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| satish 2005-08-26, 7:53 am |
| Hi Stefan,
How can we set custom properties to postings? as i know, in cms, it is
possible to set custom properties for channels. but for my requirement, i
need to set custom properties to postings if possible to placeholders also.
How can we achieve it in CMS? Also suggest me how to retrieve these values
again using PAPI.
Thanks,
Satish.
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| Mei Ying [MVP] 2005-08-26, 7:53 am |
| Hi
You could set custom properties to postings by:
1. Adding the cutom property definition to the template object in Template
Explorer (found in VS.NET)
2. Open a posting based on the template in edit mode.
3. Click Page Properties
4. Click the Custom Properties tab
5. Fill in the custom property value.
And here's a great server control by Stefan that allows you to bypass steps
3-5:
http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/...03-82436BF956A5
You can access the CustomProperties collectionfrom the PAPI:
e.g.
Posting p = CmsHttpContext.Current.Posting;
string myValue = p.CustomProperties["CustomPropertyName"].Value;
regards
Mei Ying
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"satish" <satish@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0C4A7AAD-3E90-4040-8F2D-3587F8B987F5@microsoft.com...
> Hi Stefan,
>
> How can we set custom properties to postings? as i know, in cms, it is
> possible to set custom properties for channels. but for my requirement, i
> need to set custom properties to postings if possible to placeholders
also.
> How can we achieve it in CMS? Also suggest me how to retrieve these values
> again using PAPI.
>
> Thanks,
> Satish.
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| Stefan [MSFT] 2005-08-26, 7:53 am |
| Hi Satish,
custom properties can be set to postings - not to placeholders.
You need to define them using MCMS template explorer - similar as you define
placeholder definitions - and then you can assign values to them using the
CustomProperties collection of the Posting object.
Cheers,
Stefan
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"satish" <satish@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0C4A7AAD-3E90-4040-8F2D-3587F8B987F5@microsoft.com...
> Hi Stefan,
>
> How can we set custom properties to postings? as i know, in cms, it is
> possible to set custom properties for channels. but for my requirement, i
> need to set custom properties to postings if possible to placeholders
> also.
> How can we achieve it in CMS? Also suggest me how to retrieve these values
> again using PAPI.
>
> Thanks,
> Satish.
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