How to set ItemStyle of content query web part programmatically?

Question

I have added a content query web part from visual studio and I am displaying the data from a document library of root site.

I want to set the ItemStyle property to Title and Description and assigne them respective value i.e. Title=Document Title and Description=Editor.

My code for adding web part is:

            SPSite site = new SPSite("http://bipc11:1234/sites/publishing1");
            SPWeb web = site.RootWeb;
            web.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;
            SPLimitedWebPartManager webParts = web.GetLimitedWebPartManager("SiteAssets/webparts.aspx", System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.PersonalizationScope.Shared);
            ContentByQueryWebPart wp = new ContentByQueryWebPart();
            wp.Title = "My web part using OM";                                
            wp.ListGuid = "eff50fad-f899-4e26-a9a4-1b40aedfc9be";                                         
            wp.WebUrl = "~SiteCollection";                
            wp.ItemStyle = "Title and Description";
            webParts.AddWebPart(wp, "Right", 0);
            webParts.SaveChanges(wp);
            web.Update();
            Console.WriteLine("Web part added successfully");
            Console.ReadKey();

How do I change the property? Please help.

Answer 1

You'll have to set the wb.ItemStyle with the item styles template name.

Examples:

wb.ItemStyle = "Default";
wb.ItemStyle = "ImageLeft";

It does not understand the display names of the item styles.

MSND page explaining the different ItemStyles.