Thread: GiftRegistry Question

Is anyone able to provide a brief explanation of the the workflow in the GiftRegistry.aspx.cs file. More specifically, I am trying to understand the purpose of the following condition statements:

Code:

if (GiftRegistryGUID.Length == 0)

I can't understand when the GiftRegistryGUID would ever have a length of 0. I have check our customer database and every record has a GiftRegistryGUID.

Code:

if (!ThisCustomer.HasCustomerRecord)

According to the code under this condition the "Your Gift Registry is Empty" would be displayed. So I dont understand how HasCustomerRecord determines if the Gift Registry is empty.

Those are checks for if someone browses directly to the giftregistry.aspx page rather than through a link that includes the GUID querystring or by adding something to their registry. We don't want to display invalid/empty information, or worse throw an error because the page is looking for something that doesn't exist. Just standard safe handling.

OK and Thanks. But can you help me understand why the GiftRegistryGUID always is reported as NULL whether I am signed in or not.

GiftRegistryGUID is set here:

Code:

GiftRegistryGUID = CommonLogic.QueryStringCanBeDangerousContent("GUID");

If there's no querystring on the page request, then no GiftRegistryGUID. That's used for the URL that customers send to their friends to click to view their registry.