Key/Value custom webPart property - Sharepoint 2010

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I want to add a custom property to my visual webPart, the normal way of adding properties not working with type of Dictionary

[Personalizable(), WebBrowsable(), WebDisplayName("News Sources"), WebDescription("description")]
public Dictionary<Guid,string> NewsSources { get; set; }

any alternatives?

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 02 '12 at 09:21

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The property of type Dictionary cannot be added to Custom WebPart.

If you want to have the dropdown list as the property, the backing store must be of type enum

See:

Creating a Web Part with Custom Properties
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd584174(v=office.11).aspx

answered Jan 02 '12 at 09:21

Madhur Ahuja

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Any alternatives for the dictionary incompatibility issue? – Rami Alshareef Jan 02 '12 at 09:25
Yes, write a custom editor part http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh228018.aspx – Madhur Ahuja Jan 02 '12 at 10:09
In that case, you cannot use visual webpart, you will have to write your own wrapper webpart, which will have your custom editor part – Madhur Ahuja Jan 02 '12 at 10:10

Key/Value custom webPart property - Sharepoint 2010

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