"Shaun Wilde" <shaun_wilde@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
news:60C7E19D-4DE7-4380-97AF-288DACFE0160@microsoft.com...
>I have a similar issue as you and I found this article that seems to have a
> good answer that I am going to employ myself - I've been using a similar
> trick (i.e. calling OnComponentChanged - have a search for
> notifyDesignerOfChange in this group) with a simple string property but
> the
> collection property was causing issues (i.e. sometimes saving and
> sometimes
> not)
>
> "Chris Crowe [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I am creating a new TextBox control but I am having problems when I am
>> trying to add my own collection to the control and persisting the values
>> to
>> the asp.net web page.
>>
>> This is my code for the collection property
>>
>> [PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.InnerProperty)]
>> public LookupEditControlColumns ListColumns
>>
>> This is correctly persisting the data as follows:
>>
>> <cc1:lookupeditcontrol id="LookupEditControl2" runat="server"
>> PopupWindow="True" LookupURL="search.aspx?ctrl=name&v=">
>> <ListColumns>
>> <cc1:LookupEditControlColumn Width="100%"></cc1:LookupEditControlColumn>
>> </ListColumns>
>> </cc1:lookupeditcontrol>
>>
>> But when you open the .aspx page I get the following problem.
>>
>> The text property of the control contains the following
>>
>> <ListColumns>
>> <cc1:LookupEditControlColumn
>> Width="100%"></cc1:LookupEditControlColumn>
>> </ListColumns>
>>
>> and my collection is empty.
>>
>> How do I handle this situation?
>>
>> Is there anything else I must do when I want to persist my custom
>> collection
>> properties?
>>
>> --
>> Cheers
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> Chris Crowe [IIS MVP]
>>
>>
>>

"Chris Crowe [MVP]" wrote:

> Hi
>
> I am creating a new TextBox control but I am having problems when I am
> trying to add my own collection to the control and persisting the values to
> the asp.net web page.
>
> This is my code for the collection property
>
> [PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.InnerProperty)]
> public LookupEditControlColumns ListColumns
>
> This is correctly persisting the data as follows:
>
> <cc1:lookupeditcontrol id="LookupEditControl2" runat="server"
> PopupWindow="True" LookupURL="search.aspx?ctrl=name&v=">
> <ListColumns>
> <cc1:LookupEditControlColumn Width="100%"></cc1:LookupEditControlColumn>
> </ListColumns>
> </cc1:lookupeditcontrol>
>
> But when you open the .aspx page I get the following problem.
>
> The text property of the control contains the following
>
> <ListColumns>
> <cc1:LookupEditControlColumn
> Width="100%"></cc1:LookupEditControlColumn>
> </ListColumns>
>
> and my collection is empty.
>
> How do I handle this situation?
>
> Is there anything else I must do when I want to persist my custom collection
> properties?
>
> --
> Cheers
>
> Chris
>
> Chris Crowe [IIS MVP]
>
>