"Steve Nelson" <n33470@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hey George!
>
> I wrestled with the same type of problem. I'm not sure if this will
> exactly fit your situation, but it might point you in a different
> direction.
>
> I wanted to pass some data into the controller that was being used in
> the views. Initially I thought I needed to create a new Task to do
> this. Using the QuickStart Store Win sample, this would be analagous
> to the "Cart" task. I couldn't get this technique to work because I
> was using the MemoryStatePersistence, rather than
> SQLServerStatePersistence...and for some reason I couldn't change the
> QuickStart to use MemoryStartPersistence.
>
> So I tried a different approach that's working fine for me. When I
> use the UIPManager to start the task, I pass in arguments to the task.
> Then each controller used in the navigation graph gets passed the
> same arguments. Here's how I start the task:
>
> string employeeId = "123";
> UIPManager.StartTask( "MyGraph", null, new TaskArgumentsHolder(
> Guid.Empty, "MyGraph", employeeId ) );
>
> Now, when each controller gets started, they all get passed the same
> arguments. In the controller class you get at the TaskArguments like
> this:
>
> public override void EnterTask( TaskArgumentsHolder taskArguments )
> {
> // taskArguments structure contains the employeeId being worked with
> if( taskArguments != null && taskArguments.TaskArguments != null )
> {
> string empId = Convert.ToString( taskArguments.TaskArguments );
> this.EmployeeId = empId;
> }
> }
>
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> --steve

"george r smith" <gsmith@budgetext.com> wrote in message
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> If I have a form that shows a list view of vendors, user selects a vendor
by
> double clicking. Now I have a vendor ID and want to navagate to a new form
> that has the vendor detail. Question is how do I get this vendor ID to the
> new form in the UIP.
>
> grs
>
>