Have a look at the source for XPathDropDownList (first line in Save method). It has some code to grab the Property instance that the datatype is being used on, from there I think you could probably get what you want.
I'll have to do some further seraching to get the GUID (or I may switch to this value), but that is a huge help. The below code returns the int for the data type (seen when hovering over the item in the datatype tree)
int umbracoNodeID = ((Widget_Builder_Default_Data)savedData).DataTypeDefinitionId;
Just for completeness for any following readers. This will yield the individual instanceID and GUID if needed for a data type while within a data editor.
There may be a cleaner way, but this certainly gets you there.
int instanceNodeID=((YouDEFAULTdataTYPEclassHERE)savedData).DataTypeDefinitionId;//the int DataTypeDefinition dataTypeDefinition = DataTypeDefinition.GetAll().Where(d => d.DataType.DataTypeDefinitionId == instanceNodeID).First(); Log.Add(LogTypes.Debug, 0, "wbDtD=>" + dataTypeDefinition.UniqueId);//the GUID
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How do you get the BaseDataType inside the IDataEditor?
Ok,
This may be hard to explain or maybe I'm just missing something easy.
I'm working on a custom data type. From inside the IDataEditor, I need to know what BaseDataType is for the current instance.
So if I have a DataType called X. I then create two separate instances of X called A and B.
At runtime, I would like to know that I'm inside A or B or whatever the current instance is while inside of the DataEditor.
Ideally I need to know the unique instance ID of A or B.
Please note I'm not asking for the data editor GUID which is the same for A and B.
I'm after the instance GUID of A\B.
Hope that made sense.
Hi Kevin,
Have a look at the source for XPathDropDownList (first line in Save method). It has some code to grab the Property instance that the datatype is being used on, from there I think you could probably get what you want.
-Tom
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Thanks for the quick reply. I'm pouring over it now. You just might be 2/2 for me this week ;)
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Boom like dynamite, that worked great Tom thx.
I'll have to do some further seraching to get the GUID (or I may switch to this value), but that is a huge help. The below code returns the int for the data type (seen when hovering over the item in the datatype tree)
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Just for completeness for any following readers. This will yield the individual instanceID and GUID if needed for a data type while within a data editor.
There may be a cleaner way, but this certainly gets you there.
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Oh and the 'savedData' above is your IData interface var.
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