Custom field caused image library to break? - Sitefinity - Bugs & Issues

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Posted by Community Admin on 27-Dec-2016 00:00

I've looked everywhere for similar issues, but no luck...

In order to filter an image library on our website, I created some custom fields and added them to images. Once I got them the way that I wanted, I deleted one I no longer needed. Since then, I cannot access any specific image library, news item, blog post, or event item. I'm sent to a 404 page. Everything else under "Content" seems to be accessible still.

My dashboard cannot update current items because I get an error of "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."

See log:

Timestamp: 12/27/2016 1:53:22 PM

Message: HandlingInstanceID: 02234a43-a4b5-4f99-a9e4-15a75d860d32
An exception of type 'System.NullReferenceException' occurred and was caught.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
12/27/2016 08:53:22
Type : System.NullReferenceException, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=#
Message : Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Source : Telerik.Sitefinity
Help link :
Data : System.Collections.ListDictionaryInternal
TargetSite : Boolean LoadCollectionElement(Telerik.Sitefinity.Configuration.ConfigElementCollection, System.Xml.XmlReader, Telerik.Sitefinity.Configuration.ConfigPolicyHandler, System.String, UpgradingInfo)
HResult : -2147467261
Stack Trace : at Telerik.Sitefinity.Configuration.Data.XmlConfigProvider.LoadCollectionElement(ConfigElementCollection collection, XmlReader reader, ConfigPolicyHandler policyHandler, String policyName, UpgradingInfo upgradingInfo)
at Telerik.Sitefinity.Configuration.Data.XmlConfigProvider.LoadElement(ConfigElement element, XmlReader reader, ConfigPolicyHandler policyHandler, String policyName, UpgradingInfo upgradingInfo, Boolean isNew, Boolean validateTagName)
at Telerik.Sitefinity.Configuration.Data.XmlConfigProvider.LoadPropertyElement(ConfigElement element, XmlReader reader, ConfigPolicyHandler policyHandler, String policyName, UpgradingInfo upgradingInfo)
at Telerik.Sitefinity.Configuration.Data.XmlConfigProvider.LoadElement(ConfigElement element, XmlReader reader, ConfigPolicyHandler policyHandler, String policyName, UpgradingInfo upgradingInfo, Boolean isNew, Boolean validateTagName)
at Telerik.Sitefinity.Configuration.Data.XmlConfigProvider.LoadCollectionElement(ConfigElementCollection collection, XmlReader reader, ConfigPolicyHandler policyHandler, String policyName, UpgradingInfo upgradingInfo)
at Telerik.Sitefinity.Configuration.Data.XmlConfigProvider.LoadElement(ConfigElement element, XmlReader reader, ConfigPolicyHandler policyHandler, String policyName, UpgradingInfo upgradingInfo, Boolean isNew, Boolean validateTagName)
at Telerik.Sitefinity.Configuration.Data.XmlConfigProvider.LoadPropertyElement(ConfigElement element, XmlReader reader, ConfigPolicyHandler policyHandler, String policyName, UpgradingInfo upgradingInfo)
at Telerik.Sitefinity.Configuration.Data.XmlConfigProvider.LoadElement(ConfigElement element, XmlReader reader, ConfigPolicyHandler policyHandler, String policyName, UpgradingInfo upgradingInfo, Boolean isNew, Boolean validateTagName)
at Telerik.Sitefinity.Configuration.Data.XmlConfigProvider.LoadPropertyElement(ConfigElement element, XmlReader reader, ConfigPolicyHandler policyHandler, String policyName, UpgradingInfo upgradingInfo)
at Telerik.Sitefinity.Configuration.Data.XmlConfigProvider.LoadElement(ConfigElement element, XmlReader reader, ConfigPolicyHandler policyHandler, String policyName, UpgradingInfo upgradingInfo, Boolean isNew, Boolean validateTagName)
at Telerik.Sitefinity.Configuration.Data.XmlConfigProvider.LoadElement(String relativeFilePath, Func`2 elementFactory, ConfigPolicyHandler policyHandler, String policyName, UpgradingInfo upgradingInfo, Boolean isDefault)
at Telerik.Sitefinity.Configuration.Data.XmlConfigProvider.<>c__DisplayClass18.<LoadCollectionElement>b__11()
at Telerik.Sitefinity.Configuration.ConfigElementLazyItem`1.<>c__DisplayClass1.<Unload>b__0()
at System.Lazy`1.CreateValue()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Lazy`1.get_Value()
at Telerik.Sitefinity.Configuration.ConfigElementLazyItem`1.get_Element()
at System.Linq.Enumerable.WhereSelectEnumerableIterator`2.MoveNext()
at System.Linq.Enumerable.WhereEnumerableIterator`1.MoveNext()
at System.Linq.Buffer`1..ctor(IEnumerable`1 source)
at System.Linq.Enumerable.ToArray[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source)
at Telerik.Sitefinity.ModuleEditor.Web.Services.Model.CustomFieldsContext.GetViews(String contentTypeFullName)
at Telerik.Sitefinity.InlineEditing.Strategies.WorkflowItemStrategy.GetDetailsViewUrl(Type itemType, PageNode pageNode)
at Telerik.Sitefinity.Dashboard.Web.DashboardLogEntryViewModel..ctor(DashboardLogEntry entry, IDataItem dataItem)
at Telerik.Sitefinity.Dashboard.Web.DashboardService.<GetRecentItems>b__5(DashboardLogEntry filterableItem, IDataItem dataItem)
at Telerik.Sitefinity.Security.FilteredDataItemsLoader`1.ValidateDataItems[K](PermissionAction action, Boolean& hasMoreItems, Int32 take, Int32 skipItems, Func`3 generateItemViewModel)
at Telerik.Sitefinity.Dashboard.Web.DashboardService.GetRecentItems(DashboardRecentItemsViewModel model)
at SyncInvokeGetRecentItems(Object , Object[] , Object[] )
at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.SyncMethodInvoker.Invoke(Object instance, Object[] inputs, Object[]& outputs)
at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.DispatchOperationRuntime.InvokeBegin(MessageRpc& rpc)
at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.ImmutableDispatchRuntime.ProcessMessage5(MessageRpc& rpc)
at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.ImmutableDispatchRuntime.ProcessMessage31(MessageRpc& rpc)
at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.MessageRpc.Process(Boolean isOperationContextSet)

Additional Info:

MachineName : BWEB
TimeStamp : 12/27/2016 1:53:22 PM
FullName : Telerik.Sitefinity.Utilities, Version=8.2.5900.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=#
AppDomainName : /LM/W3SVC/14/ROOT-1-131272648374793650
ThreadIdentity :
WindowsIdentity : NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE
Requested URL : /Sitefinity/Services/Dashboard/DashboardService.svc/GetRecentItems/

Category: ErrorLog
Priority: 0
EventId: 90000
Severity: Error
Title:Enterprise Library Exception Handling
Machine: BWEB
App Domain: /LM/W3SVC/14/ROOT-1-131272648374793650
ProcessId: 13568
Process Name: c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\w3wp.exe
Thread Name:
Win32 ThreadId:19484
Extended Properties:
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It's also the same error I get when trying to modify custom fields in the image library as well as the same error I see when going to Admin>Settings>Advanced>ContentView>Controls>Imagesbackend>Views. "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."

The only thing I noticed was the config files in AppData. The LibrariesConfig.contentViewControls.ImagesBackend.views.ImagesBackendList.config had a strange, new update referencing my custom field:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<view xmlns:config="urn:telerik:sitefinity:configuration" xmlns:type="urn:telerik:sitefinity:configuration:type" config:version="8.2.5900.0" viewName="ImagesBackendList">
<viewModes>
<add Name="Grid">
<columns>
<add name="Actions">
<menuItems>
<menuItem cssClass="sfSeparator sfSepNoTitle" name="Separator" />
<menuItem cssClass="sfSeparator sfSepNoTitle" name="Separator" />
</menuItems>
</add>
</columns>
</add>
</viewModes>
<toolbar>
<sections>
<section name="toolbar">
<items>
<item name="StateWidget">
<states>
<state isSelected="True" name="List" />
</states>
</item>
</items>
</section>
</sections>
</toolbar>
<sidebar>
<sections>
<section name="ByDate">
<items>
<item commandArgument=""sectionIds":["categoriesFilterSection","creativeLibraryFilterSection","industriesFilterSection","renderingsFilterSection","tagsFilterSection","dateFilterSection","mainSection","showAllMediaItemsSection"]" name="CloseDateFilter" />
</items>
</section>
<section name="Categories">
<items>
<item commandArgument=""sectionIds":["categoriesFilterSection","creativeLibraryFilterSection","industriesFilterSection","renderingsFilterSection","tagsFilterSection","dateFilterSection","mainSection","showAllMediaItemsSection"]" name="Closecategories" />
</items>
</section>
<section title="Image items by Rendering" titleWrapperTagKey="Unknown" wrapperTagId="creativeLibraryFilterSection" wrapperTagKey="Unknown" cssClass="sfFilterBy sfSeparator" visible="False" name="creative-library">
<items>
<item commandName="showSectionsExceptAndResetFilter" commandArgument=""sectionIds":["categoriesFilterSection","creativeLibraryFilterSection","industriesFilterSection","renderingsFilterSection","tagsFilterSection","dateFilterSection","mainSection","showAllMediaItemsSection"]" commandButtonType="SimpleLinkButton" isFilter="False" openInSameWindow="False" cssClass="sfCloseFilter" text="Close creative-library" wrapperTagKey="Unknown" widgetType="Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.Backend.Elements.Widgets.CommandWidget, Telerik.Sitefinity" isSeparator="False" name="ClosecreativeLibrary" type:this="Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.Backend.Elements.Config.CommandWidgetElement, Telerik.Sitefinity" />
<item pageSize="30" moreLinkText="Show more creative-library" moreLinkCssClass="sfShowMore" lessLinkText="Show less creative-library" lessLinkCssClass="sfShowMore" selectedItemCssClass="sfSel" baseServiceUrl="~/Sitefinity/Services/Taxonomies/FlatTaxon.svc/cb057990-2afc-682e-abcb-ff0000f3d94d/" bindTo="Client" sortExpression="Title" clientItemTemplate="<a href='javascript:void(0);' class='sf_binderCommand_filterBy_Classification_creativelibrary'> Title </a> <span class='sfCount'>(ItemsCount)</span>" dynamicModuleTypeId="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" commandName="filterBy_Classification_creativelibrary" parentDataKeyName="ParentTaxonId" isFilter="True" wrapperTagKey="Unknown" widgetType="Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.Backend.Elements.Widgets.DynamicCommandWidget, Telerik.Sitefinity" isSeparator="False" name="creative-libraryFilter" type:this="Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.Backend.Elements.Config.DynamicCommandWidgetElement, Telerik.Sitefinity">
<urlParameters>
<add value="Telerik.Sitefinity.Libraries.Model.Image, Telerik.Sitefinity.Model, Version=8.2.5900.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=#" key="itemType" />
</urlParameters>
</item>
</items>
</section>
<section name="industries">
<items>
<item commandArgument=""sectionIds":["categoriesFilterSection","creativeLibraryFilterSection","industriesFilterSection","renderingsFilterSection","tagsFilterSection","dateFilterSection","mainSection","showAllMediaItemsSection"]" name="Closeindustries" />
</items>
</section>
<section name="renderings">
<items>
<item commandArgument=""sectionIds":["categoriesFilterSection","creativeLibraryFilterSection","industriesFilterSection","renderingsFilterSection","tagsFilterSection","dateFilterSection","mainSection","showAllMediaItemsSection"]" name="Closerenderings" />
</items>
</section>
<section name="Tags">
<items>
<item commandArgument=""sectionIds":["categoriesFilterSection","creativeLibraryFilterSection","industriesFilterSection","renderingsFilterSection","tagsFilterSection","dateFilterSection","mainSection","showAllMediaItemsSection"]" name="Closetags" />
</items>
</section>
<section name="FilterOptions">
<items>
<item commandName="hideSectionsExcept" commandArgument=""sectionIds":["creativeLibraryFilterSection"]" commandButtonType="SimpleLinkButton" isFilter="False" openInSameWindow="False" text="by Creative Library..." wrapperTagKey="Unknown" widgetType="Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.Backend.Elements.Widgets.CommandWidget, Telerik.Sitefinity" isSeparator="False" name="creative-libraryCommand" type:this="Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.Backend.Elements.Config.CommandWidgetElement, Telerik.Sitefinity" />
</items>
</section>
</sections>
</sidebar>
</view>

I tried to reset it back to the original settings, but nothing has worked. I just want to be able to access my libraries again, but I'm out of ideas.

Can anyone help me, please?

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