Getting the URL Query string values in a Web Part

PsudoKnowledgeBase — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:57:18 GMT

While trying to create a SharePoint 2007 web part I hit a problem that my web searches did not come up with any answers. The problem was I needed the web part that was imbedded in SharePoint to access the query string. I lucked out when examining the objects when debugging the code. The context object is available to the web part and it holds a pointer to the HttpRequests object which includes the Query string property.

SharePoint 2007 Custom Properties

PsudoKnowledgeBase — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:46:09 GMT

I have recently been working on some web parts for a site hosted on a SharePoint 2007 (aka MOSS 2007). I was unable to get the custom properties to work. Paul Stork was kind enough to provide the answer. Apparently the method declaration changed between SharePoint 2003 and 2007. The reference that I had found was for the older version.

Old Version (2003)

private const string defaultText = "John";

private string text = defaultText;

Browsable(true),

Category("Test"),

DefaultValue(defaultText),

WebPartStorage(Storage.Shared),

FriendlyName("Text"),

Description("Text Property")]

public string Text

{

get { return text; }

set { text = value; }

}

MOSS 2007 custom Properties

[System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.WebBrowsable(true)
,System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.WebDisplayName("Text Prop Name")
,System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.WebDescription("Text Prop Tooltip")
,System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.Personalizable( System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.PersonalizationScope.User)
,System.ComponentModel.Category("Todd Parts")
, System.ComponentModel.DefaultValue(DEFAULT_TEXT_PROP)]
public string TextProp
{
get { return _textProp; }
set { _textProp = value; }
}