Oh and I forgot to mention I have also tested adding the login to different events such as saving, publishing to see if this makes a difference. This didn't seem to work.

If I understand correctly, you should be able to use the ContentService_Created event to do this (I use it for something similar).

So the code below will register the event in application started and then when any new content is created will check if it has a property called "eventDate" and, if so, populate with the current date.

public void OnApplicationStarted(UmbracoApplicationBase umbracoApplication, ApplicationContext applicationContext)
{
    ContentService.Created += ContentService_Created;
}

private void ContentService_Created(IContentService service, NewEventArgs<IContent> e)
{
    var doc = e.Entity;

    if (doc.HasProperty("eventDate"))
    {
          doc.SetValue("eventDate", DateTime.Today.Date);
    }
}

See https://our.umbraco.org/Documentation/Reference/Events/ContentService-Events

Thanks. I am not sure this is exactly what I am looking for.

1. Yes I use similar event code to update my date field. I actually use published rather than created because I need to populate a date field when updating a node rather than creating.

2. Anyway the issue is not saving the new value. I can do this without a problem.

3. The problem is if I use similar code to your example to save basic form fields like a text box or checkbox then it saves the data in the database etc then it also updates the screen with the new values without having to preform a page refresh or click of the node and back on to see the new value.

4. If I use the same code to update a date field it updates the new value into the database etc but it doesn't refresh the screen with the new value. To see the new value I have to refresh the screen or click off and back onto the node to load the new values.

5. I just want the date fields to auto refresh to screen view after I have updated these values programmatically like it does with the other form field types.

Kind Regards

David

I've also manipulated dates in the publishing event and this has worked fine and they display back in the editor view for the node. Note that I use the ContentService.Publishing event for this and not the ContentService.Published event. Have you tried using the former?

The code below is what I use to ensure for events I create that if the editor doesn't enter an end date for the event then it is set to the same as the start date. This works fine and is reflected instantly in the UI after publish.

public void OnApplicationStarted(UmbracoApplicationBase umbracoApplication, ApplicationContext applicationContext)
{
    ContentService.Publishing += ContentService_Publishing;
}

private void ContentService_Publishing(IPublishingStrategy service, PublishEventArgs<IContent> e)
{
    foreach (var doc in e.PublishedEntities)
    {
        CreateEventEndDate(doc, e);
    }
}

private static void CreateEventEndDate(IContent doc, PublishEventArgs<IContent> e)
{
    /* For events, set the endDate same as the startDate */

    if (doc.ContentType.Alias != "Event" || !doc.HasProperty("endDate"))
        return;

    if (doc.GetValue("endDate") == null && doc.HasProperty("startDate"))
    {
        doc.SetValue("endDate", doc.GetValue("startDate"));
    }

    if (doc.HasProperty("startDate"))
    {
        var startDate = doc.GetPropertyAsDateTime("startDate", DateTime.MinValue);
        var endDate = doc.GetPropertyAsDateTime("endDate", DateTime.MaxValue);

        if (startDate > endDate)
        {
            e.Messages.Add(new Umbraco.Core.Events.EventMessage("Event Calendar", "The event end date should not be before the start date", Umbraco.Core.Events.EventMessageType.Error));
        }
    }
}

Hi Dan,

That's strange. Yeah I use pretty much the same code to do this job but date fields just don't seem to pull through to the editor.

I will compare your code with mind but it doesn't look like there is any notable differences.

It maybe that I am updating dates that already have a value whereas you are updating a date with a blank value. There maybe be some bug creating differences.

I will give both instances a try to rule that out.

The only other thing I can think of is that my date fields are in a second tab, which is not initially displayed. Maybe, somehow, switching tab loads the data into the UI? I've seen other Umbraco bugs related to stuff load or not loading when not in the primary tab.

Yeah fair point I believe they are not on the first tab. I will check this at the same time. Thanks for your input.

Kind Regards

David

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