Composite.Pub API Documentation

The Composite .Net API is a set of classes that provides the following functionality:

• Page Request information - Composite.Cms.Pub.RequestInfo
  Get information about the page being requested (the page your asp.net user control is hosted on) like the page id, LCID (the language of the page), and page status (public / preview).
  This API was introduced in Composite 3.2.
• Configuration information - Composite.Cms.Pub.ConfigurationReader
  Access the configuration for the current site, like database connection information and cache settings.
  This API was introduced in Composite 3.1.
• Render a Composite page -  Composite.Cms.Pub.PageRender
  Call Composite from a custom ASPX page and get a rendered page.
  This API was introduced in Composite 3.1. 

Download the Composite.Cms.Pub API documentation

Once extracted, you can view the documentation by invoking the file Doc\Composite.Cms.Pub.chm. 

The ZIP archive also includes assemblies that you can use for reference purposes in your Visual Studio project. The assemblies are intended for reference purposes only, and should not be copied to your projects bin folder (set "Copy local" to false).

ASPX Samples

• ShowPageById.aspx sample
  APSX file sample that renders a Composite page given the page ID.
• ShowPageByFriendlyUrl.aspx sample
  APSX file sample that renders a Composite page given the page Friendly URL.
• ReadConfig.aspx sample
  APSX file sample that reads a value from the current sites configuration.
• ShowPageInfo.ascx sample
  Demonstrates the use of the PageRequest class, that gives access to information about the current request / page.