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5/10/2007 11:45 PM
 
JohannL

Joined: 4/30/2007
Posts: 25

Hi there,

I want to use the repository module to publish news items for a project that I'm working on.

You are probably wondering as to why I'm not utilising the News Feed module. I want the user to see brief excerpts of news items on the dash board which contains a link to the main article. The user should be able to click on that excerpt and they should be directed to the article in its entirety.

The News Feed module does not seem to suffice this purpose, where as the repository module does.

In most cases when publishing a news item there is no file to upload, so i am looking to make this a non mandatory requirement. Also on the dashboard I'm looking to include a brief of the article as well as the date and the title.

Please could you point me to where the validation takes place so that I may make changes to the module in both the repository and dashboard repository modules in order for me to fulfill these requirements.

Thank you in advance for any help that you may be able to extend to me.
 
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5/13/2007 7:41 PM
 
JohannL

Joined: 4/30/2007
Posts: 25

Ok I managed to solve this issue.

Basically in the Form.ascx.vb there is a case block that executes the code to validate if a file has been uploaded or not.

I commented out the following code and the repository works just fine.

If objRepository.ItemId = -1 Then
If oRepositoryBusinessController.GetSkinAttribute(xmlDoc, "FILE", "Required", "true") = "true" Then
Dim oValidator As New RequiredFieldValidator
oValidator.ControlToValidate = "__File"
oValidator.CssClass = "normalred"
oValidator.ErrorMessage = Localization.GetString("ValidateFile", oRepositoryBusinessController.LocalResourceFile)
oValidator.ID = "__ValFileID"
oValidator.Display = ValidatorDisplay.Static
PlaceHolder.Controls.Add(oValidator)
End If
Else

Dont forget to comment out the closing End If statement.

The only danger with this is that if a repository is modified and the user has forgotten to upload a file, there will be no validation to correct this.
 
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5/13/2007 10:02 PM
 
JohannL

Joined: 4/30/2007
Posts: 25

I still need a little guidance in modifying the dashboard though to display a short excerpt from the description that is eneterd in the repository. I want to show about 20 characters at the most.

I'm not able to see as to were I need to make changes (i.e. stored procs or in certain classes).
 
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5/15/2007 5:53 AM
 
Paul Sellers

Joined: 9/28/2005
Posts: 277

Did you accomplish what you were after with the dashboard?  Would you be willing to share or point to a live site with a working example?

Thanks,

Paul
 
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5/15/2007 7:10 AM
 
Steve Fabian


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Joined: 3/4/2003
Posts: 2111

First, while just commenting out the code will accomplish what you want ( allowing the user to upload an item without a file ) it's really not the best way, because it would affect ALL Repository modules on your site, even those where you WANT a file to be required. The correct fix ( and this is fixed in 3.01.12 ) is to allow you to turn the validator on/off using the form.xml settings file.

So, in Form.ascx.vb, find the "FILE" section of the CreateInputForm() function, and add the lines in blue

Case "FILE"
  Dim objFile As New HtmlControls.HtmlInputFile
  objFile.ID = "__File"
  PlaceHolder.Controls.Add(objFile)
  ' we're uploading a file for the first time ( ItemID=-1 ) then we need to insert
  ' a required field validator. If we're editing, we don't because leaving the field blank
  ' will leave the current file in place
  If objRepository.ItemId = -1 Then
    If oRepositoryBusinessController.GetSkinAttribute(xmlDoc, "FILE", "Required", "true") = "true" Then
      Dim oValidator As New RequiredFieldValidator
      oValidator.ControlToValidate = "__File"
      oValidator.CssClass = "normalred"
      oValidator.ErrorMessage = Localization.GetString("ValidateFile", oRepositoryBusinessController.LocalResourceFile)
      oValidator.ID = "__ValFileID"
      oValidator.Display = ValidatorDisplay.Static
      PlaceHolder.Controls.Add(oValidator)
    End If
  Else
    If objRepository.FileName <> "" Then
      PlaceHolder.Controls.Add(New LiteralControl("<br>"))
      Dim objLabel As New Label
      objLabel.Text = oRepositoryBusinessController.ExtractFileName(objRepository.FileName)
      objLabel.CssClass = oRepositoryBusinessController.GetSkinAttribute(xmlDoc, "FILE", "CssClass", "normal")
      PlaceHolder.Controls.Add(objLabel)
    End If
  End If

 Then, in the Form.xml file for the Repository template you are using, you can add a setting to include the Validator or not.

 <Object>
  <Token>[FILE]</Token>
  <Settings>
   <Setting>
    <Name>Required</Name>
    <Value>false</Value>
   </Setting>
  </Settings>
 </Object>

Now, setting the value to "false" will tell the CreateInputForm() function to NOT inject a required field validator. If the value is "true" or not set at all, then a required field validator WILL be injected.

 



 Steve Fabian
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