PersistChildrenAttribute.UsesCustomPersistence Property

Definition

Gets a value indicating whether the server control provides custom persistence of nested controls at design time.

public:
 property bool UsesCustomPersistence { bool get(); };
public bool UsesCustomPersistence { get; }
member this.UsesCustomPersistence : bool
Public ReadOnly Property UsesCustomPersistence As Boolean

Property Value

true to provide custom persistence of nested content; otherwise, false. The default is false.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to get the value of the UsesCustomPersistence property.

This code example is part of a larger example provided for the PersistChildrenAttribute class.

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="AspSample" Assembly="Samples.AspNet.CS.Controls" Namespace="PersistChildrenSamples" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<script runat="server">
  
  protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {

    // Create two new employees and add them to the custom control.
    Employee e1 = new Employee("Employee 1", "Title 1", "Alias 1");
    Employee e2 = new Employee("Employee 2", "Title 2", "Alias 2");
    CollectionPropertyControl1.Employees.Add(e1);
    CollectionPropertyControl1.Employees.Add(e2);

    // Verify attribute values.
    PersistChildrenAttribute p =
      (PersistChildrenAttribute)Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(typeof(CollectionPropertyControl), 
      typeof(PersistChildrenAttribute));

    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    sb.Append("The Persist property is " + p.Persist.ToString() + "<br />");
    sb.Append("The UseCustomPersistence property is " + p.UsesCustomPersistence.ToString() + "<br />");
    sb.Append("The IsDefault method returns " + p.IsDefaultAttribute().ToString());
    Message.Text = sb.ToString();
    
  }
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>PersistChildrenAttribute</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
      <asp:Label ID="Message"
                 runat="server"/>
      <AspSample:CollectionPropertyControl id="CollectionPropertyControl1" 
                                           runat="server">
      </AspSample:CollectionPropertyControl>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>
<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="AspSample" Assembly="Samples.AspNet.VB.Controls" Namespace="PersistChildrenSampleVB" %>


<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<script runat="server">
  
  Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)

    ' Create two new employees and add them to the custom control.
    Dim e1 As New Employee("Employee 1", "Title 1", "Alias 1")
    Dim e2 As New Employee("Employee 2", "Title 2", "Alias 2")
    CollectionPropertyControl1.Employees.Add(e1)
    CollectionPropertyControl1.Employees.Add(e2)

    ' Verify attribute values.
    Dim p As PersistChildrenAttribute = _
    Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(GetType(CollectionPropertyControl), _
    GetType(PersistChildrenAttribute))

    Dim sb As New StringBuilder()
    sb.Append("The Persist property is " & p.Persist.ToString() & "<br />")
    sb.Append("The UseCustomPersistence property is " & p.UsesCustomPersistence.ToString() & "<br />")
    sb.Append("The IsDefault method returns " & p.IsDefaultAttribute().ToString())
    Message.Text = sb.ToString()

  End Sub
  
</script>


<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>PersistChildrenAttribute</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="Form1" runat="server">
    <div>
      <asp:Label ID="Message"
                 runat="server"/>
      <AspSample:CollectionPropertyControl id="CollectionPropertyControl1" 
                                           runat="server">
      </AspSample:CollectionPropertyControl>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Remarks

To configure nested content for custom persistence, use the PersistChildrenAttribute overload that takes a usesCustomPersistence parameter.

Applies to

See also