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ContentProviderBase Class Members
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Telerik.Cms.Engine Namespace : ContentProviderBase Class


The following tables list the members exposed by ContentProviderBase.

Public Properties

 NameDescription
Public PropertyAllowCommentsGets a value indicating whether a control allows comments.  
Public PropertyAllowLocalizationGets a value indicating whether control allows localization.  
Public PropertyAllowVersioningGets a value indicating whether control allows versioning.  
Public PropertyAllowWorkflowGets a value indicating whether control allows workflow.  
Public PropertyApplication Gets the current application.  
Public PropertyArchiveTemplate Gets the template for archive public control  
Public PropertyCategoriesFieldTemplate Gets the template for categories field template  
Public PropertyCategoriesListPublicTemplate Gets the template for categories list public control  
Public PropertyCategoriesManagementTemplate Gets the template for categories managment control  
Public PropertyCategoriesSelectorTemplate Gets the template for categories selector control  
Public PropertyCommandPanelTemplateGets the template for the CommandPanel control.  
Public PropertyCommentsEditTemplateGets the template for editing comments.  
Public PropertyCommentsListPublicTemplateGets the public template for the CommentsList control.  
Public PropertyCommentsListTemplateGets the template for theCommentsList control.  
Public PropertyCommentsModerationGets a value indicating whether control allows comments moderation.  
Public PropertyContentExtension Gets the content extension.  
Public PropertyContentItemKey Gets the content item key which will be used by default in the QueryString. This property should be overriden in the child providers so that 2 different controls using different providers can be used together.  
Public PropertyContentItemListTemplateGets the path to the item list template for the ContentList control.  
Public PropertyContentProviderKey Gets the content item provider which will be used by default in the QueryString. This property should be overriden in the child providers so that 2 different controls using different providers can be used together.  
Public PropertyContentSelectorTemplate Gets the template for the selector of content.  
Public PropertyContentSingleItemTemplateGets the path to the single item template for the ContentList control.  
Public PropertyContentVersionViewUrlGets the url of the view for the generic content version.  
Public PropertyDefaultMetaFieldGets the default meta field for the current provider.  
Public PropertyDescriptionGets a brief, friendly description suitable for display in administrative tools or other user interfaces (UIs). (Inherited from System.Configuration.Provider.ProviderBase)
Public PropertyDisableLinkParser Gets a value indicating whether to disable the dynamic link parser.  
Public PropertyEditorTemplate Gets the template for the editor dialog.  
Public PropertyEditTemplate Gets the template for editing existing data.  
Public PropertyInsertTemplate Gets the template for inserting new data.  
Public PropertyListTemplate Gets the template for listing data.  
Public PropertyLocalizationGets the current localization.  
Public PropertyLocalizationProviderNameGets the name of the localization provider.  
Public PropertyMetaKeys Gets the dictionary of meta keys.  
Public PropertyNameGets the friendly name used to refer to the provider during configuration. (Inherited from System.Configuration.Provider.ProviderBase)
Public PropertyPermissionsGets the permissions for the current provider.  
Public PropertyPermissionsTemplate Gets the template for displaying permissions.  
Public PropertyRssContentSelectorTemplateGets template for the RssContentSelector control.  
Public PropertyRssTemplateGets template for RssContent control.  
Public PropertySecurityProviderNameGets the name of the security provider.  
Public PropertySelectContentDialogTemplate Gets the template for the dialog for selecting content.  
Public PropertyShareContentDialogTemplate Gets the template for the dialog for sharing content.  
Public PropertySocialBookmarkImageFolder  
Public PropertySocialBookmarkTemplate  
Public PropertySupportsLocalization Gets boolean value indicating whether the provider supports localization.  
Public PropertyTagEditorTemplate Gets the template for editing content tags.  
Public PropertyTagsListPublicTemplate Gets the template for tags list public control  
Public PropertyTagsManagementTemplate Gets the template for managing tags  
Public PropertyThumbnailExtension Gets the thumbnail extension.  
Public PropertyUrlCacheMode Gets the URL cache mode.  
Public PropertyUrlDateTimeFormat Gets the URL date time format.  
Public PropertyUrlFormatQueryStringIndex Gets the index of the URL format query string.  
Public PropertyUrlRewriteFormat Gets the URL rewrite format.  
Public PropertyUrlWhitespaceChar Gets the URL whitespace char.  
Public PropertyVersionGets the current version.  
Public PropertyVersioningProviderNameGets the name of the versioning provider.  
Public PropertyVisibleGets a value indicating whether control is visible.  
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Public Methods

 NameDescription
Public MethodAddThumbnail  
Public MethodBulkDeleteOverloaded.  Deletes list of items at once.  
Public MethodBulkUpdateOverloaded.   
Public MethodContentCount Returns the number of generic content objects for the specified status, parent ID and filter.  
Public MethodCreateCategoryOverloaded.  Creates a category.  
Public MethodCreateCommentCreates comment for the specified content item.  
Public MethodCreateContentOverloaded. Creates the content for the specified MIME type.  
Public MethodCreateTagOverloaded.  Creates a tag.  
Public MethodDeleteCategoryOverloaded.  Deletes a specified category.  
Public MethodDeleteCommentOverloaded. Deletes the comment with the specified id.  
Public MethodDeleteContentOverloaded. Deletes the content with the specified id.  
Public MethodDeleteTagOverloaded.  Deletes a tag specified by ID.  
Public MethodDetachTagsFromContent  
Public MethodExport Exports provider data into a DataSet  
Public MethodGetCategoriesOverloaded.  Gets the categories sorte by a given expression and from specified position and count.  
Public MethodGetCategoryOverloaded.  Loads a category specified by ID.  
Public MethodGetCommentReturns the comment with the specified id.  
Public MethodGetCommentsOverloaded.  Gets a list of all sorted comments for the specified generic content id.  
Public MethodGetContentOverloaded. Returns the content for the specified generic content item id.  
Public MethodGetContentUrl Gets the URL from a specified IContent item.  
Public MethodGetCurrentCulture Gets current culture  
Public MethodGetDescriptor Returns an extended ICustomTypeDescriptor that can provide extended metadata for the object  
Public MethodGetMetaDataReturns meta data for the specified filter.  
Public MethodGetMetaKeys Gets meta data keys for a specified IContent item.  
Public MethodGetTagOverloaded.  Gets a tag specified by ID.  
Public MethodGetTagsOverloaded.  Gets a list of all the tags.  
Public MethodGetUrlMetaPart Gets a URL meta part which is mapped to the specified key. The URL used is specified by the IContent item.  
Public MethodGetUrlPart Gets a URL part which is mapped to the specified key. The URL used is specified by the IContent item.  
Public MethodGetUrlRewriterServiceOverloaded.   
Public MethodGetVariableOverloaded. Returns the variable with the specified name.  
Public MethodImport Import provider data from DataSet  
Public MethodInitializeOverridden. Initializes the provider.  
Public MethodMarkCommentAsRead Marks a comment as read.  
Public MethodMarkCommentAsUnread Marks a comment as unread.  
Public MethodMarkCommentsAsRead Marks a list of comments as read.  
Public MethodMarkCommentsAsUnread Marks a list of comments as unread.  
Public MethodRetrieveContentCache Retrieves the cache options for a specified IContent item.  
Public MethodSaveCategory Saves a specified category.  
Public MethodSaveCommentSaves the specified IComment object.  
Public MethodSaveContentOverloaded. Saves the specified IContent object.  
Public MethodSaveTag Saves a specified tag.  
Public MethodSaveThumbnail  
Public MethodSetVariableOverloaded. Sets a new value for the variable with the specified name.  
Public MethodTagContentOverloaded.   
Public MethodUpdateCategory Updates the name of a specified category.  
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Protected Methods

 NameDescription
Protected MethodExportContent  
Protected MethodExportTextContentAppRoot  
Protected MethodGetExportedTableName  
Protected MethodGetStringValue  
Protected MethodImportContent  
Protected MethodImportTextContentAppRoot  
Protected MethodLoadTemplates Loads the templates paths from the web.config.  
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See Also