WebPart Basic:
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/munnamax/WbParts07062007124326PM/WbParts.aspx
In this article I have created two user controls as follows:
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CustomerUcl.ascx
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OrderUcl.ascx
The purpose is, when the selection of a drop down list is changed, depending on the item (such as a customer) selected, the item is provided to the Orderucl.aspx and it then returns a list of dependent items (such as orders) associated with that specified item (customer).
Connections
Web part connections have the following elements.
An interface that defines the communications contract between two parts. The interface describes properties and methods available through the connection.
A web part that behaves as a connection provider. To specify a provider connection point, a web part needs to have a method that creates and returns an instance of the communications interface. This method should be marked with the "ConnectionProvider" attribute. By default, a single provider connection point can be used with multiple connection consumers.
A web part behaves as a connection consumer. To specify a consumer connection point, a web part needs to have a method that takes an instance of the communications interface as a parameter. This method should be marked with the "ConnectionConsumer" attribute. By default, a single consumer connection point can only be used with one connection provider.
Code
The following is the code in detail.
CustomerUcl.ascx:
<%@ Control Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="CustomerUcl.ascx.cs" Inherits="CustomerUcl" %>
<asp:DropDownList ID="ddCust" runat="server " AutoPostBack="True" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1" DataTextField="Cust_Name" DataValueField="Cust_Id">
</asp:DropDownList>
<asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ConnectionString%>" SelectCommand="SELECT [Cust_Id], [Cust_Name] FROM [Tbl_Customer]">
</asp:SqlDataSource>
CustomerUcl.ascx.cs:
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
public partial class CustomerUcl : System.Web.UI.UserControl, ISelectedCustomer
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
public string SelectedCustomerId
{
get
{
return ddCust.SelectedValue;
}
}
[ConnectionProvider("SelectedCustomer", "SelectedCustomer")]
public ISelectedCustomer GetSelectedCustomer()
{
return this;
}
}
OrderUcl.ascx:
<%@ Control Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="OrderUcl.ascx.cs" Inherits="OrderUcl" %>
<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AllowPaging="True" AllowSorting= "True" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1">
</asp:GridView>
<asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ConnectionString %>" SelectCommand="SELECT [Ord_Date], [Fright_Cost] FROM [Tbl_Orders] WHERE ([Cust_Id] = @Cust_Id)">
<SelectParameters>
<asp:ControlParameter ControlID="hselCustomerId" DefaultValue="0" Type="Int32" Name="Cust_Id" PropertyName="value"/>
</SelectParameters>
</asp:SqlDataSource>
<asp:HiddenField ID="hselCustomerId" runat=server />
OrderUcl.ascx.cs:
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
public partial class OrderUcl : System.Web.UI.UserControl
{
private ISelectedCustomer customer = null;
[ConnectionConsumer("SelectedCustomer", "SelectedCustomer")]
public void SetSelectedCustomer(ISelectedCustomer selectedCustomer)
{
customer = selectedCustomer;
}
protected override void OnPreRender(EventArgs e)
{
base.OnPreRender(e);
if (customer != null)
{
hselCustomerId.Value = customer.SelectedCustomerId;
}
}
}
To communicate between these controls I have an interface called "selectedCustomer".
ISelectedCustomer.cs:
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
/// <summary>
/// Summary description for ISelectedCustomer
/// </summary>
public interface ISelectedCustomer
{
string SelectedCustomerId { get;}
}
Which has a "SelectedCustomerId" getter method to which a value can be given by the hidden variable at runtime.
<asp:HiddenField ID="hselCustomerId" runat=server />
Here is my page, that uses these controls
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Connection.aspx.cs" Inherits="Connection"%>
<%@ Register Src="CustomerUcl.ascx" TagName="CustomerUcl" TagPrefix="uc1"%>
<%@ Register Src="OrderUcl.ascx" TagName="OrderUcl" TagPrefix="uc2" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<table>
<tr>
<td style="width: 100px">
<asp:WebPartManager ID="WebPartManager1" runat="server">
<StaticConnections>
<asp:WebPartConnection ID="Connection1" ConsumerConnectionPointID = "SelectedCustomer" ProviderConnectionPointID= "SelectedCustomer" ConsumerID="OrderUcl1" ProviderID="CustomerUcl1">
</asp:WebPartConnection>
</StaticConnections>
</asp:WebPartManager>
<asp:WebPartZone ID="WebPartZone1" runat="server">
<ZoneTemplate>
<uc1:CustomerUcl ID="CustomerUcl1" runat="server" />
</ZoneTemplate>
</asp:WebPartZone>
<asp:WebPartZone ID="WebPartZone2" runat="server">
<ZoneTemplate>
<uc2:OrderUcl ID="OrderUcl1" runat="server" />
</ZoneTemplate>
</asp:WebPartZone>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>