WebPartManager::CanConnectWebParts Method (WebPart, ProviderConnectionPoint, WebPart, ConsumerConnectionPoint, WebPartTransformer)
Checks the WebPart controls that will be participating in a connection to determine whether they are capable of being connected, and uses a WebPartTransformer object to create the connection between an incompatible consumer and provider.
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
public: virtual bool CanConnectWebParts( WebPart^ provider, ProviderConnectionPoint^ providerConnectionPoint, WebPart^ consumer, ConsumerConnectionPoint^ consumerConnectionPoint, WebPartTransformer^ transformer )
Parameters
- provider
- Type: System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts::WebPart
The control that provides data to consumer when the controls are connected.
- providerConnectionPoint
- Type: System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts::ProviderConnectionPoint
A ConnectionPoint that acts as a callback method so that provider can participate in a connection.
- consumer
- Type: System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts::WebPart
The control that receives data from provider when the controls are connected.
- consumerConnectionPoint
- Type: System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts::ConsumerConnectionPoint
A ConnectionPoint that acts as a callback method so that consumer can participate in a connection.
- transformer
- Type: System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts::WebPartTransformer
A WebPartTransformer that enables an incompatible provider and consumer to connect.
Return Value
Type: System::BooleanA Boolean value that indicates whether provider and consumer can form a connection.
This method is used to connect provider and consumer when both controls have incompatible connection point types, so that a WebPartTransformer object is required. You might want to use this method to verify that two controls can be connected before calling ConnectWebParts to create a programmatic connection.
This overload uses the same implementation as the CanConnectWebParts(WebPart, ProviderConnectionPoint, WebPart, ConsumerConnectionPoint) method overload, with the only exception being that this overload requires a transformer.
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
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