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Dave · Guest

Hi all,

I need to have a dynamically adjustable amount of
documents that people can upload into the CMS.

Say I am creating a news page, each page can have any
number of documents attached to it. These can be Word,
XL, PDF etc.

I don't want to have "unlimited" amount of document
placeholders, and the HTMLPlaceHolder is not suitable
either.

The page where the documents are will not be visible. I
will be iterating through the collection to get the
document list.

The way I was thinking was:
1. Have my normal posting, where I create the normal page.
2. Have a link to upload a document, which launches a
child window, having a document placeholder.
3. Each of the child docs will be somehow linked to the
parent.

Does CMS support child postings to a parent posting? If
not, then what would be the suggestion to manage this?

Thanks for your assistance.

Best regards,
Dave Colliver.
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Stefan [MSFT] · Guest

Hi Dave,

you could also use the MultiAttachmentPlaceholderControl or customize it to
your needs:
http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/UserSamples/Details.aspx?SampleGuid=e596e8e5-baac-4448-b10c-736c8a6b672f

Cheers,
Stefan.

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Dave · Guest

Stefan, you are a star. Is there no end to your knowledge
on CMS?

This looks like it is possibly what I am looking for, but
I don't know how to use it. (There is no help file). I am
assuming it is a web control, but as of yet, I have done
nothing with web controls or custom controls.

Can you give me a brief idea of what to do with it?

Thanks.
Dave.
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Stefan [MSFT] · Guest

Hi Dave,

it is actually a custom placeholder control.
To use it, create a new c# class library project, add the CS file to the
project (remove the class1.cs) and compile it.
then add the resulting dll to your toolbox and you can use it like the html
placeholder control.
The placeholder definition you need to create to bind it to needs to be a
HtmlPlaceholderDefinition.

Cheers,
Stefan.

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Dave · Guest

Hi Stefan,

I have compiled it, attached it but having problems. My
steps are below...

1. Open up a new instance of vis studio. Create a new
class file. Remove class1.cs, add an existing file, the
one you pointed me to.
2. Won't compile. Added various references until it did.
The refs are:
2.1 Microsoft.ContentManagement.Common
2.2 Microsoft.ContentManagement.Publishing
2.3
Microsoft.ContentManagement.Publishing.Extensions.Placehol
ders
2.4 Microsoft.ContentManagement.WebControls
2.5 System
2.6 System.Data
2.7 System.Web
2.8 System.XML

3. This now compiles. Find the new DLL and copy it into
the BIN folder of my CMS project.
4. Open the Content Management Server toolbox panel.
Right click, browse to the newly created DLL and add it.
5. Go into my template explorer, edit the template to add
a new HTML placeholder control.
6. Add the multiattachment placeholder to the aspx page,
bind the placeholder to the newly created HTML
placeholder defined in step 5.
7. Compile and run.

When running, I am getting a parser error...

Parser Error Message: The base class includes the
field 'MultiAttachmentPlaceholderControl', but its type
(Stefan.PlaceholderControls.MultiAttachmentPlaceholderCont
rol) is not compatible with the type of control
(Stefan.PlaceholderControls.MultiAttachmentPlaceholderCont
rol).

on the line...

<cc1:MultiAttachmentPlaceholderControl
id="MultiAttachmentPlaceholderControl" runat="server"
PlaceholderToBind="DocumentsPlaceholder"></cc1:MultiAttach
mentPlaceholderControl>

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.
Dave.
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Stefan [MSFT] · Guest

Hi Dave,

that's strange - actually it is more a VS.NET or .NET framework question
than a MCMS question.
It seems something went wrong with the server control.

The only difference in the steps I usually use is the fact that you manually
copied the DLL into the bin directory.
I never did this. This is automatically done when you drag the control on
the template.

I would suggest to remove the reference to the dll from your project, remove
all references of the dll from your template files and from the bin folder.
also remove it from the toolbox and then add the reference to the original
DLL in the DLL template project.

Then drag it again to the template project.

Maybe this resolves the problem.

Cheers,
Stefan.

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Guest

Hi Stefan,

My fault.

I originally copied the file to my project and tried
compiling within it, therefore I had two instances of the
class, and it was getting confused.

Anyway, that appears to be working, BUT, there is a HTML
bug (2 bugs in fact) in your source.

After line 169, you need a </td></tr>, then on the
current line 170, remove the </td></tr></table> (Or just
remove the first </table> on line 170, which currently
shows... </table></td></tr></table> )

Best regards,
Dave.
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Dave · Guest

Hi again,

That is working quite neat now...

Is there any way to format the way the document looks
when the link is shown on the page?

I want to have:
Small Icon - Document Name (not the filename) - Document
Size
and each doc on seperate lines.

If not, then is there a way I can interrogate the
resource gallery, for documents attached to this posting?

Thanks.
Dave.
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Dave · Guest

Hi Stefan,

What I meant by document name is the name you wish to
display (the display name, but I couldn't think of the
term...)

I am currently reading the HTMLPlaceHolder that is bound
to the attachment list. How can I read the attachment
list?

If I can just get the filename, display name, the URL and
the filesize from MCMS (I suppose I can get the filesize
through filesystemobject) then I can associate my own
icon.

Come to think of it, the upload dialog asks me the
filetype. Can I also read that?

Thanks.
Dave.
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Stefan [MSFT] · Guest

Hi Dave,

you are able to use the information the dialog gives to you.
MCMS does not provide a small icon - you could try to resize the icon but
I'm not sure if this will look very nice.
Or you could check the file extension during presentation and associate your
own icon with it.

What is a document name if it is not the filename?

Cheers,
Stefan.

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Stefan [MSFT] · Guest

Thanks for the hint!
:-)

Cheers,
Stefan.

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