Widgets
List of examples:
Widget categories
Creating a new widget category
// Creates a new widget category object
WidgetCategoryInfo newCategory = new WidgetCategoryInfo();
// Sets the widget category properties
newCategory.WidgetCategoryDisplayName = "New category";
newCategory.WidgetCategoryName = "NewCategory";
// Saves the widget category to the database
WidgetCategoryInfoProvider.SetWidgetCategoryInfo(newCategory);
Updating a widget category
// Gets the widget category
WidgetCategoryInfo updateCategory = WidgetCategoryInfoProvider.GetWidgetCategoryInfo("NewCategory");
if (updateCategory != null)
{
// Updates the widget category properties
updateCategory.WidgetCategoryDisplayName = updateCategory.WidgetCategoryDisplayName.ToLower();
// Saves the changes to the database
WidgetCategoryInfoProvider.SetWidgetCategoryInfo(updateCategory);
}
Updating multiple widget categories
// Gets all widget categories whose name starts with 'NewCategory'
var categories = WidgetCategoryInfoProvider.GetWidgetCategories().WhereStartsWith("WidgetCategoryName", "NewCategory");
// Loops through individual widget categories
foreach (WidgetCategoryInfo category in categories)
{
// Updates the category properties
category.WidgetCategoryDisplayName = category.WidgetCategoryDisplayName.ToUpper();
// Saves the changes to the database
WidgetCategoryInfoProvider.SetWidgetCategoryInfo(category);
}
Deleting a widget category
// Gets the widget category
WidgetCategoryInfo deleteCategory = WidgetCategoryInfoProvider.GetWidgetCategoryInfo("NewCategory");
if (deleteCategory != null)
{
// Deletes the widget category
WidgetCategoryInfoProvider.DeleteWidgetCategoryInfo(deleteCategory);
}
Widgets
Creating a new widget
// Gets a parent web part and category for the widget
WebPartInfo webpart = WebPartInfoProvider.GetWebPartInfo("StaticText");
WidgetCategoryInfo category = WidgetCategoryInfoProvider.GetWidgetCategoryInfo("NewCategory");
// Verifies that the parent category and web part exist, and that the web part is not inherited
// Widgets cannot be created from inherited web parts
if ((webpart != null) && (webpart.WebPartParentID == 0) && (category != null))
{
// Creates a new widget object
WidgetInfo newWidget = new WidgetInfo();
// Sets the widget properties
newWidget.WidgetName = "NewWidget";
newWidget.WidgetDisplayName = "New widget";
newWidget.WidgetDescription = webpart.WebPartDescription;
// Loads the property definitions from the parent web part
newWidget.WidgetProperties = FormHelper.GetFormFieldsWithDefaultValue(webpart.WebPartProperties, "visible", "false");
// Assigns the widget under the given category and web part
newWidget.WidgetWebPartID = webpart.WebPartID;
newWidget.WidgetCategoryID = category.WidgetCategoryID;
// Saves the new widget to the database
WidgetInfoProvider.SetWidgetInfo(newWidget);
}
Updating a widget
// Gets the widget
WidgetInfo updateWidget = WidgetInfoProvider.GetWidgetInfo("NewWidget");
if (updateWidget != null)
{
// Updates the widget properties
updateWidget.WidgetDisplayName = updateWidget.WidgetDisplayName.ToLower();
// Saves the changes
WidgetInfoProvider.SetWidgetInfo(updateWidget);
}
Updating multiple widgets
// Gets all widgets whose name starts with 'NewWidget'
var widgets = WidgetInfoProvider.GetWidgets().WhereStartsWith("WidgetName", "NewWidget");
// Loops through individual widgets
foreach (WidgetInfo widget in widgets)
{
// Updates the widget properties
widget.WidgetDisplayName = widget.WidgetDisplayName.ToUpper();
// Saves the changes to the database
WidgetInfoProvider.SetWidgetInfo(widget);
}
Deleting a widget
// Gets the widget
WidgetInfo deleteWidget = WidgetInfoProvider.GetWidgetInfo("NewWidget");
if (deleteWidget != null)
{
// Deletes the widget
WidgetInfoProvider.DeleteWidgetInfo(deleteWidget);
}
Widget security
Setting the security options for a widget
// Gets the widget
WidgetInfo widget = WidgetInfoProvider.GetWidgetInfo("NewWidget");
// Checks whether the widget exists
if (widget != null)
{
// Configures the widget to be usable only by assigned roles
widget.AllowedFor = SecurityAccessEnum.AuthorizedRoles;
// Saves the widget changes to the database
WidgetInfoProvider.SetWidgetInfo(widget);
}
Assigning a role to a widget
// Gets role, widget and permission objects
RoleInfo role = RoleInfo.Provider.Get("Admin", SiteContext.CurrentSiteID);
WidgetInfo widget = WidgetInfoProvider.GetWidgetInfo("NewWidget");
PermissionNameInfo permission = PermissionNameInfoProvider.GetPermissionNameInfo("AllowedFor", "Widgets", null);
// Checks that all of the objects exist
if ((role != null) && (widget != null) && (permission != null))
{
// Assigns the role to the widget
// Allows members of the role to work with the widget (if the widget is allowed only for authorized roles)
WidgetRoleInfoProvider.AddRoleToWidget(role.RoleID, widget.WidgetID, permission.PermissionId);
}
Removing a role from a widget
// Gets role, widget and permission objects
RoleInfo role = RoleInfo.Provider.Get("Admin", SiteContext.CurrentSiteID);
WidgetInfo widget = WidgetInfoProvider.GetWidgetInfo("NewWidget");
PermissionNameInfo permission = PermissionNameInfoProvider.GetPermissionNameInfo("AllowedFor", "Widgets", null);
// Checks that all of the objects exist
if ((role != null) && (widget != null) && (permission != null))
{
// Removes the role from the widget
WidgetRoleInfoProvider.RemoveRoleFromWidget(role.RoleID, widget.WidgetID, permission.PermissionId);
}