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RJK Condor

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Hi,

as we use multible projects in one solution

Solution
  ModulesProject
    /Modules/Pages/...
    /Modules/Blocks/...
  MyOptimizely
    /... some stuff in here

I want to place the PageType or BlockType Prevview Icons inside the "ModulesProject/Modules" path. But when i try to accesss them with the annotation in the PageController

[ImageUrl("/Modules/Pages/Other/Ressources/Img/Icons/page-type-thumbnail-standard.png")]

it can't be found in MyOptimizely. I tried with

<ItemGroup>
    <Content Include="Modules\Pages\Standard\Assets\*.*">
        <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
    </Content>
</ItemGroup>

in the moduleproject.csproj, but the "PageIcons" just don't appear.

Is it possible to place the "Block"-Thumbnails inside the ModulesProject at all, or do I have to tell some CI-Pipeline to copy the stuff for me?

Have a great week,

Ralph

#294364

Jan 09, 2023 9:31

Johan Petersson

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It's the content type you should add the ImageUrl attribute to, not the controller.

#294375

Edited, Jan 09, 2023 14:40

RJK Condor

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Yes you are right. I had this in the PageTypeModel. Please ignore the PageController ;-)

namespace Modules.Pages.Standard.Models
{
    [ContentType(
        DisplayName = "Standard Page",
...
        Order = 1)]
    [ImageUrl("/Modules/Pages/Other/Ressources/Img/Icons/page-type-thumbnail-standard.png")]
    public class StandardPage : PageData
    {
...

Sorry

#294376

Edited, Jan 09, 2023 14:56

Mark Hall

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Pretty sure you need to make the images emedded resources

#294412

Jan 10, 2023 0:40

Johan Petersson

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You don't, but you need to put them where the static file middleware can serve them (or configure the middleware to use the location where they are now).

#294415

Jan 10, 2023 7:33

RJK Condor

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How do I copy the stattic files to the location. I thought the "<CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>" did the trick. Even with a destination folder set, the file isn't there.

#294418

Jan 10, 2023 9:09

valdis

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<CopyToOutputDirectory> element has an effect mostly in the current project. You can achieve this with build actions inside .csproj file. But this might work only on local development environment.

I needed to copy modules files to test Alloy sample app in my package solution (normally it would be done while installing NuGet package) - but locally, to avoid manual copy, I added this snippet to my .csproj file.

#294984

Jan 19, 2023 17:22

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