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The idea is pretty simple: I want my editors to be able to log into umbraco and create new calendar event items which they can then hyperlink to later. This Calendar Event is just a form that I want my editors to fill out. When they save the form, it will create the icalendar file as media. This needs to be done in umbraco's back end. Using this tutorial I have managed to create a usercontrol with the form that I want and I have been able to create the icalendar file just fine. I just don't know of any way that I can store the URL to this file that I've created so that I can reference it later. Is there any more comprehensive tutorial or document regarding user controls and creating custom datatypes? I've been unsuccessful in finding anything useful. The existing forum topics are nice but they're just snippets of an implementation. That's like showing me how to put ketchup on the burger instead of how to fully cook the burger. I've downloaded the umbraco source and I could easily duplicate the core datatypes, but for some annoying reason (no offense) the user controls look like they have to implement different interfaces. I'd rather not hack this in. Cleanliness is important. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Ethan - Have a look at this thread - there's a full C# snippet of creating a media node, thumbnail (if needed) and setting properties. -Paul
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I looked at that article earlier actually.
My question about that code is that somewhere this media object "m" is created or passed in.
"m.Id.ToString() "
Where is that defined?
-Ethan
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Ethan - Sorry, thought you were past that already...it's created like this: Code:
// creates an item in Media Root for the System User
// filename is the name of the file you're creating
umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media.Media m =
umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media.Media.MakeNew(
filename, umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media.MediaType.GetByAlias("image"),
User.GetUser(0), -1);
There's a full API reference available here for future reference. -Paul
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Ethan - Oh heck...seems like you're looking for an "all in one" sample. So here you go. The following creates an Umbraco Media Node (an image) in the Media Root along with the thumbnail. Hope this helps! Code: protected string UmbracoSave(FileUpload uploadControl)
{
string mediaPath = "";
if (uploadControl.PostedFile != null)
{
if (uploadControl.PostedFile.FileName != "")
{
// Find filename
_text = uploadControl.PostedFile.FileName;
string filename;
string _fullFilePath;
filename = _text.Substring(_text.LastIndexOf("\\") + 1, _text.Length - _text.LastIndexOf("\\") - 1).ToLower();
// create the Media Node
// TODO: get parent id for current category - as selected by user (see below)
// - for now just stick these in the media root :: node = -1
umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media.Media m = umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media.Media.MakeNew(
filename, umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media.MediaType.GetByAlias("image"), User.GetUser(0), -1);
// Create a new folder in the /media folder with the name /media/propertyid
System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath(umbraco.GlobalSettings.Path + "/../media/" + m.Id.ToString()));
_fullFilePath = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath(umbraco.GlobalSettings.Path + "/../media/" + m.Id.ToString() + "/" + filename);
uploadControl.PostedFile.SaveAs(_fullFilePath);
// Save extension
string orgExt = ((string)_text.Substring(_text.LastIndexOf(".") + 1, _text.Length - _text.LastIndexOf(".") - 1));
orgExt = orgExt.ToLower();
string ext = orgExt.ToLower();
try
{
m.getProperty("umbracoExtension").Value = ext;
}
catch { }
// Save file size
try
{
System.IO.FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(_fullFilePath);
m.getProperty("umbracoBytes").Value = fi.Length.ToString();
}
catch { }
// Check if image and then get sizes, make thumb and update database
if (",jpeg,jpg,gif,bmp,png,tiff,tif,".IndexOf("," + ext + ",") > 0)
{
int fileWidth;
int fileHeight;
FileStream fs = new FileStream(_fullFilePath,
FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);
System.Drawing.Image image = System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(fs);
fileWidth = image.Width;
fileHeight = image.Height;
fs.Close();
try
{
m.getProperty("umbracoWidth").Value = fileWidth.ToString();
m.getProperty("umbracoHeight").Value = fileHeight.ToString();
}
catch { }
// Generate thumbnails
string fileNameThumb = _fullFilePath.Replace("." + orgExt, "_thumb");
generateThumbnail(image, 100, fileWidth, fileHeight, _fullFilePath, ext, fileNameThumb + ".jpg");
image.Dispose();
}
mediaPath = "/media/" + m.Id.ToString() + "/" + filename;
m.getProperty("umbracoFile").Value = mediaPath;
m.XmlGenerate(new XmlDocument());
string commerceFileName = mediaPath;
CommerceSave(commerceFileName);
}
}
return mediaPath;
}
protected void generateThumbnail(System.Drawing.Image image, int maxWidthHeight, int fileWidth, int fileHeight, string fullFilePath, string ext, string thumbnailFileName)
{
// Generate thumbnail
float fx = (float)fileWidth / (float)maxWidthHeight;
float fy = (float)fileHeight / (float)maxWidthHeight;
// must fit in thumbnail size
float f = Math.Max(fx, fy); //if (f < 1) f = 1;
int widthTh = (int)Math.Round((float)fileWidth / f); int heightTh = (int)Math.Round((float)fileHeight / f);
// fixes for empty width or height
if (widthTh == 0)
widthTh = 1;
if (heightTh == 0)
heightTh = 1;
// Create new image with best quality settings
Bitmap bp = new Bitmap(widthTh, heightTh);
Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(bp);
g.SmoothingMode = SmoothingMode.HighQuality;
g.InterpolationMode = InterpolationMode.HighQualityBicubic;
g.PixelOffsetMode = PixelOffsetMode.HighQuality;
// Copy the old image to the new and resized
Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(0, 0, widthTh, heightTh);
g.DrawImage(image, rect, 0, 0, image.Width, image.Height, GraphicsUnit.Pixel);
// Copy metadata
ImageCodecInfo[] codecs = ImageCodecInfo.GetImageEncoders();
ImageCodecInfo codec = null;
for (int i = 0; i < codecs.Length; i++)
{
if (codecs[i].MimeType.Equals("image/jpeg"))
codec = codecs[i];
}
// Set compresion ratio to 90%
EncoderParameters ep = new EncoderParameters();
ep.Param[0] = new EncoderParameter(Encoder.Quality, 90L);
// Save the new image
bp.Save(thumbnailFileName, codec, ep);
bp.Dispose();
g.Dispose();
}
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Ah so I have to create the new media. Hmm.. my original idea was the user to create the media, and then the media creates its own data. Just to do that I would have to get my own media id. Is there a way to get my own media id?
Thanks for the ref to the api. I seem to have terrible luck opening it. My browser keeps crashing lol. I'm sure I'll get to it eventually.
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To answer my own question for future reference, here's how to get the ID of the content node that your custom user control is currently in:
int.Parse(Request.QueryString["id"])
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