DefinitionPropertyType Enumeration

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Specifies the definition property type.

Namespace:  Microsoft.CommerceServer.Catalog
Assembly:  Microsoft.CommerceServer.Catalog (in Microsoft.CommerceServer.Catalog.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Enumeration DefinitionPropertyType

'Usage
Dim instance As DefinitionPropertyType

public enum DefinitionPropertyType

public enum class DefinitionPropertyType

public enum DefinitionPropertyType

Members

Remarks

The enumeration is a value for the definition property type, either a Normal property or a Variant property.

• Normal

• Variant

Examples

internal CatalogDefinition CreateCategoryDefinition(string definitionName, string description, string propertyToAddtoDefinition)
{
  CatalogDefinition definition = null;
  try
  {
    definition = catalogContext.CreateDefinition(definitionName, CatalogDefinitionType.CategoryDefinition);
    // Once the definition has been  created set the description
    definition.Description = description;
    definition.Save();
    /* Once a definition is created the properties can be added to the definition 
      When adding properties to a category definition the DefinitionPropertyType should always be
     DefinitionPropertyType.NormalProperty.
     */
    definition.AddProperty(propertyToAddtoDefinition, DefinitionPropertyType.NormalProperty);
    definition.Save();
    // Accessing the properties in a definiton
    foreach (CatalogDefinitionPropertiesDataSet.CatalogDefinitionProperty definitionProperty in definition.DefinitionProperties.CatalogDefinitionProperties)
    {
      Console.WriteLine(definitionProperty.DefinitionName);
      Console.WriteLine(definitionProperty.PropertyOrder);
    }
  }
  catch (EntityAlreadyExistsException ex)
  {
    Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
  }
  return definition;
}

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.CommerceServer.Catalog Namespace