Using LibrariesManager in another program - Sitefinity - Front- & Back-End Development

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Posted by Community Admin on 18-Aug-2014 00:00

Hi guys,

I am writing a windows service that needs to update the sitefinity database regularly.

I need it to create and manage image libraries in Sitefinity so I really want it to be able to use the LibrariesManager like so...

LibrariesManager libraries = LibrariesManager.GetManager();<br>

var album = libraries.CreateAlbum();

Of course when I reference this Telerik class and its .dlls in the separate windows service and try and create the LibrariesManager it throws a typeinitialization exception, presumably because it doesn't have a database connection or any configuration.

"Value cannot be null.\r\nParameter name: path1"

How do I configure it to work in a separate program?

Cheers!

Posted by Community Admin on 21-Aug-2014 00:00

Hello Adam,

Sitefinity supports Web services. We do not have any resources available for Windows services. I can recommend you create a WCF service to handle this task. More information on how to implement it can be found in our Documentation.

Regards,
Ivan D. Dimitrov
Telerik

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Posted by Community Admin on 18-Jul-2015 00:00

If you're brave, you can try this approach :)

It's not the LibrariesManager buuuuuuut...should be able to get you where you want to be.

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