FileManagerDetailsCustomColumn.Name Property

Gets or sets the name for the current custom column.

Namespace: DevExpress.Web

Assembly: DevExpress.Web.v21.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Web

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue("")]
public string Name { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue("")>
Public Property Name As String

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
String	String.Empty	A string value that specifies the column’s name.

Remarks

Use the Name property to specify the name of a custom column. This name can be used to specify filter values.

Note

The Name property value cannot duplicate the file manager item‘s property names; in particular ‘Extension’, ‘Folder’, ‘FullName’, ‘LastWriteTime’, ‘Length’, ‘Name’, ‘Parent’, and ‘RelativeName’.

To learn more about custom columns, see the Custom Columns topic.

Example

This code sample demonstrates how to populate a custom column’s header filter with custom items. For this purpose, the ASPxFileManager.DetailsViewCustomColumnHeaderFilterFillItems event is handled.

View Example

WebForm1.aspx (C#)

<dx:ASPxFileManager ID="ASPxFileManager1" runat="server" Width="800px" Height="400px" OnDetailsViewCustomColumnDisplayText="ASPxFileManager1_DetailsViewCustomColumnDisplayText" OnDetailsViewCustomColumnHeaderFilterFillItems="ASPxFileManager1_DetailsViewCustomColumnHeaderFilterFillItems">
    <Settings RootFolder="~\Files\" ThumbnailFolder="~\Thumb\" />
    <SettingsFileList View="Details">
        <DetailsViewSettings>
            <Columns>
                <dx:FileManagerDetailsColumn Caption=" " FileInfoType="Thumbnail" VisibleIndex="0">
                </dx:FileManagerDetailsColumn>
                <dx:FileManagerDetailsColumn Caption="Name" VisibleIndex="1">
                </dx:FileManagerDetailsColumn>
                <dx:FileManagerDetailsCustomColumn Caption="Extension" Name="FileExtension" VisibleIndex="2" ShowHeaderFilterButton="True">
                </dx:FileManagerDetailsCustomColumn>
            </Columns>
        </DetailsViewSettings>
    </SettingsFileList>
</dx:ASPxFileManager>

WebForm1.aspx.cs

protected void ASPxFileManager1_DetailsViewCustomColumnHeaderFilterFillItems(object source, DevExpress.Web.FileManagerDetailsViewCustomColumnHeaderFilterFillItemsEventArgs e) {
    if (e.Column.Name != "FileExtension") return;
    e.Values.Clear();
    e.AddShowAll();
    e.AddValue("Media Files", string.Empty, "FileExtension = 'avi' or FileExtension = 'mp3' or FileExtension = 'jpg'");
    e.AddValue("Documents", string.Empty, "FileExtension = 'txt' or FileExtension = 'rtf' or FileExtension = 'xml'");
    e.AddValue("Photos", "jpg");
}

WebForm1.aspx.vb

Protected Sub ASPxFileManager1_DetailsViewCustomColumnHeaderFilterFillItems(ByVal source As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.Web.FileManagerDetailsViewCustomColumnHeaderFilterFillItemsEventArgs)
    If e.Column.Name <> "FileExtension" Then
        Return
    End If
    e.Values.Clear()
    e.AddShowAll()
    e.AddValue("Media Files", String.Empty, "FileExtension = 'avi' or FileExtension = 'mp3' or FileExtension = 'jpg'")
    e.AddValue("Documents", String.Empty, "FileExtension = 'txt' or FileExtension = 'rtf' or FileExtension = 'xml'")
    e.AddValue("Photos", "jpg")
End Sub

WebForm1.aspx (VB.NET)

<dx:ASPxFileManager ID="ASPxFileManager1" runat="server" Width="800px" Height="400px" OnDetailsViewCustomColumnDisplayText="ASPxFileManager1_DetailsViewCustomColumnDisplayText" OnDetailsViewCustomColumnHeaderFilterFillItems="ASPxFileManager1_DetailsViewCustomColumnHeaderFilterFillItems">
    <Settings RootFolder="~\Files\" ThumbnailFolder="~\Thumb\" />
    <SettingsFileList View="Details">
        <DetailsViewSettings>
            <Columns>
                <dx:FileManagerDetailsColumn Caption=" " FileInfoType="Thumbnail" VisibleIndex="0">
                </dx:FileManagerDetailsColumn>
                <dx:FileManagerDetailsColumn Caption="Name" VisibleIndex="1">
                </dx:FileManagerDetailsColumn>
                <dx:FileManagerDetailsCustomColumn Caption="Extension" Name="FileExtension" VisibleIndex="2" ShowHeaderFilterButton="True">
                </dx:FileManagerDetailsCustomColumn>
            </Columns>
        </DetailsViewSettings>
    </SettingsFileList>
</dx:ASPxFileManager>