Getting localized content in custom module - Sitefinity - Front- & Back-End Development

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Posted by Community Admin on 20-Sep-2012 00:00

I have created a custom module, based on the Real Estate Agents module from the SDK. I added a custom field named "JobDescription" in my model and I'm having trouble getting the localized content from this field in my frontend widget. It only shows the translation from default language. The values are persisted because they show up correctly in the backend. Any ideas on how to fix this? Below is the relevant code.

[DataMember]

[FieldAlias("jobDescription")]

[ScaffoldInfo(@"<sitefinity:HtmlField runat=""server"" DisplayMode=""Read"" Value='<%# Eval(""JobDescription"")%>' />")]

[UserFriendlyDataType(UserFriendlyDataType.LongText)]

[MetadataMapping(true, true)]

[MultilingualProperty]

public virtual Lstring JobDescription

get

if (this.jobDescription == null)

this.jobDescription = this.GetString("JobDescription");

return this.ApplyContentFilters(this.jobDescription);

set

this.jobDescription = value;

this.SetString("JobDescription", this.jobDescription);

[Transient]

private Lstring jobDescription;

Item mapping:

itemMapping.HasProperty(p => p.JobDescription).IsLongText(this.Context);

Copy method:

destination.GetString("JobDescription").CopyFrom(source.GetString("JobDescription"));

Resources:

[ResourceEntry("JobDescription",

Value = "JobDescription",

Description = "JobDescription",

LastModified = "2010/12/03")]

public string JobDescription

get

return this["JobDescription"];

Viewmodel constructor:

this

.jobDescription = contentItem.JobDescription;

Viewmodel property:

public string JobDescription

get return this.jobDescription;

set this.jobDescription = value;

private string jobDescription;

Definitions:

var jobDescriptionField = new HtmlFieldElement(mainSection.Fields)

ID = "jobDescriptionFieldControl",

DataFieldName = displayMode == FieldDisplayMode.Write ? "JobDescription.PersistedValue" : "JobDescription",

DisplayMode = displayMode,

Title = "JobDescription",

CssClass = "sfFormSeparator sfContentField",

ResourceClassId = typeof(VacancyResources).Name,

WrapperTag = HtmlTextWriterTag.Li,

EditorContentFilters = Telerik.Web.UI.EditorFilters.DefaultFilters,

EditorStripFormattingOptions = (EditorStripFormattingOptions?)(EditorStripFormattingOptions.MSWord | EditorStripFormattingOptions.Css | EditorStripFormattingOptions.Font | EditorStripFormattingOptions.Span | EditorStripFormattingOptions.ConvertWordLists)

;

mainSection.Fields.Add(jobDescriptionField);

Frontend listview:

<sf:FieldListView ID="jobDescription" runat="server" Text="0" Properties="JobDescription" WrapperTagName="div" />

Thanks in advance for your replies!

Posted by Community Admin on 20-Sep-2012 00:00

Hi Rein,

I don't think you should setup a mapping for a LString field. (=> item-mapping)
Only if you want to persist items you don't translate or integer, datetime fields etc.

Regards,
Daniel

Posted by Community Admin on 20-Sep-2012 00:00

Thanks Daniel! Works like a charm!

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