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Steve 472 posts 1216 karma points

May 26, 2016 @ 15:49

Get complete listing of all Media files with .doc and .pdf extensions

Templates, (partial) views and macros

Umbraco 6

I would like to pull a list of all the Media files with .doc and .pdf extensions using a Razor Macro in Umbraco 6.1.6, but I am not quite sure of how to accomplish this.

Could someone make some suggestions? Thanks! Here is what I have so far, but it fails with errors.

@{

     var MediaFolder = Library.NodeById(Parameter.mediaFolder);

     var media = Model.MediaById(MediaFolder);
    var files = media.Children;
}   
@{
     foreach(var file in files)
     {
         var fileUrl = file.umbracoFile; 
        if(file.umbracoExtension == "pdf")
        {
      <a href="@fileUrl">
         @file.Name @file.umbracoExtension
      </a>
         }

    if(file.umbracoExtension == "doc")
        {
         <a href="@fileUrl">
         @file.Name @file.umbracoExtension
      </a>
            }
         else
         {
             <p>not a document</p>
         }
        }
}

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Dennis Aaen 4499 posts 18254 karma points admin hq c-trib

May 27, 2016 @ 13:59

Hi Steve,

I think something like this will do what you are after.

@inherits Umbraco.Web.Macros.PartialViewMacroPage

@{ var mediaId = Model.MacroParameters["mediaFolder"]; }
@if (mediaId != null)
{
    @* Get all the media item associated with the id passed in *@
    var media = Umbraco.Media(mediaId);
    var selection = media.Children();

    if (selection.Any())
    {
        <ul>
            @foreach (var item in selection)
            {

                    if(item.umbracoExtension == "pdf"){
                        <li>
                            <a href="@item.Url">
                                @item.Name @item.umbracoExtension
                            </a>
                        </li>
                    }

                    if(item.umbracoExtension == "doc"|| item.umbracoExtension == "docx"){
                        <a href="@item.Url">
                                @item.Name @item.umbracoExtension
                        </a>
                    }
            }
        </ul>
    }
}

Hope this helps,

/Dennis

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Steve 472 posts 1216 karma points

May 27, 2016 @ 14:08

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Thanks for your suggestion Dennis, but I am using Webforms, not using MVC

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Dennis Aaen 4499 posts 18254 karma points admin hq c-trib

May 27, 2016 @ 14:15

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Hi Steve,

I have tested this on a Umbraco 6.1.6 If you go to developer section and create a partial view marco file, then you can use the code snippet from my previous post.

/Dennis

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Steve 472 posts 1216 karma points

May 27, 2016 @ 14:19

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When I try to create a partial view like you suggest, I get a system error within the backend.

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Dennis Aaen 4499 posts 18254 karma points admin hq c-trib

May 27, 2016 @ 15:06

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Okay perhaps you can find more info on why you are getting this in the log file

/App_Data/Logs

/Dennis

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Steve 472 posts 1216 karma points

May 27, 2016 @ 15:15

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Using my original code I can get the top level media items, but nothing else. If I change my files variable to be media.Descendants() the script won't even load. What's up with that?

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