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6/10/2010 4:11 PM
 
I need to display more detailed rich descriptions for fields, so stock help system with click and display help panel is not gonna work for me. So i removed it from LabelControl and replaced with popup javascript tooltip. However I found out that not all labels with help are based on LabelControl. So I came to LabelPropertyControl, but I can't get help text the same way as LabelControl does. 

On LabelControl i just added:
HelpText = Localization.GetString(_HelpKey, this);
HelpText = new JavaScriptSerializer().Serialize(HelpText).TrimStart('"').TrimEnd('"');
imgHelp.Attributes.Add("onmouseover", String.Format("tooltip.show('{0}');", this.HelpText));
imgHelp.Attributes.Add("onmouseout", "tooltip.hide();");

However LabelPropertyControl doesn't work with HelpText directly it only sets attribute
imgHelp.Attributes["resourcekey"] = _ResourceKey + ".Help";

How can I retrieve help text from code if i know resource key but not file its in?
Localization.GetString(_ResourceKey + ".Help"); // Returns null
Localization.GetString(_ResourceKey + ".Help", this); // Returns 'Object not set to an instance of an object.'
 
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6/10/2010 8:21 PM
 
If the control inherits from PortalModuleBase you can simply use the LocalResourceFile string to get to the proper ASCX.

Chris Hammond
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6/11/2010 7:56 PM
 
I'm actually editing core controls to achieve this. I should make myself more clear next time. I just replaced behavior where user had to click on little blue help button to get field help. Now he only has to hover over icon and I can display JS tooltip which is more versatile and won't move with layout as panel does. DNN uses more controls to display labels with help. One I managed to easily update "controls/LabelControl.ascx" and another "\DotNetNuke\Library\UI\WebControls\PropertyEditor\PropertyLabelControl.vb" ... I had problem with PropertyLabelControl as it doesn't work with strings directly. Its managed somewhere else based on attributes. But I managed to solve it by assigning attribute and retrieve HelpText during Render(..) event. 

Problem solved.
 
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