Using Custom module API in MVC Widgets

Posted by Community Admin on 16-Sep-2013 00:00

Hi,

I'm struggling trying to create an MVC widget based on a custom module built using the module builder.

private Type myType = TypeResolutionService.ResolveType("Telerik.Sitefinity.DynamicTypes.SomeModel.ModuleName.Type");

public ActionResult Index()

try

DynamicModuleManager dynamicModuleManager = DynamicModuleManager.GetManager();

IQueryable blah = dynamicModuleManager.GetDataItems(this.myType );

return View("Default", blah);

catch

return View("Error");

On the View, I set:

@model IQueryable<SitefinityWebApp.Mvc.Models.MyModel>

It then displays the error:

Unable to cast object of type 'Telerik.Sitefinity.DynamicTypes.SomeModel.ModuleName.Type' to type 'SitefinityWebApp.Mvc.Models.MyModel'.

So I then changed it to :

@model IQueryable<Telerik.Sitefinity.DynamicTypes.SomeModel.ModuleName.Type>

And now I get the error:

CS0234: The type or namespace name 'SomeModel' does not exist in the namespace 'Telerik.Sitefinity.DynamicTypes.Model' (are you missing an assembly reference?)

Any ideas how I can get this module to work with an MVC widget?

Thanks

Gary

Posted by Community Admin on 16-Sep-2013 00:00

Solved it!

In my controller:

private Type flightType = TypeResolutionService.ResolveType("Telerik.Sitefinity.DynamicTypes.Model.LiveTest.Flight");

public ActionResult Index()

try

DynamicModuleManager dynamicModuleManager = DynamicModuleManager.GetManager();

var Test = GetDataItems();

return View("Default", Test);

catch

return View("Error");

public List<DynamicContent> GetDataItems()

DynamicModuleManager dynamicModuleManager = DynamicModuleManager.GetManager();

var Test = dynamicModuleManager.GetDataItems(this.flightType)

.Where(i => i.Status == Telerik.Sitefinity.GenericContent.Model.ContentLifecycleStatus.Live && i.Visible == true).ToList();

return Test;

And in my view:

@using Telerik.Sitefinity.Model

@model List<Telerik.Sitefinity.DynamicModules.Model.DynamicContent>

<table>

@foreach (var test in Model)

<tr><td>@Html.Raw(test.GetValue("testNo").ToString())</td></tr>

</table>

Posted by Community Admin on 05-Oct-2015 00:00

thanks for posting your solution. Helped me too!

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