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@Sam,

Yes, I bet you're correct that the da...

2008-09-16T23:19:00.000+01:00

@Sam,

Yes, I bet you're correct that the data needs to be there for a query under the covers.

Good luck with your lateral thinking :-)

C.

Chris,

It looks like you can use ContentTyp...

2008-09-16T19:30:00.000+01:00

Chris,

It looks like you can use ContentType in Edit (and I'm assuming View), but not New. I guess it requires that data be present to query against. It strikes me as odd, though that it is not able to do the lookup against the ContentTypeId that is in the QueryString.

I'll let you know if I come across something else, but I imagine that I'll have to become slightly evil and embed a custom control to do the work.

@Sam,

Not in a position to try this right n...

2008-09-15T22:00:00.000+01:00

@Sam,

Not in a position to try this right now, but have you tried using 'ContentType' as the value of the Property attribute? This should work as far as I can see, since every SharePoint list has a field defined like this:

<FieldRef Name="ContentType" StaticName="ContentType" DisplayName="Content Type" Type="Text" />

Hope it works for you - let me know.

Cheers,

Chris.

Chris,

Can you get the Content Type name in...

2008-09-12T21:14:00.000+01:00

Chris,

Can you get the Content Type name in a ListItemProperty control from the NewForm?

If so, how?

Hi Martin,

Hmm, that's a conundrum alright....

2008-04-14T12:11:00.000+01:00

Hi Martin,

Hmm, that's a conundrum alright. I also just had a peek with Reflector and went down the same path as you with IDesignerEventAccessor (I found your newsgroup post). I take it you've now implemented this in the same way as SPSecurityTrimmedControl and the control still doesn't render in SPD?

Other thoughts:-

- Is the assembly in the GAC so we know it's not a permission issue?
- Have you tried stepping through the code when SPD runs the control code? You'll need to attach to the SPD process rather than w3wp.exe here.

HTH,

Chris.

Thanks Chris:

At this point, I'm at my wits...

2008-04-12T01:20:00.000+01:00

Thanks Chris:

At this point, I'm at my wits end with MOSS. I had a way around this problem, at the end of the day I needed a way to show and hide based on authentication status.

So I created my own webcontrol/compositecontrol and used ParseChildren(false) and then didn't render the child controls based on authentication status.

While my implemenation and design works great, now SPD (SharePoint Designer)has ruined the party :(. For whatever reason if I wrap a WebPartPages:WebPartZone in ANYTHING besides the SPSecurityTrimmedControl, it will not render in SPD, at the MOSS UI, .Net or browser it works fine.

However, we do Page Layouts in SPD and our designers need to access pages through it - - since the zones don't render when wrapped in my control, we can't do this either.

I have looked at the SPSecurityTrimmedControl via reflector and done everything I can think of, right now, if you want to do WCM on WebPartZones, I see NO WAY to do it start to finish, without the UI or SPD breaking. If you are curious, the error I get from SPD is

"WebPartPages:WebPartZone can not set property ZoneTemplate"

What drives me mad is the SPSecurityTrimmedControl can wrap a WebPartZOne, but I can't get anything else to render in SPD....sigh

If you or anyone has come up with a steadfast way to do WCM on web part zones for Authenticated vs Anon please let me know.

Thanks for your reply

Martin

@Martin,

I've just gone back to check using...

2008-03-30T22:56:00.000+01:00

@Martin,

I've just gone back to check using the 'AuthenticationRestrictions' property of SPSecurityTrimmedControl. Interestingly, I see the same behavior as you - works fine for authenticated users, but I get no output whatsoever for anonymous users.

Looks like a bug in the control I'm afraid :-(

HTH,

Chris.

Hi,

You should be able to work with the Del...

2008-03-30T17:36:00.000+01:00

Hi,

You should be able to work with the DelegateControl in code yes - you would set the 'ControlId' property and call the Render() or RenderChildren() methods to get the output.

However, I don't think you can arbitrarily set the sequence - the control will automatically load the control which has been registered for this ID with the lowest sequence, and that's the control you'll get rendered.

HTH,

Chris.

Chris:

I hope you are still checking this b...

2008-03-28T22:38:00.000Z

Chris:

I hope you are still checking this blog. Thanks for the great information, however I am having problems using the SPSecurityTrimmedControl when using the Authorization modes. For example:

SharepointWebControls:SPSecurityTrimmedControl runat="server" Permissionsstring="Anything"

works great, I am doing this for anon vs authenticated users and showing particular web part zones. However, when I try this:

SharepointWebControls:SPSecurityTrimmedControl runat="server" AuthenticationRestrictions="AnonymousUsersOnly"

Or AuthentictedUsersOnly, either way, it doesn't seem to work at all. I basically need to show and hide web parts if you are anon or authorized and the permissionsstring works fine, but I can't get the AuthenticationRestrictions to work, any ideas? I am doing this in a Page Layout, around WebPartZones and it is a sub site collection but I can't see how that would matter - - why would permissions work but AuthorizationRestrictions not? I have been fighting with this one for a while now. I know the user is not authenticated for example, because when they click on a list, they are prompted to log in and its appearent through the "limited access" role they have when using the permissionString attribute.

Any help or ideas?

Great article and keep up the good work.

Very nice article, however I have a question: is i...

2008-03-27T09:08:00.000Z

Very nice article, however I have a question: is it possible to install a feature with Control in it, which works in such manner, that after rendering itself it "calls" a delegate control with next Sequence value?

Thanks Ian. Liking the tip on ifHasRights() in XSL...

2008-03-19T09:34:00.000Z

Thanks Ian. Liking the tip on ifHasRights() in XSLT a lot :-)

I have listed all the SPSecurityTrimmedControl fla...

2008-03-19T08:10:00.000Z

I have listed all the SPSecurityTrimmedControl flags here
http://www.wssdemo.com/Blog/archive/2007/12/22/display-content-based-on-access-rights-much-easier-in-wssv3.aspx

You can also use the ddwrt:IfHasRights(permissionMask) function in any of the XSL based web parts (Data View, Content Query etc). See http://www.wssdemo.com/Blog/archive/2007/12/22/sharepoint-data-view-conditional-formatting-based-on-user-permissions.aspx

Nice one Chris. Very useful! I was just about to r...

2008-03-18T13:15:00.000Z

Nice one Chris. Very useful! I was just about to role my own SPSecurityTrimmedControl.

Will

Cool, thanks for the feedback Matt. Unfortunately ...

2008-03-18T09:35:00.000Z

Cool, thanks for the feedback Matt. Unfortunately the documentation is still a bit sparse for some of the controls - often the best thing is to drag the control onto the template in SPD and start exploring the properties - where the property takes an enum, IntelliSense should appear to help you out with the values.

However, it is definitely worth checking the documentation in case - the controls listed here are either in the Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls namespace or Microsoft.Sharepoint.Publishing.WebControls namespaces - recommend taking a look.

P.S. I notice the contents of tags within my code samples has disappeared - hopefully doesn't lose too much value of the examples, will rectify as soon as I can :-)

Really useful post, thanks Chris. Can you recomend...

2008-03-17T23:03:00.000Z

Really useful post, thanks Chris. Can you recomend a good place in the SDK or MSDN to start exploring all the available publishing controls?

At least I haven't overlooked a SharePoint column ...

2008-03-17T01:48:00.000Z

At least I haven't overlooked a SharePoint column type of AutoIncrement, since it would appear there is no such animal in SharePoint 2007.

Comments on Chris O'Brien: Great controls to be aware of when building ShareP...

@Sam,Yes, I bet you're correct that the da...

Chris,It looks like you can use ContentTyp...

@Sam,Not in a position to try this right n...

Chris,Can you get the Content Type name in...

Hi Martin,Hmm, that's a conundrum alright....

Thanks Chris:At this point, I'm at my wits...

@Martin,I've just gone back to check using...

Hi,You should be able to work with the Del...

Chris:I hope you are still checking this b...