private void populateItems(Reflection.PropertyData[] items)
{
foreach (Reflection.PropertyData item in items)
{
if (ddTemplateName.Items.FindByText(item.ClassDesc) != null) continue;
ddTemplateName.Items.Add(new ListItem(item.ClassDesc, item.ID.Split('+')[0] + "+" + item.ClassDesc));
}
}
private Control CreateControl(Reflection.PropertyData item)
{
//Creating control from its type
Control control;
//if control type is specified create it
if (item.ControlType != null)
{
try
{
control = (Control)Activator.CreateInstance(item.ControlType, null);
}
catch (InvalidCastException)
{
throw new InvalidCastException(
String.Format(
"The ControlAttribute for property named {0} must specify descedant of System.Web.UI.Control class",
item.PropertyName));
}
//applying the value of the control
control.GetType().GetProperty(item.ControlProperty).SetValue(control, item.Value, null);
}
else //otherwise create TextBox
{
control = new TextBox();
(control as TextBox).Text = item.Value.ToString();
}
Hashtable propertiesToApply = item.PropertiesToApply;
foreach (object key in propertiesToApply.Keys)
{
PropertyInfo propertyInfo = control.GetType().GetProperty((string)key);
object _value = propertiesToApply[key];
try
{
if (propertyInfo.GetValue(control, null).GetType() == typeof(Unit))
{
if (_value is String)
_value = new Unit((string)_value);
else if (_value is Int32)
_value = new Unit((int)_value);
else if (_value is Double)
_value = new Unit((double)_value);
}
propertyInfo.SetValue(control, _value, null);
}
catch
{
throw new Exception(String.Format("Invalid Property/Value pair ({0} / {1}) for control of type {2}",
key.ToString(), propertiesToApply[key],
control.GetType().ToString()));
}
}
control.ID = item.ID.Replace('+', '_');
control.EnableViewState = false;
return control;
}