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  • Carlos Casalicchio 117 posts 479 karma points
    Sep 06, 2013 @ 19:20
    Carlos Casalicchio
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    Loading a DataType value into a Macro

    Folks,

    Maybe my logic was incorrect when creating a DataType/Macro for umbraco, but here it is:

    I'm creating a social media links datatype that displays a list of social channels for the user.

    The data is being saved as Json "{ChannelID:'Twitter',Url:'http://www.twitter.com/user'}"

    The DataType is saving fine, but I'm having a hard time figuring out how to pull this data to render it as a macro.

    I want to create a macro that will render html based on the channel and url. The macro will be similar to the DataType except that it won't show the textbox.

    How do I load the data? I'm new at extending umbraco so am not even sure which table this data went to, or even if there's a helper that will load it for me!

    social media channels dataType

    I can post code if necessary, in case my question isn't clear enough.

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  • Carlos Casalicchio 117 posts 479 karma points
    Sep 11, 2013 @ 03:52
    Carlos Casalicchio
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    Does anyone have anything to say about this question???

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  • Carlos Casalicchio 117 posts 479 karma points
    Sep 11, 2013 @ 17:38
    Carlos Casalicchio
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    I've been able to figure this out: My macro has a NodeID parameter and since the data is serialized (json), then I'm using a Json Deserialize helper

    @{
var nodeId = Parameter.NodeID;
DynamicNode node = Library.NodeById(nodeId);
Social_Media_List list = JsonHelper.JsonDeserialize<Social_Media_List>(node.PropertiesAsList[0].ToString());

Response.Write(list.List[0].Url); }
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