/// <summary>
/// <para>
/// Gets the HTML to be used for the design-time representation
/// of the control.
/// </para>
/// </summary>
/// <returns>
/// <para>
/// The design-time HTML.
/// </para>
/// </returns>
protected override String GetDesignTimeNormalHtml()
{
const int numberOfStaticItems = 5;
IEnumerable selectedDataSource = null;
String oldDataTextField = null, oldDataValueField = null;
bool dummyDataSource = false;
DesignerTextWriter htmlWriter = new DesignerTextWriter(true);
MobileListItemCollection items = _selectionList.Items;
Debug.Assert(items != null, "Items is null in LisControl");
if (items.Count > 0)
{
_selectionList.Adapter.Render(htmlWriter);
}
else
{
MobileListItem[] oldItems = items.GetAll();
int sampleRows = numberOfStaticItems;
// try designtime databinding.
selectedDataSource = GetResolvedSelectedDataSource();
IEnumerable designTimeDataSource =
GetDesignTimeDataSource(
selectedDataSource,
sampleRows,
out dummyDataSource);
// If dummy datasource is applied, change the data fields so that
// dummy source will be rendered.
if (dummyDataSource)
{
oldDataTextField = _selectionList.DataTextField;
oldDataValueField = _selectionList.DataValueField;
_selectionList.DataTextField = "Column0";
_selectionList.DataValueField = "Column1";
}
try
{
_selectionList.DataSource = designTimeDataSource;
_selectionList.DataBind();
_selectionList.Adapter.Render(htmlWriter);
}
finally
{
_selectionList.DataSource = null;
_selectionList.Items.SetAll(oldItems);
if (dummyDataSource)
{
_selectionList.DataTextField = oldDataTextField;
_selectionList.DataValueField = oldDataValueField;
}
}
}
return(htmlWriter.ToString());
}