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  • fabrice 104 posts 227 karma points
    Aug 30, 2012 @ 10:32
    fabrice
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    umbraco 4.8.1, uComponent 4 and DynamicXml

    Hello,

    With uComponent 3.1 (and umbraco 4.8.1), we used BaseElement from DynamicXml to parse the uComponents (MNTP, "multiple text string" etc...)

    So it was something like : 

    foreach (XElement item in Model.MyMNTP.BaseElement.Elements("nodeId")) {...}

    same for multiple text string.

    After upgrading to uComponent 4, it seems that the mapping/Razor bidding has changed.

    The MultiNodeTree Picker is a now a list of DynamicNode and the multiple text string is a List of String.

    It makes sence and it's easier to use but it broked all our code :)

    I'm OK rewritting the code (it'll be cleaner) but I'm worried about uComponent 5 

    So my question is : will it be the same mapping in uCompenent 5 ?

    I trying to anticipate to not have to rewrite the code again => if the mapping/Razor bidding will change from uCompoenent 4 to 5, I guess I could get the property as a string and create a DynamicXml object out of it (so I don't get affected by changes on the mapping)

    Thank you very much for your answer

    Best Regards

    Fabrice

     

     

     

     

  • Lee Kelleher 4026 posts 15836 karma points MVP 13x admin c-trib
    Aug 30, 2012 @ 11:03
    Lee Kelleher
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    Hi Fabrice,

    I hear your frustrations.  We enabled the Razor model binding by default, as it was a much requested feature for uComponents.  We have added an option to disable the model binding, by adding this to your Web.config AppSettings:

    <add key="ucomponents:RazorModelBinding" value="false" />

    This will revert back to the default/raw value - as per uComponents v3.x.

    ... and yes, the mappings are the same with v5.x

    This option is part of the package's post-install screen... we weren't intentionally hiding it. :-)

    Cheers, Lee.

  • fabrice 104 posts 227 karma points
    Aug 30, 2012 @ 11:12
    fabrice
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    Hello Lee,

    Thanks for your reply. I saw it after my question and I was actually just tested it.

    I checked "Disable Razor model binding" in uComponent 4 and create 2 MNTP : one from umbraco 4.8.1 and one from uComponent 4

    When I do in Razor : Model.myMNTPUmbraco and Model.myMNTPUcomponent =>

    • The myMNTPUmbraco from umbraco is a DynamicXML

     

    • but the myMNTPUcomponent from uComponent 4 is a string (containing the XML)

    Do you know why the myMNTPUcomponent is not a DynamicXml ?

  • Lee Kelleher 4026 posts 15836 karma points MVP 13x admin c-trib
    Aug 30, 2012 @ 11:19
    Lee Kelleher
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    Interesting! I hadn't tested that scenerio specifically.  First guess is that it's a bug in the uComponent 4.x code for MNTP's model-binding, as Umbraco core cast the value to a string before passing it to the model-binder.

    I'll need to do some testing.  Would you mind creating a ticket on our Issue Tracker please? http://ucomponents.codeplex.com/WorkItem/Create Then I can schedule it in very soon.

    Thanks, Lee.

  • fabrice 104 posts 227 karma points
    Aug 30, 2012 @ 11:31
    fabrice
    1

    ok super thank you very much.

    I have created the issue here :

    http://ucomponents.codeplex.com/workitem/14749

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