Web Experimentation

Customize form success message via code in forms 5.7.x

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 19:39:14 GMT

Hi all,

We had logic to add a custom link to the success submission message based off the example here: https://world.optimizely.com/forum/developer-forum/CMS/Thread-Container/2016/6/forms---customise-quotdisplay-message-after-form-submissionquot/

This however, has been broken with the latest form package that is required to fix a vulnerability.

The code still executes. You can see the default message with the [[PDF]] token that should be replaced.

And I can see the message being updated with the PDF url before being sent to the base.BuildReturnResultForSubmitAction

However, only the initial message is displayed, ignoring the updated value via code:

Is this a bug or is there a new way to do this in the latest version of forms?

Geta sitemap stopped working suddenly

Tue, 01 Aug 2023 13:39:57 GMT

Hello,

We are using geta optimizely sitemap package for generating sitemap xml and configured it as per in this repo https://github.com/Geta/geta-optimizely-sitemaps in our migrated project from cms 11 to 12. It was all working fine and now suddenly stopped working in add-on plugin wizard and property SEOSitemaps also not rendering correctly. How to identify what causing this issue now, we moved code to all the environment in migration steps now and identified this issue where it stopped working.

Please help how to identify what is stopping sitemap rendering.

Thanks,

Deepa

Events from IContentEvents not being raised in a load balanced environment

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 16:08:17 GMT

We have a singleton service which subscribes to PublishedContent and MovedContent from IContentEvents. And this works as expected locally, when the CMS is running in a single IIS application. When the app is deployed in multiple load balanced IIS applications, we use EPiServer.Azure, which works as expected for propagating changes from CMS like publishing of new pages to every instance. But we are not getting any published or moved content events in the singleton service in this envirnoment.

example from Startup.cs

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
    ...
    services.AddCms();
    ...
    services.AddSignleton<MyService>();
    ...
    services.AddAzureEventProvider(o =>
    {
        o.ConnectionString = _configuration.GetValue<string>("AzureEventBus:ConnectionString");
        o.TopicName = _configuration.GetValue<string>("AzureEventBus:Topic");
        o.EnablePartitioning = false;
        o.TopicSize = 1024; // 1GB
    });
...

from MyService.cs

public class MyService {
  public NavigationBuilder(IContentEvents contentEvents) {
     contentEvents.PublishedContent += OnContentUpdated;
     contentEvents.MovedContent += OnContentUpdated;
  }
  private void OnContentUpdated(object sender, ContentEventArgs e)
  {
     // do something; gets called on local; never called in load balanced env
  }
}

How to create a MultiSelect option in a CMS-12 Visitor-Group Criterion?

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 15:49:03 GMT

In CMS-11 we were able to create multi-select options in visitor group criteria in this way:

[DojoWidget(WidgetType = "dijit.form.FilteringSelect", SelectionFactoryType = typeof(VisitorGroupEnumSelectionFactory<UserProfileSelectionType>))]
public UserProfileSelectionType SelectionType { get; set; }
[DojoWidget(WidgetType = "dijit.form.MultiSelect", SelectionFactoryType = typeof(DomicileSelectionFactory))]
public object[] Domiciles { get; set; }
[DojoWidget(WidgetType = "dijit.form.MultiSelect", SelectionFactoryType = typeof(VisitorGroupEnumSelectionFactory<VisitorGroup>))]
public object[] UserTypes { get; set; }

It looked so:

But in Optimizely(CMS 12) DojoWidget is deprecated and must be replaced with CriterionPropertyEditor. But how i can enable this multi-select option then?

Edit: If i use the deprecated way, i get an error in the UI:

No editor mapping for type: Corporate.Core.Content.Enums.CompanyBranch.Country[]

No editor mapping for type: Corporate.Salesforce.FinancialServiceCloud.Enums.VisitorGroup[]

the same if i simply use object[] which was working in CMS 11 by providing the WidgetType

Custom fields

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 13:52:06 GMT

in Latest COM v14.15

Is it possible to add custom additional feild in the CSR UI? here Return Details, Comment is good, but we'd like an other comment field.

And how do you add a custom field to the shipment or order? what is preferable?

After AFORM-2810 was implemented multi step forms are always scrolled into focus on page load

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 12:59:47 GMT

We have a fairly long page with a form about half way down. This form was recently changed to use multiple steps which caused the form to always be focused on page load.

I hadn't seen this before so I tried downgrading to a previous version of forms and a short bisect later I found that it seems to have been introduced in 5.6.0, most likely with the issue AFORM-2810.

This issue introduced a call to $("[data-f-datainput]", eStep).first().focus(); in navigateToStep which is called on page load. I'm guessing this side effect was missed while testing since it only happens if the form is not in the viewport when the page loads.

Even if the page is in the viewport on load this focus stealing behaviour is bad since someone navigating primarily with the keyboard will miss out on everything that is above the form.

Best practice for content validation with IValidate and IContentSaveValidate

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 09:42:54 GMT

Hey guys,

I am seeking advice on how to best implement custom validation logic on a custom page content instance (but the same may apply to all other content data as well I think). The documentation section Validate object instances (optimizely.com) list two main hooks that can be used for this: IValidate<T> and IContentSaveValidate<T>

My environment:

EPiServer CMS 11.x
Auto-save in CMS is enabled, so save events are periodically fired when changes to properties are noticed by the application.

My goal:

Ideally I would like to prevent the save from being commited to the data store, but my experiments have shown that this is easier said than done. This leads me to the questions that emerged when experimenting with the validation infrastructure.

My questions:

Implementing IValidate<T> let's the validator run every time an instance of T is saved. Any validation errors do not prevent the instance from being saved, but prevent it from being saved. Is there any way to configure this behaviour to cancel the save operation?
I know that you can hook into the content events, e.g SavingContent, SavedContent etc. However I have not found a way to access validation results there. I could manually run validation again by calling the IValidationService.Validate method, but this would execute validation two times. First one triggered by the framework, second one triggered manually. Is there any suggested way to better hook into this process?
I have observed that implementations of IContentSaveValidate<T> are not triggered automatically on content saving, but on content publishing. What is the reasoning behind this? The example at IContentSaveValidate - validation with context | Optimizely Devel suggest that this interface is useful during all state transitions, but it seems to be only called on publishing. Is there any suggested way of calling this interface manually?

Best regards,
Sebastian

CMS/Commerce Upgrade deployment to Integration

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 04:48:13 GMT

HI Folks,

I am deploying the upgraded CMS 12/Customized Commerce 14 website to DXP and running into the following issue. The deployment goes through but the website doesn't load and shows the following error.

Any suggestions?

Ok
2023-12-01T04:02:19.0932931
https://aka.ms/dotnet/app-launch-failed
Ok
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Ok
2023-12-01T04:02:19.0932999
To install missing framework, download:
Ok
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https://aka.ms/dotnet-core-applaunch?framework=Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App&framework_version=6.0.0&arch=x64&rid=debian.11-x64
Ok
2023-12-01T04:02:19.0935312
Failed to start application Project.Website.CMS.dll: 150
Ok
2023-12-01T04:02:19.0935312
Ok
2023-12-01T04:06:47.0929267
Starting ssh...
Ok
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Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshd.
Ok
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Starting application...
Ok
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You must install or update .NET to run this application.
Ok
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Ok
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App: /app/Project.Website.CMS.dll
Ok
2023-12-01T04:06:47.125301
Architecture: x64
Ok
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Framework: 'Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App', version '6.0.0' (x64)
Ok
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.NET location: /usr/share/dotnet/
Ok
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Ok
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No frameworks were found.
Ok
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Ok
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Learn about framework resolution:
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2023-12-01T04:06:47.1256726
https://aka.ms/dotnet/app-launch-failed
Ok
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Ok
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To install missing framework, download:
Ok
2023-12-01T04:06:47.1257112
https://aka.ms/dotnet-core-applaunch?framework=Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App&framework_version=6.0.0&arch=x64&rid=debian.11-x64
Ok
2023-12-01T04:06:47.1260099
Failed to start application Project.Website.CMS.dll: 150
Ok
2023-12-01T04:06:47.1260099
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.474174
Starting ssh...
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.50921
Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshd.
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.50923
Starting application...
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.5116887
You must install or update .NET to run this application.
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.511722
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.5117272
App: /app/Project.Website.CMS.dll
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.5117315
Architecture: x64
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.5117352
Framework: 'Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App', version '6.0.0' (x64)
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.5117396
.NET location: /usr/share/dotnet/
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.5117429
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.5117461
No frameworks were found.
Ok
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Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.5117526
Learn about framework resolution:
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.5117561
https://aka.ms/dotnet/app-launch-failed
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.5117598
Ok
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To install missing framework, download:
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.5117668
https://aka.ms/dotnet-core-applaunch?framework=Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App&framework_version=6.0.0&arch=x64&rid=debian.11-x64
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.5121778
Failed to start application Project.Website.CMS.dll: 150
Ok
2023-12-01T04:11:14.5121778
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.1971555
Starting ssh...
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2314466
Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshd.
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2316784
Starting application...
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2361654
You must install or update .NET to run this application.
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2361802
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2361844
App: /app/Project.Website.CMS.dll
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2361947
Architecture: x64
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.236232
Framework: 'Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App', version '6.0.0' (x64)
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2362712
.NET location: /usr/share/dotnet/
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2362885
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2363823
No frameworks were found.
Ok
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Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2365132
Learn about framework resolution:
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2365172
https://aka.ms/dotnet/app-launch-failed
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2365204
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2365234
To install missing framework, download:
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2365321
https://aka.ms/dotnet-core-applaunch?framework=Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App&framework_version=6.0.0&arch=x64&rid=debian.11-x64
Ok
2023-12-01T04:15:48.2368506
Failed to start application Project.Website.CMS.dll: 150
Ok
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Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.066142
Starting ssh...
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.1236495
Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshd.
Ok
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Starting application...
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.1259386
You must install or update .NET to run this application.
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.125955
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.1259601
App: /app/Project.Website.CMS.dll
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.1259638
Architecture: x64
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.1259763
Framework: 'Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App', version '6.0.0' (x64)
Ok
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.NET location: /usr/share/dotnet/
Ok
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Ok
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No frameworks were found.
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.1262827
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.126293
Learn about framework resolution:
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.1262967
https://aka.ms/dotnet/app-launch-failed
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.1263
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.1263039
To install missing framework, download:
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.1263074
https://aka.ms/dotnet-core-applaunch?framework=Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App&framework_version=6.0.0&arch=x64&rid=debian.11-x64
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.1264986
Failed to start application Project.Website.CMS.dll: 150
Ok
2023-12-01T04:20:19.1264986
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.0865119
Starting ssh...
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.1188213
Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshd.
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.1189372
Starting application...
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.1216987
You must install or update .NET to run this application.
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.1217288
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.1217335
App: /app/Project.Website.CMS.dll
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.121737
Architecture: x64
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.1217405
Framework: 'Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App', version '6.0.0' (x64)
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.1217449
.NET location: /usr/share/dotnet/
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.1217489
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.1217524
No frameworks were found.
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.1217562
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.1217595
Learn about framework resolution:
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.121763
https://aka.ms/dotnet/app-launch-failed
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.1217666
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.1217699
To install missing framework, download:
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.1217737
https://aka.ms/dotnet-core-applaunch?framework=Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App&framework_version=6.0.0&arch=x64&rid=debian.11-x64
Ok
2023-12-01T04:24:44.122036
Failed to start application Project.Website.CMS.dll: 150

epi-create-block not presented in TinyMCE options

Thu, 30 Nov 2023 10:08:04 GMT

We are running EPiServer.CMS.TinyMCE 4.6.0 and are trying to add the new epi-create-block toolbar configuration, which is not working as intended. The options is not displayed with the following configuration:

public static class TinyMceConfigurationServiceCollectionExtensions
{
    private static readonly string _baseEpiserverEditorCssClass = "epi-editor__content";
    private static readonly string _baseCssStylePath = "/assets/build/editor.min.css";
    private static readonly string _baseScriptPath = "/ClientResources/Scripts/Plugins";
    private static readonly int _baseHeight = 700;
    private static readonly int _baseWidth = 626;
    public static IServiceCollection AddTinyMceConfiguration(this IServiceCollection services)
    {
        services.Configure((TinyMceConfiguration config) =>
        {
            var defaultTinyMceConfiguration = config.Default()
                .Resize(TinyMceResize.Both)
                .AddPlugin($"{TinyMCEButtons.Media} {TinyMCEButtons.Table} {TinyMCEButtons.WordCount} {TinyMCEButtons.Code}")
                .AddExternalPlugin($"{TinyMCEButtons.ThirdPartyPlugins.POWR}", $"{_baseScriptPath}/POWR.js")
                .Toolbar($"{TinyMCEButtons.PasteAsText} {TinyMCEButtons.RemoveFormat} epi-create-block {TinyMCEButtons.EpiDndProcessor} {TinyMCEButtons.Styles} {TinyMCEButtons.Blocks} {TinyMCEButtons.EpiLink} {TinyMCEButtons.Bold} {TinyMCEButtons.Italic} {TinyMCEButtons.Underline} {TinyMCEButtons.Strikethrough} " +
                    $"{TinyMCEButtons.Image} {TinyMCEButtons.EpiImageEditor} {TinyMCEButtons.Media} {TinyMCEButtons.EpiPersonalizedContent} {TinyMCEButtons.AlignLeft} {TinyMCEButtons.AlignCenter} {TinyMCEButtons.AlignRight} {TinyMCEButtons.AlignJustify} " +
                    $"{TinyMCEButtons.SearchReplace} {TinyMCEButtons.Fullscreen} {TinyMCEButtons.NumberedList} {TinyMCEButtons.BulletedList} {TinyMCEButtons.Indent} {TinyMCEButtons.Outdent} {TinyMCEButtons.Hr} {TinyMCEButtons.BlockQuote} " +
                    $"{TinyMCEButtons.Table} {TinyMCEButtons.ThirdPartyPlugins.POWR} {TinyMCEButtons.Code} {TinyMCEButtons.Help}")
                .BlockFormats($"Headline 1={TinyMCEButtons.BlockFormats.Headline1};Headline 2={TinyMCEButtons.BlockFormats.Headline2};Headline 3={TinyMCEButtons.BlockFormats.Headline3};Headline 4={TinyMCEButtons.BlockFormats.Headline4};Paragraph={TinyMCEButtons.BlockFormats.Paragraph}")
                    .BodyClass(_baseEpiserverEditorCssClass)
                    .ContentCss(_baseCssStylePath)
                    .Height(_baseHeight)
                    .Width(_baseWidth)
                .AddSetting("importcss_append", true)
                .StyleFormats(
                    new { title = "Set paragraph as body of copy", selector = "p", classes = "bread" },
                    new { title = "Set paragraph as quote for author", selector = "p", classes = "image-and-quote-caption" },
                    new { title = "Set image to left", selector = "img", classes = "left" },
                    new { title = "Set image to right", selector = "img", classes = "right" },
                    new { title = "Set no style for list", selector = "ul", classes = "list-styled" },
                    new { title = "Set checkbox style for list", selector = "ul", classes = "list-checkbox-styled" });
            config.For<StandardPage>(p => p.Text, defaultTinyMceConfiguration );
           
        });
        return services;
    }
}

When we disable the custom extension of the configuration for Standard Page with the above setting, the default Optimizely TinyMCE configuration kicks in, except the epic-create-block here aswell.

Is there a mismatch in version in terms of dependencies or similiar?

Regards
Eric

Duplicate "All Properties" link in EditUI

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 18:19:52 GMT

Does anyone have any thoughts on what might be causing the "All Properties" view option to be duplicated in the "Select View" dropdown?

It doesn't happen for the start pages, or pages right under the root, but anything nested lower have the duplicate.

I know it's something that we have done by accident, but I can't find it anywhere.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Joe Mayberry

OrderByDescending of Search and Navigation does not work as expected in cms 12

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 12:09:47 GMT

To display a list of pages, we built up a query and following is a part of it.

blogsQuery = blogsQuery.OrderByDescending(x => x.LikeCount);

Strangely, it does not sort the results in descending order of the likecount.

However, for another filteration, it does work. The difference here is LikeCount probably returns values on the fly. Meaning it's defined as follows in the blog page.

public virtual int LikeCount
{
    get
    {
        return LikedUsers?.Count ?? 0;
    }
}

and finally the result retrieved

 var result = blogsQuery.Take(MaximumResultsPerRequest).Skip((pageNum - 1) * MaximumResultsPerRequest).GetContentResult();

Is this a limitation of Search and Navigation ? Is there a workaround ?

@Html.TextBoxFor OR @Html.TextBox on viewcomponent (block) generating name with both contentarea name & currentpage

Thu, 30 Nov 2023 09:21:20 GMT

Hi,

I want to display form via block (viewcomponent), but the form is generating textbox with contentarea & currentpage name.

e.g ->

 @Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.Test.Example, new { @class = "form-control" })

Generates ->

<input class="form-control" data-val="true" data-val-length="The field Examlpe must be a string with a maximum length of 15." data-val-length-max="15" id="CurrentPage_TestContentArea_Test_Example" maxlength="15" name="CurrentPage.TestContentArea.Test.Example" type="text" value="123456789">

TestContentArea is contentarea where block is added

How to generate name which only contains viewmodel field name like Test.Example ?

Audiences aka "Visitor Groups" Separated Per Website?

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 23:08:29 GMT

Hi,
we have a global site with a lot of different (language) websites - and connected editors per site, so when using "Audiences", formerly known as "Visitor Groups", it would be ideal for us to have our "Audiences" seperated per language website, e.g. so "AudienceDK" is only visible in www.contoso.dk/episerver/cms and "AudienceSE" is only visible in www.contoso.se/episerver/cms. Is that somehow possible?
If not, what is the best alternative to split audiences visibility between sites?

Thanks in advance and best regards,
Søren

Episerver Forms: object instance not set to an instance of an object when sending email

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 06:31:44 GMT

Hi!

We are running the following setup for Optimizely Forms in our clients solution:

EPiServer.Forms 5.7.1
EPiServer.Forms.Samples 4.2.2

When we define our forms with a Send email actor in the editorial part of the form and submit a successfull form submission, we receive the following in the logs:

{"Timestamp":"2023-11-29T07:25:18.6347814+01:00","Level":"Error","MessageTemplate":"{State:l}","Exception":"System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. (Object reference not set to an instance of an object.)\r\n ---> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.\r\n   at EPiServer.Notification.Internal.SmtpClientImplementation.SendAsync(MimeMessage message)\r\n   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---\r\n   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ThrowIfExceptional(Boolean includeTaskCanceledExceptions)\r\n   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait(Int32 millisecondsTimeout, CancellationToken cancellationToken)\r\n   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait()\r\n   at EPiServer.Forms.Implementation.Actors.SendEmailAfterSubmissionActor.<>c__DisplayClass13_0.<SendMessage>b__3()","Properties":{"State":"Failed to send email","SourceContext":"EPiServer.Forms.Core.PostSubmissionActor.PostSubmissionActorBase","ActionId":"b63041e0-adba-4e2a-abd6-70c87415f975","ActionName":"EPiServer.Forms.Controllers.DataSubmitController.Submit (EPiServer.Forms)","RequestId":"0HMVGKFJQTH3F:00000009","RequestPath":"/EPiServer.Forms/DataSubmit/Submit","ConnectionId":"0HMVGKFJQTH3F"},"Renderings":{"State":[{"Format":"l","Rendering":"Failed to send email"}]}}

The internal controller for sending an email seems to fail within Optimizely.

This is the following configuration we have for the Smtp config for the solution:

    "Smtp": {
      "DeliveryMethod": "Network",
      "SpecifiedPickupDirectory": "C:\\Episerver\\SmtpMail",
      "Network": {
        "Host": "smtp.sendgrid.net",
        "Port": "587",
        "UserName": "mykeyhere",
        "Password": "mypasswordhere",
        "UseSsl": true
      },
      "Notification": {
        "NotificationEmailDisplayName": "Optimizely Notification",
        "NotificationEmailAddress": "cms@optimizely.com"
      }
    },
    "Forms": {
      "FormsConfig": {
        "VisitorSubmitTimeout": 1,
        "DisableFormCookies": false,
        "DataExportBlobProviderName": "DefaultDataExportBlobProvider",
        "SerializingObjectUsingNameValueFormat": true,
        "SendMessageInHTMLFormat": true,
        "MinimumAccessRightLevelToReadFormData": "Edit",
        "CoreController": "/EPiServer.Forms/DataSubmit",
        "DefaultUploadExtensionBlackList": "asp,aspx,asa,ashx,asmx,bat,chm,class,cmd,com,config,dll,exe,hta,htr,htw,jse,json,lnk,mda,mdb,msc,msh,pif,printer,ps1,ps2,reg,rem,scf,scr,sct,shtm,shtml,soap,stm,svc,url,vb,vbe,vbs,vsix,ws,wsc,wsf,wsh,xamlx,htm,html,js,jar",
        "FormElementViewsFolder": "~/Views/Shared/ElementBlocks",
        "WorkInNonJSMode": false,
        "InjectFormOwnStylesheet": true,
        "InjectFormOwnJQuery": true,
        "RenderingFormUsingDivElement": false
      },
      "FormsPermanentStorageProvider": {
        "DefaultProvider": "DdsPermanentStorage",
        "Providers": {
          "DdsPermanentStorage": {
            "Type": "EPiServer.Forms.Core.Data.DdsPermanentStorage, EPiServer.Forms.Core",
            "Parametters": {}
          }
        }
      }
    }

Have we missed something in the configuration sections or is this an internal bug for the latest Forms?

Regards
Eric

ICatalogSystem SaveCatalogEntry - gives an error CreatedBy for ContentDraft can't be empty

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 11:56:35 GMT

We are in the process of upgrading to CMS 12 and Commerce 14 While trying to import products/delete resources using ICatalogSystem. This was working in 11/13

Now we get an error related to drafts. Looking into the code it looks that a draft is trying to be created in CatalogEntryAdmin

_catalogContentSync.CreateDraft(CurrentDto, PrincipalInfo.CurrentPrincipal.Identity!.Name);

but the PrincipalInfo.CurrentPrincipal.Identity!.Name is null and then the whole metod SaveCatalogEntry fails.

Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: 'Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'CreatedBy', table '@ContentDraft'; column does not allow nulls. INSERT fails.
The data for table-valued parameter "@ContentDraft" doesn't conform to the table type of the parameter. SQL Server error is: 515, state: 2
The statement has been terminated.'

I tried adding "DisableVersionSync": "true", in the appsettings. And that kind of worked as it didn't create the draft, but I'm wondering if there are other solutions

Thanks,

´Validating Link Item

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 11:55:29 GMT

Hi,

I'm working in a validator for LinkItem.
It does validate what I want and it works when I'm debugging it.

However it does not work like it should in the CMS.
Instead of showing my warning message, it displays a popup with this text:

Could not save property. The page may have been changed by another user. Please reload the page.

It seems to be something with the scoping, I had the same issue with another validator for an Image block. That did work when the image block was standalone but not when the block was used as a property, and I guess it's the same with the LinkItem property.

Here's how my validator is built:

public class LinkItemValidator : IValidate<LinkItem>
{
     public IEnumerable<ValidationError> Validate(LinkItem instance)
     {
           //bla bla bla check
            yield return new()
            {
                RelatedProperties = new[] { nameof(instance.Text) },
                ErrorMessage = "Error message",
                Severity = ValidationErrorSeverity.Warning,
                ValidationType = ValidationErrorType.Unspecified
            };
     }
}

Does anybody know how I can validate the text on LinkItem and other similar properties?

Thanks.

Extending Content Delivery API classes

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 10:57:04 GMT

Hi, I am building a headless commerce solution using content delivery API.

Is it possible to extend the Content delivery API commerce classes adding my own attributes and fields to it, taking Cart object returned by

https://localhost:8080/api/episerver/v3.0/me/carts/3 for example

the attributes iam trying to add could be added to the cart , line items , shipments or basically any content type retuned by content delivery API

this is a Json Example which I am trying to extend :

{
"id": 3,
    "name": "test2",
    "customerId": "5d437ccc-91b3-447b-8694-81b13f657dc3",
    "market": "CAN",
    "currency": "CAD",
    "lastUpdated": "2023-11-26T08:54:28.987+00:00",
    "shipments": [
        {
            "id": -1,
            "shippingAddress": {
                "firstName": "test1",
                "lastName": "test2",
                "line1": "test",
                "line2": "test",
                "city": "test",
                "countryName": "test",
                "countryCode": "test",
                "postalCode": "some postal code",
                "regionName": "test",
                "email": "testUser1@test.com",
                "phoneNumber": "01123456789",
                "name": "72a21f34-cf0d-4358-9aee-164721c559a6"
            },
            "shippingMethodId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
            "lineItems": [
                {
                    "id": -4,
                    "contentId": "6d16a343-dda5-4914-bbc5-fccb38f31be0",
                    "code": "some product",
                    "placedPrice": 0.0,
                    "quantity": 1.000000000,
                    "displayName": "some product",
                    "isGift": false
                },
                {
                    "id": -5,
                    "contentId": "6d16a343-dda5-4914-bbc5-fccb38f31be0",
                    "code": "some product",
                    "placedPrice": 0.0,
                    "quantity": 1.000000000,
                    "displayName": "some product",
                    "isGift": false
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": -2,
            "shippingAddress": {
                "firstName": "test1",
                "lastName": "test2",
                "line1": "another street",
                "line2": "another",
                "city": "another city",
                "countryName": "united kingdom",
                "countryCode": "UK",
                "postalCode": "another code",
                "regionName": "another region",
                "email": "testUser1@test.com",
                "phoneNumber": "01123456789",
                "name": "6f2a43a1-d7a4-4786-a9b2-cd267287c25a"
            },
            "shippingMethodId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
            "lineItems": [
                {
                    "id": -3,
                    "contentId": "6d16a343-dda5-4914-bbc5-fccb38f31be0",
                    "code": "some product",
                    "placedPrice": 0.0,
                    "quantity": 1.0,
                    "displayName": "some product",
                    "isGift": false
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "payments": [],
    "couponCodes": []
}

Solution assets images not visible

Fri, 30 Jun 2023 12:57:52 GMT

Hi, I am working on migration from CMS 11 to 12. I had pages confugured with thumbnails - images in the solution.
I had copied them to the new .net6/cms12 solution, set `CopyToOutputDirectory` to Always.

File is there in build result, path seems to be ok, but the image is not shown.

Is there any additional config required now? Can't find anything in cms 11 solution nor in google 🔎

How to extend commerce class ?

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 13:07:41 GMT

Hi everyone,

So I am faced with a brick wall regarding the extension of already existing classes ( models)

in my case I need to have my own field to implement specific logic, I want to have the new added fields in the ICart or the Cart data model that I get when using Load() method of the IOrderRepository

I looked into meta classes , and tried using Commerce UI to achieve that, and I got lost trying to connect/attach the meta class to my desired class (Cart class)

So I need help with the following :-

How to create and add new fields to an already existing Class like Cart (ICart) class , programmatically and with UI ? would be massively grateful if the answer was step by step and where to put the code, since with no steps I am just stuck where i was (creating meta class but don't know how to attach it to a specific OrderClass )Comm

How to tell if the current instance is the scheduler app

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 10:27:15 GMT

we are upgrading to CMS 12, previously we used

EPiServer.Configuration.Settings.Instance.EnableScheduler

to tell if the current instance in DXC is the instance running the scheduler, we would like to do the same in the upgrade, but i cant find that property or an alternative in version 12.

Same question has asked about previous versions.

How can we programatically know if this is the instance in DXC running the scheduler.