FilterRepeater filter "Filters"

Question

User-1254308814 posted

What is the best way to filter the items that show up on the FilterRepeater. I have IsAtive and IsDefault columns on my entity and I would only like to allow the users to filter on IsActive.

 

Answer 1

User1024101778 posted

Jamie,

Sjnaugton has a good post on this on his blog on this very topic.

http://csharpbits.notaclue.net/2008/05/dynamicdata-limit-filter-fields.html

 

Answer 2

User-1005219520 posted

An easy way to do this is via ScaffoldColumn(false) - but that would also hide the column from the display - probably not what you want. Looks like Steve's approach suggested above will solve your problem.

Answer 3

User-1254308814 posted

Thanks a lot that was what I was looking for.

Answer 4

User-1005219520 posted

The FilterAttribute in the Dynamic Data Futures sample  does this.  The FilterAttribute  also lets you specify the filter control to use. The Default.aspx page has

Use advanced filters

The AdvancedFilterRepeater provides a mechanism for declaring custom filters in a manner similar to how field templates can be declared using the UIHintAttribute. This sample adds a number of filters that illustrate this functionality: autocomplete, cascading dropdown, Boolean radio. They are all located in the DynamicData\Filters directory. The filters are applied on the model using the new FilterAttribute, which are then used by AdvancedFilterRepeater to pick the right filter control.