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In this article is shown the way how to extend the Archive widget in order to show the Dynamic Items. The currently supported Items and setting up of the Build-in widget is described in that documentation article.
using
System;
using
System.Collections.Generic;
using
System.ComponentModel;
using
System.Linq;
using
Telerik.Sitefinity.Data;
using
Telerik.Sitefinity.DynamicModules.Model;
using
Telerik.Sitefinity.Modules;
using
Telerik.Sitefinity.Modules.GenericContent.Archive;
using
Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.PublicControls;
using
Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UrlEvaluation;
namespace
SitefinityWebApp.Controls
{
public
class
CustomArchiveWidget : ArchiveControl
{
public
override
void
ConstructArchiveItems()
{
if
(
this
.ContentType !=
null
)
{
var contentType =
this
.ResolveContentType();
var items =
this
.GetArchieveItems(contentType,
this
.Provider,
this
.DateBuildOptions,
this
.DateEvaluatorPropertyName);
DataBindArchiveRepeater(items);
}
}
public
virtual
List<ArchiveItem> GetArchieveItems(Type contentType,
string
providerName, DateBuildOptions dateBuildOptions,
string
propertyName)
{
if
(propertyName.IsNullOrEmpty())
throw
new
ArgumentException(
"propertName cannot be empty."
);
var manager = ManagerBase.GetMappedManager(contentType, providerName);
var queryMinOrderExpr =
string
.Concat(propertyName,
" ASC"
);
var queryMaxOrderExpr =
string
.Concat(propertyName,
" DESC"
);
var queryMin = manager.GetItems(contentType, DefinitionsHelper.PublishedFilterExpression, queryMinOrderExpr, 0, 1);
var queryMax = manager.GetItems(contentType, DefinitionsHelper.PublishedFilterExpression, queryMaxOrderExpr, 0, 1);
var archieves =
new
List<ArchiveItem>();
DynamicContent firstContent = queryMin.Cast<DynamicContent>().FirstOrDefault();
DynamicContent lastContent = queryMax.Cast<DynamicContent>().FirstOrDefault();
if
(firstContent !=
null
&& lastContent !=
null
)
{
DateTime? startDate =
null
;
DateTime? endDate =
null
;
var prop = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(contentType).Find(propertyName,
true
);
if
(prop !=
null
)
{
if
(!(prop.PropertyType ==
typeof
(DateTime) || prop.PropertyType ==
typeof
(DateTime?)))
throw
new
ArgumentException(
string
.Format(
"{0} property is not of type DateTime."
, propertyName));
startDate = (DateTime)prop.GetValue(firstContent);
endDate = (DateTime)prop.GetValue(lastContent);
}
if
(startDate.HasValue && endDate.HasValue)
{
SplitterResolver splitter =
new
SplitterResolver();
var trackedIntervals = splitter.GetIntervals(startDate.Value, endDate.Value, dateBuildOptions);
foreach
(var interval
in
trackedIntervals)
{
var dateExpression =
this
.GetArchiveFilterExpression(interval.StartDate, interval.EndDate, propertyName);
int
? itemsCount = 0;
manager.GetItems(contentType, dateExpression,
null
, 0, 0,
ref
itemsCount);
if
(itemsCount > 0)
{
archieves.Add(
new
ArchiveItem(interval.StartDate, (
int
)itemsCount));
}
}
archieves.Sort(DateDescendingComparison);
}
}
return
archieves;
}
public
static
Comparison<ArchiveItem> DateDescendingComparison =
delegate
(ArchiveItem x, ArchiveItem y)
{
return
y.Date.CompareTo(x.Date);
};
private
string
GetArchiveFilterExpression(DateTime startDate, DateTime endDate,
string
propertyName)
{
return
string
.Format(
"{0} >= ({1}) AND {2} < ({3}) AND {4}"
,
propertyName,
startDate.ToString(
"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"
),
propertyName,
endDate.ToString(
"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"
),
DefinitionsHelper.PublishedFilterExpression);
}
}
}
In order to set-up the widget to show the Dynamic items you need to:
1. Create a Class file and Paste the code above
(In the example: CustomArchiveWidget.cs file under “Controls” folder)
2. Build the solution
3. Register the widget using Sitefinity Thunder following that article
(Manual registration in toolboxes is described here)
4. Get the ContentType of your dynamic Item. To do so
5. Create e new Page or Edit an existing one
6. Drag the Archive widget on that page
7. Add the widget for your content type on the page (In our case ContentTwo)
8. Click the Edit button in the upper-right corner of the Custom Archive widget.
9. In ContentType input field enter the content type get in step 1
(In our case “Telerik.Sitefinity.DynamicTypes.Model.TestModule1.Contenttwo”)
10. Set-up the other fields as per your need (documentation article)
11. Click Save
12. Publish the Page
I hope the above article was halpful.
Svetoslav Manchev is a Technical Support Officer at Telerik since 2013.
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