Product Q&A

SetDefaultValue for properties of IList

Thu, 07 Dec 2023 17:43:21 GMT

Hi there,

Does anyone know if it's possible to set default values for a type being used within an IList property?

We've currently got something like the below: user selects a page reference, and a select option. We want to give that select a default value, but can't workout how to do it (if you can). Thought the usual SetDefaultValues would do the trick, but unfortuntely not.

public class IssuesBlock : BaseBlock
{
    public virtual string? Heading { get; set; }
    public virtual IList<IssueCard>? Issues { get; set; }
}
public class IssueCard : BlockData
{
    [SelectOne(SelectionFactoryType = typeof(BackgroundThemeSelectionFactory))]
    public virtual string? BackgroundTheme { get; set; }
    public virtual PageReference? Page { get; set; }
    public override void SetDefaultValues(ContentType contentType)
    {
        base.SetDefaultValues(contentType);
        BackgroundTheme = "blue";
    }
}

I'm aware we can probably just use a ContentArea to get around this, but would be nicer from an editors POV to utilize the IList property.

So if anyone has any ideas/solutions, let me know :)

Thank you,
Neal

Error: Did not find a module by assembly 'EPiServer.GoogleAnalytics, Version=2.3.1.0, Parameter name: moduleAssembly

Tue, 09 Jun 2020 20:47:07 GMT

Episerver 11

My site was working just fine. I had Episerver support push production down to the integration, including DB and blobs. The site was working just fine. I did a push of code from Visual Studio using Web Deploy and now get the following error:

Did not find a module by assembly 'EPiServer.GoogleAnalytics, Version=2.3.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'
Parameter name: moduleAssembly

I've seen someone else with the same issue but on an older version of Episerver. https://world.episerver.com/forum/developer-forum/-Episerver-75-CMS/Thread-Container/2015/3/add-on---unable-to-find-a-module-by-assembly/ but his solution did not work for me. Nothing seems to work. Any ideas?

implement a role of searchEditors of episerver CMS

Thu, 07 Dec 2023 11:37:13 GMT

Hi Optimisely Team,

I have a problem statement that I want to implement a role of searchEditors of episerver CMS, such that I want to provide access to FIND to the users which has a role of searchEditors but should not be able to clear Indexes. I have added virtual roles in web.config file like this

and

Now for path in location, I have allowed access to following path to only these roles WebAdmins, Administrators, but in authenticationInitialisation file where I have added claims and roles, I have assigned roles of SearchEditors, so I should have been restricted access to this path "EPiServer/Find/#configure" and Configure Tab should be hidden.

AuthenticationInitialisation.cs file

authClaimsIdentity.AddClaim(new Claim(JwtClaimTypes.Role, EpiRoles.WebSearchEditors));

EpiRoles.cs

public static class EpiRoles
{
/// <summary>
/// Can access find with limited access.
/// </summary>
public const string WebSearchEditors = "WebSearchEditors";

}

Can you please suggest, why the required functionality is not getting implemented.

Audiences aka "Visitor Groups" Separated Per Website?

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 23:08:29 GMT

Hi,
we have a global site with a lot of different (language) websites - and connected editors per site, so when using "Audiences", formerly known as "Visitor Groups", it would be ideal for us to have our "Audiences" seperated per language website, e.g. so "AudienceDK" is only visible in www.contoso.dk/episerver/cms and "AudienceSE" is only visible in www.contoso.se/episerver/cms. Is that somehow possible?
If not, what is the best alternative to split audiences visibility between sites?

Thanks in advance and best regards,
Søren

Upgrade Episerver CMS 11 to 12, ReportingInitializationModule issue

Tue, 05 Dec 2023 14:42:32 GMT

Hi,

I'm trying to upgrade Episerver CMS & Commerce to latest version. Also from .NET Framework to .NET core.

Struggle with different points, some of them with database but able to go through it.

However one that can't understand is when running the prject it hangs on the initialization process, and debugging it I can see that is hanging on the ReportingInitializationModule

When trying to ge tthe instance for

ServiceProviderExtensions.GetInstance<ReportingOrderEventListener>(context.Locate.Advanced);

There are no specific error in the output window and the website goes on an endless loop.

Any tips?

Migrate EpiserverProfiles from CMS 11 to CMS 12, how?

Wed, 06 Dec 2023 09:33:01 GMT

Hi!

I'm working with migrating a CMS 11 site to CMS 12.
The site uses EpiserverProfile for subscription. The visitors can add a subscription to specific pages and sub pages, like news, articles and such. We use the profiles to save what pages the user wants to subscribe to. The visitors do not need to login.
But as EpiserverProfiles is gone in CMS 12, I have a bit of a problem.
After looking in the forums and asking in another thread, I understand that I need to migrate the data and use another way to store the subscription data. But I dont understand how.

The site is in the DXP, and as I understand it, it is not possible, or atleast we shouldn't add tables or such to the database.

I was thinking of using the DDS to store the subscription data. Is this a good way to do it?

How do I get the data out from where EpiserverProfiles is stored?
It seems like our solution in the CMS 11 should have been used by others, how did you migrate the subscription data?

As the site is a live site, and changes to the subscriptions is happening all the time, it is not a good solution to copy the database and migrate the data before going live. So I was thinking of creating a scheduled job that will be run once to, somehow, migrate the data from EpiserverProfiles to the new way to handle the subscriptions.

Any advice?

Best Regards
Niklas

Geta.NotFoundHandler.Optimizely redirects not working for the pages where Authenticated security group is set

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 12:04:29 GMT

Hi,

We are using Geta.NotFoundHandler.Optimizely for redirects. We are having trouble redirect pages that are not visible to everyone but only to our members.

All the pages that are behind login are not redirecting.

12.23

e.g ->

https://www.test.com/my/page1 -> https://www.test.com/my/page2

@Html.TextBoxFor OR @Html.TextBox on viewcomponent (block) generating name with both contentarea name & currentpage

Thu, 30 Nov 2023 09:21:20 GMT

Hi,

I want to display form via block (viewcomponent), but the form is generating textbox with contentarea & currentpage name.

e.g ->

 @Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.Test.Example, new { @class = "form-control" })

Generates ->

<input class="form-control" data-val="true" data-val-length="The field Examlpe must be a string with a maximum length of 15." data-val-length-max="15" id="CurrentPage_TestContentArea_Test_Example" maxlength="15" name="CurrentPage.TestContentArea.Test.Example" type="text" value="123456789">

TestContentArea is contentarea where block is added

How to generate name which only contains viewmodel field name like Test.Example ?

Extending Content Delivery API classes

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 10:57:04 GMT

Hi, I am building a headless commerce solution using content delivery API.

Is it possible to extend the Content delivery API commerce classes adding my own attributes and fields to it, taking Cart object returned by

https://localhost:8080/api/episerver/v3.0/me/carts/3 for example

the attributes iam trying to add could be added to the cart , line items , shipments or basically any content type retuned by content delivery API

this is a Json Example which I am trying to extend :

{
"id": 3,
    "name": "test2",
    "customerId": "5d437ccc-91b3-447b-8694-81b13f657dc3",
    "market": "CAN",
    "currency": "CAD",
    "lastUpdated": "2023-11-26T08:54:28.987+00:00",
    "shipments": [
        {
            "id": -1,
            "shippingAddress": {
                "firstName": "test1",
                "lastName": "test2",
                "line1": "test",
                "line2": "test",
                "city": "test",
                "countryName": "test",
                "countryCode": "test",
                "postalCode": "some postal code",
                "regionName": "test",
                "email": "testUser1@test.com",
                "phoneNumber": "01123456789",
                "name": "72a21f34-cf0d-4358-9aee-164721c559a6"
            },
            "shippingMethodId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
            "lineItems": [
                {
                    "id": -4,
                    "contentId": "6d16a343-dda5-4914-bbc5-fccb38f31be0",
                    "code": "some product",
                    "placedPrice": 0.0,
                    "quantity": 1.000000000,
                    "displayName": "some product",
                    "isGift": false
                },
                {
                    "id": -5,
                    "contentId": "6d16a343-dda5-4914-bbc5-fccb38f31be0",
                    "code": "some product",
                    "placedPrice": 0.0,
                    "quantity": 1.000000000,
                    "displayName": "some product",
                    "isGift": false
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": -2,
            "shippingAddress": {
                "firstName": "test1",
                "lastName": "test2",
                "line1": "another street",
                "line2": "another",
                "city": "another city",
                "countryName": "united kingdom",
                "countryCode": "UK",
                "postalCode": "another code",
                "regionName": "another region",
                "email": "testUser1@test.com",
                "phoneNumber": "01123456789",
                "name": "6f2a43a1-d7a4-4786-a9b2-cd267287c25a"
            },
            "shippingMethodId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
            "lineItems": [
                {
                    "id": -3,
                    "contentId": "6d16a343-dda5-4914-bbc5-fccb38f31be0",
                    "code": "some product",
                    "placedPrice": 0.0,
                    "quantity": 1.0,
                    "displayName": "some product",
                    "isGift": false
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "payments": [],
    "couponCodes": []
}

Serious issue with Visitor-Group criterion if model type is nullable enum

Tue, 05 Dec 2023 16:46:38 GMT

I noticed an issue that prevents the website from starting if you have a criterion model with an enum type property and use the EnumSelectionFactory(or a custom one):

Invalid cast from 'System.Int32' to 'CustomerName.Corporate.Salesforce.FinancialServiceCloud.Enums.VisitorGroup'.

This is the model class(reduced to the essential):

[EPiServerDataStore(AutomaticallyRemapStore = true)]
public class UserProfileCriterionSettings : CriterionModelBase
{
	[CriterionPropertyEditor(
		LabelTranslationKey = "visitorgroups/criteria/userprofile/usertypes",
		SelectionFactoryType = typeof(EnumSelectionFactory), Order = 30)]
	public VisitorGroup? UserType { get; set; }
        [CriterionPropertyEditor(
		LabelTranslationKey = "visitorgroups/criteria/userprofile/domiciles",
		SelectionFactoryType = typeof(DomicileSelectionFactory), Order = 20)]
	public virtual string? Domicile { get; set; }
	public override ICriterionModel Copy()
	{
		return ShallowCopy();
	}
}

So both properties are optional which means i need to support Nullable<VisitorGroup>. That is a custom enum, so don't confuse it with the class EPiServer.Personalization.VisitorGroups.VisitorGroup.

I have found a workaround. I will split this criterion into two where both properties are required in each. But i wonder how to support nullable enums in visitor-group-criteria.

Taghelpers epi-property vs ProperyFor with parameters

Thu, 13 Apr 2023 10:22:08 GMT

CMS12

Is there a way to send viewdata parameters with use of taghelper epi-property?

<div epi-property="@Model.CurrentPage.ImageAsContentReference" />

The equivalence with HtmlHelpers:

@Html.PropertyFor(m => Model.CurrentPage.ImageAsContentReference, new { width = 300, height = 300, format = "webp"});

then i can further down in the stack get the data with "ViewData" in my displaytemplate

SetDefaultValues for IList of blocks creates default blocks

Wed, 22 Nov 2023 11:41:06 GMT

Version: 12.25.1

Block is a simple link block with a heading, text and PageReference for target.

We have content that has an IList property of this link block and we would like the property to be created with a couple of links setup by default. We use SetDefaultValues to create a list with a few link blocks setup (using some example values here):

public override void SetDefaultValues(ContentType contentType)
{
    base.SetDefaultValues(contentType);
    AccordionItems = new List<SimpleLinkBlock>
    {
        new SimpleLinkBlock
        {
            ButtonText = "Simple Link Button 1",
            Heading = "Heading Test 1",
            Target = ContentReference.StartPage
        },
        new SimpleLinkBlock
        {
            ButtonText = "Simple Link Button 2",
            Heading = "Heading Test 2",
        }
    };
}

The result when creating a new instance of the Content is a list of 2 SimpleLinkBlock's that are completely empty. The values we set does not get copied.

Is there a workaround that does not involve moving SimpleLinkBlock away from being a block and creating descriptors?

´Validating Link Item

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 11:55:29 GMT

Hi,

I'm working in a validator for LinkItem.
It does validate what I want and it works when I'm debugging it.

However it does not work like it should in the CMS.
Instead of showing my warning message, it displays a popup with this text:

Could not save property. The page may have been changed by another user. Please reload the page.

It seems to be something with the scoping, I had the same issue with another validator for an Image block. That did work when the image block was standalone but not when the block was used as a property, and I guess it's the same with the LinkItem property.

Here's how my validator is built:

public class LinkItemValidator : IValidate<LinkItem>
{
     public IEnumerable<ValidationError> Validate(LinkItem instance)
     {
           //bla bla bla check
            yield return new()
            {
                RelatedProperties = new[] { nameof(instance.Text) },
                ErrorMessage = "Error message",
                Severity = ValidationErrorSeverity.Warning,
                ValidationType = ValidationErrorType.Unspecified
            };
     }
}

Does anybody know how I can validate the text on LinkItem and other similar properties?

Thanks.

ICatalogSystem SaveCatalogEntry - gives an error CreatedBy for ContentDraft can't be empty

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 11:56:35 GMT

We are in the process of upgrading to CMS 12 and Commerce 14 While trying to import products/delete resources using ICatalogSystem. This was working in 11/13

Now we get an error related to drafts. Looking into the code it looks that a draft is trying to be created in CatalogEntryAdmin

_catalogContentSync.CreateDraft(CurrentDto, PrincipalInfo.CurrentPrincipal.Identity!.Name);

but the PrincipalInfo.CurrentPrincipal.Identity!.Name is null and then the whole metod SaveCatalogEntry fails.

Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: 'Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'CreatedBy', table '@ContentDraft'; column does not allow nulls. INSERT fails.
The data for table-valued parameter "@ContentDraft" doesn't conform to the table type of the parameter. SQL Server error is: 515, state: 2
The statement has been terminated.'

I tried adding "DisableVersionSync": "true", in the appsettings. And that kind of worked as it didn't create the draft, but I'm wondering if there are other solutions

Thanks,

IList property not rendering correct in edit mode after upgrade.

Tue, 19 Sep 2023 16:43:02 GMT

Hi!

We just upgraded to 12.17.1 and after that our properties of the type IList<ContenteReference> is not rendered properly.

I get this error message:

Unable to load /EPiServer/cms/Stores/contentstructure/ status: 500
SyntaxError: Unexpected token '<'
    at dojo.fromJson (dojo.js:15:82234)
    at Object.json (dojo.js:15:120242)
    at _497 (dojo.js:15:123066)
    at _2cd (dojo.js:15:73012)
    at _2cb (dojo.js:15:72704)
    at resolve.callback (dojo.js:15:73525)
    at dojo.js:15:125114
    at _2f2 (dojo.js:15:75368)
    at _2ec (dojo.js:15:75232)
    at _2f1.resolve (dojo.js:15:76693)

System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null. (Parameter 'contentLink')
   at EPiServer.Core.Internal.ContentInstanceCache.GetCacheKey(ContentReference contentLink, String language)
   at EPiServer.Core.Internal.ContentInstanceCache.TryGet(ContentReference contentLink, String language, IContent& instance)
   at EPiServer.Core.ContentProvider.GetScatteredContents(IEnumerable`1 contentLinks, ILanguageSelector selector)
   at EPiServer.Core.Internal.ProviderPipelineImplementation.GetItems(ContentProvider provider, IList`1 contentLinks, LoaderOptions loaderOptions)
   at EPiServer.Core.Internal.DefaultContentLoader.GetItems(IEnumerable`1 contentLinks, LoaderOptions loaderOptions)
   at EPiServer.Core.Internal.DefaultContentRepository.GetItems(IEnumerable`1 contentLinks, LoaderOptions settings)
   at EPiServer.Cms.Shell.Service.Internal.ContentLoaderService.GetItems(IEnumerable`1 contentReferences, LoaderOptions loaderOptions)
   at EPiServer.Cms.Shell.UI.Rest.Internal.ContentStore.List(IEnumerable`1 ids)
   at lambda_method2622(Closure , Object , Object[] )
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ActionMethodExecutor.SyncActionResultExecutor.Execute(IActionResultTypeMapper mapper, ObjectMethodExecutor executor, Object controller, Object[] arguments)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionMethodAsync()
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.Next(State& next, Scope& scope, Object& state, Boolean& isCompleted)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeNextActionFilterAsync()
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.Rethrow(ActionExecutedContextSealed context)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.Next(State& next, Scope& scope, Object& state, Boolean& isCompleted)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeInnerFilterAsync()
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.<InvokeNextResourceFilter>g__Awaited|25_0(ResourceInvoker invoker, Task lastTask, State next, Scope scope, Object state, Boolean isCompleted)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.Rethrow(ResourceExecutedContextSealed context)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.Next(State& next, Scope& scope, Object& state, Boolean& isCompleted)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.InvokeFilterPipelineAsync()
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.<InvokeAsync>g__Awaited|17_0(ResourceInvoker invoker, Task task, IDisposable scope)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.<InvokeAsync>g__Awaited|17_0(ResourceInvoker invoker, Task task, IDisposable scope)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.EndpointMiddleware.<Invoke>g__AwaitRequestTask|6_0(Endpoint endpoint, Task requestTask, ILogger logger)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Session.SessionMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Session.SessionMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization.Policy.AuthorizationMiddlewareResultHandler.HandleAsync(RequestDelegate next, HttpContext context, AuthorizationPolicy policy, PolicyAuthorizationResult authorizeResult)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization.AuthorizationMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.AuthenticationMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.ResponseCachingMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext httpContext)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Localization.RequestLocalizationMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.StatusCodePagesMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.DeveloperExceptionPageMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context)

{
    "url": "/EPiServer/cms/Stores/contentstructure/",
    "headers": {
        "Accept": "application/javascript, application/json",
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        "X-Http-Method-Override": "List",
        "RequestVerificationToken": "CfDJ8EG1TFyXU-lFgyXJyxqjaciGYcnHMVZUMp5aTY-XMqC0vl930gA7w20NqUytqrTy_l2-3AT4QnBG29H4vw6spEKX33v8PRG7CCfdfglnco-JGAuXdzzAFRjMizKTxlfFzo4ROsNsBvDvPQIFjRpoTuBYgbj6K9y9RogC7JU-gO_IEAxBBhas00F4mInlOFeGfQ",
        "X-EPiCurrentContentContext": "252565_756054",
        "X-EPiContentLanguage": "sv"
    },
    "postData": "[\"43658\",\"44775\",\"257806\",\"38058\",\"38017\",\"280207\",\"41828\",\"\",\"38870\"]",
    "handleAs": "json"
}
}

Some properties of that type is actually rendered correctly so it might have something with the data stored?
The page with the invalid property renders correctly when I view it so there is data stored in the database. Also adding removing references programaticlly works fine, the property is updated and not other data is lost.

Data in the database is stored like this:

["e27309f5-0e90-46dc-bc6d-5e5e200d96ef","daf5c87a-662b-4ee4-9eb2-4a93dc7c4689","1ef05eb0-a6e2-4ba9-ba5d-a170827d34a9","8170c16d-0cff-4ad9-8f3c-247b4c5294ef","8ff2a7f3-ed09-4302-98c4-7097ee93983f","e6d6d915-7c2f-4c10-ab50-c04d7d535006","80e42179-c784-4ef1-8740-524cfd5b7a66","ef2cba23-0d59-4ea2-adba-71c4b1d2cc16","f15b07e7-9ebd-4873-b510-fce3cf03a1b1"]

It is nine links rendered is only eight so could it be that one of the links is invalid and that the edit mode cannot handle that? And in the "postData" it looks like one of the links are empty.

Not sure where to start here.

Thanks!

/Kristoffer

Upgrade from CMS 11, fetching Subscriber profiles in CMS 12?

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 10:03:39 GMT

Hi!

I am working on upgrading CMS 11 to CMS 12 and have ran the scripts and upgraded from ASP.NET MVC to .NET Core.
I havn't worked alot with .NET Core so it is a bit new to me.
The customer have a subscription functionality and we have made a admin plugin to list subscribers and which categories and/or pages they subscribe on. Converting this admin plugin is a bit troublesome. Before, we fetched all subscribers using "ProfileManager.GetAllProfiles(ProfileAuthenticationOption.All)", then fetching all info for the profile using "EPiServerProfile.Get(profileInfo.UserName)". How would this work in CMS 12?
I have tried searching in the documentation and googling. But I dont find anyone with the same problem.

Best Regards
Niklas

Episerver Forms: object instance not set to an instance of an object when sending email

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 06:31:44 GMT

Hi!

We are running the following setup for Optimizely Forms in our clients solution:

EPiServer.Forms 5.7.1
EPiServer.Forms.Samples 4.2.2

When we define our forms with a Send email actor in the editorial part of the form and submit a successfull form submission, we receive the following in the logs:

{"Timestamp":"2023-11-29T07:25:18.6347814+01:00","Level":"Error","MessageTemplate":"{State:l}","Exception":"System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. (Object reference not set to an instance of an object.)\r\n ---> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.\r\n   at EPiServer.Notification.Internal.SmtpClientImplementation.SendAsync(MimeMessage message)\r\n   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---\r\n   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ThrowIfExceptional(Boolean includeTaskCanceledExceptions)\r\n   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait(Int32 millisecondsTimeout, CancellationToken cancellationToken)\r\n   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait()\r\n   at EPiServer.Forms.Implementation.Actors.SendEmailAfterSubmissionActor.<>c__DisplayClass13_0.<SendMessage>b__3()","Properties":{"State":"Failed to send email","SourceContext":"EPiServer.Forms.Core.PostSubmissionActor.PostSubmissionActorBase","ActionId":"b63041e0-adba-4e2a-abd6-70c87415f975","ActionName":"EPiServer.Forms.Controllers.DataSubmitController.Submit (EPiServer.Forms)","RequestId":"0HMVGKFJQTH3F:00000009","RequestPath":"/EPiServer.Forms/DataSubmit/Submit","ConnectionId":"0HMVGKFJQTH3F"},"Renderings":{"State":[{"Format":"l","Rendering":"Failed to send email"}]}}

The internal controller for sending an email seems to fail within Optimizely.

This is the following configuration we have for the Smtp config for the solution:

    "Smtp": {
      "DeliveryMethod": "Network",
      "SpecifiedPickupDirectory": "C:\\Episerver\\SmtpMail",
      "Network": {
        "Host": "smtp.sendgrid.net",
        "Port": "587",
        "UserName": "mykeyhere",
        "Password": "mypasswordhere",
        "UseSsl": true
      },
      "Notification": {
        "NotificationEmailDisplayName": "Optimizely Notification",
        "NotificationEmailAddress": "cms@optimizely.com"
      }
    },
    "Forms": {
      "FormsConfig": {
        "VisitorSubmitTimeout": 1,
        "DisableFormCookies": false,
        "DataExportBlobProviderName": "DefaultDataExportBlobProvider",
        "SerializingObjectUsingNameValueFormat": true,
        "SendMessageInHTMLFormat": true,
        "MinimumAccessRightLevelToReadFormData": "Edit",
        "CoreController": "/EPiServer.Forms/DataSubmit",
        "DefaultUploadExtensionBlackList": "asp,aspx,asa,ashx,asmx,bat,chm,class,cmd,com,config,dll,exe,hta,htr,htw,jse,json,lnk,mda,mdb,msc,msh,pif,printer,ps1,ps2,reg,rem,scf,scr,sct,shtm,shtml,soap,stm,svc,url,vb,vbe,vbs,vsix,ws,wsc,wsf,wsh,xamlx,htm,html,js,jar",
        "FormElementViewsFolder": "~/Views/Shared/ElementBlocks",
        "WorkInNonJSMode": false,
        "InjectFormOwnStylesheet": true,
        "InjectFormOwnJQuery": true,
        "RenderingFormUsingDivElement": false
      },
      "FormsPermanentStorageProvider": {
        "DefaultProvider": "DdsPermanentStorage",
        "Providers": {
          "DdsPermanentStorage": {
            "Type": "EPiServer.Forms.Core.Data.DdsPermanentStorage, EPiServer.Forms.Core",
            "Parametters": {}
          }
        }
      }
    }

Have we missed something in the configuration sections or is this an internal bug for the latest Forms?

Regards
Eric

Events from IContentEvents not being raised in a load balanced environment

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 16:08:17 GMT

We have a singleton service which subscribes to PublishedContent and MovedContent from IContentEvents. And this works as expected locally, when the CMS is running in a single IIS application. When the app is deployed in multiple load balanced IIS applications, we use EPiServer.Azure, which works as expected for propagating changes from CMS like publishing of new pages to every instance. But we are not getting any published or moved content events in the singleton service in this envirnoment.

example from Startup.cs

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
    ...
    services.AddCms();
    ...
    services.AddSignleton<MyService>();
    ...
    services.AddAzureEventProvider(o =>
    {
        o.ConnectionString = _configuration.GetValue<string>("AzureEventBus:ConnectionString");
        o.TopicName = _configuration.GetValue<string>("AzureEventBus:Topic");
        o.EnablePartitioning = false;
        o.TopicSize = 1024; // 1GB
    });
...

from MyService.cs

public class MyService {
  public NavigationBuilder(IContentEvents contentEvents) {
     contentEvents.PublishedContent += OnContentUpdated;
     contentEvents.MovedContent += OnContentUpdated;
  }
  private void OnContentUpdated(object sender, ContentEventArgs e)
  {
     // do something; gets called on local; never called in load balanced env
  }
}

Customize form success message via code in forms 5.7.x

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 19:39:14 GMT

Hi all,

We had logic to add a custom link to the success submission message based off the example here: https://world.optimizely.com/forum/developer-forum/CMS/Thread-Container/2016/6/forms---customise-quotdisplay-message-after-form-submissionquot/

This however, has been broken with the latest form package that is required to fix a vulnerability.

The code still executes. You can see the default message with the [[PDF]] token that should be replaced.

And I can see the message being updated with the PDF url before being sent to the base.BuildReturnResultForSubmitAction

However, only the initial message is displayed, ignoring the updated value via code:

Is this a bug or is there a new way to do this in the latest version of forms?

CMS/Commerce Upgrade deployment to Integration

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 04:48:13 GMT

HI Folks,

I am deploying the upgraded CMS 12/Customized Commerce 14 website to DXP and running into the following issue. The deployment goes through but the website doesn't load and shows the following error.

Any suggestions?

Ok
2023-12-01T04:02:19.0932931
https://aka.ms/dotnet/app-launch-failed
Ok
2023-12-01T04:02:19.0932967
Ok
2023-12-01T04:02:19.0932999
To install missing framework, download:
Ok
2023-12-01T04:02:19.0933035
https://aka.ms/dotnet-core-applaunch?framework=Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App&framework_version=6.0.0&arch=x64&rid=debian.11-x64
Ok
2023-12-01T04:02:19.0935312
Failed to start application Project.Website.CMS.dll: 150
Ok
2023-12-01T04:02:19.0935312
Ok
2023-12-01T04:06:47.0929267
Starting ssh...
Ok
2023-12-01T04:06:47.1225414
Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshd.
Ok
2023-12-01T04:06:47.1227016
Starting application...
Ok
2023-12-01T04:06:47.1252215
You must install or update .NET to run this application.
Ok
2023-12-01T04:06:47.125234
Ok
2023-12-01T04:06:47.1252368
App: /app/Project.Website.CMS.dll
Ok
2023-12-01T04:06:47.125301
Architecture: x64
Ok
2023-12-01T04:06:47.1254043
Framework: 'Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App', version '6.0.0' (x64)
Ok
2023-12-01T04:06:47.1254395
.NET location: /usr/share/dotnet/
Ok
2023-12-01T04:06:47.1254818
Ok
2023-12-01T04:06:47.1255478
No frameworks were found.
Ok
2023-12-01T04:06:47.1256637
Ok
2023-12-01T04:06:47.1256701
Learn about framework resolution:
Ok
2023-12-01T04:06:47.1256726
https://aka.ms/dotnet/app-launch-failed
Ok
2023-12-01T04:06:47.1256748
Ok
2023-12-01T04:06:47.125677
To install missing framework, download:
Ok
2023-12-01T04:06:47.1257112
https://aka.ms/dotnet-core-applaunch?framework=Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App&framework_version=6.0.0&arch=x64&rid=debian.11-x64
Ok
2023-12-01T04:06:47.1260099
Failed to start application Project.Website.CMS.dll: 150
Ok
2023-12-01T04:06:47.1260099
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.474174
Starting ssh...
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.50921
Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshd.
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.50923
Starting application...
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.5116887
You must install or update .NET to run this application.
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.511722
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.5117272
App: /app/Project.Website.CMS.dll
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.5117315
Architecture: x64
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.5117352
Framework: 'Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App', version '6.0.0' (x64)
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.5117396
.NET location: /usr/share/dotnet/
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.5117429
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.5117461
No frameworks were found.
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.5117494
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.5117526
Learn about framework resolution:
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.5117561
https://aka.ms/dotnet/app-launch-failed
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.5117598
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.5117631
To install missing framework, download:
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.5117668
https://aka.ms/dotnet-core-applaunch?framework=Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App&framework_version=6.0.0&arch=x64&rid=debian.11-x64
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.5121778
Failed to start application Project.Website.CMS.dll: 150
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.5121778
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.1971555
Starting ssh...
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2314466
Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshd.
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2316784
Starting application...
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2361654
You must install or update .NET to run this application.
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2361802
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2361844
App: /app/Project.Website.CMS.dll
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2361947
Architecture: x64
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.236232
Framework: 'Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App', version '6.0.0' (x64)
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2362712
.NET location: /usr/share/dotnet/
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2362885
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2363823
No frameworks were found.
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2365043
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2365132
Learn about framework resolution:
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2365172
https://aka.ms/dotnet/app-launch-failed
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2365204
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2365234
To install missing framework, download:
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2365321
https://aka.ms/dotnet-core-applaunch?framework=Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App&framework_version=6.0.0&arch=x64&rid=debian.11-x64
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2368506
Failed to start application Project.Website.CMS.dll: 150
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2368506
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.066142
Starting ssh...
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.1236495
Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshd.
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.1236713
Starting application...
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.1259386
You must install or update .NET to run this application.
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.125955
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.1259601
App: /app/Project.Website.CMS.dll
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.1259638
Architecture: x64
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.1259763
Framework: 'Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App', version '6.0.0' (x64)
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.1260234
.NET location: /usr/share/dotnet/
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.1260347
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.1260707
No frameworks were found.
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.1262827
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.126293
Learn about framework resolution:
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.1262967
https://aka.ms/dotnet/app-launch-failed
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.1263
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.1263039
To install missing framework, download:
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.1263074
https://aka.ms/dotnet-core-applaunch?framework=Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App&framework_version=6.0.0&arch=x64&rid=debian.11-x64
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.1264986
Failed to start application Project.Website.CMS.dll: 150
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.1264986
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.0865119
Starting ssh...
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.1188213
Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshd.
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.1189372
Starting application...
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.1216987
You must install or update .NET to run this application.
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.1217288
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.1217335
App: /app/Project.Website.CMS.dll
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.121737
Architecture: x64
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.1217405
Framework: 'Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App', version '6.0.0' (x64)
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.1217449
.NET location: /usr/share/dotnet/
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.1217489
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.1217524
No frameworks were found.
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.1217562
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.1217595
Learn about framework resolution:
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.121763
https://aka.ms/dotnet/app-launch-failed
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.1217666
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.1217699
To install missing framework, download:
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.1217737
https://aka.ms/dotnet-core-applaunch?framework=Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App&framework_version=6.0.0&arch=x64&rid=debian.11-x64
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.122036
Failed to start application Project.Website.CMS.dll: 150