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  • Carlos Casalicchio 169 posts 698 karma points
    May 31, 2016 @ 16:29
    Carlos Casalicchio
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    Create new MediaType via C# (For PackageAction)

    I have created a package that requires the creation of an extra MediaType, since packaging it is not available in the package screens.

    To circumvent this issue I've started researching into creating a new MediaType via Package Actions. Lastly started following this quick tutorial Umbraco V7 Compatible Packages

    Have added a class (below), compiled it (in Debug Mode), copied it to the /bin/ folder of Umbraco, then added the dll as a package file, along with everything else.

    Then, on another instance of Umbraco, installed it from local package.

    Problem is: IT IS NOT WORKING!

    At the moment I have no idea of what could be wrong, so if anyone has any suggestions, they're welcome.

    Below is the class I have created:

    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Xml;
    using umbraco.interfaces;
    using Umbraco.Core.Configuration;
    using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
    using Umbraco.Core.Models;
    using Umbraco.Core.Services;
    
    namespace Social_Media_Channels.Installer
    {
        public class AddMediaAction : IPackageAction
        {
            public string Alias()
            {
                return "SocialMediaChannels_AddThemes";
            }
    
            public bool Execute(string packageName, XmlNode xmlData)
            {
                string STEP = string.Empty;
    
                if (UmbracoVersion.Current.Major >= 7)
                {
                    try
                    {
                        #region MediaType
                        STEP = "Adding MediaType";
                        LogHelper.Info(typeof(AddMediaAction), STEP);
                        MediaHelper.AddMediaType();
                        #endregion
    
                        #region Theme Images
                        STEP = "Adding Media Themes";
                        LogHelper.Info(typeof(AddMediaAction), STEP);
    
                        #endregion
                        return true;
                    }
                    catch (Exception ex)
                    {
                        var message = string.Concat("Error at install ", Alias(), " package action: " + STEP, ex);
                        LogHelper.Error(typeof(AddMediaAction), message, ex);
                        return false;
                    }
    
    
                }
                return false;
            }
    
            public bool Undo(string packageName, XmlNode xmlData)
            {
                if (UmbracoVersion.Current.Major >= 7)
                {
                    //MediaType mediaType = new MediaType();
                }
                return true;
            }
    
            public XmlNode SampleXml()
            {
                var xml = string.Format("<Action runat=\"install\" undo=\"true\" alias=\"{0}\" />", Alias());
                XmlDocument x = new XmlDocument();
                x.LoadXml(xml);
                return x;
            }
    
    
        }
    }
    

    Below is the Helper Class:

    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using Umbraco.Core.Models;
    
    namespace Social_Media_Channels.Installer
    {
        public class MediaHelper
        {
            private readonly static string MediaTypeName = "Social Media Theme";
    
            // LogHelper.Error<TranslationHelper>("Failed to add Opening Soon localization values to language file", ex);
            public static void AddMediaType()
            {
                MediaType mediaType = new MediaType(0);
                mediaType.AllowedAsRoot = true;
                mediaType.Name = MediaTypeName;
                mediaType.Description = "Container for the Social Media Channel Theme Images";
                mediaType.IsContainer = true;
    
                //Allowed child nodes
                var children = new List<ContentTypeSort>
                    {
                        new ContentTypeSort(1031, 0),
                        new ContentTypeSort(1032, 1)
                    };
    
                mediaType.AllowedContentTypes = children;
    
                //Add properties
                var name = new PropertyType(new DataTypeDefinition(-88, "themeName"));
                name.Name = "Theme Name";
                name.Description = "Name for the theme";
    
                var url = new PropertyType(new DataTypeDefinition(-88, "themeUrl"));
                url.Name = "Theme Url";
                url.Description = "Url for the original theme";
    
                var createdBy = new PropertyType(new DataTypeDefinition(-88, "createdBy"));
                createdBy.Name = "Created By";
                createdBy.Description = "Theme Author";
    
                var createdDate = new PropertyType(new DataTypeDefinition(-41, "createdDate"));
                createdDate.Name = "Created Date";
                createdDate.Description = "Date the Theme was created";
    
                mediaType.AddPropertyType(name, "Image");
                mediaType.AddPropertyType(url, "Image");
                mediaType.AddPropertyType(createdBy, "Image");
                mediaType.AddPropertyType(createdDate, "Image");
            }
    
            public static void RemoveMediaType()
            {
    
            }
        }
    }
    

    And in Package Actions (Umbraco) I have added the following line

    <Action runat="install" undo="true" alias="SocialMediaChannels_AddThemes" />
    

    Suggestions or corrections? Anyone?

  • Carlos Casalicchio 169 posts 698 karma points
    Jun 07, 2016 @ 16:08
    Carlos Casalicchio
    0

    By comparing with the DAMP source code (DAMP) I noticed that the new MediaType class Umbraco.Core.Models.MediaType is missing the Save() method, so no matter how I tested, it simply would not save the new media type.

    Anyway, also by using DAMP's example (good old copy/paste), that uses the old assemblies and shows a message 'OBSOLETE', came up with a new version of the code, which worked as expected.

    So, this is possibly something that I'll have to revisit in the near future.

    What the new code looks like: using System; using System.Drawing; using System.Drawing.Drawing2D; using System.Drawing.Imaging; using System.IO; using System.Xml; using umbraco.BusinessLogic; using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype; using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype.controls; using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media; using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.packager.standardPackageActions; using umbraco.DataLayer; using umbraco.interfaces; using umbraco.IO;

    namespace SocialMediaChannels
    {
        public class AddSocialMediaThemes : IPackageAction
        {
            private readonly static string MediaTypeName = "Social Media Theme";
            private readonly static int LABEL_ID = -92;
            private readonly static int UPLOAD_ID = -90;
            private readonly static int TEXT_ID = -88;
            private readonly static int DATE_ID = -41;
            private readonly static int IMAGE_ID = 1031;
            private readonly static int FOLDER_ID = 1032;
    
            public IDataType uploadField = new Factory().GetNewObject(new Guid("5032a6e6-69e3-491d-bb28-cd31cd11086c"));
    
    
            protected static ISqlHelper SqlHelper
            {
                get
                {
                    return umbraco.BusinessLogic.Application.SqlHelper;
                }
            }
            public string Alias()
            {
                return "SocialMediaChannels_AddSocialMediaThemes";
            }
    
            public bool Execute(string packageName, XmlNode xmlData)
            {
                bool flag;
    
                try
                {
                    #region MediaType
                    User adminUser = new User(0);
    
                    MediaType theme = CreateMediaType(adminUser, MediaTypeName);
    
                    MediaType folder = MediaType.GetByAlias("Folder");
    
                    int[] folderStructure = folder.AllowedChildContentTypeIDs;
                    int newsize = folderStructure.Length + 1;
    
                    Array.Resize(ref folderStructure, newsize);
                    folderStructure[newsize - 1] = theme.Id;
    
                    folder.AllowedChildContentTypeIDs = folderStructure;
    
                    MediaType image = MediaType.GetByAlias(MediaTypeName);
    
    
                    #endregion
    
                    #region Theme Images
                    #endregion
    
                    flag = true;
                }
                catch
                {
    
                    flag = false;
                }
                return flag;
    
            }
    
            public bool Undo(string packageName, XmlNode xmlData)
            {
                bool flag;
                try
                {
                    //remove themes
                    flag = true;
                }
                catch
                {
                    flag = false;
                }
                return flag;
            }
    
            public XmlNode SampleXml()
            {
                string sample = string.Format("<Action runat=\"install\" undo=\"true/false\" alias=\"{0}\" ></Action>", Alias());
                return helper.parseStringToXmlNode(sample);
            }
            /// <summary>
            /// Create a Media Type.
            /// </summary>
            /// <param name="adminUser"></param>
            /// <param name="mediaTypeName"></param>
            /// <returns></returns>
            private MediaType CreateMediaType(User adminUser, string mediaTypeName)
            {
                MediaType mediaType = MediaType.MakeNew(adminUser, mediaTypeName);
                int[] typeIds =  { FOLDER_ID, IMAGE_ID };
                mediaType.AllowAtRoot = true;
                mediaType.Text = MediaTypeName;
                mediaType.Description = "Container for the Social Media Channel Theme Images";
                mediaType.IsContainerContentType = true;
                mediaType.AllowedChildContentTypeIDs = typeIds;
    
                //Add properties
                mediaType.AddPropertyType(new DataTypeDefinition(UPLOAD_ID), "umbracoFile", "Upload image");
                mediaType.AddPropertyType(new DataTypeDefinition(LABEL_ID), "umbracoWidth", "Width");
                mediaType.AddPropertyType(new DataTypeDefinition(LABEL_ID), "umbracoHeight", "Height");
                mediaType.AddPropertyType(new DataTypeDefinition(LABEL_ID), "umbracoBytes", "Size");
                mediaType.AddPropertyType(new DataTypeDefinition(LABEL_ID), "umbracoExtension", "Type");
    
                mediaType.AddPropertyType(new DataTypeDefinition(TEXT_ID), "themeName", "Name of the Social Channel Theme");
                mediaType.AddPropertyType(new DataTypeDefinition(TEXT_ID), "themeUrl", "Url for the Theme");
                mediaType.AddPropertyType(new DataTypeDefinition(TEXT_ID), "createdBy", "Author of the Theme");
                mediaType.AddPropertyType(new DataTypeDefinition(DATE_ID), "createdDate", "Date the Theme was created");
    
                mediaType.Text = mediaTypeName;
                mediaType.IconUrl = "mediaPhoto.gif";
                mediaType.Save();
    
                return mediaType;
            }
        }
    }
    
  • Carlos Casalicchio 169 posts 698 karma points
    Jun 07, 2016 @ 23:05
    Carlos Casalicchio
    0

    Turns out there were a lot of things wrong with my original code. Finally got it working after lots of investigation.

    Basically the Adding (which was causing it to fail) became:

        public static void AddMediaType()
        {
            MediaType mediaType = new MediaType(-1);
            mediaType.AllowedAsRoot = true;
            mediaType.Name = NAME;
            mediaType.Description = "Container for the Social Media Channel Theme Images";
            mediaType.IsContainer = true;
            mediaType.Icon = "icon-picture";
            mediaType.Alias = ALIAS;
    
            //Allowed child nodes
            var children = new List<ContentTypeSort>
                {
                    new ContentTypeSort(FOLDER_ID, 0),
                    new ContentTypeSort(IMAGE_ID, 1)
                };
    
            mediaType.AllowedContentTypes = children;
            DataTypeService dataTypeService = (DataTypeService)ApplicationContext.Current.Services.DataTypeService;
    
    
            //Add properties
            var name = new PropertyType(dataTypeService.GetDataTypeDefinitionById(TEXT_ID), "themeName");
            name.Name = "Theme Name";
            name.Description = "Name for the theme";
            name.SortOrder = 0;
    
            var url = new PropertyType(dataTypeService.GetDataTypeDefinitionById(TEXT_ID), "themeUrl");
            url.Name = "Theme Url";
            url.Description = "Url for the original theme";
            url.SortOrder = 1;
    
            var createdBy = new PropertyType(dataTypeService.GetDataTypeDefinitionById(TEXT_ID), "createdBy");
            createdBy.Name = "Created By";
            createdBy.Description = "Theme Author";
            createdBy.SortOrder = 2;
    
            var createdDate = new PropertyType(dataTypeService.GetDataTypeDefinitionById(DATE_ID), "createdDate");
            createdDate.Name = "Created Date";
            createdDate.Description = "Date the Theme was created";
            createdDate.SortOrder = 3;
    
            mediaType.AddPropertyType(name, "Image");
            mediaType.AddPropertyType(url, "Image");
            mediaType.AddPropertyType(createdBy, "Image");
            mediaType.AddPropertyType(createdDate, "Image");
    
            ContentTypeService contentTypeService = (ContentTypeService)ApplicationContext.Current.Services.ContentTypeService;
            contentTypeService.Save(mediaType);
        }
    

    And now it works!

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