changing from view to edit mode via code

shirk99 · March 9th, 2010, 10:04 AM

I've been asked to remove the ControlPanel entirely for users. Is there a way to toggle from View to Edit mode in our module code (the same result as using the Control Panel's toggle from View to Edit)? The goal is to dynamically add an 'edit' ActionButton to the module's container that leaves the module on its 'View' usercontrol, but puts dnn into EDIT mode so I can utilize 'isEditable' to dynamically add in my 'edit this item' links and buttons.

I see that the ControlPanelBase has a 'SetUserMode' procedure that does this, however that's not available in the PortalModuleBase and I can't find any way do this.

msellers · March 9th, 2010, 11:39 AM

I cannot express how much of a bad idea this is.

The control panel for users with edit permissions is where you get access to many regular functions. Disabling this, is not something that you can do in reality via a module.

If you really must customize the system, I would recommend rather than removing the control panel, customizing the control panel to create a more condensed version that meets your needs.