SPLimitedWebPartManager.SPConnectWebParts Method (WebPart, ProviderConnectionPoint, WebPart, ConsumerConnectionPoint, WebPartTransformer)

Connects two Web Part connection points using a connection transformer.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)
Available in Sandboxed Solutions: No

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function SPConnectWebParts ( _
    provider As WebPart, _
    providerConnectionPoint As ProviderConnectionPoint, _
    consumer As WebPart, _
    consumerConnectionPoint As ConsumerConnectionPoint, _
    transformer As WebPartTransformer _
) As SPWebPartConnection
'Usage
Dim instance As SPLimitedWebPartManager
Dim provider As WebPart
Dim providerConnectionPoint As ProviderConnectionPoint
Dim consumer As WebPart
Dim consumerConnectionPoint As ConsumerConnectionPoint
Dim transformer As WebPartTransformer
Dim returnValue As SPWebPartConnection

returnValue = instance.SPConnectWebParts(provider, _
    providerConnectionPoint, consumer, _
    consumerConnectionPoint, transformer)

public SPWebPartConnection SPConnectWebParts(
    WebPart provider,
    ProviderConnectionPoint providerConnectionPoint,
    WebPart consumer,
    ConsumerConnectionPoint consumerConnectionPoint,
    WebPartTransformer transformer
)

Parameters

• provider
  Type: System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.WebPart

  The provider Web Part.

• providerConnectionPoint
  Type: System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.ProviderConnectionPoint

  The provider connection point.

• consumer
  Type: System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.WebPart

  The consumer Web Part.

• consumerConnectionPoint
  Type: System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.ConsumerConnectionPoint

  The consumer connection point.

• transformer
  Type: System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.WebPartTransformer

  The Web Part transformer between the connection points.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.SPWebPartConnection
The SPWebPartConnection object for the connected connection points.

Exceptions

See Also

Reference

SPLimitedWebPartManager Class

SPLimitedWebPartManager Members

SPConnectWebParts Overload

Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages Namespace