WebPartPersonalization.CopyPersonalizationState Method

Extracts the personalization state from one Web Parts control and applies it to a second Web Parts control.

Namespace: System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts
Assembly: System.Web (in system.web.dll)

protected public:
virtual void CopyPersonalizationState (
	WebPart^ webPartA, 
	WebPart^ webPartB
)
protected void CopyPersonalizationState (
	WebPart webPartA, 
	WebPart webPartB
)
protected internal function CopyPersonalizationState (
	webPartA : WebPart, 
	webPartB : WebPart
)
Not applicable.

Parameters

webPartA

The Web Parts control supplying the personalization data.

webPartB

The Web Parts control receiving the personalization data.

Exception typeCondition

ArgumentNullException

Either webPartA or webPartB is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

ArgumentException

webPartA and webPartB are not of the same Type.

- or -

webPartA and webPartB are GenericWebPart controls but one or both lack a child control.

- or -

webPartA and webPartB are GenericWebPart controls, but their child controls are not of the same Type.

This method extracts the personalization state from webPartA and applies it to webPartB. This method assumes that webPartA and webPartB are the same type. If the Web Parts controls are GenericWebPart controls, the method copies the personalization state from the child control wrapped in webPartA to the child control wrapped in webPartB.

As part of the copy operation, webPartB is marked as "dirty".

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

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0

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