Programatically add MetaField to Edit/View Form

Mikael Johansson

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I am currently creating my MetaFields for both MetaDataPlus and BusinessFoundation programatically.

When using MDP everything works as expected and the added fiels show up om the MDP-class when viewing i.e lineitems.

But when adding metafields to a BusinessFoundation object it only gets added to the specified class and I manually have to add the fields to the Form-views (Edit Form, View Form).

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to programatically add metafields to the forms for a specific metaclass?

#121509

May 12, 2015 15:34

Lars Smeby

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Same issue as I'm having in this post: Make custom meta fields display in Commerce Manager contact management

Does anybody have an answer for this?

#121610

Edited, May 15, 2015 9:17

Mikael Johansson

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I'm guessing there is no solution to this besides handling this manually..

#122038

May 26, 2015 9:42

Lars Smeby

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That's my conclusion as well, but it would be nice with a confirmation from EPiServer. This seems like a fairly straight forward thing to accomplish, so I don't understand why it isn't possible.

#122040

May 26, 2015 9:49

Mark Prins

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After adding the metafields to the metaclass you can add the field to the desired form by code as well.

The function to use is:
FormController.AddMetaPrimitive(string metaClassName, string formName, string fieldName)
(Mediachase.BusinessFoundation.MetaForm.FormController)

The Form names are:

Edit Form -> [MC_BaseForm]
Short Info Form -> [MC_ShortViewForm]
View Form -> [MC_GeneralViewForm]

#144850

Feb 19, 2016 16:40

Mikael Johansson

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Thank you Mark!

#145424

Mar 03, 2016 14:47