private void InitDropDown(BrandMetadataSelectableSetting selSetting)
{
var dd = new MetadataDropDownList
{
BrandId = BrandId,
GroupNumber = GroupNumber,
OmitBlankItem = false,
BlankText = "Not Specified",
BlankValue = "0",
CssClass = "formInput W225",
LinearOutlay = selSetting.IsLinear,
//adding the ID of the control prevents problems with retrieving the posted back
//data not being persisted to the meta input underlying controls
//in a scenario when they are dynamically added to another control
ID = "MetaDropDown" + PrepareID(),
SortType = (SelectableMetadataSortType)selSetting.SortType
};
dd.RefreshFromDataSource();
Controls.Add(dd);
}
private void InitPresetTextArea(BrandMetadataSelectableSetting selSetting)
{
//=== add dropdown
var dd = new MetadataDropDownList
{
BrandId = BrandId,
GroupNumber = GroupNumber,
OmitBlankItem = false,
BlankText = "Select to populate",
BlankValue = "0",
CssClass = "presetDropDown formInput W225",
LinearOutlay = selSetting.IsLinear,
//adding the ID of the control prevents problems with retrieving the posted back
//data not being persisted to the meta input underlying controls
//in a scenario when they are dynamically added to another control
ID = "MetadataDropDownList" + PrepareID()
};
dd.RefreshFromDataSource();
Controls.Add(dd);
//=== add the line break and then the text area
Controls.Add(new Literal()
{
Text = "<br />"
});
var ta = new TextArea()
{
CssClass = "PanelTxt W225",
Rows = 6,
Columns = 30,
//Width = "",
//adding the ID of the control prevents problems with retrieving the posted back
//data not being persisted to the meta input underlying controls
//in a scenario when they are dynamically added to another control
ID = "MetadataTextArea" + PrepareID()
};
Controls.Add(ta);
//=== add the javascript/jquery logic for the presets selection
//this is the url the ajax function will be calling to fetch back the respective metadata upon preset change
var url = SiteUtils.GetWebsiteUrl("~/MetadataGetTextPreset.ashx?metadataId=");
//ensure there is jquery included on the page
if (IncludeJqueryReference)
{
Page.ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptInclude("jqueryinclude", "/Includes/Javascript/jQuery/jquery-1.4.1.min.js");
}
//function gets metadata val upon dropdown change and inserts it into the text area
var script = String.Format(@"
$(document).ready(function(){{
var url = '{0}';
$('.presetDropDown').change(function(){{
var metaId = $(this).val();
var tarea = $(this).parent().find('textarea');//nextAll('textarea');
$.get(url + metaId, function(data){{
$(tarea).val(data);
}});
return false;
}});
}}
);", url);
Page.ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptBlock(this.GetType(), "dropdownPresets", script, true);
}