Hi all,

I normally mod the links.ascx file quite a bit each time there's an update to the links module, but the latest one needs a little more than I can manage in order to get the nowrap option working.

I've pasted my version of the file below. The basics I do are... I remove all the tables, tighten up the spacing, make the dropdown display the go button on the side more often, and I have always added nowrap to the links list by adding ItemStyle-Wrap="false" to the first datalist.

And that's where my problem is. In the latest 03.03.07 release, there is now a setting for adding nowrap to the table cell that surrounds the list. The %# NoWrap % variable presumably inserts either nowrap or nothing. What I need is a way to make it instead return "true" or "false" which is what ItemStyle-Wrap needs.

Does anyone know a convenient way to achieve this? I'm not familiar with compiling source so go easy on me in that regard. If it won't work easily, please take the changes as a suggestion for a future update.

Regards,
Rob

(to try out my changes (so long as the forum hasn't buggered the code up), it pastes straight into links.ascx replacing everything there)

<%@ Control language="vb" Inherits="DotNetNuke.Modules.Links.Links" CodeBehind="Links.ascx.vb" AutoEventWireup="false" Explicit="True" %>
<asp:panel id="pnlList" runat="server">
    <asp:DataList id="lstLinks" runat="server" summary="Links Design Table" itemstyle-verticalalign="Top"  CellSpacing="0" cellpadding="2" ItemStyle-Wrap="false">
  <itemtemplate>
   <asp:HyperLink id="editLink" NavigateUrl='<%# EditURL("ItemID",DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"ItemID")) %>' Visible="<%# IsEditable %>" runat="server">
   <asp:Image id="editLinkImage" ImageUrl="~/images/edit.gif" AlternateText="Edit" Visible="<%# IsEditable %>" Runat="server" />
   </asp:HyperLink>
   <asp:Image ImageUrl="<%# FormatIcon() %>" Visible="<%# DisplayIcon() %>" runat="server" />
   <asp:HyperLink CssClass="Normal" Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"Title") %>' NavigateUrl='<%# FormatURL(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"Url"),DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"TrackClicks")) %>' ToolTip='<%# DisplayToolTip(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"Description")) %>' Target='<%# IIF(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"NewWindow"),"_blank","_self") %>' runat="server" />
   <asp:LinkButton Runat="server" CssClass="CommandButton" Text="..." CommandName="Select" Visible="<%# DisplayInfo() %>" />
   <asp:Panel id="pnlDescription" visible="false" runat="server">
    <asp:Label runat="server" CssClass="Normal" Text='<%# HtmlDecode(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Description")) %>' ID="Label1" />
   </asp:Panel>
  </itemtemplate>
  <ItemStyle VerticalAlign="Top" />
 </asp:DataList>
</asp:panel>
<asp:panel id="pnlDropdown" runat="server" Wrap="false">
                <asp:imagebutton id=cmdEdit runat="server" imageurl="~/images/edit.gif" alternatetext="Edit" resourcekey="Edit"></asp:imagebutton>
                <label style="DISPLAY: none" for="<%=cboLinks.ClientID%>">Link</label>
                <asp:dropdownlist id=cboLinks Width="85%"  runat="server" datatextfield="Title" datavaluefield="ItemID" cssclass="NormalTextBox"></asp:dropdownlist>&nbsp;
                <asp:linkbutton id=cmdGo runat="server" cssclass="CommandButton" resourcekey="cmdGo"></asp:linkbutton>&nbsp;
                <asp:linkbutton id=cmdInfo runat="server" cssclass="CommandButton" text="..."></asp:linkbutton>
                <asp:label id=lblDescription runat="server" cssclass="Normal"></asp:label>
</asp:panel>

Great stuff Brian, that's exactly what I was hoping for.. 'cept I haven't a clue about the syntax for this stuff.

I'm guessing that "IIF" was a mis-type in your post, so I tried it using this:

ItemStyle-Wrap="<%# IF(NoWrap.Equals("nowrap"), "true", "false") %>"

That line causes this error: The server tag is not well formed.

Then I tried it without the quotes seeing as they're already in there.

ItemStyle-Wrap=<%# IF(NoWrap.Equals("nowrap"), "true", "false") %>

And that line causes this error: The log says error BC30201: Expression expected.

I'm sure it's pretty close. Would you possibly be able to fill me in on the correct line?

Thanks heaps
Rob

That works perfectly.. thanks heaps for the assistance and explanation. I have to admit, the last language I learned was Sinclair Basic back in about 83... it left me knowing generally how things should work but not much else.

Since looking at other posts in the Links forum last night I've also noticed that others have been doing a similar thing and removed all the tables from this module. Mine's a little different, and if anyone wants to try it out (including Brian's fix), just replace your links.ascx with the following:

<%@ Control language="vb" Inherits="DotNetNuke.Modules.Links.Links" CodeBehind="Links.ascx.vb" AutoEventWireup="false" Explicit="True" %>
<asp:panel id="pnlList" runat="server">
    <asp:DataList id="lstLinks" runat="server" summary="Links Design Table" itemstyle-verticalalign="Top"  CellSpacing="0" cellpadding="2" ItemStyle-Wrap='<%# IIF(NoWrap.Equals("nowrap"), "false", "true") %>'>
  <itemtemplate>
   <asp:HyperLink id="editLink" NavigateUrl='<%# EditURL("ItemID",DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"ItemID")) %>' Visible="<%# IsEditable %>" runat="server">
   <asp:Image id="editLinkImage" ImageUrl="~/images/edit.gif" AlternateText="Edit" Visible="<%# IsEditable %>" Runat="server" />
   </asp:HyperLink>
   <asp:Image ImageUrl="<%# FormatIcon() %>" Visible="<%# DisplayIcon() %>" runat="server" />
   <asp:HyperLink CssClass="Normal" Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"Title") %>' NavigateUrl='<%# FormatURL(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"Url"),DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"TrackClicks")) %>' ToolTip='<%# DisplayToolTip(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"Description")) %>' Target='<%# IIF(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"NewWindow"),"_blank","_self") %>' runat="server" />
   <asp:LinkButton Runat="server" CssClass="CommandButton" Text="..." CommandName="Select" Visible="<%# DisplayInfo() %>" />
   <asp:Panel id="pnlDescription" visible="false" runat="server">
    <asp:Label runat="server" CssClass="Normal" Text='<%# HtmlDecode(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Description")) %>' ID="Label1" />
   </asp:Panel>
  </itemtemplate>
  <ItemStyle VerticalAlign="Top" />
 </asp:DataList>
</asp:panel>
<asp:panel id="pnlDropdown" runat="server" Wrap="false">
                <asp:imagebutton id=cmdEdit runat="server" imageurl="~/images/edit.gif" alternatetext="Edit" resourcekey="Edit"></asp:imagebutton>
                <label style="DISPLAY: none" for="<%=cboLinks.ClientID%>">Link</label>
                <asp:dropdownlist id=cboLinks Width="85%"  runat="server" datatextfield="Title" datavaluefield="ItemID" cssclass="NormalTextBox"></asp:dropdownlist>&nbsp;
                <asp:linkbutton id=cmdGo runat="server" cssclass="CommandButton" resourcekey="cmdGo"></asp:linkbutton>&nbsp;
                <asp:linkbutton id=cmdInfo runat="server" cssclass="CommandButton" text="..."></asp:linkbutton>
                <asp:label id=lblDescription runat="server" cssclass="Normal"></asp:label>
</asp:panel>