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Item[String]
Gets or sets the with the specified key. Setting a value is not permanent unless SaveContent is called with no arguments. Data is set in memory. Assigning a value using [] on the implicit "asset" which is always available can be used to pass data from new.aspx to input.aspx and from post_input.aspx to post_save.aspx. If assigning a value of null, it will be stored as an empty string
Type
System.String
Value
The field value.
Parameters
| Name | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| key | The field name. | System.String |
Code Example
C#
Sample:
// setting example
//new.aspx
asset["foo"] = "bar";
//input.aspx
Input.ShowTextBox("Foo","foo"); //initializes with value "bar"
//reading example
asset.SaveContentField("key","value");
string value = asset["key"]; //returns value since it was already saved to the DB
asset["foo"] = "bar";
string val = asset["foo"];//returns "bar". This value is in-memory only.