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DesignerDataSourceView Class

Serves as the base class for design-time data source view classes.

Namespace:  System.Web.UI.Design
Assembly:  System.Design (in System.Design.dll)

'Declaration
Public MustInherit Class DesignerDataSourceView
'Usage
Dim instance As DesignerDataSourceView

Notes to Inheritors:

When you inherit from the DesignerDataSourceView class, you must override the GetDesignTimeData method either to create sample data that conforms to the Schema property, or to return real data from the data source.

The following code example shows how to create a custom DesignerDataSourceView object along with a custom IDataSourceViewSchema class and two custom IDataSourceFieldSchema classes.

This example is part of a larger sample for the DataSourceDesigner class.

' A     design-time data source view
Public Class CustomDesignDataSourceView
    Inherits DesignerDataSourceView

    Private _data As ArrayList = Nothing

    Public Sub New(ByVal owner As CustomDataSourceDesigner, ByVal viewName As String)
        MyBase.New(owner, viewName)
    End Sub

    ' Get data for design-time display
    Public Overrides Function GetDesignTimeData( _
        ByVal minimumRows As Integer, _
        ByRef isSampleData As Boolean) As IEnumerable

        If IsNothing(_data) Then
            ' Create a set of design-time fake data
            _data = New ArrayList()
            Dim i As Integer
            For i = 1 To minimumRows
                _data.Add(New BookItem("ID_" & i.ToString(), _
                    "Design-Time Title 0" & i.ToString()))
            Next
        End If
        isSampleData = True
        Return CType(_data, IEnumerable)
    End Function

    Public Overrides ReadOnly Property Schema() As IDataSourceViewSchema
        Get
            Return New BookListViewSchema()
        End Get
    End Property

    ' Allow getting the record count
    Public Overrides ReadOnly Property CanRetrieveTotalRowCount() As Boolean
        Get
            Return True
        End Get
    End Property
    ' Do not allow deletions
    Public Overrides ReadOnly Property CanDelete() As Boolean
        Get
            Return False
        End Get
    End Property
    ' Do not allow insertions
    Public Overrides ReadOnly Property CanInsert() As Boolean
        Get
            Return False
        End Get
    End Property
    ' Do not allow updates
    Public Overrides ReadOnly Property CanUpdate() As Boolean
        Get
            Return False
        End Get
    End Property
    ' Do not allow paging
    Public Overrides ReadOnly Property CanPage() As Boolean
        Get
            Return False
        End Get
    End Property
    ' Do not allow sorting
    Public Overrides ReadOnly Property CanSort() As Boolean
        Get
            Return False
        End Get
    End Property
End Class


...


' A custom View Schema class
Public Class BookListViewSchema
    Implements IDataSourceViewSchema

    Public Sub New()
    End Sub

    ' The name of this View Schema
    Public ReadOnly Property Name() As String Implements IDataSourceViewSchema.Name
        Get
            Return "BookList"
        End Get
    End Property

    ' Build a Field Schema array
    Public Function GetFields() As IDataSourceFieldSchema() Implements IDataSourceViewSchema.GetFields
        Dim fields(1) As IDataSourceFieldSchema
        fields(0) = New CustomIDFieldSchema()
        fields(1) = New CustomTitleFieldSchema()
        Return fields
    End Function
    ' There are no child views, so return Nothing
    Public Function GetChildren() As IDataSourceViewSchema() Implements IDataSourceViewSchema.GetChildren
        Return Nothing
    End Function
End Class

' A custom Field Schema class for ID
Public Class CustomIDFieldSchema
    Implements IDataSourceFieldSchema

    Public Sub New()
    End Sub

    ' Name is ID
    Public ReadOnly Property Name() As String Implements IDataSourceFieldSchema.Name
        Get
            Return "ID"
        End Get
    End Property
    ' Data type is string
    Public ReadOnly Property DataType() As Type Implements IDataSourceFieldSchema.DataType
        Get
            Return GetType(String)
        End Get
    End Property
    ' This is not an Identity field
    Public ReadOnly Property Identity() As Boolean Implements IDataSourceFieldSchema.Identity
        Get
            Return False
        End Get
    End Property
    ' This field is read only
    Public ReadOnly Property IsReadOnly() As Boolean Implements IDataSourceFieldSchema.IsReadOnly
        Get
            Return True
        End Get
    End Property
    ' This field is unique
    Public ReadOnly Property IsUnique() As Boolean Implements IDataSourceFieldSchema.IsUnique
        Get
            Return True
        End Get
    End Property
    ' This field can't be longer than 20
    Public ReadOnly Property Length() As Integer Implements IDataSourceFieldSchema.Length
        Get
            Return 20
        End Get
    End Property
    ' This field can't be null
    Public ReadOnly Property Nullable() As Boolean Implements IDataSourceFieldSchema.Nullable
        Get
            Return False
        End Get
    End Property
    ' This is a Primary Key
    Public ReadOnly Property PrimaryKey() As Boolean Implements IDataSourceFieldSchema.PrimaryKey
        Get
            Return True
        End Get
    End Property

    ' These properties do not apply
    Public ReadOnly Property Precision() As Integer Implements IDataSourceFieldSchema.Precision
        Get
            Return -1
        End Get
    End Property
    Public ReadOnly Property Scale() As Integer Implements IDataSourceFieldSchema.Scale
        Get
            Return -1
        End Get
    End Property
End Class

' A custom Field Schema class for Title
Public Class CustomTitleFieldSchema
    Implements IDataSourceFieldSchema

    Public Sub New()
    End Sub

    ' Name is Title
    Public ReadOnly Property Name() As String Implements IDataSourceFieldSchema.Name
        Get
            Return "Title"
        End Get
    End Property
    ' Type is string
    Public ReadOnly Property DataType() As Type Implements IDataSourceFieldSchema.DataType
        Get
            Return GetType(String)
        End Get
    End Property
    ' This is not an Identity field
    Public ReadOnly Property Identity() As Boolean Implements IDataSourceFieldSchema.Identity
        Get
            Return False
        End Get
    End Property
    ' This field is not read only
    Public ReadOnly Property IsReadOnly() As Boolean Implements IDataSourceFieldSchema.IsReadOnly
        Get
            Return False
        End Get
    End Property
    ' This field is not unique
    Public ReadOnly Property IsUnique() As Boolean Implements IDataSourceFieldSchema.IsUnique
        Get
            Return False
        End Get
    End Property
    ' This field can't be longer than 100
    Public ReadOnly Property Length() As Integer Implements IDataSourceFieldSchema.Length
        Get
            Return 100
        End Get
    End Property
    ' This field can't be null
    Public ReadOnly Property Nullable() As Boolean Implements IDataSourceFieldSchema.Nullable
        Get
            Return False
        End Get
    End Property
    ' This is not the Primary Key
    Public ReadOnly Property PrimaryKey() As Boolean Implements IDataSourceFieldSchema.PrimaryKey
        Get
            Return False
        End Get
    End Property

    ' These properties do not apply
    Public ReadOnly Property Precision() As Integer Implements IDataSourceFieldSchema.Precision
        Get
            Return -1
        End Get
    End Property
    Public ReadOnly Property Scale() As Integer Implements IDataSourceFieldSchema.Scale
        Get
            Return -1
        End Get
    End Property
End Class

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
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