ControlsHelper Class

Methods for the enhanced controls management.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  CMS.Base.Web.UI.ControlsHelper

Namespace: CMS.Base.Web.UI
Assembly: CMS.Base.Web.UI (in CMS.Base.Web.UI.dll) Version: 11.0.0

Syntax

public static class ControlsHelper

The ControlsHelper type exposes the following members.

Fields

	Name	Description
Public field Static member	ALLOWED_FORUM_CONTROLS	Allowed forum dynamic controls.

Properties

	Name	Description
Public property Static member	RegExControl	Dynamic control search regular expression.
Public property Static member	RegExStrings	Regular expression for strings.

Methods

	Name	Description
Public method Static member	AddControlsToHashtable	Obsolete. Adds the controls to the given Hashtable.
Public method Static member	CausedPostBack(Control[])	Determines whether any of given controls caused the postback.
Public method Static member	CausedPostBack(Boolean, Control[])	Determines whether any of given controls caused the postback.
Public method Static member	CheckControlContext	Returns true if specified control is under specified context name.
Public method Static member	ContainsControl	Determines whether control contains another one.
Public method Static member	ContainsDynamicControl	Returns true if the content contains dynamic controls.
Public method Static member	EnsureScriptManager	Ensures the Script manager on the page.
Public method Static member	FillListControlWithEnum(ListControl, Type, String, Boolean, Boolean, List<String>, List<String>)	Fills the specified ListControl with the items created from the specified enum type.
Public method Static member	FillListControlWithEnum<TEnum>(ListControl, String, Boolean, Boolean, List<String>)	Fills the specified ListControl with the items created from the specified enum type.
Public method Static member	FillListWithNumberedSqlOperators	Fill list control with SQL operators as number value (Like = 0, NotLike = 1, Equals = 2, NotEquals = 3) and text with their appropriate text eqivalent.
Public method Static member	FillListWithTextSqlOperators	Fill list control with SQL operators (Like, NotLike, Equals, NotEquals) as value and text with their appropriate text eqivalent.
Public method Static member	FindItemByValue	Searches for the DropDownList item with given value.
Public method Static member	FindParentControl	Searches the container for a server control with the specified id parameter.
Public method Static member	GetChildControl(Control, Type, Boolean)	Gets the first child control of specified type for given control.
Public method Static member	GetChildControl(Control, Type, String)	Gets the first child control of specified ID for given control.
Public method Static member	GetChildControl(Control, Type[], String)	Gets the first child control of specified ID for given control.
Public method Static member	GetChildControl<ChildType>(Control, Boolean)	Gets the first child control of specified type for given control.
Public method Static member	GetContextManager	Returns context manager for specified control.
Public method Static member	GetControlInstance	Obsolete. Gets the control instance from given control (returns cached control is the control is PartialCachingControl).
Public method Static member	GetControlOfTypeRecursive<T>	Gets the control of specified type recursively to parent control
Public method Static member	GetControlsHashtable<TControl>(List<TControl>)	Translates the controls ArrayList to the Hashtable indexed by the controls ID [Control.ID.ToLowerCSafe()] -> [Control]
Public method Static member	GetControlsHashtable<TControl>(List<TControl>, Func<TControl, String>)	Translates the controls ArrayList to the Hashtable indexed by the controls ID [Control.ID.ToLowerCSafe()] -> [Control]
Public method Static member	GetControlsOfType<T>	Returns controls collection for specified type
Public method Static member	GetDataControl	Gets the update panel for given control.
Public method Static member	GetDataSourceForControl	Converts the given object to a Data source valid for data bound control
Public method Static member	GetDropDownListSource	Obsolete. Returns dataset with columns Text and Value for a dropdown list source. If resource prefix is defined, text is resolved as resource string "[prefix].value"
Public method Static member	GetLastChildControl	Gets the last child control of specified type for given control.
Public method Static member	GetParentControl(Control, Type)	Gets the parent control of specified type for given control.
Public method Static member	GetParentControl<ParentType>(Control)	Gets the parent control of specified type for given control.
Public method Static member	GetParentProperty<ParentControlType, PropertyType>	Gets property value from parent control
Public method Static member	GetPostBackControl	Gets the control which caused postback.
Public method Static member	GetPostBackControlID	Gets the ID of the control that caused page postback.
Public method Static member	GetPostBackEventReference(Control, String, Boolean, Boolean)	Gets the postback event reference to the given control.
Public method Static member	GetPostBackEventReference(Control, PostBackOptions, Boolean, Boolean, Control)	Gets the postback event reference to the given control.
Public method Static member	GetReversedColumns	Gets the reversed column sizes.
Public method Static member	GetScrollbarsEnum	Returns the scrollbars enum for the given code.
Public method Static member	GetUniqueID(Control, String)	Gets the unique ID for the control.
Public method Static member	GetUniqueID(Control, String, Control)	Gets the unique ID for the control.
Public method Static member	GetUpdatePanel	Gets the update panel for given control.
Public method Static member	IsInAsyncPostback	Returns true if the page is in the process of asynchronous postback.
Public method Static member	IsInUpdatePanel	Returns true if the control is located inside of the update panel.
Public method Static member	LoadExtender	Loads the control extender of the specified type for the specified control.
Public method Static member	MoveControls	Moves the child controls between two controls.
Public method Static member	ParseInlineParameters	Parses inline macro values, creates collection of this parameters, sets control name and control parameter if is available.
Public method Static member	RaisePostback	Raises postback on the given control
Public method Static member	RegisterClientScriptBlock	Register client script block. If current control is under update panel, script is registered in the update panel
Public method Static member	RegisterPostbackControl	Registers the control which causes postback with the script manager.
Public method Static member	RemoveDynamicControls	Removes all dynamic control macros from string.
Public method Static member	ResolveDynamicControls	Resolves the dynamic control macros within the parent controls collection and loads the dynamic controls instead.
Public method Static member	ResolveMacros(String, DataRow, Boolean)	Replaces macros in text with appropriate value of the datarow and returns the result.
Public method Static member	ResolveMacros(String, DataRowView, Boolean)	Obsolete. Replaces macros in text with appropriate value of the datarow and returns the result.
Public method Static member	ReverseFrames	Reverses the frames within given frameset control.
Public method Static member	UpdateCurrentPanel	Updates current update panel.