[minor bug?] Dynamic content: PropertyLongString property shows i

[minor bug?] Dynamic content: PropertyLongString property shows input text instead of textarea

Dick Scherpenzeel

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The title says it all. The code:

    public class BlockQuote : DynamicContentBase
    {
        #region Properties
        public string Text
        {
            get { return (string)base.Properties["Text"].Value; }
            set { base.Properties["Text"].Value = value; }
        }
        #endregion

        public BlockQuote()
        {
            this.Properties = new PropertyDataCollection
                {
                    {"Text", new PropertyLongString()}
                };
        }
    }

When editting the Text property of the dynamic content an input of type text (thus one line) is shown. A textarea is expected.

#64422

Dec 20, 2012 11:58

Linus Ekström

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This is a side effect of moving the default string backing type to PropertyLongString for the new typed models that affects the old editing system that is still used for dynamic content. I have written about the work around here:

http://world.episerver.com/Modules/Forum/Pages/thread.aspx?id=63109

#64459

Edited, Dec 20, 2012 16:21

Joshua Folkerts

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[PropertyDefinitionTypePlugIn]
    public class LegacyLongString : PropertyLongString
    {
        public override IPropertyControl CreatePropertyControl()
        {
            return new PropertyLongStringControl();
        }
    }

This should do it for you per Linus's post

#64462

Edited, Dec 20, 2012 18:24

Dick Scherpenzeel

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Thank you, works perfectly.

#64512

Dec 24, 2012 16:34

Komal Goyani

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CreatePropertyControl() doesn't work in EpiServer7.5.

I had created one custom property in EpiServer6R2 to display horizontal ine in Edit mode (for sepration of header and footer properties) but this property doesn't work in 7.5. it doesn't call CreatePropertyControl() while debugging. Do you have any ideas why it is not calling?

Thanks in advance.

#111632

Oct 16, 2014 18:27

Henrik Fransas

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Komal. That does not work in 7.5, custom properties are completely rewritten.

Take a lock at Linus blog or Teds blog and you will find examples on how to do

#111641

Oct 17, 2014 6:28