get property via macro parameter

jacob phillips 130 posts 372 karma points

Feb 06, 2014 @ 00:26

Umbraco 6.1.6

I have a multi node picker, the name of which I want to pass through macro parameter on a template, like this:

@Umbraco.RenderMacro("rCprFeature", new {featureOn="Home", featureSize="Large", position="cprLatestNews", numberToDisplay="10", displayImage="1", rssCount="1", useArchiveDate="0", archiveOnly="0", featureTitle="Latest News"})

The "position" parameter, is actually the name of a contnt picker. Inside my Razor Partial View Macro File, I just want to loop through the nodes for that content picker.

I've already seen how I can get and use each node in the picker:

var position = Model.MacroParameters["position"];


        var dynamicPublishedMNTPNodeList = new List<string>();

        foreach (var id in CurrentPage.cprLatestNews)
        {
            dynamicPublishedMNTPNodeList.Add(id.InnerText);
        }
        var dynamicMNTPCollection = Umbraco.Content(dynamicPublishedMNTPNodeList);

        var recordCount = dynamicMNTPCollection.Count();

        if (dynamicMNTPCollection.Any())
        { 

            foreach (var item in dynamicMNTPCollection)
            {
                @item.Id
            }
        }  
}

But in this case, I want to pass in the value "cprLatestNews" inside the position variable like this:

foreach (var id in CurrentPage.@position)

But I get:

Cannot implicitly convert type 'object' to 'System.Collections.IEnumerable'. An explicit conversion exists (are you missing a cast?)

I've also tried:

foreach (var id in CurrentPage.GetProperty(@position))

and

foreach (var id in CurrentPage.GetProperty(@position).ToList())

I started reading this but it seems like there should be a simpler way.

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Dennis Aaen 4500 posts 18255 karma points admin hq c-trib

Feb 06, 2014 @ 08:11

Hi Jacob,

Have you tried something like this:

foreach(var id in CurrentPage.position)

Here is an example from the build in script List Child Pages From Changeable Source maybe it could help you, to see how it´s done

@inherits Umbraco.Web.Macros.PartialViewMacroPage
@*
    === Macro Parameters To Create ===
    Show:True   Alias:nodeId Name:Node ID    Type:Content Picker
*@

@if (Model.MacroParameters["startNodeID"] != null)
{
    @* Get the start node as a dynamic node *@
    var startNode = Umbraco.Content(Model.MacroParameters["startNodeID"]);
    
    if (startNode.Children.Where("Visible").Any())
    {
        <ul>
            @foreach (var page in startNode.Children.Where("Visible"))
            { 
                <li><a href="@page.Url">@page.Name</a></li>
            }
        </ul>
    }    
}

Hope that helps

/Dennis

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jacob phillips 130 posts 372 karma points

Feb 06, 2014 @ 08:35

I tried this:

foreach(var id in CurrentPage.position)

and no error, but it doesn't return anything. I'll try the other tomorrow. thx

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jacob phillips 130 posts 372 karma points

Feb 07, 2014 @ 01:34

Dennis,

I think this example is not applicable because it is starting with a nodeId (startNodeID)

In my case, CurrentPage.[the name of my picker] returns some XML, not a node id.

The value of my 'position' variable is just a text string.

I even tried CurrentPage.GetProperty("cprLatestNews")

I can see that that and this one: CurrentPage.cprLatestNews returns:

<multinodepicker type="content">
<nodeid>14152</nodeid>
<nodeid>14142</nodeid>
<nodeid>14128</nodeid>
<nodeid>14122</nodeid>
<nodeid>14113</nodeid>
<nodeid>14121</nodeid>
<nodeid>14114</nodeid>
<nodeid>14100</nodeid>
</multinodepicker>

But when I try to use either of those with position, @position, "@position" even @CurrentPage.GetProperty(["@]p... I get nothing every time.

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Jeavon Leopold 3074 posts 13632 karma points MVP 11x admin c-trib

Feb 08, 2014 @ 21:42

Hi Jacob,

I think you looking for this?

    foreach (var id in CurrentPage.GetPropertyValue(position.ToString()))

Jeavon

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jacob phillips 130 posts 372 karma points

Feb 08, 2014 @ 23:15

Thanks, I tried a variation of that earlier, but I still get:

2014-02-08 14:05:33,104 [7] WARN  umbraco.macro - [Thread 10] Error loading Partial View 
(file: ~/Views/MacroPartials/rCprFeature.cshtml). Exception: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at Umbraco.Web.Models.DynamicPublishedContent.TryInvokeMember(InvokeMemberBinder binder, Object[] args, Object& result)
   at CallSite.Target(Closure , CallSite , Object , String )
   at ASP._Page_Views_MacroPartials_rCprFeature_cshtml.Execute() in c:\inetpub\<removed>\Views\MacroPartials\rCprFeature.cshtml:line 103
   at System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy()
   at System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage.ExecutePageHierarchy()
   at System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy(WebPageContext pageContext, TextWriter writer, WebPageRenderingBase startPage)
   at System.Web.Mvc.RazorView.RenderView(ViewContext viewContext, TextWriter writer, Object instance)
   at System.Web.Mvc.BuildManagerCompiledView.Render(ViewContext viewContext, TextWriter writer)
   at Umbraco.Web.Mvc.ControllerExtensions.RenderViewResultAsString(ControllerBase controller, ViewResultBase viewResult)
   at Umbraco.Web.Macros.PartialViewMacroEngine.Execute(MacroModel macro, INode currentPage)
   at umbraco.macro.LoadPartialViewMacro(MacroModel macro)
   at umbraco.macro.renderMacro(Hashtable pageElements, Int32 pageId)

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Jeavon Leopold 3074 posts 13632 karma points MVP 11x admin c-trib

Feb 10, 2014 @ 11:18

Ah, it seems that the GetPropertyValue method is a extension so not available on the CurrentPage dynamic object. So we need to use the strongly typed object instead:

@using Umbraco.Core.Dynamics
@inherits Umbraco.Web.Macros.PartialViewMacroPage
@*
    === Macro Parameters To Create ===
    Show:True   Alias:nodeId Name:Node ID    Type:Content Picker
*@

@{   
    if (Model.MacroParameters["position"] != null)
    {
        var position = Model.MacroParameters["position"].ToString();

        if (Model.Content.HasValue(position))
        {
            var typedMultiNodeTreePicker = new DynamicXml(Model.Content.GetPropertyValue<string>(position));
            var typedPublishedMNTPNodeList = new List<string>();
            foreach (dynamic id in typedMultiNodeTreePicker)                
            {
                typedPublishedMNTPNodeList.Add(id.InnerText); 
            }
            var typedMNTPCollection = Umbraco.TypedContent(typedPublishedMNTPNodeList).Where(x => x != null);
            foreach (var item in typedMNTPCollection)
            {     
                <p>sdsd: @item.Name</p>         
            }       
        }        
    }
}

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Jeavon Leopold 3074 posts 13632 karma points MVP 11x admin c-trib

Feb 10, 2014 @ 12:23

You can switch back to dynamics if you want to for the output by changing the foreach, e.g.

        foreach (dynamic item in typedMNTPCollection)
        {     
            <p>@item.Name</p>         
            <p>@item.myCustomProperty</p>     
        }

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jacob phillips 130 posts 372 karma points

Feb 10, 2014 @ 19:51

Thanks that worked. Understanding more, the mystery unraveling. Thanks Dennis too.

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