How does DialogAttribute(IDialog customDialog) work.

[Eric]

I've used the Dialog(DialogButton.OK) before but I have a question on how to use the DialogAttribute with the IDialog customDialog constructor. 

[TestMethod]
[Dialog(new ConfirmDialog(Manager.Current.ActiveBrowser, DialogButton.OK))]
public void TestCase()
{
     // This gives me an error. "An attribute argument must be a constant expression, typeof expression or array creation                      expression of an attribute parameter type
}

So my question is since attributes require constant expressions for their arguments how does the DialogAttribute work for "Custom" dialog handling?

[Cody]

Hello Eric,

we are deprecating the DialogAttribute. Instead please create your custom dialog handler as documented here. If you have questions following this documentation, we'll be happy to assist.

All the best,
Cody

the Telerik team

[Eric]

Is there a plan to replace it with another mechanism? Or just point everyone in the direction of creating dialog handler objects and manually adding them to the DialogMonitor? 

[Cody]

Hi Eric,

We are planning on rewriting our whole dialog handling framework from scratch one day in the near future. We're not completely happy with some of the quirks the existing framework has with dialog handling. However the date and the exact architecture hasn't been nailed down yet. So for the next few months at least using the DialgMonitor as is currently documented is our recommended approach.

Regards,
Cody

the Telerik team