Hi Dimitrij,

It's quite simplte. uCommerce is using a generic repository so you can actually use that. The most simple way to do it is resolve the repository you want (etc Category) via uCommerce's ObjectFactory and then fill in required information for category and save it through the repository. You just have to be aware that you have to set security settings for a user otherwise will it not show up at first.

Example:

var repository = ObjectFactory.Instance.Resolve>();

var category = new Category() { "...set properties..." };

repository.save(category);

you can also try to take a look at this: http://blog.lasseeskildsen.net/post/uCommerce-How-To-Create-A-Product-Using-The-API.aspx (a bit more simple)

Regards Martin

Hej Martin! :-)

Thanks for info :-) well yes, I did checked the forum post, I saw it before, and yes, I can see it now (haven't seen before) there is example with category aswell.

So way I understand it must be like so:

1) create product

2) create category

3) create relation

Creation of product - is pretty much streight forward, just one question, where do I get "ProductDefinitionId = 1,  // Set to an existing defintion" my compiler complains here obviously cause there is no ProductDefinitionId setup in the first place, where is he taking it from?

Than Category, well pretty simple "var category = Category.SingleOrDefault(x => x.Name == "Software");" no questions here,

Than the relation... well first of all why would you use {} instead of () if you are trying to create a new instance of the object, and not defining the method?

            var relation = new CategoryProductRelation
                               {
                                   ProductId = product.ProductId,
                                   CategoryId = category.CategoryId
                               };

Those {} are confusing me. how am I supposed to implement the relation?

//Dmitrij

Hej Martin,

Nah... it's all ok, now I see, that It is actual .net functionality, not sure why i haven't used it before in such a way :-/ and thanks for one more link and info... now it makes much more sense :)))

I will try doing what I can with all this and will let you know if I have any trouble.

Thanks so far,

Dmitrij :-)

Hmm, but still is not beying assigned :-? for some reason, UCommerce.EntitiesV2 does not contain any ProductDefinitionId  , it contains ProductDefinition but not the other one. Any suggestions? :-(

If I am trying to set ProductDefinition to = 1 - than compiler obviously compains cause you cannot set ProductDefinition to int... 

I am using UCommerce.EntitiesV2, not sure what else should I do :( stuck again :(

//Dmitrij

ProductDefinition is the one you need to get. Then you can fetch the id from ProductDefinition. I think it has a property called ProductDefinitionId but I'm not sure on hand.

Hello again Martin,

Sorry for my question, and thanks for your patience.

But you are saying here that: 

"ProductDefinition is the one you need to get. Then you can fetch the id from ProductDefinition."

ok and this is what I see: 

If that is what I need - it has no reference nor to ID nor to ProductDefinitionId ... 

Instead Lassees article suggests to use 

But as you can see I am getting an error :-/

//Dmitrij

Hi Dmitrij,

ProductDefinition property on Product-class is a reference to a productdefinition. One way to set the definition :

var productDefinition = ProductDefinition.SingleOrDefault(x => x.Name == "Definition name");

Then you can say

var product = new Product

{

ProductDefinition = productDefinition,

}

This way NHibernate will make sure to set the correct references in database tables.

Hej Martin,

Nice!!! I think I got it now :) It works perfectly now, thanks alot for help! :-)

Have a great day mate,

Dmitrij

Just to share my results on this one with the community

This is the code I am using and it works for me so far :-)

1) In my example, I am creating new product in existing category

2) I create new caterogy and add it into the catalog.

//1) Create new product

            // Get existing product definition - product requires one
            var productDefinition = ProductDefinition.SingleOrDefault(x => x.Name == "BasicProduct");
            // Get exsisting category called "Cars"
            var category = Category.SingleOrDefault(x => x.Name == "Cars");

            // Create new product
            var product = new Product
            {
                Sku = "SKU-123456",
                Name = "My Product",
                AllowOrdering = true,
                DisplayOnSite = true,
                ProductDefinition = productDefinition  // Set to an existing defintion
            };
            product.Save();

            // Add product relation to category
            var relation = new CategoryProductRelation
            {
                Product = product,
                Category = category
            };
            relation.Save();


            //2) Create totally new Category

            // get existing Catalog that will contain the our new category
            var catalog = ProductCatalog.SingleOrDefault(x => x.Name == "ShopCatalog");
            // get existing category definition by Name
            var definition = Definition.SingleOrDefault(x => x.Name == "Default Category Definition");

            // create new category
            var category2 = new Category
            {
                Name = "Bikes",
                Definition = definition
            };

            // add Category to the catalog and save.
            catalog.AddCategory(category2);
            catalog.Save();

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