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  • Chris C 43 posts 184 karma points
    Apr 20, 2013 @ 08:22
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    Ordering media in razor

    Umbraco 6.  Trying to order the contents of a media folder, but the macro doesn't build. Here's the relevant code so far.  

    ...
    var folder = new umbraco.MacroEngines.DynamicMedia(mediaFolderId);

    string thumbUrl = "";

    <div class="gallery">
        <ul>

        @foreach (var mediaObject in folder.Descendants())
        {
            thumbUrl = mediaObject.Url.Replace(".jpg", "_thumb_200.jpg");
        
            <li>
                <img alt="@mediaObject.Name" src="@thumbUrl" /></li>
        }
        </ul>
            
    </div>

    When I try to put .OrderBy("whatever") after the folder.Descendants(), it says that dynamic node list doesn't contain a definition for OrderBy.  It says the same thing if I put folder.Children or any other variant.  Any solution?

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  • gary 385 posts 916 karma points
    Apr 20, 2013 @ 14:10
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    Hi

    Maybe you need to cast the dynamic?

    @foreach (dynamic mediaObject in folder.Descendants())

    you may also need to check your @using statements, you may need to add something, sorry, do not use webforms so am no expert in that area.

    Hope it can move you a little way forward.

    Regards

    Gary

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  • Chris C 43 posts 184 karma points
    Apr 21, 2013 @ 20:47
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    Cast the dynamic....  Ok, cast it to what? 

     

     

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  • gary 385 posts 916 karma points
    Apr 21, 2013 @ 20:49
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    Hi

    on the foreach use dynamic and not var as above.

    Have had this problem in the past and it may help

    G

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  • Chris C 43 posts 184 karma points
    Apr 21, 2013 @ 20:53
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    Ahhhh, it worked!  Muchas gracias. 

    EDIT:  To clarify for anyone else that might find this, I changed "var folder" to "dynamic folder" in the code above. 

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  • gary 385 posts 916 karma points
    Apr 21, 2013 @ 21:01
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    Muito obrigado, o prazer é meu, porta-se bem.

    Sometimes 2 heads are better than one?

    G

     

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  • Chris C 43 posts 184 karma points
    Apr 22, 2013 @ 02:16
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    Indeed. Also, just discovered that there is no implementation of OrderByDescending.  But folder.OrderBy("propertyName desc") seems to work. 

    Lovely place btw, the Algarve.  Traveled through Lagos, Salema and Sagres a year ago. 

     

     

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  • Fuji Kusaka 2203 posts 4220 karma points
    Apr 22, 2013 @ 06:54
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    You could also order media items by id

    .OrderBy("Id desc")
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  • gary 385 posts 916 karma points
    Apr 22, 2013 @ 12:15
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    Hi Chrishtoph

    That is exactly where I have lived for the last 5 years, I know those towns very well.

    I am now on the other coast to the north of Sagres and it is even nicer, less people and beautiful coastline.

    What I am trying to bring to here is using technology to connect local businesses to the target markets, ie tourists with mobile devices, at times it is a big struggle, but hopefully soon the benefits will be seen and it can move forward.

    Hope to speak again soon

    Regards

    Gary

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