Data Types Supported by the ASPxHiddenField

• Mar 12, 2021
• 2 minutes to read

The ASPxHiddenField component supports storing values of non string types.

List of Supported Types

All supported types can be divided into the following three categories.

• Elements (atomic values)

  System.String

  System.Guid

  System.Byte

  System.Int16

  System.Int32

  System.Int64

  System.Double

  System.Boolean

  System.Single

  System.Decimal

  System.Char

  System.DateTime

  System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex

  System.DBNull

  Nullable<T> - All analogies are supported except for String, Regex and DBNull (they can’t be Nullable because they are not structures).

• Lists

  Lists of value types, Regex and DBNull types are supported.

• Dictionaries

  All string-key dictionaries that implement the IDictionary are supported.

Note

The ASPxHiddenField is capable of storing values that are containers (lists, dictionaries) of the types described above. Value hierarchies of any depth are supported within the ASPxHiddenField. So, the ASPxHiddenField can store almost any container, which for example, can be a specifically designed business object with a set of {property name} - {property value} pairs.

Note

The ASPxHiddenField cannot be rendered if it contains a key-value pair whose key is an empty string. The described pair should not be added to the ASPxHiddenField’s dictionary and any nested dictionaries if they exist.

List of Types whose Information Is Not Passed To the Client

Using the following types allows you to avoid type-description information from being passed by the ASPxHiddenField component to the client side.

System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary<string, object>

System.Object[]