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  • Richard Terris 273 posts 715 karma points
    Mar 04, 2012 @ 23:50
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    Working with Models and Surface Controller

    Hi guys

    Following from the excellent walkthroughs http://shazwazza.com/category/Umbraco.aspx

    I'm struggling with Surface Controller and Models in Umbraco V5...

    An MVC app that works locally has a model called "contactResponse" and the view has the contact form.

    The controller for this has 2 methods for httpPost and httpGet which render different views when the contact form is submitted. So in MVC app I have no problem with this, it all works great.

    I've followed the instructions on the above tutorial for setting up a surface controller but when I create a ChildActionOnly macro in Umbraco, the surface controller does not appear in the drop down list, only the testSurface which I believe to be the Umbraco pre-defined controller.

    I know this is all pretty new, and I'm enjoying learning V5 but does anyone have any ideas on how to correctly use surface controllers?

    Thanks,

    Richard

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  • Andrew Cullen 131 posts 221 karma points
    Mar 05, 2012 @ 16:59
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    Hey, Richard- I think this blog entry may have your answer: 

    http://cultiv.nl/blog/2011/11/15/creating-an-umbraco-5-package/

    The relevant bit:

    "Now, in order for Umbraco to even consider your DLL's as being a plugin, you absolutely HAVE to open up your Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs file in notepad and add a using statement (using Umbraco.Cms.Web;) and at the very bottom add an attribute: [assembly: AssemblyContainsPlugins]"

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  • Richard Terris 273 posts 715 karma points
    Mar 05, 2012 @ 19:46
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    Hi Andrew

    Thanks for the tip.

    This is where my knowledge becomes limited - I can't find the assemblyinfo.cs file, do you know where it's located?

    Richard

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  • Andrew Cullen 131 posts 221 karma points
    Mar 05, 2012 @ 19:48
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    Properties folder.

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  • Richard Terris 273 posts 715 karma points
    Mar 05, 2012 @ 19:49
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    Yeah, sorry I should have been more specific - where is the properties folder?

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  • Richard Terris 273 posts 715 karma points
    Mar 05, 2012 @ 20:13
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    Looked into this a bit more and it seems you only need to do it this way if you're creating the controller as a plugin, which I'm not.

    I think I need to develop a local copy of this site so I can get full debugging!

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  • Andrew Cullen 131 posts 221 karma points
    Mar 05, 2012 @ 20:15
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    Fingers crossed for you - let me know if you succeed so I can try to duplicate!

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  • Richard Terris 273 posts 715 karma points
    Mar 05, 2012 @ 20:48
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    No problem my friend, if I get it working when I get it working I'll give you a shout!

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  • Andrew Cullen 131 posts 221 karma points
    Mar 05, 2012 @ 23:26
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    I like your optimism!

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