SharePoint Web Controls to access remote content

 1: // connect to the rootweb, to read the users list

<span class=lnum>   2:  </span>var rootWeb = SPContext.Current.Site.RootWeb;

 3: {

<span class=lnum>   4:  </span>    <span class=rem>// get the current user and corresponding item in the user information list</span>

 5:  SPUser user = SPContext.Current.Web.CurrentUser;

<span class=lnum>   6:  </span>    SPList list = rootWeb.Lists[<span class=str>"User Information List"</span>];

 7:  SPListItem userItem = list.GetItemById(user.ID);

<span class=lnum>   8:  </span> 

 9:  // set the context, so the controls will work

<span class=lnum>  10:  </span>    SPContext context = SPContext.GetContext(

 11:  HttpContext.Current, userItem.ID, list.ID, rootWeb);

<span class=lnum>  12:  </span> 

 13:  // Username

<span class=lnum>  14:  </span>    Controls.Add(<span class=kwrd>new</span> Label { Text = <span class=str>"Username:"</span> });

 15:  var username = new TextField

<span class=lnum>  16:  </span>    {

 17:  ID = "Username",

<span class=lnum>  18:  </span>        FieldName = <span class=str>"Title"</span>,

 19:  ItemId = userItem.ID,

<span class=lnum>  20:  </span>        ListId = list.ID,

 21:  ControlMode = SPControlMode.Edit,

<span class=lnum>  22:  </span>        RenderContext = context,

 23:  ItemContext = context

<span class=lnum>  24:  </span>    };

 25:  Controls.Add(username);

<span class=lnum>  26:  </span> 

 27:  // about me

<span class=lnum>  28:  </span>    Controls.Add(<span class=kwrd>new</span> Label { Text = <span class=str>"About me:"</span> });

 29:  var aboutMe = new RichTextField

<span class=lnum>  30:  </span>    {

 31:  ID = "AboutMe",

<span class=lnum>  32:  </span>        FieldName = <span class=str>"Notes"</span>,

 33:  ItemId = userItem.ID,

<span class=lnum>  34:  </span>        ListId = list.ID,

 35:  ControlMode = SPControlMode.Edit,

<span class=lnum>  36:  </span>        RenderContext = context,

 37:  ItemContext = context

<span class=lnum>  38:  </span>    };

 39:  Controls.Add(aboutMe);

<span class=lnum>  40:  </span>}