Displaying custom attributes in an appointment template

[Penny]

I am trying to create an appointment template with an image and a hyperlink. I need the image and hyperlink URLs to be retrieved from custom attributes. I am currently using asp ImageButton and hyperlink controls to do this, but I am having trouble formatting the tags to retrieve the URLs.

My template is as follows:

<AppointmentTemplate>

<div>

<table id="mainTable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" frame="void">

<tr>

<td width="20">

<asp:ImageButton runat="server" ID="detailsButton" ImageUrl=<%# Eval("Attributes['DetailsIconURL']") %> 

AlternateText='Show Details' />

</td>

<td>

<asp:HyperLink ID='LinkButton' Font-Underline="true" ToolTip=<%# Eval("Attributes['ToolTip']") %> NavigateUrl=<%# Eval("Attributes['NavigateURL']") %> 

Font-Name="Arial" runat="server" Font-Size="8pt" Font-Names="Arial,Tahoma,Verdana" Text='<%# Bind("Subject")%>'>

</asp:HyperLink>                                                             

</td>

</tr>

</table>

</div>

</AppointmentTemplate>

2 questions:

1. How do I define and set custom attributes in codebehind?

2. How do I assign the custom attribute values (URLs in this case) to control attributes in asp control tags?

[Helen]

Hi Penny,

Please review our online example: Custom Attributes.

You should set the CustomAttributeNames property to point to the corresponding columns from your data source - for example: CustomAttributeNames = "NavigateURL".

Note that you should have a column with name "NavigateURL" in the table you are using for appointments.


Regards,
Helen
the Telerik team

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