Hi Chuck,

It is worth checking what the value of "data[@alias='linkedFile']" is ... just in case it isn't a number.

<xsl:value-of select="data[@alias='linkedFile']" />

Other than that, I wrote a blog post a while ago about how to safely handle the GetMedia function call.

http://blog.leekelleher.com/2009/11/30/how-to-use-umbraco-library-getmedia-in-xslt/

Good luck, Lee.

when i place the code in that you've shown above, the menu displays 1086, which it should i suppose. Thanks Lee. This helps me validate the media node id.

So now the question is, how do I get the href to contain the path to the actual file?

You should be able to get that using GetMedia then:

<a href="{umbraco.library:GetMedia(data[@alias='linkedFile'], 'false')/data[@alias='umbracoFile']}">

Note: what you use in your if-statement should be the same as in the GetMedia-part.

HTH,

Peter

I copied your code in Peter and I end up with the same thing i was getting before, nothing :( Here is the code I am using:

  <xsl:for-each select="$parent/node [string(./data [@alias='umbracoNaviHide']) != '1' and @level &lt;= $maxLevel]"> 
   <li>  
    <xsl:choose>
     <!-- test to see if customer wants menu item to link offsite -->
     <xsl:when test="string(./data [@alias = 'offsiteURL']) != ''">
      <!-- if so create offsite link -->
      <a href="{./data [@alias = 'offsiteURL']}">
       <xsl:value-of select="@nodeName"/>
      </a>
     </xsl:when>
     <xsl:otherwise>
      <xsl:choose>
       <!-- test to see if customer wants menu item to link directly to media item -->
       <xsl:when test="string(./data [@alias = 'linkedFile']) != ''">
        <!-- if so create direct link to media item -- this doesn't work, returns nothing -->
        <a href="{umbraco.library:GetMedia(data[@alias='linkedFile'], 'false')/data[@alias='umbracoFile']}">
          <!-- a tag shows node 1086 which is the file, the url just isn't populated with a path -->

   <xsl:value-of select="data[@alias='linkedFile']"/>
        </a>
       </xsl:when>
       <xsl:otherwise>
        <!-- ur here because no offsite or direct media item link was selected -->
        <a href="{umbraco.library:NiceUrl(@id)}">
          <xsl:if test="$currentPage/ancestor-or-self::node/@id = current()/@id">
           <!-- we're under the item - you can do your own styling here -->
           <xsl:attribute name="class">current</xsl:attribute>
          </xsl:if>
          <xsl:value-of select="@nodeName"/>
        </a>
       </xsl:otherwise>
      </xsl:choose>
     </xsl:otherwise>
    </xsl:choose>
      <xsl:if test="count(./node [string(./data [@alias='umbracoNaviHide']) != '1' and @level &lt;= $maxLevel]) &gt; 0">   
     <ul>
      <xsl:call-template name="drawNodes">    
       <xsl:with-param name="parent" select="."/>    
      </xsl:call-template>  
     </ul>
    </xsl:if>
    </li>
  </xsl:for-each> 

I realize there may be a more efficient method to do this, but I'm 1 month into this umbraco thing!! Thanks!

I solved it. The code above does work. I have a image i am successfully displaying on the main page so i selected it instead of the one i'd been trying and it worked. I selected the image above for the main page and it didn't. There must be something wrong with that file in the media folder. Man that took a long time to figure out. Thanks Guys!!

Hi Chuck

Is it possible to see a page, where your code is in action?

/Jan

I was a bit slow with my reply there. Glad you got it all sorted out :)

/Jan

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