Hi Craig,

There isn't a way to specify the node to take the property values from - that's generally a wider Umbraco issue.

For RenderTemplate, the way I would approach it is to do this programatically, see this code snippet:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    // get the property value from the specific node
    var settingsNode = uQuery.GetNode(1234);
    var nodeIds = settingsNode.GetProperty<string>("leftContentWidgets ");

    // manually create the RenderTemplate control
    var ctrl = new uComponents.Controls.RenderTemplate() { NodeIds = nodeIds };

    // add the control to a placeholder (or wherever)
    this.Page.Controls.Add(ctrl);
}

Hope that makes sense?

Cheers, Lee.

Hi Lee,

I implemented this in my own server control today and it worked perfectly.  My control takes a CurrentPage parameter which allows me to set the location of the node ids.  This would be really good to include in uComponents in the future.  RenderTemplate is a really control is excellent!!!

Thanks

Craig

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