Create Page with Element Content

[Ayaz Asif]

Hi -

I have the following code working:

                    var project = session.ServerManager.Projects.GetByName("ProjectName");

                    var contentClass = project.ContentClasses.GetByName("ContentClass");

                    var announcement = project.Pages.CreateAndConnect(contentClass, LinkPageGuid, "Headline");

                    announcement.Filename = announcement.Id.ToString();

                    var elements = announcement.ContentElements.ToList();

But now I need to set values for elements on the newly created page, does the value property not have a set?

                    elements[0].Value = "ElementContent"; //??

In debug I see the Value property, but I cannot set it. Is this not possible or am I doing something wrong?

Thanks,

Ayaz

[Jonas Jacobi]

Hi,

you have to cast the elements down to their concrete element interface,

 

e.g.

 

((IStandardFieldText)elements[0]).Value = “abc”;

 

This is because the value can have different types for different element types, e.g. IFile for IImage or DateTime for IStandardFieldDate .

 

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Jonas Jacobi


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[Jonas Jacobi]

And you also have to call

.Commit() on the element, to write the change to the server.

Cheers

Jonas

[Ayaz Asif]

Ah, I see, thank you. So then one more question.. how do I cast the values? For an IValueElement<IOptionListEntry> for example?

Thanks,

Ayaz

[Jonas Jacobi]

I'm not 100% sure i got your question, but i'll try to answer :)

IOptionList is a bit of a special case. You can get the possible values from

optionList.PossibleValues

So it would normally look something like

var valueToSet = optionListElement.PossibleValues.First(v=>v.Name == "MyValue");

optionListElement.Value = valueToSet;

optionListElement.Commit();

[Ayaz Asif]

Ah, yes, thank you! That answers my question. This is a great framework that will save A LOT of time! Thank you for making it and quick response to my questions! 

Regards,

aaa

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[Hilmar Bunjes]

Ayaz,
I'm happy to hear that you like the SmartAPI and that it helps you working with the CMS :-)

Maybe it's also worth to have a look at the Sync Tool which is used to synchronize content classes and templates between different projects and/or servers based on attributes and template lines.

You can find it here: http://www.erminas.de/en/products#synctool

Currently, there is only a German video but you should get the idea nevertheless.

Best,
Hilmar