My site has this structure:
Products
category 1
item 1
item 1 attachments
category 2
item 2
item 2 attachments
I have successfully written a hierarchical transformation that shows the data on the page at the top level. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to access the attachments for each document though.
Anyone have any idea?
If you are talking about Group attachments (this is when you have a field in your page type using the Attachments data type) then in order to access the attachments inside your transformation you need to write either a custom macro (when using Text/XML transformation) or custom transformation method. Both can be done very easily. The code itself that gets you the attachments can be like this:
public ObjectQuery<AttachmentInfo> GetAttachmentsFromField(string className, int documentID, string attachmentColumnName)
{
// get class info
var classInfo = new FormInfo(DataClassInfoProvider.GetDataClassInfo(className).ClassFormDefinition);
if (classInfo != null)
{
// get attachment field definition
var attachmentsField = classInfo.GetFormField(attachmentColumnName);
if (attachmentsField != null)
{
// get attachments strored in the field by GUID
var attachments = AttachmentInfoProvider.GetAttachments()
.WhereEquals("3CCC6E6C-56F3-42EB-8385-979973D99C55", attachmentsField.Guid)
.And()
.WhereEquals("AttachmentDocumentID", documentID);
return attachments;
}
}
return null;
}
With this it is very important to take into account that this code introduces several other SQL queries against database and therefore it should be optimized by using caching appropriately.
I suppose you mean unsorted attachments you add in Properties -> Attachments section. In this case yuo can register following control in your transformation:
<%# Register Src="~/CMSInlineControls/DocumentAttachments.ascx" TagName="DocumentAttachments" TagPrefix="cms" %>
And use it like this:
<cms:DocumentAttachments ID="ucDocAttachments" runat="server" TransformationName="cms.root.attachment" Path='<%# Eval("NodeAliasPath") %>' />
I wrote a pretty detailed blog post on this a while back. It describes very similar attributes to Enn's answer but gives great detail on why you do specific things.
Related
I searched the whole web and I couldn't found any good topic which expose the proper way to do it.
I have a very simple web which I developed using Kentico 9 CMS. This web only contains two subpages and a header to navigate between those.
The "Home" subpage contains a custom form which remains connected to a SQL table which is populated every time you press submit with certain data.
On the other hand, the other page, shows the stored data by using a custom web part which connects to the DB by using BizFormItemProvider and this object is used as a layer to binding the data in a control.
Now is my point. If you see, there is a button to "Edit" a certain row and my intention is to Redirect to "Home" (which contains the form) and sending via QueryString the ID of the row attempted to edit.
I was unable to understand how can you re-fill the form with its data using an ID.
Maybe because I never worked with a CMS before, I'm looking the development such as pure ASP.NET and it could not be the correct one.
Custom
Given that your solution uses a custom form for entering the data, as well as a custom web part for listing the stored data, you will need to use a custom solution to handle the editing of data, as well.
In the custom webpart on the Home page, in a load event, you can retrieve the form data and set the values on the form controls.
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Ensure that the form is not being posted back,
// to prevent entered data from being overwritten
if(!IsPostBack)
{
// Get the form item ID from the query string
var personId = QueryHelper.GetInteger("personId", 0);
if(personId > 0)
{
// Get the biz form item, and set form control values
var bizFormItem = BizFormItemProvider.GetItem(personId, "customFormClassName");
txtFirstName.Text = bizFormItem.GetStringValue("FirstName", string.Empty);
}
}
}
Similarly, when Submit is clicked, you can update the existing form item with the new data
protected void btnSubmit_OnClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Get the form item ID from the query string
var personId = QueryHelper.GetInteger("personId", 0);
if(personId > 0)
{
// Retrieve the existing biz form item,
// and update it from the form control values
var bizFormItem = BizFormItemProvider.GetItem(personId, "customFormClassName");
bizFormItem.SetValue("FirstName", txtFirstName.Text);
bizFormItem.Update();
}
else
{
// Your code for inserting a new form item...
}
}
The Kentico way
You should really consider using the Kentico form engine for accomplishing this task. Instead of using a custom form for entering the data, use the built-in On-line form webpart.
The benefits are numerous, such as:
Ability to set the form layout through the CMS, and use alternative layouts
Automatic confirmation email to the submitter of the form, as well as notification emails to the administrators
To accomplish your task, you can customise the On-line form webpart to support loading of existing data.
In the bizform.ascx.cs file, add code to the SetupControl method:
protected void SetupControl()
{
if (StopProcessing)
{
// Existing code...
}
else
{
// Existing code...
// Get the form item ID from the query string
var personId = QueryHelper.GetInteger("personId", 0);
if(personId > 0)
{
// Get the biz form item, and set form control values
var bizFormItem = BizFormItemProvider.GetItem(personId, "customFormClassName");
if(bizFormItem != null)
{
// Set the item ID
viewBiz.ItemID = bizFormItem.ItemID;
}
}
}
}
This will automagically switch the form to Edit mode, instead of Insert mode, as soon as you set the ItemID property. Clicking the Submit button will save changes on the existing form item.
You will not need to worry about validation in your code, and inserting data will still work.
Is this a contact form that you are using Kenticos built in form application for, or is it a custom form? If it is a custom form you can create a transformation with a link that will contain the ID. If it is a biz form, you can still create a transformation in Page Types (create a new page type and select "The page type is only a container without custom fields"), then write a custom query to get the biz form data, and use a repeater to display the data with that transformation.
I created book store site on Kentico i used only their adminstration and display the data from my website using Kentico API's but am strugled in getting attachment files related to specific document i've got document data with no problem using
TreeProvider tree = new TreeProvider(MembershipContext.AuthenticatedUser);
var documents = tree.SelectNodes("CMS.Product");
need also to get related attachment files like book PDFs.. i've tried to use
DocumentAttachment
AttachmentInfo
AttachmentInfoProvider
classes but i couldn't get the data .. I would appreciate if any one help me in that.
Actually am searching about something like GetAttachment().Where("AttachmentFile","Ënglish File")
You can filter the returned attachments based on their values in columns (CMS_Attachment table) by using a code like this:
var attachment = AttachmentInfoProvider.GetAttachments()
.WhereEquals("AttachmentName", "Englishfile")
.And()
.WhereEquals("AttachmentExtension", "jpg")
.TopN(1)
.FirstOrDefault();
if (attachment != null)
{
// attachment was found
}
This code will get one .jpg file where attachment name equals to "EnglishFile"
Solved after using something like
var Attachment = AttachmentInfoProvider.GetAttachments(226, true);
This is from Kentico documentation. This example shows how to add an attachment and modify its metadata. You can ignore that part.You will have to make it generic to work for all examples.
Kentico 9 API Links
// Creates a new instance of the Tree provider
TreeProvider tree = new TreeProvider(MembershipContext.AuthenticatedUser);
// Gets a page
TreeNode page = tree.SelectSingleNode(SiteContext.CurrentSiteName, "/Articles", "en-us");
if (page != null)
{
// Gets an attachment by file name
AttachmentInfo attachment = DocumentHelper.GetAttachment(page, "file.png", tree);
// Edits the attachment's metadata (name, title and description)
attachment.AttachmentName += " - modified";
attachment.AttachmentTitle = "Attachment title";
attachment.AttachmentDescription = "Attachment description.";
// Ensures that the attachment can be updated without supplying its binary data
attachment.AllowPartialUpdate = true;
// Saves the modified attachment into the database
AttachmentInfoProvider.SetAttachmentInfo(attachment);
}
I have an editable text web part on a page template. It has a custom HTML envelope before and after the text. How can I hide the whole thing, envelope included, if the editable text is empty?
I need to hide it because the envelope adds stylized markup that shouldn't be visible when there is no text.
Can it be done with a K# snippet on the Visible property? I'm unclear how interrogating a document's property works.
Thanks!
Try this as the "Visible" property:
{% (ViewMode != "LiveSite") || (CMSContext.CurrentDocument.editabletext != "") #%}
Change "editabletext" to whatever you have for your web part control ID.
I'm not familiar with Kentico but these solutions might help. They may not address your problem specifically but might aid in a solution.
CMSEditableImage Extension Method
I came up with a way to check this, I added an extension method for
the CMSEditableImage class that takes the CurrentPage PageInfo object
to check the value of the editable region, don't know if this is the
best way or not, but here's the code.
public static bool IsPopulated(this CMSEditableImage editableImage, PageInfo currentPage)
{
bool isPopulated = false;
string value = currentPage.EditableItems.EditableRegions[editableImage.ID.ToLower()].ToString();
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
{
value = value.ToUpper();
isPopulated = (value == "<IMAGE><PROPERTY NAME=\"IMAGEPATH\"></PROPERTY></IMAGE>") ? false : true;
}
return isPopulated;
}
via http://devnet.kentico.com/Forums/f19/fp5/t4454/Empty-CMSEditableImage.aspx
JavaScript Method
The webcontainer needs an id, example:
<h2 id="webpart-header">Headline</h2>
Then I have a small javascript function that is attached in an
external js file:
/* Hide Webcontainer via javascript if empty*/
function hideLayer(element) {
elem = document.getElementById( element );
elem.style.display = "none";
}
Now in the wep part configuration, at no data behaviour, you uncheck the checkbox and call the js function by entering following
script in the no record found text: hideLayer("webpart-header");
Whereby webpart-header the id name of your container is. You could
also have a more complex <div> structure here.
via http://devnet.kentico.com/Forums/f22/fp3/t4180/Webcontainer-and-hide-if-no-data.aspx
Using the admin panel on Orchard CMS I've created the following:
A content type called CalendarEvent, it contains several fields including the EventDate;
A query that has 2 filters, one by the content type (= CalendarEvent) and another one based on the date of the event. The Display Mode on the Layout is set to Properties;
A projection to display the query when a menu item is clicked.
The problem is that based on the EventDate we only display upcoming events, not the ones in the past. If for some reason there are no events to be displayed, all the user gets is an empty page with no information whatsoever.
My question is, how can I modify my query or projection in order to display something like: "There are no current events scheduled"?
I know the Properties on the Query's Layout allow me to specify a "No Result", but this implies that a record is present and that the actual property is empty. However, in my example, no record is present.
Thank you all in advance.
Rafael
By the way, I am using the latest Orchard version 1.6.
What I have done is to create a shape and use it as a view in my query. The shape will then have an if statement to check if the query return gives any results.
Example:
#using Orchard.ContentManagement
#using Orchard.Utility.Extensions
#{
var dealsTerms = ((IEnumerable<ContentItem>)Model.ContentItems).ToList();
}
#if (dealsTerms.Any() )
{
<div>
#foreach (var dealTerm in dealsTerms)
{
var contentManager = dealTerm.ContentManager;
<div>
#Display(contentManager.BuildDisplay(dealTerm, "Summary"))
</div>
}
</div>
}
else
{
<p>No deals found</p>
}
I used this article as reference:
http://www.ideliverable.com/blog/ways-to-render-lists-of-things
Good luck
If your projections are Layouts elements, you can create a Projection.cshtml file in your theme's Views/Elements folder with the following:
#{
var list = Model.List;
var pager = Model.Pager;
if (list != null)
{
#Display(list)
if (list.Items.Count == 0)
{
<div>There are currently no items.</div>
}
}
if (pager != null)
{
#Display(pager)
}
}
This is a copy of the default template with the if (list.Items.Count == 0) section added. Edit as needed.
I have an application where customers fill out a PDF form and then post it to a sharepoint library. Once the document is posted, we want to kick of an event handler to extract the user data from the form and post it into one or more sharepoint lists.
Any ideas on how I get started- I'm a novice with PDF forms but have a good understanding of SharePoint development.
Take a look at www.pdfsharepoint.com. Their product allows filling in Pdf forms and submitting them in to SharePoint. Fields can be mapped to SharePoint columns.
Dmitry
You can write a custom handler that catches a PDF Form submit as explained here (includes sample code).
Alternatively you can use a workflow that is triggered when a PDF Form is saved and extract the data from the form using a third party library.
If you prefer to use SharePoint Designer workflows then you can embed your .net code directly into the workflow using a product such as the Workflow Power Pack. (Disclaimer, I worked on this product and it is fab ;-).
You probably have a good reason to use PDF Forms, but you could also consider using InfoPath or even MS-Word to fill out your forms. It is easy to extract Word and InfoPath data from SharePoint and if you wish you can convert the documents to PDF as well.
If you can use PDF form submit action then you can have the form submit the data directly to the SharePoint list. To do this, you will need to create a custom http handler and save it to _Layouts folder with ".ashx" extension.
In PDF form, set the submit action to submit the data in XML and point it to the URL of the http handler.
Here is example code of the handler;
<%# Assembly Name="Microsoft.SharePoint,Version=12.0.0.0,Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" %>
<%# WebHandler Language="C#" Class="SP_PDFSubmitHandler" %>
using System;
using System.Web;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using System.Xml;
public class SP_PDFSubmitHandler : IHttpHandler {
public void ProcessRequest (HttpContext context) {
SPSite site = SPContext.Current.Site;
SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb();
try
{
string rawXML = "";
XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(context.Request.InputStream);
XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
xmlDoc.Load(reader);
string _xmlString = xmlDoc.InnerXml;
System.Text.ASCIIEncoding encoding = new System.Text.ASCIIEncoding();
string _fileTime = DateTime.Now.ToFileTime().ToString();
byte[] docAsBytes = encoding.GetBytes(_xmlString);
//Insert Document
web.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;
SPList list = web.Lists["Purchase Order"];
SPListItem item = list.Items.Add();
item["Title"] = "PurchaseOrder_" + _fileTime + ".xml";
item["Company Name"] = xmlDoc.GetElementsByTagName("txtOrderedByCompanyName").Item(0).InnerText;
item["Date"] = xmlDoc.GetElementsByTagName("dtmDate").Item(0).InnerText;
item["Order Total"] = xmlDoc.GetElementsByTagName("numGrandTotal").Item(0).InnerText;
item.Attachments.Add("PurchaseOrder_" + _fileTime + ".xml", docAsBytes);
item.Update();
//Redirect the browser to the Purchase Order list so we can see our submisison.
context.Response.Redirect("http://myserver/Lists/Purchase%20Order/AllItems.aspx");
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
context.Response.Write(ex.Message);
}
}
public bool IsReusable {
get {
return false;
}
}
}
Here is a great post which describes the process http://blogs.adobe.com/mtg/2009/03/submitting-data-from-an-pdf-form-to-ms-sharepoint.html
Here is the MSDN post about Handlers https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457204.aspx