        <add name="FirstName" allowAnonymous="true" />
        <add name="LastName" allowAnonymous="true" />
        <add name="DateOfBirth" type="System.DateTime" allowAnonymous="true" />
        <add name="Bio" allowAnonymous="true" />
        <add name="FavoriteGenres" type="System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Int32]" allowAnonymous="true" />
        <add name="FavoriteTheme" allowAnonymous="true" defaultValue="Monochrome" />
      </properties>
    </profile>

My MasterPages/Frontend.master

Code:

<%@ Master Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Frontend.master.cs" Inherits="MasterPages_Frontend" %>
<!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></title>
    <asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="head" runat="server">
    </asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
    <link href="../Styles/Styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server" EnablePageMethods="true">
        <Scripts>
            <asp:ScriptReference Path="~/Scripts/jquery-1.4.1.min.js" />
        </Scripts>
    </asp:ScriptManager>
        <div id="PageWrapper">
        <div id="Header"><a href="~/" runat="server"></a></div>
        <div id="MenuWrapper">
            <asp:Menu ID="Menu1" runat="server" CssClass="MainMenu" 
                DataSourceID="SiteMapDataSource1" Orientation="Horizontal" 
                StaticEnableDefaultPopOutImage="False">
            </asp:Menu>
            <asp:TreeView ID="TreeView1" runat="server" DataSourceID="SiteMapDataSource1" 
                ShowExpandCollapse="False">
                <LevelStyles>
                    <asp:TreeNodeStyle CssClass="FirstLevelMenuItems" />
                </LevelStyles>
            </asp:TreeView>
            <asp:SiteMapDataSource ID="SiteMapDataSource1" runat="server" 
                ShowStartingNode="False" />
        </div>
        <div id="MainContent">
            <asp:SiteMapPath ID="SiteMapPath1" runat="server">
            </asp:SiteMapPath><br /><br />
            <asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="cpMainContent" runat="server">
            </asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
        </div>
        <div id="Sidebar">Select a theme<br />
            <asp:DropDownList ID="ThemeList" runat="server" AutoPostBack="true" 
                onselectedindexchanged="ThemeList_SelectedIndexChanged1">
                <asp:ListItem>Monochrome</asp:ListItem>
                <asp:ListItem>DarkGrey</asp:ListItem>
            </asp:DropDownList>
            <br />
            <br />
            <br />
            <Wrox:Banner ID="Banner1" runat="server" DisplayDirection="Vertical" /><br />
            <asp:Label ID="HideBanner" runat="server" Text=""></asp:Label>
        </div>
        <div id="Footer">
            <asp:LoginName ID="LoginName1" runat="server" FormatString="Logged in as {0}" />
            <asp:LoginView ID="LoginView1" runat="server">
                <LoggedInTemplate>
                    (<asp:LoginStatus ID="LoginStatus1" runat="server" />)
                </LoggedInTemplate>
                <RoleGroups>
                    <asp:RoleGroup Roles="Managers">
                        <ContentTemplate>
                            <asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink1" runat="server" 
                                NavigateUrl="~/Management/Default.aspx">Manage Site</asp:HyperLink> or 
                            <asp:LoginStatus ID="LoginStatus2" runat="server" />
                        </ContentTemplate>
                    </asp:RoleGroup>
                </RoleGroups>
            </asp:LoginView>
        </div>
    </div>
    <asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="cpClientScript" runat="server">
    </asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

My MyProfile.aspx:

Code:

<%@ Page Title="My Profile" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/MasterPages/Frontend.master" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="MyProfile.aspx.cs" Inherits="_MyProfile" %>

<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="head" Runat="Server">
    <style type="text/css">
        .style1
        {
            width: 100%;
        }
    </style>
</asp:Content>
<asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="cpMainContent" Runat="Server">

<h1>My Profile</h1>
<p>Ths page allows you to make changes to your personal profile.</p>
    <p>&nbsp;</p>
    
    <table class="style1">
        <tr>
            <td>
                <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="Favorite genres:"></asp:Label>
            </td>
            <td>
                <asp:CheckBoxList ID="PreferenceList" runat="server" 
                    DataSourceID="EntityDataSource1" DataTextField="Name" DataValueField="Id" 
                    ondatabound="PreferenceList_DataBound">
                </asp:CheckBoxList></td>
            <td>
                <asp:EntityDataSource ID="EntityDataSource1" runat="server" 
                    ConnectionString="name=PlanetWroxEntities" 
                    DefaultContainerName="PlanetWroxEntities" EnableFlattening="False" 
                    EntitySetName="Genres" OrderBy="it.Name" Select="it.[Id], it.[Name]">
                </asp:EntityDataSource>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>
                <asp:Label ID="FirstNameLabel" runat="server" AssociatedControlID="FirstName" 
                    Text="First name:"></asp:Label>
            </td>
            <td>
                <asp:TextBox ID="FirstName" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
            </td>
            <td>
                <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator1" runat="server" 
                    ControlToValidate="FirstName" Display="Dynamic" 
                    ErrorMessage="Please enter first name."></asp:RequiredFieldValidator>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>
                <asp:Label ID="LastNameLabel" runat="server" AssociatedControlID="LastName" 
                    Text="Last name:"></asp:Label>
            </td>
            <td>
                <asp:TextBox ID="LastName" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
            </td>
            <td>
                <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator2" runat="server" 
                    ControlToValidate="LastName" Display="Dynamic" 
                    ErrorMessage="Please enter last name."></asp:RequiredFieldValidator>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>
                <asp:Label ID="DateOfBirthLabel" runat="server" 
                    AssociatedControlID="DateOfBirth" Text="Date of birth:"></asp:Label>
            </td>
            <td>
                <asp:TextBox ID="DateOfBirth" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
            </td>
            <td>
                <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator3" runat="server" 
                    ControlToValidate="DateOfBirth" Display="Dynamic" 
                    ErrorMessage="Please enter date of birth. "></asp:RequiredFieldValidator>
                <asp:CompareValidator ID="CompareValidator1" runat="server" 
                    ControlToValidate="DateOfBirth" Display="Dynamic" 
                    ErrorMessage="Please enter a valid date." Operator="DataTypeCheck" Type="Date"></asp:CompareValidator>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>
                <asp:Label ID="BioLabel" runat="server" AssociatedControlID="Bio" 
                    Text="Biography:"></asp:Label>
            </td>
            <td>
                <asp:TextBox ID="Bio" runat="server" Height="75px" TextMode="MultiLine" 
                    Width="300px"></asp:TextBox>
            </td>
            <td>
                &nbsp;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>
                &nbsp;</td>
            <td>
                <asp:Button ID="SaveButton" runat="server" onclick="SaveButton_Click" 
                    Text="Save profile" />
            </td>
            <td>
                &nbsp;</td>
        </tr>
    </table>

    <br />

    <asp:ChangePassword ID="ChangePassword1" runat="server">
    </asp:ChangePassword>
</asp:Content>

Imar · May 14th, 2013, 08:49 AM

Hi there,

You may want to cheat a bit and look up the answer for this exercise in Appendix A. Because of the way Profile works (the Profile property is added dynamically to your Web Form classes), it's not directly available in the BasePage. Instead you need to use ProfileCommon like this:

Code:

ProfileCommon myProfile = (ProfileCommon) HttpContext.Current.Profile;
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(myProfile.FavoriteTheme))
{
Page.Theme = myProfile.FavoriteTheme;
}

It looks like you mistook Exercise 1 for the full implementation. Exercise 2 explains the ProfileCommon as well, but it looks like you tried to create the full implementation from exercise 1 only.

Hope this helps,

Imar

krzys18asp · May 15th, 2013, 05:12 AM

Thank you !

I must admit I didn't read the next exercise