Chad Scharf's Weblog

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While ASCX user controls may not contain page methods (ScriptMethod), pages can. Duh, right! So why can’t I create a single, general page method in my base page class which all of my site pages inherit from, and provide a means, through reflection and custom attributes, along with my base user control class that all my ASCX user controls ultimately inherit from, to dynamically create JavaScript wrappers for calling my page’s single page method, which in turn knows how to invoke my user control type’s public static method, passing in any collection of parameters and even providing a wrapper for JSON serialization of the method’s result back to the client, INCLUDING ANONYMOUS TYPES!!! OK, now I’m on to something.

Preview Blank (or unset): , Checked (or granted): , and unchecked (or denied): . I recently had some very difficult requirements to fulfill on an access control and configuration application with a web front end. Those of you who have designed or implemented access control interfaces know this is a daunting task, especially when the [...]