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bob baty-barr 1180 posts 1294 karma points MVP

Mar 20, 2015 @ 16:31
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So... how would I use this IN a custom grid docType
So, using both your AWESOME new packages together... how would i get at the properties of a nested content item in a grid docType? I can get the name like this... but how do i list the custom properties?
```
@inherits Umbraco.Web.Mvc.UmbracoViewPage

    @{ 
        var items = Model.GetPropertyValue>("CarouselItems");

        foreach(var item in items) { 
            // Do your thang...
        @item.Name
        } 
    }
```
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Lee Kelleher 4026 posts 15836 karma points MVP 13x admin c-trib

Mar 20, 2015 @ 16:43
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Hi Bob,

Thanks for the praise! :-)

With accessing the Nested Content values, you can use the IEnumerable<IPublishedContent> type.
```
var items = Model.GetPropertyValue<IEnumerable<IPublishedContent>>("CarouselItems");
```
Then inside the loop, you can access the item's inner properties using GetPropertyValue<T>:
```
foreach(var item in items)
{
    // Do your thang...
    @item.Name

    @item.GetPropertyValue("propertyAlias")
    // ... or ...
    @(item.GetPropertyValue<string>("propertyAlias"))
}
```
Hope this helps?

Cheers,
- Lee
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bob baty-barr 1180 posts 1294 karma points MVP

Mar 20, 2015 @ 16:50

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BOOM!

building a carousel now ;)

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Lee Kelleher 4026 posts 15836 karma points MVP 13x admin c-trib

Mar 20, 2015 @ 16:54

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bob baty-barr 1180 posts 1294 karma points MVP

Mar 20, 2015 @ 17:39
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okay, continuing on... i know this is programming 101, but me != developer...

how do you avoid the object not set to instance with a call like this?
```
rotLink = item.GetPropertyValue<IPublishedContent>("carouselContentLink");
```
carouselContentLink is a content picker????
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Matt Brailsford 4125 posts 22223 karma points MVP 9x c-trib

Mar 20, 2015 @ 23:05

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Hey Bob, replied with a fix in your other post.

https://our.umbraco.org/projects/backoffice-extensions/nested-content/nested-content-feedback/63386-Property-converters-still-error

Many thanks

Matt

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Jason Prothero 422 posts 1243 karma points MVP c-trib

Mar 27, 2015 @ 00:12

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Bob, I had the same problem with a Nested Content inside a DocType Grid Editor. I could get the ID using GetPropertyValue, but GetPropertyValue<IPublishedContent> returned null.

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Matt Brailsford 4125 posts 22223 karma points MVP 9x c-trib

Mar 27, 2015 @ 09:43

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Hey Jason,

OTB NC, doesn't come with any value converters installed so to have a link node return IPublishedContent, you need to have a value converter defined that does this. The easiest way to do this for common datatypes is to install Jeavons Umbraco Core Property Value Converters package here https://our.umbraco.org/projects/developer-tools/umbraco-core-property-value-converters. This should then return you the IPublishedContent you require.

Matt

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Jason Prothero 422 posts 1243 karma points MVP c-trib

Mar 31, 2015 @ 23:01

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Yep, I thought I nugetted that package in, but there must have been an issue I missed. Installed it as a package and it worked great.

Sorry about that!

Thanks,
Jason

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