How do i use a static class' property at design time

[TS]

i want to store my regular expressions in a static class with public
constants. I want to be able to pass a regular expression's id in a property
of a custom textbox so that in aspx page i could just set the expressionId
property and be done with it. i am trying to write as little code in code
behind as possible.

if this scenario, since i can't just use a singleproperty
"ClassName.PropertyName" since c# doesnt' have a stand alone Eval statement,
i could also have a property: regExClass that would default to a particular
one, which would be used to instantiate the class and then use the
expressionID property to access the correct property to set the reg ex.

does anyone have a better solution.

thanks

[bruce barker]

in your textbox make a enum property that sets the resource id. then the
designer will support it.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

TS wrote:

i want to store my regular expressions in a static class with public
constants. I want to be able to pass a regular expression's id in a property
of a custom textbox so that in aspx page i could just set the expressionId
property and be done with it. i am trying to write as little code in code
behind as possible.

if this scenario, since i can't just use a singleproperty
"ClassName.PropertyName" since c# doesnt' have a stand alone Eval statement,
i could also have a property: regExClass that would default to a particular
one, which would be used to instantiate the class and then use the
expressionID property to access the correct property to set the reg ex.

does anyone have a better solution.

thanks

[Walter Wang [MSFT]]

Hi TS,

As bruce suggested, if you're using an enum, the designer should support it
and you can easily choose one from the all available enum values; later you
can use the enum value to determine which regular expression to use.

Please feel free to let us know if there's anything unclear or we've
misunderstood anything.
Regards,
Walter Wang (wa****@online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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[TS]

i have created an enum as a property; of the textbox but I don't have
designer support for it.

also, what do you mean "sets the resource id"

"bruce barker" <no****@nospam.comwrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

in your textbox make a enum property that sets the resource id. then the
designer will support it.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

TS wrote:

i want to store my regular expressions in a static class with public
constants. I want to be able to pass a regular expression's id in a

property

of a custom textbox so that in aspx page i could just set the

expressionId

property and be done with it. i am trying to write as little code in

code

behind as possible.

if this scenario, since i can't just use a singleproperty
"ClassName.PropertyName" since c# doesnt' have a stand alone Eval

statement,

i could also have a property: regExClass that would default to a

particular

one, which would be used to instantiate the class and then use the
expressionID property to access the correct property to set the reg ex.

does anyone have a better solution.

thanks

[TS]

OK, it works now, maybe it just needed to be run once

"TS" <ma**********@nospam.nospamwrote in message
news:%2***************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

i have created an enum as a property; of the textbox but I don't have
designer support for it.

also, what do you mean "sets the resource id"

"bruce barker" <no****@nospam.comwrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

in your textbox make a enum property that sets the resource id. then the
designer will support it.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

TS wrote:

i want to store my regular expressions in a static class with public
constants. I want to be able to pass a regular expression's id in a

property

of a custom textbox so that in aspx page i could just set the

expressionId

property and be done with it. i am trying to write as little code in

code

behind as possible.
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if this scenario, since i can't just use a singleproperty
"ClassName.PropertyName" since c# doesnt' have a stand alone Eval

statement,

i could also have a property: regExClass that would default to a

particular

one, which would be used to instantiate the class and then use the
expressionID property to access the correct property to set the reg

ex.

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does anyone have a better solution.
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thanks
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