I'm trying to save an Entry but Craft errors because of an invalid matrix field. The Entry includes a matrix field but I haven't changed it. I'm trying to edit another field. When I save the entry manually from the admin panel, it saves fine without any errors.
I have researched this problem online and a lot of people were recommending that I provide the matrix's ids when saving the entry. However, even then, I still get an error.
In the code below you'll see that I'm trying to save 3 fields:
Cover Image
Language
Tracks
Each of these fields required me to manually save them because they are relations. That's OK, however, as mentioned earlier, the matrix field (named tracks) errors.
Here's my code below
$criteria = craft()->elements->getCriteria(ElementType::Entry);
$criteria->section = "programmes";
$entry = $criteria->first([
"slug" => $programme["slug"]
]);
if ($entry) {
// Update Entry attributes
$entry->getContent()->coverImage = $entry->coverImage->ids();
$entry->getContent()->tracks = $entry->tracks->ids();
$entry->getContent()->language = $entry->language->ids();
// Save Entry
if (!craft()->entries->saveEntry($entry)) {
return $entry->getErrors();
}
}
The error that comes back is the following
Argument 1 passed to Craft\MatrixService::validateBlock() must be an instance of Craft\MatrixBlockModel, string given, called in craft/app/fieldtypes/MatrixFieldType.php on line 451
Including the matrices themselves and not their ids has worked.
$entry->getContent()->tracks = $entry->tracks->all();
Related
After reading the documentation here:
https://www.firebase.com/docs/ios/guide/structuring-data.html
I am working on flattening my data. Here is the issue I am facing at the moment, in the code below:
let firebaseDBNameUnit = ["titleString": "name1"],
firebaseNameRef = topRef.childByAppendingPath("MyApp/Name")
firebaseNameRef.childByAutoId().setValue(firebaseDBNameUnit) // *
let firebaseDBContentUnit = ["contentString": "very long content 1 11 111 1111 etc... blah blah blah"],
firebaseContentRef = topRef.childByAppendingPath("MyApp/Content")
// The following line is where my question is:
firebaseContentRef.childByAutoId().setValue(firebaseDBContentUnit)
I would like to change the last line in the code above, to use an ID which is the same as the one produced in the line marked *. How can I do that?
In order to create a relationship between Name and Content, I could of course create a field of my own, but it would be so much better to use the ID already provided by Firebase.
When you call childByAutoId() it returns a reference to the new location. If you capture that in a variable, you can use it:
let unitRef = firebaseNameRef.childByAutoId()
unitRef.setValue(firebaseDBNameUnit)
...
firebaseContentRef.childByAppendingPath(unitRef.key).setValue(firebaseDBContentUnit)
Is there a way to save results in a composite datawindow as a text or excel spreadsheet? Powerbuilder states for composites the format to save it is PSReport. That doesn't work for what I'm trying to do. Is there any other workaround for this issue?
A composite datawindow may contain any number of nested datawindows. So if memory serves, you cannot save the entire composite datawindow as data in a meaningful way (SaveAs will just give you a one-line bit of meaningless data), but you CAN save each of the nested datawindows inside the composite.
Here is some PFC code I wrote (for inside a menu item) which makes a copy of a nested report and then executes a SaveAs (dialog in this case):
//must create a 'dummy' datawindow,
//and put the data on the nested report into it
u_dw ldw_Temp
Window lw_Parent
String ls_Syntax, ls_Error
If Not IsValid(i_dwo) Then
MessageBox('Unexpected Error', &
'The pointer to the datawindow object was invalid. Contact Systems.')
Return
End If
If i_dwo.Type = 'report' Then
//continue
Else
MessageBox('Unexpected Error', &
'The pointer did not refer to a report. Contact Systems.')
Return
End If
If idw_Parent.of_GetParentWindow(lw_Parent) = 1 Then
ls_Syntax = i_dwo.object.datawindow.syntax
If lw_Parent.OpenUserObject(ldw_Temp) = 1 Then
If ldw_Temp.Create(ls_Syntax,ls_Error) = 1 Then
ldw_Temp.Object.Data.Primary = i_dwo.Object.Data.Primary
ldw_Temp.Event pfc_SaveAs()
Else
If IsNull(ls_Error) Or ls_Error = '' Then ls_Error = '<unknown error>'
MessageBox('Error','Error creating datawindow object: ' + ls_Error)
End If
lw_Parent.CloseUserObject(ldw_Temp)
Else
MessageBox('Error','Error creating datawindow control on ' + lw_Parent.ClassName())
End If
Else
MessageBox('Error','Unable to obtain pointer to the parent window.')
End If
Basically this code gets the syntax of the datawindow object underlying the nested report (ls_Syntax = i_dwo.object.datawindow.syntax above), then creates a datawindow control on the parent form and loads that syntax into it, and then copies the data from the one into the other. Finally it calls SaveAs on the copy, and the user is presented with a dialog asking where they want to save the data from the nested report and in what format.
You could automate this so that it saves each nested report as a separate file, and then if you like you could automate the formation of those separate files into a single file (sheets inside a workbook, appended text files, etc).
There are other ways to do what you are asking, depending on what exactly you are trying to accomplish.
The i_dwo variable was loaded in the right-mouse up even of the datawindow control (the dwo event variable there).
That may get you running, please ask questions if you have any.
I've found a ton of information on LocalStorage with HTML5 but they all focus on persistent single entries being saved.
I need to be able to have a contact form (simple name/email/phone) that gets saved to the iPad and then allows another person to submit an entry to save to the iPad locally (no Wifi/Internet available).
Then I want to be able to go in later and grab all the entries that were made in whatever format available.
Any direction & help would be appreciated.
I searched on Stackoverflow & Google but still couldn't find multiple entry tutorials or examples.
Thanks!
localStorage is a good fit for what you're after. As localStorage only supports strings, you will need to do some conversions to/from JSON to serialize the entries.
Here is some general code to hopefully get you started:
// read out any previous contact forms (initialise if it is empty)
var jsonEntries = localStorage["contactFormEntries"];
var contactFormEntries = JSON.parse(jsonEntries ? jsonEntries : '[]');
// ...
// sometime later... create a contact form record
var contactForm = {
'name': 'Timmy',
'email': 'timmy#example.com'
};
// add it to the entries array
contactFormEntries.push(contactForm);
// serialize all the contact form entries into local storage
localStorage["contactFormEntries"] = JSON.stringify(contactFormEntries);
// ...
// then, when you want to send the entries, read them all out again
var contactFormEntries = JSON.parse(localStorage["contactFormEntries"]);
I am working on a first Slickgrid MVC application where the column definition and format is to be stored in a database. I can retrieve the list of columns quite happily and populate them until I ran into the issue with formatting of dates. No problem - for each date (or time) column I can store a formatter name in the database so this can be retrieved as well. I'm using the following code which works ok:
CLOP_ViewColumnsDataContext columnDB = new CLOP_ViewColumnsDataContext();
var results = from u in columnDB.CLOP_VIEW_COLUMNs
select u;
List<dynColumns> newColumns = new List<dynColumns>();
foreach(CLOP_VIEW_COLUMN column in results)
{
newColumns.Add(new dynColumns
{
id = column.COLUMN_NUMBER.ToString(),
name = column.HEADING.Trim(),
field = column.VIEW_FIELD.Trim(),
width = column.WIDTH,
formatter = column.FORMATTER.Trim()
});
}
var gridColumns = new JavaScriptSerializer().Serialize(newColumns);
This is all fine apart from the fomatter. An example of the variable gridColumns is:
[{"id":"1","name":"Date","field":"SCHEDULED_DATE","width":100,"formatter":"Slick.Formatters.Date"},{"id":"2","name":"Carrier","field":"CARRIER","width":50,"formatter":null}]
Which doesn't look too bad however the application the fails with the error Microsoft JScript runtime error: Function expected in the slick.grid.js script
Any help much appreciated - even if there is a better way of doing this!
You are assigning a string to the formatter property, wich is expected to be function.
Try:
window["Slick"]["Formatters"]["Date"];
But i really think you should reconsider doing it this way and instead store your values in the db and define your columns through code.
It will be easier to maintain and is less error prone.
What if you decide to use custom editors and formatters, which you later rename?
Then your code will break or you'll have to rename all entries in the db as well as in code.
I want to get custom S.O. Invoice Template fields using QuickBooks QBFC.
Here's how to read custom fields from a sales order:
Add "0" to the OwnerIDList of the SalesOrderQuery.
Read custom header fields from the DataExtRetList that is attached to SalesOrderRet objects that are returned from the query.
Read custom line item fields from the DataExtRetList in the SalesOrderLineRet and SalesOrderLineGrouptRet objects that are included in each SalesOrderRet (if you're reading line items).
If you're already using the IncludeRetElementList, you must add DataExtRet to the list; if you're not then don't start using IncludeRetElementList until you have custom fields working. Just like any transaction query, you won't see any line item data unless you set the IncludeLineItems flag in the request.
Custom fields are well documented in the QuickBooks SDK Manual. I'd recommend you take a look at the section DataExt: Using Custom Fields and Private Data in the QBSDK Programmers Guide.
To elaborate on Paul Keister's answer, the reason you must add "0" to the query is because that is the Owner ID of the custom field you are attempting to retrieve. 0 is probably likely to be the value, but if the owner ID is different, you will have to use a different value here.
Some example C# code:
//set the owner id of the custom field you are trying to get back
IInvoiceQuery invoiceQuery = requestMsgSet.AppendInvoiceQueryRq();
invoiceQuery.OwnerIDList.Add("0");
//set up query parameters and actually call your query...
//call this method for each invoice to get its custom fields (if they exist)
static void GetInvoiceCustomFields(IInvoiceRet invoice)
{
if (invoice.DataExtRetList == null)
{
return;
}
for (int i = 0; i < invoice.DataExtRetList.Count; i++)
{
IDataExtRet extData = invoice.DataExtRetList.GetAt(i);
Console.WriteLine("external data name: " + extData.DataExtName.GetValue());
Console.WriteLine("external data value: " + extData.DataExtValue.GetValue());
}
}