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Hi! I'm trying to get some properties from a document I choose with the contentpicker. The document is retrieved by using the contentpicker, which let's people choose their own content on the page. The only thing I get from the contentpicker is the page ID. Code:<a href="{umbraco.library:NiceUrl($currentPage/data [@alias='featureId'])}"> Read more... </a> Now I need some properties which are set on this document. It must be possible, because the standard navigation control works the same way, in retrieving the page title.
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Hi Remco, Get the node you're after using Code:umbraco.library:GetXmlNodeById() Feed this function with the node Id returned from the content picker and query the node for those properties you need Code:<a href="{umbraco.library:GetXmlNodeById($id)/data [@alias='alias']}">
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</a> Hope that helps, Regards, /Dirk
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I think we're getting close.. The thing I want is: Code:<a href="{umbraco.library:NiceUrl($currentPage/data [@alias='featureId'])}"> {umbraco.library:GetXmlNodeById($id)/data [@alias='title']}"> </a> title is a property set on the page, which is picked in the contentpicker. Right now it only shows this text, in stead of using the code... edit: owkee... I got it.. :) using: Code:
<xsl:value-of select="{umbraco.library:GetXmlNodeById($id)/data [@alias='title']}" />
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Nice, You're on your way to guru-ishing your xslt skills /Dirk
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Good job! One tid-bit... you don't need the {} braces when using a value-of. The {} braces are simply short-hand for the full xsl:value-of statement when you are inside the property of a non-xslt statement... such as in the href="{...}". The {} braces are very handy, though! cheers, doug.
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Hi,
I too want to do the same thing. Access the property stored in a document which is chosen as contentpicker but in user control.
I am not using xslt.
Can you please guide me how to do this using umbraco API.
Needed this on urgent basis.
Thanks in advance,
Manisha
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hi Manisha, Pass the id of the document to the user control using the [#pageID] syntax in the macro and use the umbraco api (http://umbraco.org/apiDocs/) to get the document(node) and its properties. Hope this helps. Regards, /Dirk
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Hi Dirk,
Thanks for quick response.
My ContentPicker page has a property called caption whose value i need to display in user control on the main page.
I am able to get the document via pageID selected using contentpicker as
Document document = new Document(pageID);
//Where pageID is the id of contentpicker document selected.
but If i do document.getProperty("caption"), it is null. Also document.getProperties count is zero.
Am I missing something?
Thanks,
Manisha
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Hi Manisha, Might have been wrong in my previous post (Have already deleted those bits...) I think what you need is: Code:umbraco.presentation.nodeFactory.Node n = new umbraco.presentation.nodeFactory.Node(idOfNode) Or, it might be even possible to get the current node from within the user control using following code snippet: Code:Node currentNode = Node.GetCurrent(); Hope this helps. Regards, /Dirk
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Hi Dirk,
Using
Node currentNode = Node.GetCurrent(); it gives me the currentNode which is the page that holds the contentpicker page.
I need the ContentPicker page node so that i can access the property value stored in selected contentpicker page.
Regards,
Manisha
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Hi Manisha, Have you tried the first code snippet? Code:umbraco.presentation.nodeFactory.Node n = new umbraco.presentation.nodeFactory.Node(idOfNode) whereas idOfNode is the id of the node from the contentpicker page. In your case, that should be the 'caption' Hope this helps. Regards, /Dirk
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Hi Dirk,
I got the value for property caption.
Currently the idOfNode is the pageId which holds the caption property. using the getProperty("caption") i could get the value for it.
Thanks for the help
Regards,
Manisha
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Bingo! Glad you've found it yourself. Greetz, /Dirk
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