I am hoping someone might be able to help me. I'm working on a Contact Manager built using a custom SharePoint 2007 list with a Silverlight 4 UI embedded in a content editor web part.
I am currently able to retrieve the data from the list and display it in a datagrid on the UI and everything works well.
Now I am trying to add the the ability to add new items to the list using the following code but the items do not save.
I've remotely debugged the following code using the Debug -> Attach to Process option and everything seems to execute successful without any errors but it does not save the item to SharePoint.
In order to simplify and get a working insert function I changed all the SharePoint fieds to single line text with the exception of the notes (multiline) and none of the fileds are required.
The sharepoint site does require Windows authentication but it seems to be working correctly as I am able to display it as well as add new items manually using the standard SharePoint forms.
Lastly, I have added the xml for the Batch element at the bottom which I copied as output while debuging.
Please let me know if there is any additional information I might be missing.
Thanks in advance for any assistance you might be willing to provide.
Charles
public string sharepoint_soap_namespace = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/";
public string sharepoint_rowset_namespace = "#RowsetSchema";
public string service_lists_url = "http://myDomain/_vti_bin/lists.asmx";
public string listName = "MyContacts";
public void TestCreateContact()
{
Uri serviceUri = new Uri(service_lists_url);
BasicHttpBinding binding = new BasicHttpBinding(BasicHttpSecurityMode.None);
binding.MaxReceivedMessageSize = 2147483647; // This has to be the same as in the ServiceReferences.ClientConfig file.
EndpointAddress endpoint = new EndpointAddress(serviceUri);
ListsSoapClient testCreateClient = new ListsSoapClient(binding, endpoint);
XElement batch = new XElement("batch",
new XElement("Method",
new XAttribute("ID", "1"),
new XAttribute("Cmd", "New"),
CreateFieldElement("ows_ID", "New"),
CreateFieldElement("ows_Title", "John"),
CreateFieldElement("ows_SupportFor","USA"),
CreateFieldElement("ows_LastName","Doe")
));
testCreateClient.UpdateListItemsCompleted +=
new EventHandler<UpdateListItemsCompletedEventArgs>(createSoapClient_UpdateListItemsCompletedEventArgs);
testCreateClient.UpdateListItemsAsync(listName, batch);
testCreateClient.CloseAsync();
}
private XElement CreateFieldElement(string fieldName, string fieldValue)
{
XElement element = new XElement("Field",
new XAttribute("Name", fieldName),
fieldValue);
return element;
}
Just a quick update to let everyone know I was able to answer my own question.
It seems that in the batch XElement I was using the wrong field names.
CreateFieldElement("ows_SupportFor","USA"),
I was using "ows_SupportFor" instead of "SupportFor" without the "ows_" prefix.
Cheers,
Charles
Related
I saw a related question:
Sitecore Glass Mapper always null
But unfortunately it does not give a solution for my case.
Here goes a code snippet:
var db = Factory.GetDatabase("master");
var context = new SitecoreContext();
// the ID of Needed item
var g = new Guid("{F21C04FE-8826-41AB-9F3C-F7BDF5B35C76}");
// just to test if it's possible to fetch item using db.GetItem
var i = db.GetItem(new ID(g), Language.Current, Sitecore.Data.Version.Latest);
// Grab item
var t = context.GetItem<Article>(g);
In the code above:
i is not null
t is null
Article is the simple class like:
[SitecoreType(TemplateId = "{4C4EC1DA-EB77-4001-A7F9-E4C2F61A9BE9}")]
public class Article
{
[SitecoreField(FieldName = "Title")]
public string Title { get; set; }
}
There are only one language installed in Sitecore - en, it has been specified in the web.config in the items as well.
Also I have added GlassMapperSc.Start(); to Application_Start in the Global.asax.cs and added my assembly to the list of included assemblies via var attributes = new AttributeConfigurationLoader(new[] { "Assembly.Name" }); and I succeeded to find my class in the SitecoreContext mappings.
It does not looks like a language issue, as stated in the link provided in the very beginning. And I'm struggling with it already for a pretty long time, but no luck...
Thank You!
I just noticed that you are using master db for the Sitecore DB and SitecoreContext for Glass.
The SitecoreContext class will use the database that is defined by the Sitecore.Context.Database property at runtime. This probably means that it is using the web database.
Can you check that you have published the item to the web database or instead using:
var context = new SitecoreService("master");
Ektron 8.0.1 SP1
I am using SmartForms and Content Types to read (and hopefully write) data. I can read data but now I am attempting to write a new record similar to the following.
ContentTypeManager<member> contentTypeManager = new ContentTypeManager<member>();
ContentType<member> newmem = new ContentType<member>();
newmem.SmartForm.details.field1 = "Chuck"; // This line throws 'Object reference not set to an instance of an object.' error
newmem.SmartForm.details.field2 = "Norris";
contentTypeManager.Update(newmem);
I get the error "Object reference not set to an instance of an object." for that first assignment line. What am I missing?
I am having trouble finding good documentation on ContentTypes for 8.0.1 now that the Ektron website has been redesigned.
Thx.
Thanks for clarifying, to ADD content to a folder that has a smartform assigned to it, the basic code block should get you started: (Note: the Html attribute of the content is simply the xml matched to the schema you created)
Ektron.Cms.Framework.Content.ContentManager cmanager = new Cms.Framework.Content.ContentManager();
Ektron.Cms.ContentData cdata = new ContentData();
cdata.FolderId = 0;
cdata.XmlConfiguration.Id = 0; //SMARTFORM ID HERE
cdata.Html = "<root><field1>field1 value</field1><field2>field2 value</field2></root>";
cmanager.Add(cdata);
You could update ContentTypes.cs to include an Add method. Just copy the Update method and change contentManager.Update to contentManager.Add.
public void Add(ContentType<T> contentType)
{
Initialize();
contentType.Content.Html = Ektron.Cms.EkXml.Serialize(typeof(T), contentType.SmartForm);
contentManager.Add(contentType.Content);
}
Unfortunately, contentManager.Add returns void. Ideally it should return the new content ID.
I have to add a choice field (dropdown) to a sharepoint list. I'm using the SharePoint API in Visual Studio.
Here is me code. I have tried to run this and there are no errors but it doesn't work.
private void addChoiceField(SPFeatureReceiverProperties properties, String _listName, String _fieldName)
{
using (SPWeb _web = properties.Feature.Parent as SPWeb)
{
SPList _list = _web.Lists.TryGetList(_listName);
writeLog(properties, "list name:" + _listName);
SPFieldChoice _fieldDD = (SPFieldChoice)_list.Fields[_fieldName];
writeLog(properties, "fieldname:" + _fieldName);
if (_fieldName == "State")
{
_fieldDD.Choices.Clear();
_fieldDD.Choices.Add("Gesloten-Verloren");
_fieldDD.Choices.Add("Analyse nodig");
_fieldDD.Choices.Add("Onderhandeling of revise");
_fieldDD.Choices.Add("Presentatie of demo");
_fieldDD.Choices.Add("Voorstel voor prijsofferte");
_fieldDD.Choices.Add("Prospect");
_fieldDD.Choices.Add("Waardevol");
_fieldDD.Choices.Add("Gesloten-Gewonnen");
_fieldDD.Update();
}
}
}
Does anyone knows what's wrong or how to add a choicefield in a different way using the API?
You need to call
_list.Fields.CreateNewField
to actually add it to the list instead of trying to pull an existing field from the list.
Here is a link to the method description: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.harepoint.spfieldcollection.createnewfield.aspx
I am trying to retrieve strings from the database and add it as content to the controls on my page before it loads(somewhat like a custom localization). I retrieve my strings from the database uing ria services as follows:
**
Web.DomainService1 context = new Web.DomainService1();
LoadOperation<Web.LocalizationTab>LoadOp=context.Load(context.GetLocalizationTabsQuery(currentCulture, moduleName));
Dictionary<string, string> localizationDictonary = new Dictionary<string, string>();
List<Web.LocalizationTab> localList = new List<Web.LocalizationTab>();
LoadOp.Completed += (s, e) =>
{
localList = LoadOp.Entities.ToList<Web.LocalizationTab>();
//System.Windows.MessageBox.Show(localList.Count.ToString());
foreach (Web.LocalizationTab item in localList)
{
// var control = this.FindName(item.Control_ID.ToString());
if (!localizationDictonary.ContainsKey(item.Control_ID))
{
localizationDictonary.Add(item.Control_ID, item.Control_Text);
}
}
};**
This piece of code is in a separate class called utilities.cs.
now in my Mainpage.xaml.cs i need to get this dictionary with values and then set the controls with the strings from the dictionary.
my problem is that when i do the following in the constructor of Mainpage.xaml.cs:
utilities.getDict(ModuleName);
button1.Content = localizationDictonary["button1"].ToString();
i get an exception as the dictionary doesnt contain values at that point of time.. The load completed event of getting data from the database gets fired only after my constructor is exited. now how do i go about setting my controls automatically in this particular scenario??
Try loading your dictionary in the Silverlight Application class StartUp event. This should ensure that your Dictionary is loaded (and could be placed in the Application Resources for retrieval elsewhere in your application).
You'll need to wait for the GetLocalizationTabsQuery to complete before instantiating your MainPage. In your App.xaml.cs file, you can start the query, add a query completed handler, and only create the MainPage when the query completed handler gets called.
I just started learning Silverlight by walking through the labs posted on Channel9. When I tried to explore a little bit I found that my queries were not working as I thought they would.
To recreate what I have done you would need to create a new Silverlight Business application, create a data entity that is pointed to the Adventureworks LT db, and generate the web services for those entities (including edit).
I then simply drug a RichTextbox to Home.xaml and in Home.xaml.cs I added this code first to OnNavigatedTo and when that didn't work to the constructor.
AdventureWorksDomainContext ctx = new AdventureWorksDomainContext();
EntityQuery<Product> query =
from p in ctx.GetProductsQuery()
select p;
LoadOperation<Product> loadOp = ctx.Load(query);
var paragraph = new Paragraph();
foreach (var product in loadOp.Entities)
{
paragraph.Inlines.Add(new Run { Text = product.Name });
}
richTextBox1.Blocks.Add(paragraph);
When I run the page I never see loadOp.Entities contain a value and I only see the query I expect, go across the wire after all my code has been executed.
I feel like I'm missing something fundamental and this will make more sense if I can find someone to explain it to me.
Thanks,
Eric
The problem is related to the how you are loading the data. The actual Load operation is asynchronous, as is all Silverlight network calls. You are callingt ctx.Load(query) and then immediately setting the paragraph to the entities. You need to use a callback when Load is completed. Something like this,
AdventureWorksDomainContext ctx = new AdventureWorksDomainContext();
EntityQuery<Product> query =
from p in ctx.GetProductsQuery()
select p;
LoadOperation<Product> loadOp = ctx.Load(query,() =>
{
var paragraph = new Paragraph();
foreach (var product in loadOp.Entities)
{
paragraph.Inlines.Add(new Run { Text = product.Name });
}
richTextBox1.Blocks.Add(paragraph);
});
Since you aren't using the entities directly in a binding and are just iterating them, you need to make sure you wait until they are loaded. I can't remember the actual signature of the Load method, so you may need to modify my lambda to make it work.