razor sometimes returns dynamicxml instead of string for rich text property

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Markus 33 posts 58 karma points

Apr 12, 2011 @ 10:54
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Razor sometimes returns DynamicXML instead of string for rich text property
Hi,

I think the following is a bug in the razor implementation: I have a rich text property using tinyMce. When I enter some text (text, paragraphs, etc) and output with
```
@Model.myRichtTextProperty
```
everything works fine.

However, if I enter 2 lines of text and use the unordered list button of tinymce, I get
```
umbraco.MacroEngines.DynamicXml
```
as output of the above razor instruction.

The very same content displays correctly when using
```
<umbraco:Item field="myRichTextProperty" runat="server"></umbraco:Item>"
```
I checked umbraco.config, it contains something like:
```
<myRichTextProperty><![CDATA[
<ul>
<li>line 1</li>
<li>line 2</li>
</ul>
]]></myRichTextProperty>
```
As soon as I enter a paragraph before the list, the output is fine. It would seem that Umbraco's razor implementation returns DynamicXml when the content of a property starts with <ul>. This of course makes it impossible to use razor syntax for rich text properties.

Is this a known bug, or did I miss something? Is there a simple way to handle that, or will I need to implement and call a helper function whenever I'll want to use a rich text property?
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Sebastiaan Janssen 5060 posts 15522 karma points MVP admin hq

Apr 12, 2011 @ 11:00

Do check the umbracoSettings.config file to make sure the scripting node is in there and has all of the elements in there:

    <scripting>
        <razor>
            <!-- razor DynamicNode typecasting detects XML and returns DynamicXml - Root elements that won't convert to DynamicXml -->
            <notDynamicXmlDocumentElements>
                <element>p</element>
                <element>div</element>
                <element>ul</element>
                <element>span</element>
            </notDynamicXmlDocumentElements>
        </razor>
    </scripting>

And there's also an extra bugfix upcoming in 4.7.1.

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Eran Meir 401 posts 543 karma points

Apr 12, 2011 @ 11:03

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you're right, it happens to me too

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Markus 33 posts 58 karma points

Apr 12, 2011 @ 11:05

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Excellent - I didn't know about that setting. Thanks a lot!

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Eran Meir 401 posts 543 karma points

Apr 12, 2011 @ 11:11

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i didn't know about it either, too bad this thing ain't documented on a change log when 4.7 released (which doesn't exist)

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Sebastiaan Janssen 5060 posts 15522 karma points MVP admin hq

Apr 12, 2011 @ 11:13

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You're right, it should definitely be in the changelog.

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Tom 713 posts 954 karma points

Nov 13, 2011 @ 08:15

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hi all!

running 4.7.1 and getting exactly the same issue with this code where staffIntroText is a richtext editor field..

@if(staffMember.HasProperty("staffIntroText") && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(staffMember.staffIntroText.ToString())) {

<div class="intro-text">

@staffMember.staffIntroText

</div>

}

I have set up my umbraco config as specified above..

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Tom 713 posts 954 karma points

Nov 13, 2011 @ 08:16

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ah the pre tag got in the way

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