Index: WebLibrary/UI/GridViewSearchPanelState.cs.cst
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--- WebLibrary/UI/GridViewSearchPanelState.cs.cst	(revision 0)
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+<%@ CodeTemplate Language="C#" TargetLanguage="Text" Description="" Debug="True" ResponseEncoding="UTF-8" %>
+<%@ Property Name="RootNameSpace" Type="System.String" Category="Data" Description="Website Namespace." %>
+
+#region Using Directives
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
+using <%=RootNameSpace%>;
+#endregion
+
+namespace <%=RootNameSpace%>.Web.UI
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Used to store important GridView and GridViewSearchPanel properties
+    /// so that their state can be maintained
+    /// </summary>
+    public class GridViewSearchPanelState
+    {
+        #region Properties
+        #region GridView
+        private int m_PageIndex;
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the index of the page.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The index of the page.</value>
+        public int PageIndex
+        {
+            get { return m_PageIndex; }
+            set { m_PageIndex = value; }
+        }
+
+        private int m_PageSize;
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the size of the page.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The size of the page.</value>
+        public int PageSize
+        {
+            get { return m_PageSize; }
+            set { m_PageSize = value; }
+        }
+
+        private string m_SortExpression;
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the sort expression.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The sort expression.</value>
+        public string SortExpression
+        {
+            get { return m_SortExpression; }
+            set { m_SortExpression = value; }
+        }
+
+        private SortDirection m_SortDirection;
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the sort direction.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The sort direction.</value>
+        public SortDirection SortDirection
+        {
+            get { return m_SortDirection; }
+            set { m_SortDirection = value; }
+        } 
+        #endregion
+
+        #region GridViewSearchPanel
+        private string m_SearchKeyword;
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the search keyword.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The search keyword.</value>
+        public string SearchKeyword
+        {
+            get { return m_SearchKeyword; }
+            set { m_SearchKeyword = value; }
+        }
+
+        private string m_SearchFieldName;
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the name of the search field.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The name of the search field.</value>
+        public string SearchFieldName
+        {
+            get { return m_SearchFieldName; }
+            set { m_SearchFieldName = value; }
+        }
+
+        private SearchOperator m_SearchOperator;
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the search operator.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The search operator.</value>
+        public SearchOperator SearchOperator
+        {
+            get { return m_SearchOperator; }
+            set { m_SearchOperator = value; }
+        } 
+        #endregion
+	
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Constructors
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="T:GridViewSearchPanelState"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        public GridViewSearchPanelState()
+        {
+
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="T:GridViewSearchPanelState"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="gridView">The grid view.</param>
+        /// <param name="searchPanel">The search panel.</param>
+        public GridViewSearchPanelState( GridView gridView, GridViewSearchPanel searchPanel )
+        {
+            SaveState( gridView, searchPanel );
+        }
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Public methods
+        /// <summary>
+		/// Saves the state of the grid view and grid view search panel.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="gridView">The grid view.</param>
+		/// <param name="searchPanel">The search panel.</param>
+		public void SaveState( GridView gridView, GridViewSearchPanel searchPanel )
+		{
+			// Grid view values
+			this.PageIndex = gridView.PageIndex;
+			this.PageSize = gridView.PageSize;
+			this.SortExpression = gridView.SortExpression;
+			this.SortDirection = gridView.SortDirection;
+	
+		    this.SearchFieldName = searchPanel.SearchFieldName;
+			this.SearchOperator = searchPanel.SearchOperator;
+			this.SearchKeyword = searchPanel.SearchKeyword;
+		}
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Restores the state of the grid view and grid view search panel.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="gridView">The grid view.</param>
+        /// <param name="searchPanel">The search panel.</param>
+        public void RestoreState( ref GridView gridView, ref GridViewSearchPanel searchPanel )
+        {
+            gridView.PageIndex = this.PageIndex;
+            gridView.PageSize = this.PageSize;
+
+            searchPanel.SearchFieldName = this.SearchFieldName;
+            searchPanel.SearchKeyword = this.SearchKeyword;
+            searchPanel.SearchOperator = this.SearchOperator;
+        }
+        #endregion
+
+    }
+}