contour 3 multi control field in mvc

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Wayne 15 posts 72 karma points

Feb 22, 2013 @ 05:47

Contour

Running 4.11.4 with Contour 3.0.6

default rendering is MVC

have removed ContourFormBuilderHttpModule from web.config

have Contour 1x versions of custom fields - which work fine with webform templates (even with default render as MVC)

these custom fields render multiple controls, in debug the Editor method doesnt get called when used in MVC template;

public override System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebControl Editor
{
  get
  {
    System.Web.UI.WebControls.Panel pnl = new System.Web.UI.WebControls.Panel();
    pnl.ID = "pnlHolder";
    pnl.CssClass = "contourlabelfield";
    string actualText = ParseTokens(TextToShow);
    pnl.Controls.Add(new System.Web.UI.LiteralControl("<p>" + umbraco.library.ReplaceLineBreaks(actualText) + "</p>"));
    return pnl;
  }
.
.
.

Have a view template for each field, but these no longer work, one renders nothing, the other fails with this exception.

Message=No node exists with id '1410'
  Source=cms
  StackTrace:
       at umbraco.cms.businesslogic.CMSNode.setupNode()
       at umbraco.cms.businesslogic.member.Member.setupNode()
       at Umbraco.Forms.Data.StringHelper.(String , Object )
       at Umbraco.Forms.Data.StringHelper.ParsePlaceHolders(HttpContext Context, Record record, String value)
       at Umbraco.Forms.Mvc.Models.FormViewModel.FetchRecordValues(Field field, Record record) in c:\Program Files (x86)\teamcity\buildAgent\work\fdc2f0fcbbcef310\Umbraco.Forms.Mvc\Models\FormViewModel.cs:line 185
       at Umbraco.Forms.Mvc.Models.FormViewModel.Build() in c:\Program Files (x86)\teamcity\buildAgent\work\fdc2f0fcbbcef310\Umbraco.Forms.Mvc\Models\FormViewModel.cs:line 115
       at Umbraco.Forms.Mvc.Controllers.FormRenderController.ContourForm() in c:\Program Files (x86)\teamcity\buildAgent\work\fdc2f0fcbbcef310\Umbraco.Forms.Mvc\Controllers\FormRenderController.cs:line 54
       at lambda_method(Closure , ControllerBase , Object[] )
       at System.Web.Mvc.ReflectedActionDescriptor.Execute(ControllerContext controllerContext, IDictionary`2 parameters)
       at System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionMethod(ControllerContext controllerContext, ActionDescriptor actionDescriptor, IDictionary`2 parameters)
       at System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.<>c__DisplayClass15.<InvokeActionMethodWithFilters>b__12()
       at System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionMethodFilter(IActionFilter filter, ActionExecutingContext preContext, Func`1 continuation)
  InnerException:

I 'm after an example of a multicontrol field using a view template with the processing within the fieldtype dll

how to get a 1x fieldtype to work in MVC

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Feb 22, 2013 @ 09:52

Hi,

Yes the Editor property isn't used for the mvc part since it returns a webcontrol...

To see how to update for mvc support take a look at the default providers sourcecode: http://our.umbraco.org/FileDownload?id=5060

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Wayne 15 posts 72 karma points

Feb 26, 2013 @ 02:53

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Ok, thought that would have been the case.

The source code mentioned does not support MVC, all the fieldTypes in the source still only have the Editor property and return a webcontrol....

Is there an updated version for MVC ?

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Feb 26, 2013 @ 10:10

It does :) those support both webforms and mvc, for mvc you'll need a view and possible a custom ProcessValue method (take a look at the upload control)

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Wayne 15 posts 72 karma points

Mar 02, 2013 @ 06:41

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Hi,

finally had another look at this. Yes I now see that all pre-processing needs to be initiated from within the view (makes sense of course but a bit of a rewrite in my case).

further to the actual error reported above, its actually related to the default values my custom fields use;

I expanded the intital concept of default value parameters http://our.umbraco.org/forum/umbraco-pro/contour/15471-Default-values-parameters-from-session with a curly backet syntax.

e,g {member.Name} and {member.email} which uses the current membership provider

The use of '{}' around a default value on any contour fieldtype seems to be the cause - for me anyway..........

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