Bug with App.WorkWith().Pages - Sitefinity - Bugs & Issues

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Posted by Community Admin on 17-Jan-2011 00:00

Hi,

I'm reporting the following as a suspected bug:

I have a very simple navigation control for building the menu, the code is as follows:

1.//get all published pages

2.var pages = App.WorkWith().Pages().Where(page => page.ApprovalWorkflowState == "Published" && page.ShowInNavigation == true && page.Parent == page.RootNode).Get().Reverse();

3.

4.//calculate number of pages

5.int PageCount = pages.Count();

6.int PageIndex = 0;

The error is thrown on line 5. The error is:

Telerik.Sitefinity.Pages.Model.PageNode, Telerik.Sitefinity.Model was not granted View in Pages for principals with IDs 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000

The error is only thrown when I view the public website in a browser that I am NOT logged into SiteFinity on. If I view the public website in the same browser that I am currently logged into SiteFinity on it works perfectly.

Thanks
higgsy

Posted by Community Admin on 17-Jan-2011 00:00

Hello higgsy,

The anonymous user should have view permissions over the page object. This is why you are able to run the code without problems when you are logged in.

Kind regards,
Ivan Dimitrov
the Telerik team

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Posted by Community Admin on 17-Jan-2011 00:00

I had the same issue, the PageManager works. I'm using
var page = PageManager.GetManager().GetPageNodes().Where(p => p.Title == "abc" && p.Parent.Title == "xyz" && p.ApprovalWorkflowState == "Published").FirstOrDefault();

Try replacing "App.WorkWith().Pages()" with "PageManager.GetManager().GetPageNodes()". I don't understand Ivan's response, You can try this workaround.

Eric

Posted by Community Admin on 18-Jan-2011 00:00

Ivan,

I dont think this is the case at all. Please see the attached screenshot - everyone has access to view pages.

Eric has had exactly the same problem, but got round it using the PageManager. So there is a workaround, but this appears to me to be a bug. There is no point me always using a Workaround if it is a bug because it doesn't improve Sitefinity's reliability or ease of development.

Please confirm.

Regards,
higgsy

Posted by Community Admin on 18-Jan-2011 00:00

The Pages collection has backend pages which anonymous (everyone) wouldn't have access to.

I agree with you Higgsy, this is a bug. The workaround works for me since I'm not doing a lot in code and just needed to check if a page existed, which the PageManager worked like a champ for.

Posted by Community Admin on 18-Jan-2011 00:00

Hi,

I'm sure it must be a bug. I extended my expression to include only the FrontEnd page location, and I still get the same error, code as follows:

var pages = App.WorkWith().Pages().LocatedIn(Telerik.Sitefinity.Fluent.Pages.PageLocation.Frontend).Where(page => page.ApprovalWorkflowState ==

"Published" && page.ShowInNavigation == true && page.Parent == page.RootNode).Get().Reverse();

Telerik?

Regards,
higgsy

Posted by Community Admin on 20-Jan-2011 00:00

Hi higgsy,

I am not able to replicate the issue using the same code. I attached a short video. Could you try to replicate the issue on a new project which you can install for a minute through the Project Manager.

All the best,
Ivan Dimitrov
the Telerik team

Posted by Community Admin on 27-Jan-2011 00:00

Hi all,

I have been able to resolve this issue, and it is NOT a bug. For the purpose of building my own very simple, single level navigation controls I was originally using this code:

//get all pages

var pages = App.WorkWith().Pages().Where(page => page.ShowInNavigation == true && page.ApprovalWorkflowState == "Published").Get().Reverse();

However, when I tried to view the website in a browser that I was not logged into the backend with, I always got the error:

Telerik.Sitefinity.Pages.Model.PageNode, Telerik.Sitefinity.Model was not granted View in Pages for principals with IDs 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000

By adding the LocatedIn facade and setting this to FrontEnd, all my problems went away! Therefore, the updated code is:

var pages = App.WorkWith().Pages().LocatedIn(Telerik.Sitefinity.Fluent.Pages.PageLocation.Frontend).Where(page => page.ShowInNavigation ==

true && page.ApprovalWorkflowState == "Published").Get().Reverse();

This makes perfect sense when you think about it, an anonymous user would not, and should not have access to any of the backend page nodes.

Hope it helps.

higgsy

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