Hi,

In my container I want to render only parts that should be visible. At this stage I want to apply code similar to one below (just directly editing .ascx file) (using C#):

<%
public bool IsIconVisible() {
  return true; // What should be here to determine if ICON is available?
}
public bool IsEditable() {
  return true; // What should be here to determine if module is in edit mode?
}
%>

<% If (IsIconVisible()) { %>
<dnn:ICON runat="server" id="dnnICON" />
<% }%>
<% If (IsEditable()) { %>
<dnn:ACTIONBUTTON runat="server" id="sttngs" CommandName="ModuleSettings.Action" />
<% }%>

So the main question is how to write IsIconVisible and IsEditable functions.

Thanks,
Dmitriy.

Hi Ian,

At this stage it's not a business requirement, but rather technical one.

As a sample let's have a look at the "Text Header - Color Background.ascx" container from DNN installation.

It renders main table. Then first row has table with:

• ACTIONS
• ICON
• TITLE
• VISIBILITY

Each SkinObject is contained withing a table cell. In most cases the cells are blank (except TITLE,VISIBILITY) for non authenticated users.
Thus I don't see a reason table cells for ACTIONS, ICON to be rendered at all.

So depending on some condition I want to hide those cells (at least using colspan or DIVs+CSS instead of tables).
The aim for now - let the container skin to render cleaner HTML.

Cheers,
Dmitriy.

Hey Dmitriy,

Try taking a look into the DotNetNuke.Security class, you could use the HasNecessaryPermission method to find out if the user has edit permissions for the current context.

Take care,

Ian