SPMobileBaseFieldControl.CreateControlForDisplay Method
Creates a control for rendering the field on a Display item form.
Namespace: Microsoft.SharePoint.MobileControls
Assembly: Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)
Syntax
Protected Overridable Function CreateControlForDisplay As MobileControl
Dim returnValue As MobileControl
returnValue = Me.CreateControlForDisplay()
protected virtual MobileControl CreateControlForDisplay()
Return Value
Type: System.Web.UI.MobileControls.MobileControl
A MobileControl that renders the field on a Display form.
Remarks
The default implementation calls CreateControlForView.
Examples
The following example shows an override of CreateControlForDisplay that adds a search text box after the item title on a Display form. For the full example, see Walkthrough: Creating a Custom Field Rendering Control for Mobile Pages.
protected override MobileControl CreateControlForDisplay()
{
string title = Convert.ToString(this.ItemFieldValue);
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(title))
{
this.LabelControl.BreakAfter = false;
this.LabelControl.Text = title + " ";
this.LinkControl.BreakAfter = false;
this.LinkControl.Text = "Search";
this.LinkControl.href = "http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=" + title.Replace(' ', '+');
Panel panel = new Panel();
panel.BreakAfter = false;
panel.Controls.Add(this.LabelControl);
panel.Controls.Add(this.LinkControl);
return panel;
}
return null;
}
See Also
Reference
SPMobileBaseFieldControl Class