my question is basically the same as #Bob Black's Cannot access sitecore item field via API but I agree with #techphoria414 that the accepted solution is not necessary and in my case does not work.
In my own words, I have a template Departure that I have been using for about a year now creating and updating items programmatically. I have added a new field Ship to the template. When I create a new item the field comes up as null when I try to access it using departure.Fields["Ship"]. If I step over the line causing the exception then after calling departure.Editing.EndEdit() I can then see the Ship field if I call departure.Fields.ToList(). If I add the template to a content item via the Sitecore GUI I can see the field and use it, and if I look at a content item which is based on the template I can see the new field too. So it is only when I access the template/item programmatically that it is null.
I have sitecore running on my local machine with a local sqlserver, and publish to my local machine.
Here is my code
String ship = "MSDisaster";
foreach (Language language in SiteLanguages)
{
departure = departure.Database.GetItem(departure.ID, language);
departure.Editing.BeginEdit();
try
{
departure.Fields["StartDate"].Value = GetSitecoreDateString(xDep, "StartDate");
departure.Fields["EndDate"].Value = GetSitecoreDateString(xDep, "EndDate");
departure.Fields["Guaranteed"].Value = xDep.SelectSingleNode("./Guaranteed").InnerText;
departure.Fields["Status"].Value = xDep.SelectSingleNode("./Status").InnerText;
departure.Fields["Currency"].Value = ConvertLanguageToCurrency(language);
departure.Fields["Market"].Value = ConvertLanguageToMarket(language);
departure.Fields["TwinSharePrice"].Value = GetPrice(xDep, "twn", language);
departure.Fields["SinglePrice"].Value = GetPrice(xDep, "sgl", language);
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(ship))
departures.Fields["Ship"].Value = ship;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
departure.Editing.CancelEdit();
log.Error(ex);
throw ex;
}
departure.Editing.EndEdit();
}
So, how do I get the field be picked up?
Thanks,
James.
Firstly do you see the field in the web database in the sitecore administration.
If you do the item has the fields, you then should check the template assigned on the item and double check that the field is actually called "ship" and check the case as ive seen this as an issue before.
Also check the security on the item and field just in case anyone changed anything.
Next try and get the data from the item but instead of using the field name, use the field ID.
Let me know how you go?
Chris
Sorry Chris, StackOverflow, and the others who looked at my questions. It was a stupid typo. It's even there in my question
departure.Fields["SinglePrice"].Value = GetPrice(xDep, "sgl", language);
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(ship))
departures.Fields["Ship"].Value = ship;
}
departure is the item I am working on, departures is the collection it belongs to... doh.
So what is the protocol here? Do I delete my question now because it isn't really going to help anyone code better?
James.
Related
When you try to close Swing application and you change same value in field, application ask you if you want to save changes.
My first question is why RAP application doesn't ask same question ?
Second and more important question is how to force validation of fields change and how to manipulate this.
for example :
I have table with rows and some fields below table. If I click on row some value is entered in fields. I can change this value and click button save.
I would like to force change validation on row click. So if changes ware applied and if I click on row, application should warn me that some changes are not saved.
But I should be able to manipulate what is change and what is not. For example if table on row click fill some data if fields this is not change, but if I entered value is same fields this is change.
I discovered method
checkSaveNeeded();
But it does nothing. (if I change values or not)
I see that every field has mathod
#Override
public final void checkSaveNeeded() {
if (isInitialized()) {
try {
propertySupport.setPropertyBool(PROP_SAVE_NEEDED, m_touched || execIsSaveNeeded());
}
catch (ProcessingException e) {
SERVICES.getService(IExceptionHandlerService.class).handleException(e);
}
}
}
so I should manipulate changes throw m_touched ?
How is this handled in Scout ?
ADD
I am looking for function that check for dirty fields and pops up message dialog, same as when closing form, and way to set fields dirty or not.
I look here and here, but all it describes is how values is stored for popup messages and dot how to fire this messages (validation).
My first question is why RAP application doesn't ask same question ?
I am not sure to know which message box you mean but it should be the case.
There are several questions about unsaved changes and form lifecycle in the Eclipse Scout Forum. I think you can find them with Google.
I have also taken the time to start to document it in the Eclipse Wiki:
Scout Field > Contribution to unsaved changes
Form lifecycle
I think you should implement execIsSaveNeeded() in the corresponding field. The default implementation in AbstractTableField uses the state of the rows, but you can imagine the logic you want.
#Order(10.0)
public class MyTableField extends AbstractTableField<MyTableField.Table> {
#Override
protected boolean execIsSaveNeeded() throws ProcessingException {
boolean result;
//some logic that computes if the table field contains modification (result = true) or not (result = false)
return result;
}
//...
I hope this helps.
I am looking for function that check for dirty fields and pops up message dialog, same as when closing form.
Are you speaking from this message box that appears when the user clicks on Cancel in the form?
There is no specific function that you can call for that. But you can check the beginning of the AbstractForm.doCancel() function. It is exactly what you are looking for.
I have rewritten it like this:
// ensure all fields have the right save-needed-state
checkSaveNeeded();
// find any fields that needs save
AbstractCollectingFieldVisitor<IFormField> collector = new AbstractCollectingFieldVisitor<IFormField>() {
#Override
public boolean visitField(IFormField field, int level, int fieldIndex) {
if (field instanceof IValueField && field.isSaveNeeded()) {
collect(field);
}
return true;
}
};
SomeTestForm.this.visitFields(collector);
MessageBox.showOkMessage("DEBUG", "You have " + collector.getCollectionCount() + " fields containing a change in your form", null);
I have changed the Visitor to collect all value fields with unchanged changes. But you can stick to the original visitField(..) implementation. You cannot use P_AbstractCollectingFieldVisitor because it is private, but you can have a similar field visitor somewhere else.
I am looking for a way to set fields dirty or not.
As I told you: execIsSaveNeeded() in each field for some custom logic. You can also call touch() / markSaved() on a field to indicate that it contains modifications or not. But unless you cannot do otherwise, I do not think that this is the correct approach for you.
I know that it is possible to enroll users in an engagement plan from with Sitecore by adding them to a specific state in the plan when they visit a campaign URL, adding them when they submit a Web Forms for Marketers Form, and manually adding them in the Supervisor interface.
Additionally, I know that you can use the API to add a user as described here:
http://briancaos.wordpress.com/2013/06/03/programming-for-sitecore-dms-engagement-plans/
However, that method requires a username.
I would like to enroll anonymous users in an engagement plan when they visit any page represented by a particular template in Sitecore (ie, page from the Product template). Is this possible using the API?
To expand on my above comment, and to supplement your own answer, here's a processor that you could add to the after the ItemResolver in the httpRequestBegin pipeline that would achieve the desired result. It is a very basic version that you could embellish as you see fit
class CampaignRedirect
{
public void Process(HttpRequestArgs args)
{
var request = HttpContext.Current.Request;
// must not already have the querystring in the URL
if(request.QueryString["sc_camp"] != null &&
request.QueryString["sc_camp"] != "XXXXXXXX")
return;
// must have a context item
if(Sitecore.Context.Item == null)
return;
var item = Sitecore.Context.Item;
// must be the right template
if(item.TemplateID.ToString() != "{XXXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXXXX}")
return;
var basicUrl = LinkManager.GetItemUrl(item);
var response = HttpContext.Current.Response;
response.Redirect(basicUrl + "?sc_camp=XXXXXXX");
}
}
If you're not familiar with adding processors, take a look here.
Per Sitecore support, this is not currently possible. However, I was able to achieve what I wanted by adding a jQuery AJAX call to the campaign URL to the sublayout used by the page type in question. Naturally this only works for clients with JS enabled, but for my purposes, that is not an issue.
<script type="text/javascript">$(function() { $.get('/?sc_camp=[campaignid]'); });</script>
Edited 2014-05-19
I found a way to do this via the Sitecore API. This is rough and needs to check for null values, exceptions, etc., but it does work:
string cookieVal = Request.Cookies["SC_ANALYTICS_GLOBAL_COOKIE"].Value;
List<Guid> guids = new List<Guid>() {
new Guid(cookieVal)
};
Guid automationStateId = new Guid("{24963AE9-1C8C-4E18-8EEE-01BC249D1F1B}");
Guid automationId = Sitecore.Context.Database.GetItem(new Sitecore.Data.ID(automationStateId)).ParentID.ToGuid();
Sitecore.Analytics.Automation.Data.AutomationManager.Provider.CreateAutomationStatesFromBulk(guids, automationId, automationStateId);
Hopefully someone here is familiar with creating customizations in Epicor 9. I've posted this to the Epicor forums as well, but unfortunately that forum seems pretty dead. Any help I can get would be much appreciated.
I've created a customization on the Order Entry form to display and store some extra information about our orders. One such field is the architect on the job. We store the architects in the customer table using a GroupCode of AR to distinguish them from regular customers. I have successfully added a button that launches a customer search dialog and filters the results to only display the architects (those with GroupCode AR). Here's where the problems come in. I have two questions:
1: On the customer search, there is a customer type field that defaults to a value of Customer. Other choices are < all>, Suspect, or Prospect. How can I make the search form default to < all>?
2: How do I take the architect (customer) I select through the search dialog and populate its CustID into the ShortChar01 field on my Order Entry customization? Here's the code I have:
private void SearchOnCustomerAdapterShowDialog()
{
// Wizard Generated Search Method
// You will need to call this method from another method in custom code
// For example, [Form]_Load or [Button]_Click
bool recSelected;
//string whereClause = string.Empty;
string whereClause = "GroupCode = 'AR'";
System.Data.DataSet dsCustomerAdapter = Epicor.Mfg.UI.FormFunctions.SearchFunctions.listLookup(this.oTrans, "CustomerAdapter", out recSelected, true, whereClause);
if (recSelected)
{
System.Data.DataRow adapterRow = dsCustomerAdapter.Tables[0].Rows[0];
// Map Search Fields to Application Fields
EpiDataView edvOrderHed = ((EpiDataView)(this.oTrans.EpiDataViews["OrderHed"]));
System.Data.DataRow edvOrderHedRow = edvOrderHed.CurrentDataRow;
if ((edvOrderHedRow != null))
{
edvOrderHedRow.BeginEdit();
edvOrderHedRow["ShortChar01"] = adapterRow["CustID"];
edvOrderHedRow.EndEdit();
}
}
}
When I select a record and click OK, I get an unhandled exception.
I think the problem you are/were having is that you aren't adding the CustNum to the Sales Order first. In my mind I would do it this way first, but there is might be ChangeCustomer BO method in oTrans that you could call to make sure everything defaults correct.
EpiDataView edvOrderHed = ((EpiDataView)(this.oTrans.EpiDataViews["OrderHed"]));
if (edvOrderHed.HasRow)
{
edvOrderHed[edvOrderHed.Row].BeginEdit();
edvOrderHed[edvOrderHed.Row]["CustNum"] = adapterRow["CustNum"];
edvOrderHed[edvOrderHed.Row]["ShortChar01"] = adapterRow["CustID"];
edvOrderHed[edvOrderHed.Row].EndEdit();
}
Hope that is helpful, even if late.
Is there any way to parametise the Datasource for the 'source' field in the Template Builder?
We have a multisite setup. As part of this it would save a lot of time and irritation if we could point our Droptrees and Treelists point at the appropriate locations rather than common parents.
For instance:
Content
--Site1
--Data
--Site2
--Data
Instead of having to point our site at the root Content folder I want to point it at the individual data folders, so I want to do something like:
DataSource=/sitecore/content/$sitename/Data
I can't find any articles on this. Is it something that's possible?
Not by default, but you can use this technique to code your datasources:
http://newguid.net/sitecore/2013/coded-field-datasources-in-sitecore/
You could possibly use relative paths if it fits with the rest of your site structure. It could be as simple as:
./Data
But if the fields are on random items all over the tree, that might not be helpul.
Otherwise try looking at:
How to use sitecore query in datasource location? (dynamic datasouce)
You might want to look at using a Querable Datasource Location and plugging into the getRenderingDatasource pipeline.
It's really going to depend on your use cases. The thing I like about this solution is there is no need to create a whole bunch of controls which effectively do he same thing as the default Sitecore ones, and you don't have to individually code up each datasource you require - just set the query you need to get the data. You can also just set the datasource query in the __standard values for the templates.
This is very similar to Holger's suggestion, I just think this code is neater :)
Since Sitecore 7 requires VS 2012 and our company isn't going to upgrade any time soon I was forced to find a Sitecore 6 solution to this.
Drawing on this article and this one I came up with this solution.
public class SCWTreeList : TreeList
{
protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
{
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(Source))
this.Source = SourceQuery.Resolve(SContext.ContentDatabase.Items[ItemID], Source);
base.OnLoad(e);
}
}
This creates a custom TreeList control and passes it's Source field through to a class to handle it. All that class needs to do is resolve anything you have in the Source field into a sitecore query path which can then be reassigned to the source field. This will then go on to be handled by Sitecore's own query engine.
So for our multi-site solution it enabled paths such as this:
{A588F1CE-3BB7-46FA-AFF1-3918E8925E09}/$sitename
To resolve to paths such as this:
/sitecore/medialibrary/Product Images/Site2
Our controls will then only show items for the correct site.
This is the method that handles resolving the GUIDs and tokens:
public static string Resolve(Item item, string query)
{
// Resolve tokens
if (query.Contains("$"))
{
MatchCollection matches = Regex.Matches(query, "\\$[a-z]+");
foreach (Match match in matches)
query = query.Replace(match.Value, ResolveToken(item, match.Value));
}
// Resolve GUIDs.
MatchCollection guidMatches = Regex.Matches(query, "^{[a-zA-Z0-9-]+}");
foreach (Match match in guidMatches)
{
Guid guid = Guid.Parse(match.Value);
Item queryItem = SContext.ContentDatabase.GetItem(new ID(guid));
if (item != null)
query = query.Replace(match.Value, queryItem.Paths.FullPath);
}
return query;
}
Token handling below, as you can see it requires that any item using the $siteref token is inside an Site Folder item that we created. That allows us to use a field which contains the name that all of our multi-site content folders must follow - Site Reference. As long at that naming convention is obeyed it allows us to reference folders within the media library or any other shared content within Sitecore.
static string ResolveToken(Item root, string token)
{
switch (token)
{
case "$siteref":
string sRef = string.Empty;
Item siteFolder = root.Axes.GetAncestors().First(x => x.TemplateID.Guid == TemplateKeys.CMS.SiteFolder);
if (siteFolder != null)
sRef = siteFolder.Fields["Site Reference"].Value;
return sRef;
}
throw new Exception("Token '" + token + "' is not recognised. Please disable wishful thinking and try again.");
}
So far this works for TreeLists, DropTrees and DropLists. It would be nice to get it working with DropLinks but this method does not seem to work.
This feels like scratching the surface, I'm sure there's a lot more you could do with this approach.
I am trying to create an EventReceiver for a blog site (for the Posts list) and am having some trouble getting it working. I want to change the Created By column to Anonymous. Basically I have this whole thing working in a console application, however, that will only change the Created By column names when the console application is executed.
I need it to change the Created By whenever a new item is added to the list. My code is below....how do I modify this to use in an EventReceiver project??? Since I already tell the EventReceiver project the URL I want the EventReceiver attached to, I'm not sure what I can remove from this code, right now it just doesn't do anything, no error and no changing of the Created By column when I debug.
using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://test-sharepoint/subsite/"))
{
using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())
{
SPList list = web.Lists["Posts"];
SPListItemCollection listItemCollection = list.Items;
foreach (SPListItem listItem in listItemCollection)
{
SPFieldUserValue userName = new SPFieldUserValue(web, 22, "Anonymous");
listItem["Author"] = userName;
listItem["Editor"] = userName;
listItem.Update();
}
web.Update();
}
}
EDIT: Code is in ItemAdded method
EDIT #2: This is trying the same code except without the loop and using properties.ListItem, this was my attempt in a Event Recevier project but no luck. It just doesn't change the Created By field, or any field for that matter (I tried the Title as well)
SPSite site = new SPSite("http://test-sharepoint/subsite/");
SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb();
SPFieldUserValue userName = new SPFieldUserValue(web, 22, "Anonymous");
properties.ListItem["Author"] = userName;
properties.ListItem["Editor"] = userName;
properties.ListItem.Update();
*Also from my understanding the SPFieldUserValue will grab either a User or a SharePoint User Group (Permissions) so in my code, the 22 grabs the SharePoint User Group that I want and "Anonymous" is the user from that group...
EDIT #3: More progress, this code works without issues for a list, however, not for the Posts or Comments lists, for those it does not change the Created By field. Could it be because of the approve/reject for all items??? Whether approved orpending it still does not show annonymous, BUT like I mentioned, it works fine in a different list.
public override void ItemAdded(SPItemEventProperties properties)
{
base.ItemAdded(properties);
SPSite site = new SPSite("http://test-sharepoint/hr/blog/"); //SPContext.Current.Site;
SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb();
SPFieldUserValue userName = new SPFieldUserValue(web,22,"Anonymous");
SPListItem currentItem = properties.ListItem;
//currentItem["Title"] = userName; //DateTime.Now.ToString();
currentItem["Author"] = userName;
currentItem["Editor"] = userName;
currentItem.SystemUpdate();
}
**EDIT #4: Alright I found my issue, when creating the project I chose Custom List as my list to attach to but I needed to choose Posts or Comments and now the above code works!!!
But now I have another problem, all posts on the blog are first submitted for approval...and due to this the event receiver doesn't seem to work for users other than the admin. It works fine for the admin account where I can just directly publish a post or comment but for a user with Contribute permissions whose posts are submitted for approval still shows their name on the Manage Posts page...what could I do about this? Any ideas?**
The code that works:
public override void ItemAdded(SPItemEventProperties properties)
{
base.ItemAdded(properties);
SPSite site = new SPSite("http://test-sharepoint/hr/blog/"); //SPContext.Current.Site;
SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb();
SPFieldUserValue userName = new SPFieldUserValue(web, 23, "Anonymous");
SPListItem currentItem = properties.ListItem;
currentItem["Author"] = userName;
currentItem["Editor"] = userName;
currentItem.SystemUpdate();
}
In response to edit #4, when working with SharePoint, if code works when executed by the administrator account, but does not work when executed by a "normal" account, permissions are likely to blame.
See the answer to the question SharePoint/WSS: Modify “created by” field? for an example of an SPItemEventReceiver that modifies the Author field.
Note: Many SharePoint developers recommend against the use of RunWithElevatedPrivileges and suggest using impersonation instead. See my answer to the question In which situation use SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges with superusertoken? for more details.