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• MJia

  Posted on Mar 12, 2010 (permalink)

  I successfully added some new metafields in News, and also successfully customized NewsItemNew.ascx and NewsItemEdit.ascx by adding proper controls into original <fieldset><ol><li> list.
  Now I would like to do more complex customizations. Such as:
  1. when user click 'Create This News Item', do some pre-processing based on the value they input, then save the result to one metafield;
  2. when user enter the News edit page, do some pre-processing based on the value of one metafield, then display the result
  
  How should I do?
  
  Thanks.

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• Ivan Dimitrov Ivan Dimitrov

  Posted on Mar 14, 2010 (permalink)

  Hi MJia,
  
  You have to create a custom views of NewsItemNew and NewsItemEdit. In NewsItemNew, override SaveContent() method and before calling the base execute your logic. In NewsItemEdit override - SetContentForm method from where you can made some changes. Another option for manipulating the data in NewsItemEdit view is crating a code behind of the template and make changes on Page_Load or PreRender. You may find the following post useful - Replacing views.
  
  All the best,
  Ivan Dimitrov
  the Telerik team

  
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• MJia

  Posted on Mar 15, 2010 (permalink)

  Thanks Ivan.
  1. I created a code behind of the NewsItemEdit layout template, but how do I retrieve the metafield value in Page_Load event?  Do you have any sample code?
  2. Can I use similar way for NewsItemNew? e.g., create a code behind and override SaveContent() there? Because I've already created customized layout template for NewsItemNew, I added some controls (textbox, gridview, etc.), now I need to process the inputs of these controls, and then save to a metafield of News.
  
  Thanks.
  

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• Ivan Dimitrov Ivan Dimitrov

  Posted on Mar 15, 2010 (permalink)

  Hi MJia,
  
  1. Find the control you are looking for on Page_Load or PreRender.
  
  sample
  

  //find content meta fields control where you should have metakey controls

  ContentMetaFields cmf = e.Item.FindControl("Default") as ContentMetaFields;

  // find your control

   TextBox customkey = cmf.Controls[0].FindControl("customkey ") as TextBox ;

  
  
  2. You can not use the same logic in NewsItemNew because actually there is not item you can get. In your custom view that should inherit from NewsItemNew you have to override SaveContent and process your logic
  
  sample
  
  

  protected override void SaveContent()

      {

   

          IContent cnt = null;

          Guid itemID = Guid.Empty;

          itemID = this.DataItemId;

              if (itemID == Guid.Empty)

              {

                  cnt = this.Manager.CreateContent("text/html");

                  ....

                        ....

                  Manager.SaveContent(cnt);

              }

   

      }

  
  
  The better option is using custom views, instead of working with the templates.
  
  Greetings,
  Ivan Dimitrov
  the Telerik team

  
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