There are several ways to retrieve one or more forum categories. Choose an appropriate function given the particular scenario:
Get a specific Category by its ID:
| GetCategory(Guid categoryID) |
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// create new instance of ForumManager
Telerik.Forums.ForumManager forumManager = new Telerik.Forums.ForumManager();
// get all categories. This is redundant - added for
demonstration
IList listOfAllCategories = forumManager.GetCategories();
if
(listOfAllCategories.Count > 0)
{
// get ID of first category. This is redundant - added for demonstration
Telerik.Forums.ICategory firstCategory = (Telerik.Forums.ICategory)listOfAllCategories[0];
Guid firstCategoryId = firstCategory.ID;
// get a category with specified ID
Telerik.Forums.ICategory theCategory = forumManager.GetCategory(firstCategoryId);
Response.Write(theCategory.Name + "<br />");
}
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Get all Categories:
| GetCategories() |
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// create new instance of ForumManager
Telerik.Forums.ForumManager forumManager = new Telerik.Forums.ForumManager();
// get all categories
IList listOfAllCategories = forumManager.GetCategories();
if (listOfAllCategories.Count
> 0)
{
foreach (Telerik.Forums.ICategory categ in
listOfAllCategories)
Response.Write(categ.Name + "<br />");
}
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Get all Categories ordered by sort expression:
| GetCategories(string sortExpr) |
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// create new instance of ForumManager
Telerik.Forums.ForumManager forumManager = new Telerik.Forums.ForumManager();
// get all categories sorted by an
expression
IList listOfAllCategories = forumManager.GetCategories("Name
ASC");
if (listOfAllCategories.Count > 0)
{
foreach (Telerik.Forums.ICategory categ in
listOfAllCategories)
Response.Write(categ.Name + "<br />");
}
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Get a specific set of Categories by their IDs:
| GetCategoriesByIds(params Guid[] ids) |
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// create new instance of ForumManager
Telerik.Forums.ForumManager forumManager = new Telerik.Forums.ForumManager();
// get all categories. This is redundant - added for
demonstration
IList listOfAllCategories = forumManager.GetCategories();
// get IDs of the
first two categories. This is redundant - added for demonstration
Guid firstCategoryId =
((Telerik.Forums.ICategory)listOfAllCategories[0]).ID;
Guid secondCategoryId = ((Telerik.Forums.ICategory)listOfAllCategories[1]).ID;
// create an array of Guid and save the IDs
of the two categories in it
Guid[] arrayOfCategoryIDs =
new Guid[10];
arrayOfCategoryIDs[0] = firstCategoryId;
arrayOfCategoryIDs[1] =
secondCategoryId;
// get all categories with the specified IDs
IList
listOfSpecifiedCategories = forumManager.GetCategoriesByIds(arrayOfCategoryIDs);
if (listOfSpecifiedCategories.Count > 0)
{
foreach (Telerik.Forums.ICategory categ in
listOfSpecifiedCategories)
Response.Write(categ.Name + "<br />");
}
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