how do i get documenttype property values out of umbraco into my user control

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Kevon K. Hayes 255 posts 281 karma points

May 04, 2010 @ 03:29

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How do I get DocumentType Property Values out of Umbraco Into My User Control

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I have a documentType that has 2 properties. I want to use the value of those properties in my user control, and I want to accomplish this in the "code behind" of my user control e.g. :

<div id="UmbProperty1Output">
<% theValueOfAnUMBDocTypeProperty %>
</div>

I realize I need to reference the proper UMB .DLLs in my project & expose the DocType Property Value in a public property. However I need to get the value of the property before I can expose it.

Thanks in advance UMB Experts.

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Tobias Neugebauer 52 posts 93 karma points

May 04, 2010 @ 09:50

this is what i would do: Add two Propertys to your UserControl the first is to get the current Page Id

public int PageId 
{ 
    get { return Convert.ToInt32( Context.Items[ "pageID" ] );}
}

the second is to get the value of your property (replace "MY_PROPERTY" with the correct name!):

public string MyPropValue 
{ 
    get 
    {
        umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web.Document currentDoc = 
            new umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web.Document(PageId);

        umbraco.cms.businesslogic.property.Property prop = 
            currentDoc.getProperty( "MY_PROPERTY" );

        if( prop == null || prop.Value == DBNull.Value ) 
            return string.Empty;

        return prop.Value.ToString();
    }
}

After that you can use the code in your question to bind the Value.

Hope this helps

Toby

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Jesper Hauge 298 posts 487 karma points c-trib

May 04, 2010 @ 10:45

You can access the current node from umbraco.presentation.nodeFactory.Node like this:

using umbraco.presentation.nodeFactory;

namespace your_project.masterpages
{
    public partial class YourPage : MasterPage
    {
        private readonly Node _currentNode = Node.GetCurrent();

        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            myLiteral.Text = _currentNode.GetProperty("yourPropertyName").Value;
        }
    }
}

Regards
Jesper Hauge

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Thomas Höhler 1237 posts 1709 karma points MVP

May 04, 2010 @ 11:21

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Hi,

in the frontend avoid the usage of the umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web.document cause this makes more than one call to the db. As Jesper mentioned use the umbraco.presentation.nodeFactory namespace. Dirk has a good blog post on this: http://www.netaddicts.be/articles/document-api-vs-nodefactory.aspx

hth, Thomas

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Tobias Neugebauer 52 posts 93 karma points

May 04, 2010 @ 11:25

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and again learned something ;)

thank you guys!

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Kevon K. Hayes 255 posts 281 karma points

May 04, 2010 @ 16:33

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Thanks guys I'll attempt the solutions today and report my feedback... I'll of course spread the love when by voting.

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Casey Neehouse 1339 posts 483 karma points MVP 2x admin

May 04, 2010 @ 20:25

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Another simple option: umbraco.library.GetItem('alias')

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