Nettiers Templates: Conditionally Generate Part of Web Page

I am using Codesmith 5.1 with Nettiers templates to to build an admin website that will let users edit data in different tables. I am using Nettiers functionality out-of-the-box and using the website it generates.

I want to conditionally hide a part of a webpage (not generate that part of the page).

As an example, I am allowing users to add/edit BondType which is reference data. I do not want them to add a bond record on the same screeen.  So the stuff below Update/Cancel button needs to be hidden.

How do I do that conditionally? Which template(s) should I edit?

Bond Type - Add/Edit

I do not think my screen shot saves as good as it looked in preview. Typeshortdescription and Monetary Value are attributes of a BondType record. Just below the Monetary value attrbute are two button named Update and Cancel. I want the stuff below the two buttons (no Bond Found! Add New) to be hidden or not generated. How do I accomplish that with templates?

Hello,

You would need to update the following template (ASP.NET\Common\Admin\Entity.aspx.cst).

Thanks

-Blake Niemyjski

I was thinking about editing the EntityEdit.aspx.cst instead of Entity.aspx.cst. But I’ll go by your advice.

So in the Entity.Aspx.cst, I am planning to edit the following line of code (changed code is in bold)

//Related Table must be in SourceTables

                  //Must be OneToMany relation

                  //Must not be a junction table

                  //must not be a non-reference table i.e. a table without the word type in it

                  if (!SourceTables.Contains(relatedTable)

                        || ci.CollectionRelationshipType != RelationshipType.OneToMany

                        || IsJunctionTable(relatedTable)

|| !relatedTable.FullName.Contains(“Type”))

                        continue;

Will this work?

Do I need to edit any other template? What about the code-behind file?

I’ll try this out later today but just wanted to check with you if I am making the changes in the right direction.

Hi Blake,

I made the exact same change to the code-behind template. So I made this change to the following two files:

EntityEdit.aspx.cst

EntityEdit.aspx.cs.cst

The generated web pages look what I expected. I managed to run the application via browser and updated some records. Can you verify this on a local test and confirm if I made the right changes? For some reason, I cannot get the web solution to compile. Thats why I am asking for help.

Thanks

Hello,

That code looks good, I would change it to do an EndsWith("Type"). What build errors are you receiving?

Thanks

-Blake Niemyjski