"CK" <c_kettenb***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello All,
> I am trying to extend the default asp:ImageButton to include an image for
> an
> enabled state and a second image for a disabled state.  I currently did
> this
> by extending the ImageButton class in a custom control, creating a
> property
> for each of these images (EnabledImageUrl, DisabledImageUrl) and then
> overrode the Enabled property to change base.ImageUrl respectively.  I am
> also trying to use Themes with this web site.  The problem is (I can tell
> by
> looking in the page source) that when the image urls are stored in the
> custom control they are not being resolved to the actual path of the
> images
> (they are "image\<picName>.gif" in the skin file).  Also, when the
> ImageUrl
> is set on the base class it is also not being resolved to the actual
> (theme)
> path.  I was wondering if there is something I have to do with my custom
> control, some convenience method I can run to resolve these paths or if
> there is a specific point in the ASP page lifecycle that I have to plug in
> to in order for these paths to get resolved by default.
> public class MultiImageButton : ImageButton
>    {
>        private string _enabledImageUrl;
>        private string _disabledImageUrl;
>        public bool Enabled
>        {
>            get { return base.Enabled; }
>            set{
>                base.Enabled = value;
>                base.ImageUrl = value ? _enabledImageUrl :
> _disabledImageUrl;
>            }
>        }
>
>        public string EnabledImageUrl
>        {
>            get { return _enabledImageUrl; }
>            set{
>               _enabledImageUrl = value;
>                if (Enabled)
>                    base.ImageUrl = Page._enabledImageUrl;
>            }
>        }
>
>        public string DisabledImageUrl
>        {
>            get
>            {
>                return _disabledImageUrl;
>            }
>            set
>            {
>                _disabledImageUrl = value;
>                if (!Enabled)
>                    base.ImageUrl = _disabledImageUrl;
>            }
>        }
>    }
>
>
>

> Hello All,
> I am trying to extend the default asp:ImageButton to include an image for an
> enabled state and a second image for a disabled state.  I currently did this
> by extending the ImageButton class in a custom control, creating a property
> for each of these images (EnabledImageUrl, DisabledImageUrl) and then
> overrode the Enabled property to change base.ImageUrl respectively.  I am
> also trying to use Themes with this web site.  The problem is (I can tell by
> looking in the page source) that when the image urls are stored in the
> custom control they are not being resolved to the actual path of the images
> (they are "image\<picName>.gif" in the skin file).  Also, when the ImageUrl
> is set on the base class it is also not being resolved to the actual (theme)
> path.  I was wondering if there is something I have to do with my custom
> control, some convenience method I can run to resolve these paths or if
> there is a specific point in the ASP page lifecycle that I have to plug in
> to in order for these paths to get resolved by default.
>  public class MultiImageButton : ImageButton
>     {
>         private string _enabledImageUrl;
>         private string _disabledImageUrl;
>         public bool Enabled
>         {
>             get { return base.Enabled; }
>             set{
>                 base.Enabled = value;
>                 base.ImageUrl = value ? _enabledImageUrl :
> _disabledImageUrl;
>             }
>         }
>
>         public string EnabledImageUrl
>         {
>             get { return _enabledImageUrl; }
>             set{
>                _enabledImageUrl = value;
>                 if (Enabled)
>                     base.ImageUrl = Page._enabledImageUrl;
>             }
>         }
>
>         public string DisabledImageUrl
>         {
>             get
>             {
>                 return _disabledImageUrl;
>             }
>             set
>             {
>                 _disabledImageUrl = value;
>                 if (!Enabled)
>                     base.ImageUrl = _disabledImageUrl;
>             }
>         }
>     }
>
>
>