i had the same issue when the beta first came out... and really... got no response from anyone... and no solution either.

sorry

If it seems like a bug then it should be logged on Codeplex

Has this been logged on codeplex? A search in the issue tracker for getmedia returns nothing...

Good heavens, if it isn't there... go add it!

cheers,
doug.

Yes sir! :) I've confirmed this is a bug for me in v4.1 beta 2. Go vote!

http://umbraco.codeplex.com/WorkItem/View.aspx?WorkItemId=27109

Crap, this is stopping me updating a few packages to 4.1.

voted on codeplex

It's been fixed in the nightlies for a while, I think, just waiting for the RC...

It seems that is still doesn't work in 4.1RC. Calling this:

<xsl:variable name="videoNode" select="umbraco.library:GetMedia(1341, '1')"/>
node:<xsl:value-of select="$videoNode"/><br/>

results in this output:

node:No media is maching '1341'

1341 is the id of a flash file that definitely exists and can be browsed through the Media section. Anyone else getting this?

I get this if I point it to an image file:
node:/media/244/colour change.jpg1074976586198jpg
so I gues using the proper umbracoFile syntax will work.

Hmm, I dunno. Check this out, I'm trying to output an image - the id is stored as the image attribute of my eventNode:

imageid:<xsl:value-of select="$eventNode/image"/><br/>
image:<xsl:copy-of select="umbraco.library:GetMedia($eventNode/image, '0')"/><br/>

Gives output of:

imageid:1102<br>
image:<Image id="1102" version="919be0a6-f6a0-4a41-ac89-c29678b11622" parentID="-1" level="1" writerID="0" nodeType="1032" template="0" sortOrder="2" cateDate="2010-05-17T15:25:18" updateDate="2010-05-17T15:25:18" nodeName="World Map Image" urlName="worldmapimage" writerName="Administrator" nodeTypeAlias="Image" path="-1,1102"><umbracoFile></umbracoFile><umbracoWidth></umbracoWidth><umbracoHeight></umbracoHeight><umbracoBytes></umbracoBytes><umbracoExtension></umbracoExtension></Image><br>

How can I now display the image if umbracoFile is empty?

This works for me in 4.1RC when hard coding the property names mainImage and altText:

<xsl:variable name="picFile" select="$currentPage/mainImage"/>
<xsl:variable name="altText" select="$currentPage/altText"/>

<xsl:if test="$picFile != ''">
  <img id="mainImage" src="{umbraco.library:GetMedia($picFile, 'false')/umbracoFile}" >
      <xsl:attribute name="alt">
          <xsl:value-of select="$altText"/>
      </xsl:attribute>
      <xsl:attribute name="width">
          <xsl:value-of select="umbraco.library:GetMedia($picFile, 'false')/umbracoWidth" />
      </xsl:attribute>
      <xsl:attribute name="height">
          <xsl:value-of select="umbraco.library:GetMedia($picFile, 'false')/umbracoHeight" />
      </xsl:attribute>
  </img>
</xsl:if>

However I can't replace the $currentPage/mainImage with $currentPage/$picFile since the $ causes an error, will investigate further

HTH

Hi @quixltd,

Okay so it turns out I'm being an idiot and in my second example I'm trying to output a media item that on further inspection doesn't actually have a file uploaded for it in the Media section! Doh. So images do seem to work -when an image has been actually uploaded :)

Right and the second problem was fixed by going in to my media types where I had created a new type called Flash Movie. I saved this, then saved my video in the Media section, et viola - it works.

Thanks @quixltd for taking the time to have a look. Thankfully it seems to be working fine, and maybe this discussion will help others with the same issues I had!

Cheers,

David

An update for Umbraco 4.5!!!!!

While the code I posted earlier works for 4.1RC it doesn't for for 4.5, with thnks to Lee Kelleher, the updated version which works in 4.5 is:

<xsl:variable name="picFile" select="$currentPage/mainImage"/>
<xsl:variable name="altText" select="$currentPage/altText"/>

<xsl:if test="$picFile != ''">
  <img id="mainImage" src="{umbraco.library:GetMedia($picFile, 'false')/Image/umbracoFile}" >
      <xsl:attribute name="alt">
          <xsl:value-of select="$altText"/>
      </xsl:attribute>
      <xsl:attribute name="width">
          <xsl:value-of select="umbraco.library:GetMedia($picFile, 'false')/Image/umbracoWidth" />
      </xsl:attribute>
      <xsl:attribute name="height">
          <xsl:value-of select="umbraco.library:GetMedia($picFile, 'false')/Image/umbracoHeight" />
      </xsl:attribute>
  </img>
</xsl:if>

The only difference is the addition of /Image in front of /umbracoFile to become /Image/umbracoFile

This also works with the other syntax of:

img src="{umbraco.library:GetMedia($picFile, 'false')/Image/umbracoFile}" width=etc.

Hope this helps spme people

Tom

yes, i learned earlier today that the /Image is very important :)

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