My CMS application compiles just fine with this line.  Note:  I had to cast
the result as a Posting object.

Posting PostingItem;
PostingItem =
(Posting)CmsHttpContext.Current.Searches.GetByPath(SubChannelItem.Path +
SubChannelItem.DefaultPostingName);


But when I run my application, I get the following error:

Specified cast is not valid

Can anyone assist?

Note:  I don't have a posting in the channel as of yet.  My next line of
code checks to see if its null but I'm not getting that far.



if (PostingItem != null)

Thanks

Tom

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Hi Tom,

first of all: you should use the "as" cast:

PostingItem = CmsHttpContext.Current.Searches.GetByPath(SubChannelItem.Path
+
SubChannelItem.DefaultPostingName) as Posting;

This will avoid exceptions.

The problem can occur if
a) the search returns "null" means no object with this name exists
b) a channel with the same name exists as your Default  Posting. Then you
would get a Channel object which cannot be casted to Posting.

Cheers,
Stefan



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"Tom" <Tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My CMS application compiles just fine with this line.  Note:  I had to
> cast
> the result as a Posting object.
>
> Posting PostingItem;
> PostingItem =
> (Posting)CmsHttpContext.Current.Searches.GetByPath(SubChannelItem.Path +
> SubChannelItem.DefaultPostingName);
>
>
> But when I run my application, I get the following error:
>
> Specified cast is not valid
>
> Can anyone assist?
>
> Note:  I don't have a posting in the channel as of yet.  My next line of
> code checks to see if its null but I'm not getting that far.
>
>
>
> if (PostingItem != null)
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom
>
>

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