FilterRepeater specify linked columns

Question

User-725790043 posted

Hi, I want to specify which linked columns i want to display in the filter repeater, how do i do this?

Answer 1

User-330204900 posted

Hi Ferds, a quick and easy way would be to handle the FilterRepeater's ItemDataBound event and decide in there whether you want a Filter or not:

protected void FilterRepeater_ItemDataBound(object sender, RepeaterItemEventArgs e)
{
	var column = e.Item.DataItem as MetaColumn;
	if (column != null)
	{
		if (column.Name == "Shipper")
			e.Item.Visible = false;
	}
}

Hope this helps [:D]

Answer 2

User660823006 posted

You can also look at the Filter attribute from our Future project (http://www.codeplex.com/aspnet/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=14475). It allows you to place metadata on the model to determine if a column is displayed as a filter or not.

Answer 3

User-1005219520 posted

If you'd like to automatically exclude all FK columns that have too many entries, take a look at my blog on How to: Limit Foreign Key entries and drop down width in the filter repeater