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1/4/2011 7:01 PM
 
James Lavery


Joined: 12/27/2010
Posts: 8
Hi All,
I'm developing a module which will list a set of records in a grid, and allow the user to view or edit records from here. So far so standard.

However, being lazy and wanting to avoid coding two almost identical ascx'sI want to use the same ascx for the View and Edit of the records - just disabling the appropriate controls when in View mode.

In a non-DNN world, I'd use an ascx with a 'mode' property which I set to view or edit and then code it to enable disable as appropriate. Is this possible with a DNN module control?

As I type this I'm thinking that perhaps the solution is to have my common control as a nested ascx which is placed on my View.ascx and Edit.ascx. The View.ascx sets the embedded control's mode to 'view' and the Edit sets the mode to 'edit'.

Is this the best approach, or is there a better one which is supported by DNN?

Regards,

James
 
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1/5/2011 10:24 AM
 
William Severance


www.wesnetdesigns.com
Joined: 2/18/2005
Posts: 3253
Either of those approaches is usable in DotNetNuke although it will be up to your code to properly check that the logged in user is properly authorized to edit the module's data.

Another approach that I like to use as it avoids the switch to the edit skin and isolation of the active module alone on the page is to have one dispatch module control (ascx usercontrol inheriting from PortalModuleBase) that then uses LoadControl to load the appropriate child controls for various views, editing, etc. Although these child controls do not have to inherit from PortalModuleBase, it is much easier to do so as you can make use of DotNetNuke's localization features, etch. by passing the dispatch control's module configuration, etc. to the child control.
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