Thread: ascx checking appconfigs

We currently have 4 different ascx pages for different parts of our site.

What we want to do is have on one ascx page is specials that are controlled via app configs

C#/VB.NET Code:

c# code
if (AppLogic.AppConfigBool("ShowSpecialOnShoppingCart"))
            {
                string SpecialURL = AppLogic.GetString("ShoppingCartSpecial.aspx.URL", ThisCustomer.SkinID, ThisCustomer.LocaleSetting);
                string SpecialTEXT = AppLogic.GetString("ShoppingCartSpecial.aspx.Display", ThisCustomer.SkinID, ThisCustomer.LocaleSetting);
                Special.Text = "<div style=\"text-align:center;padding:0;margin:0;\"><a href=\"" + SpecialURL + "\" title=\"Checkout Special\">" + SpecialTEXT + "</a></div>";
                Special.Visible = true;
            }
            else
            {
                Special.Visible = false;
            }

aspx code
<asp:Label ID="Special" runat="server" Visible="false" /> 


Problem is I am not too sure how to get this to work, can anyone help?

Thanks in advance.

What doesn't work with it? Do you get into the True condition? If not, my first place to start is not trusting ShowSpecialOnShoppingCart as a bool. For testing check for a hard value like the word 'true' since you said it's a bool or you could keep it visible the entire time, just leave the label blank and update if it is true.

Little more info on what is happening will help.

When you debug do you get into the IF (true) and it just isn't showing? Is it not getting into the If (true)?


Zach

It works in an aspx page just fine with no issues at all.

The problem is to to do with the design. We need it in an ASCX page (template pages for ver 8) and that is where I am running into the issue on how to do it.

Originally Posted by e-tradecounter

It works in an aspx page just fine with no issues at all.

The problem is to to do with the design. We need it in an ASCX page (template pages for ver 8) and that is where I am running into the issue on how to do it.

Gotcha, the original post had ASCX written twice and got confused.

I'm not an expert at that sort of level. But it seems that .ascx pages don't do any of that kind of processing. You'd need to extract that out to an XML Package.

Ah good idea! Perfect, stick it in an XML and then use that in the template.

Thanks!

Oooh! I am an expert at that level