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Customising the CatalogZone class

Author
23 Jan 2007 2:15 PM
Matt Adamson
Do you know if it's possible to customise this class so we could see a list
of all web parts on the right hand pane and then drag and drop them into the
appropriate web parts. Rather than using the default interface which present
a list of the web parts with a check box next to each one.

Author
23 Jan 2007 5:37 PM
Gaurav Vaish (MasterGaurav)
> Do you know if it's possible to customise this class so we could see a
> list of all web parts on the right hand pane and then drag and drop them
> into the appropriate web parts. Rather than using the default interface
> which present a list of the web parts with a check box next to each one.

Technically, yes!
Practically, no!


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Author
24 Jan 2007 10:14 AM
Matt Adamson
What do you see are the main issues in doing this?

Could the custom CatalogZone not simply call the Render methods of each
contained web parts. However how would you handle the drag and drop from
this zone to other zones in the page?



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"Gaurav Vaish (MasterGaurav)" <gaurav.vaish.nospam@nospam.gmail.com> wrote
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>> Do you know if it's possible to customise this class so we could see a
>> list of all web parts on the right hand pane and then drag and drop them
>> into the appropriate web parts. Rather than using the default interface
>> which present a list of the web parts with a check box next to each one.
>
> Technically, yes!
> Practically, no!
>
>
> --
> Happy Hacking,
> Gaurav Vaish | www.mastergaurav.com
> www.edujini-labs.com
> http://eduzine.edujinionline.com
> -----------------------------------------
>
>
Author
24 Jan 2007 3:32 PM
Gaurav Vaish (MasterGaurav)
> Could the custom CatalogZone not simply call the Render methods of each
> contained web parts. However how would you handle the drag and drop from
> this zone to other zones in the page?

The buck stops here.
Handing the drag-drop and posting it back to the server the latest position
of the webpart.

Unless I am severly missing out anything... I do not see any public API to
take care of these issues... something like OnWebPartMoved(WebPartZone old,
WebPartZone new) or something like that...


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Happy Hacking,
Gaurav Vaish | www.mastergaurav.com
www.edujini-labs.com
http://eduzine.edujinionline.com
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Author
25 Jan 2007 1:26 PM
Gaurav Vaish (MasterGaurav)
Well... I got across something that may be of your interest...
    Not quite sure thought :)

    http://www.codeproject.com/Ajax/AtlasDragNDrop.asp


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Happy Hacking,
Gaurav Vaish | www.mastergaurav.com
www.edujini-labs.com
http://eduzine.edujinionline.com
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"Gaurav Vaish (MasterGaurav)" <gaurav.vaish.nospam@nospam.gmail.com> wrote
in message news:%23xCSY08PHHA.4412@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Could the custom CatalogZone not simply call the Render methods of each
>> contained web parts. However how would you handle the drag and drop from
>> this zone to other zones in the page?
>
> The buck stops here.
> Handing the drag-drop and posting it back to the server the latest
> position of the webpart.
>
> Unless I am severly missing out anything... I do not see any public API to
> take care of these issues... something like OnWebPartMoved(WebPartZone
> old, WebPartZone new) or something like that...
>
>
> --
> Happy Hacking,
> Gaurav Vaish | www.mastergaurav.com
> www.edujini-labs.com
> http://eduzine.edujinionline.com
> -----------------------------------------
>
>

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