Customizing Filters in ASP.NET Dynamic Data Entities

Question

I'm fairly new to Dynamic Data Entities, and I have couple questions about filters if you could help.

I want to create dynamic search pages that can work for different tables, so I used the QueryableFilterRepeater control you know its implemented by adding some meta data to the table/class:

[FilterUIHint("Filter-Type")]
public Column City { get; set; }

the filters I add appears at the top of the table's aspx page, A. is it possible to display the filters on a different page or even a pop up window, and when the filters are applied (an OK Button i guess) the result would appear on the original page ?

I tried using the Modal Popup Extender but I also failed, something like:

<asp:ModalPopupExtender ID="ModalPopupExtender1" runat="server"
                BackgroundCssClass="Background"
                PopupControlID="FilterRepeater"
                TargetControlID="btnFilter"
                CancelControlID="btnClose"
                OkControlID="btnOk">
            </asp:ModalPopupExtender>

The ToolkitScriptManager contradicted with the DynamicDataManager

My second question :

B. is it possible to add multiple filters to the same column using the [FilterUIHint("Filter-Type")] meta data ?

Thank you so much for your time.

Answer 1

okay, so i just added a panel around my filter, and assigned that panel to the modal and all worked i got my filters as a pop up window .