ContenArea modification does not work

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ContenArea modification does not work

Vote:

I m trying to modify content area programmaticly, but can not get it work. By hooking save event on episerver, I should be able to modify the content area on savingContent.

this simple logic is to delete content items on contentarea but does not save and refresh backend page.

 var page = e.Content as StandardPage;
            if (page.MyContentArea != null && page.MyContentArea.Items.Any())
            {
                var clone = page.CreateWritableClone() as StandardPage;
                foreach (var contenAreaItem in page.MyContentArea.Items)
                {
                    clone.MyContentArea.Items.Remove(contenAreaItem);
                }

                DataFactory.Instance.Save(clone, SaveAction.Save, AccessLevel.NoAccess);
            }

any help appreciated

#133315

Sep 01, 2015 15:08

valdis

Vote:

Can you please provide full code (interested in part how you subscribe to event)?

#133329

Sep 01, 2015 22:35

Grzegorz Wiecheć

Vote:

Hi,

Maybe you need to assign contentArea to property

var page = e.Content as StandardPage;
if (page.MyContentArea != null && page.MyContentArea.Items.Any())
{
	var contentArea = page.MyContentArea;
    var clone = page.CreateWritableClone() as StandardPage;
    foreach (var contenAreaItem in contentArea.Items)
    {
        contentArea.Items.Remove(contenAreaItem);
    }
	
	// assign contentArea to property
	page.MyContentArea = contentArea; 

    DataFactory.Instance.Save(clone, SaveAction.Save, AccessLevel.NoAccess);
}

#133332

Sep 01, 2015 23:38

Vote:

[Valdis] : this is the event that u subscribe. DataFactory.Instance.SavingContent += SavingContent;

[Grzegorz] : yes, you right I needed to assing contentArea to property.

Thank you for your help.

#133341

Sep 02, 2015 10:38

Vote:

If you do SavingContent (before the actual save) you shouldn't need to save yourself.

If you do SavedContent (after saving has been done) you need to.

#133345

Sep 02, 2015 11:15

valdis

Vote:

I wasn't aware that you need to re-assign CA to the property to get it populated. Weird

#133346

Sep 02, 2015 11:19

Vote:

That is the most common way I've seen to trigger IsModified on the CA.

EPiServer doesn't care about the value if IsModified is false

#133347

Sep 02, 2015 11:21

valdis

Vote:

I look at CA as observable collection and any modification should set IsDirty/IsModified/IWantToSave/Whatever flag to true, so EPiServer storage engine knows what to do. Thanks for tip.

#133348

Sep 02, 2015 11:24

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