Programmatically save block?

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Andreas Ljungström

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How do I go about saving a block programmatically? I though it would be the same way as saving a page but I get: Argument type 'EPiServer.Core.BlockData' is not assinable to parameter type 'EPiServer.Core.IContent'

My code looks like this:

            var widget =
                EPiServer.ServiceLocation.ServiceLocator.Current.GetInstance()
                    .Get(contentAreaItem.ContentLink) as MyBaseBlock;
            var clone = widget.CreateWritableClone();
            clone.MyProperty = "SomeValue";
            contentRepository.Save(clone, SaveAction.Publish, AccessLevel.Administer);

#118929

Mar 17, 2015 17:43

dannymurphy

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Hi Andreas,

For the Save mthod simply cast your clone object as IContent.

e.g.

contentRepository.Save( (IContent)clone, SaveAction.Publish, AccessLevel.Administer);

#118937

Mar 17, 2015 21:25

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The reason for this is because a BlockData can either be a shared block (IContent) or a local block (a set of properties on a page). So you need to tell EPiServer that this block is actually a IContent.

Joel Abrahamsson have a great article about the the differences.

#118943

Mar 18, 2015 0:23

Andreas Ljungström

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Ok wouldn't it be better to have an overload that accepts blockdata then? :)

#118959

Mar 18, 2015 8:47

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