Referencing site content columns from within Layout page

if you can get the page's SPItem object, it is simple, the trick is to get the SPItem for the current page.

Here are some pointers:

1. When in a control you can get the current page url by using "this.Page.Request.Url.ToString()"

2. using that url, you can get to the SPFile object:

   Code Snippet

   using (SPSite site = new SPSite(this.Page.Request.Url.ToString()))
   {
   using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())
   {
   SPFile file = web.GetFile(this.Page.Request.Url.ToString());
   }
   }

3. using the SPFile object you can get to the SPItem:

   Code Snippet

   SPListItem item = file.Item;

4. using the SPItem object you can change the properties (columns):

   Code Snippet

   item["My Column"] = "This is my value";
   item["Title"] = "This is my new Title";
   item.Update();

5. If you want to get the values:

   Code Snippet

   string myValue = item["My Column"].ToString();
   string myTitle = item["Title"].ToString();

IshaiSagi at 2007-9-7 >