OpenWaves GenericListProperty in 7.5

Nils Wikberg

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I've been porting a few of the OpenWaves EPiserver properties to 7.5 and everything has been going well until I gave the GenericList a shot. The (main) problem is the following line.

var metadataViewModel = MetadataViewModel.CreateFromModelMetadata(modelMetadata as ExtendedMetadata, localizationService);

The MetadataViewModel has been deprecated(?) in 7.5 and been replaced with (as far as i can understand it) the MetadataStoreModel. This class is unfortunately missing the CreateFromModelMetadata method and I have no clue how to fix this. :-/

If anyone successfully ported the genericlist to 7.5 I'd love to hear about how you did it. =)

#80266

Jan 20, 2014 9:16

Anders Vestberg

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Did you solve this somehow? I would love to have a property of generic blocks!

#80724

Jan 30, 2014 14:26

Mark Everard

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Isn't that a ContentArea?

#80725

Jan 30, 2014 14:30

Anders Vestberg

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Hm, yes that might work;

Initially I needed a "list property" where each property in the list models an image with link, thumbnail, texts etc. I have successfully used EPiImageGallery for this purpose, but I needed something more flexible and "more compatible" with EPiServer 7+. So I thought of a property of type IEnumerable<MyImageBlock> together with an easy edit interface where you add/remove/edit MyImage blocks.

But you are absolutely right - ContentArea is pretty much what I'm looking for! Especially now (7.5) when you can easily restrict the content type of a ContentArea. I have not yet worked with the ContentArea type programatically, but it should be easy enough to play with the ContentArea.Items collection and get hold of block data via ContentAreaItem.GetContent().

Thank you for getting me on the right track Mark, and sorry if hijacked this thread :x

#80742

Jan 30, 2014 21:19

Mark Everard

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No worries, and I don't think you hijacked the thread :)

#80743

Jan 30, 2014 21:26