The comments view provides you with a convenient way to modify or enter comments
for the selected membership user. Since comments are stored in a SqlServer nText
field, you actually have quite a bit of storage space to maintain information on
each user.
As illustrated below, the various methods in the Membership Manager Control will
automatically append a time-stamped comment indicating the activity. You may also
use this as a customer service tool for documenting interactions with members.
To edit comments for a particular member, first select the member record then click
the
change hyperlink next to the
Comments Heading on the
Summary Panel.
Customizing the view (design time)
The Heading Text and Edit Comments prompt may be modified by changing
the
EditCommentsTitle,
EditCommentsPrompt properties in the Visual Studio 2005 Properties pane.
While simple label and style changes might be adequate for your needs, you may also
wish to take advantage of the
Convert to Template option which exposes
the view's constituent web controls for formatting and editing.
As illustrated, the Tasks panel includes an option to select the desired view then
Convert to Template changes it to a templated panel.
Just like the Asp.Net Login Controls, templated views allow you to change the layout
and content of the panel. You actually have a lot of flexibility when doing so,
however you must not delete or change the name of the active controls such as the
text box, the OK button or the Cancel Button.
The following is an example of a panel that has been converted to a template then
customized with additional controls:
As you can see, the modified control may contain additional controls and varied
formatting.
Control properties do not apply to templated views
When you convert a view to a templated view, the constituent controls are created
using the current properties which have been set (styles, text, etc.) The next time
you refresh the page, you may notice that properties related to the now-templated
view are no longer listed in the Visual Studio 2005 Properties pane. This
is by design and it is assumed that you will be setting properties on the controls
themselves.
If you want to discard your templated changes, just bring up the tasks menu and
click the
Reset option as illustrated below. Caution: Reset will immediately
discard any changes you have made to your custom view template. Of course, nothing
is permanent until you save the file.
