Dynamically assembling bundles from controller - asp.net-mvc

I updating a custom CMS to be able to support multiple sites with different skins. I want to be able to store the skin dependent css files in a the database then load them in to a bundle once the CMS has determined which site is being loaded. This is what I have so far:
Controller:
public void loadResources(int portal_ID)
{
List<Portal_Res> res = cms.Portal_Resources.Where(r => r.portal_id == portal_ID).ToList<Portal_Res>();
BundleCollection portal_bundles = new BundleCollection();
List<Portal_Res> dsk_css = res.Where(r => r.type == "Desktop CSS").ToList<Portal_Res>();
StyleBundle bdl_dsk_css = new StyleBundle("~/Content/prtl_dsk_css");
if (dsk_css.Count > 0)
{
foreach (Portal_Res r in dsk_css)
{
bdl_dsk_css.Include(r.path);
}
}
portal_bundles.Add(bdl_dsk_css);
BundleConfig.RegisterBundles(portal_bundles);
}
View:
#Styles.Render("~/Content/prtl_dsk_css")
Rendered result:
<link href="/Content/prtl_dsk_css" rel="stylesheet"/>
None of the css files added to the bundle render in the page. Have checked that they are definitely being added to the bundle when the controller runs but not being rendered one the page.
Any ideas?
EDIT: Have inserted a breakpoint in the view and new bundles are not being pulled in with rest of them when the View renders. Don't know why.

Found solution:
public void loadResources(int portal_ID)
{
List<Portal_Res> res = cms.Portal_Resources.Where(r => r.portal_id == portal_ID).ToList<Portal_Res>();
List<Portal_Res> dsk_css = res.Where(r => r.type == "Desktop CSS").ToList<Portal_Res>();
StyleBundle bdl_dsk_css = new StyleBundle("~/Content/prtl_dsk_css");
if (dsk_css.Count > 0)
{
foreach (Portal_Res r in dsk_css)
{
bdl_dsk_css.Include(r.path);
}
}
BundleTable.Bundles.Add(bdl_dsk_css);
BundleConfig.RegisterBundles(BundleTable.Bundles);
}
Had to use BundleTable instead of new BundleCollection
Hope this is useful to someone else.

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MVC Session global variable

Here is what I'm trying to achieve. Certain options at the navbar should be available only if the user has "subordinates" in the database.
So, at the navbar I have:
The Approvals should be hidden for some users, but available to others. For those whom it should be available, the user must:
A) Be a Supervisor or,
B) Have a subornidate at the DB table
So, as for "A" it's pretty straightforward. I did:
#if (User.IsInRole("Supervisor"))
{
<li>#Html.ActionLink("Approvals", "Index", "Approval")</li>
}
For "B", I was suggested to use Sessions. Well, great. So I came to the question: how can I make a single request to the DB and assign it to a Session["HasSubordinates"] so I can do this check?
#if (User.IsInRole("Supervisor") || (bool)Session["HasSubordinates"])
{
<li>#Html.ActionLink("Approvals", "Index", "Approval")</li>
}
What I tried was to have:
Session["HasSubordinates"] = _uow.ApprovalService.GetSubordinates(User.Identity.Name).Count() > 0;
for every single controller, but that didn't worked well because sometimes I get null pointer and it looks absolutely rubbish.
I know it may sound like a trivial question for some (or most), but I'm really stuck and I do really appreciate any help.
Looking at your code, getting a user subordinates should only happen once. In your Login method:
Session["HasSubordinates"] = _uow.ApprovalService.GetSubordinates(User.Identity.Name).Count() > 0;
Create a new class to extend IPrincipal:
public class IPrincipalExtensions
{
public bool HasSubordinates(this IPrincipal user)
{
return Session != null && Session["HasSubordinates"] != null && Session["HasSubordinates"] > 0;
}
}
Now, in the View:
#if (User.IsInRole("Supervisor") || User.HasSubordinates() )
{
}
Writing from memory, may have left something out, but this should be the cleanest.
Don't use the session for this. What you need is a child action.
[ChildActionOnly]
public ActionResult Nav()
{
var model = new NavViewModel
{
IsSupervisor = User.IsInRole("Supervisor");
HasSubordinates = _uow.ApprovalService.GetSubordinates(User.Identity.Name).Count() > 0;
}
return ParialView("_Nav", model);
}
Then, just create a partial view, _Nav.cshtml and utilize the properties on the view model to render your nav however you like.
If you want, you can even use output caching on the child action, so it's only evaluated once per user. There's no built-in way to vary the cache by user, so first, you'll need to override the following method in Global.asax:
public override string GetVaryByCustomString(System.Web.HttpContext context, string custom)
{
var args = custom.ToLower().Split(';');
var sb = new StringBuilder();
foreach (var arg in args)
{
switch (arg)
{
case "user":
sb.Append(User.Identity.Name);
break;
case "ajax":
if (context.Request.Headers["X-Requested-With"] != null)
{
// "XMLHttpRequest" will be appended if it's an AJAX request
sb.Append(context.Request.Headers["X-Requested-With"]);
}
break;
default:
continue;
}
}
return sb.ToString();
}
With that, you can then just decorate your child action with:
[OutputCache(Duration = 3600, VaryByCustom = "User")]

Orchard - Querying the Part On A Layout File

I’ve gotten stuck on an “Object reference not set to an instance of an object” error message.
We’re trying to use a PagePart field that is attached to the Page type to dynamically link a CSS file in the HEAD of a layout file. See below code.
<!-- DYNAMIC CSS-->
var contentItem = Model.ContentItem;
var pagePart = (PagePart)contentItem.PagePart;
if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(pagePart.FestivalProgramName))
{
<link ref="#Url.Content("/Themes/MyTheme/Styles/festival-programs/" + pagePart.FestivalProgramName + ".css")" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
}
This is in a file called:
Layout.cshtml
Something is wrong about this (obviously) since pagePart is “null” when I Attach to Debugger and look. I get that the Layout file doesn’t know that it’s associated with a “Page” Content Type but this layout is only used with Pages. Anyway, this is very similar to code that works elsewhere in our Orchard site. Any help or advice is hugely appreciated!
Thanks, T
In the Layout, the Model is the Layout object. It has nothing to do whatsoever with whatever content is going to get rendered into the Content zone.
I think what you are trying to do should be done by overriding the Page template (Content-Page.Detail.cshtml). (Note the Detail part, you probably don't want to import every css when displaying multiple pages in summary)
In there you can do:
#{
var contentItem = Model.ContentItem; // The Page content item
var pagePart = contentItem.Page; // Note that casting to PagePart won't work, because it does not exist
if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(pagePart.FestivalProgramName.Value))
{
// "Orchard's" way to include styles
Style.Include("festival-programs/" + pagePart.FestivalProgramName.Value + ".css");
}
}
EDIT:
What you probably should do (I assume not every page is a festival page) is create a new Content Type: FestivalPage. Then attach the following parts to this content type (same as the Page content type):
Common
Publish later
Title
Autoroute
Body (Orchard 1.8.1 and lower)
Layout (Orchard 1.9.x)
Tags
Localization
Menu
And your field:
FestivalProgramName
Then create an alternate Content-FestivalPage.Detail.cshtml with the following content:
#using Orchard.Utility.Extensions;
#{
if (Model.Title != null) {
Layout.Title = Model.Title;
}
Model.Classes.Add("content-item");
var contentTypeClassName = ((string)Model.ContentItem.ContentType).HtmlClassify();
Model.Classes.Add(contentTypeClassName);
var tag = Tag(Model, "article");
var contentItem = Model.ContentItem; // The FestivalPage content item
var pagePart = contentItem.FestivalPage; // The FestivalPage part with the FestivalProgramName field
if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(pagePart.FestivalProgramName.Value))
{
// "Orchard's" way to include styles
Style.Include("festival-programs/" + pagePart.FestivalProgramName.Value + ".css");
}
}
// -- Default Orchard content --
#tag.StartElement
<header>
#Display(Model.Header)
#if (Model.Meta != null) {
<div class="metadata">
#Display(Model.Meta)
</div>
}
</header>
#Display(Model.Content)
#if(Model.Footer != null) {
<footer>
#Display(Model.Footer)
</footer>
}
#tag.EndElement
// ----
This way you won't get in the way with the normal pages of the application.
Thank you so much for responding. Your solution works but not in my case since I use the Layout Selector module and can't override at the Page.Detail level since that would imply one layout - or at least from my perspective it seems that way. I found another option though that does the trick.
We already take advantage of the Handlers class to insert META stuff into the HEAD of the page and thanks to your feedback and this thread Adding an element to page <head> in Orchard CMS, it dawned on me to use the same Handler to insert the CSS link.
PagePartHandler.cs.
using System;
using MyModuleName.Models;
using Orchard.ContentManagement.Handlers;
using Orchard.Core.Title.Models;
using Orchard.Data;
using Orchard.UI.Resources;
using Orchard.Utility.Extensions;
namespace MyModuleName.Handlers {
public class PagePartHandler : ContentHandler {
private readonly IResourceManager _resourceManager;
public PagePartHandler(
IRepository<PagePartRecord> repository,
IResourceManager resourceManager) {
_resourceManager = resourceManager;
Filters.Add(StorageFilter.For(repository));
OnGetDisplayShape<PagePart>(RegisterFestivalProgramStyle);
}
private void RegisterFestivalProgramStyle(BuildDisplayContext context, PagePart part) {
if (context.DisplayType != "Detail")
return;
if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(part.FestivalProgramName))
return;
_resourceManager.RegisterLink(new LinkEntry
{
Rel = "stylesheet",
Type = "text/css",
Href = "/Themes/Bootstrap/Styles/festival-programs/" + part.FestivalProgramName + ".css"
});
}
}
}
This uses the tradition link style, not ResourceManifest.cs, but WORKS!

DevExpress CallbackPanel PerformCallback hangs when content includes PageControl or TabControl

I would like to refresh the tabs in my TabControl on demand, when a separate client action occurs on the page. I have placed my TabControl extension (tried PageControl also) within a CallbackPanel, and the EndCallBack event never fires. If ShowLoadingPanel is set to true, you see that the call is hanging because the loading panel never disappears. Both OnBeginCallback and the actual Controller callback action are executed. I assume there are some sort of conflicting callbacks occuring between the panel and tabs but I cannot figure out how to resolve it. If I replace the TabControl with basic html or other simpler DevExpress controls, everything works fine.
TabControl Partial (CallbackTestPageControl.cshtml):
#Html.DevExpress().TabControl(settings => {
settings.Name = "testTabControl";
settings.Width = Unit.Percentage(100);
settings.Tabs.Add("tab 1");
settings.Tabs.Add("tab 2");
settings.Tabs.Add("tab 3");
}).GetHtml()
Panel Partial (CallbackTestPanel.cshtml):
#Html.DevExpress().CallbackPanel(settings =>
{
settings.Name = "cbpTabStrip";
settings.CallbackRouteValues = new { Controller = "Home", Action = "CallbackTestPanel" };
settings.ClientSideEvents.BeginCallback = "OnBeginCallback";
settings.ClientSideEvents.EndCallback = "OnEndCallback";
settings.SetContent(() => Html.RenderPartial("CallbackTestPageControl"));
}).GetHtml()
View (CallbackTest.cshtml):
<script type="text/javascript">
var testId = null;
function ButtonClicked(s, e) {
alert('click');
testId = 1;
if (!cbpTabStrip.InCallback())
cbpTabStrip.PerformCallback();
}
function OnBeginCallback(s, e) {
alert('begin');
e.customArgs["Id"] = testId;
testId = null;
}
function OnEndCallback(s, e) {
alert('end');
if (testId != null)
cbpTabStrip.PerformCallback();
}
</script>
#Html.DevExpress().Button(settings => {
settings.Name = "CallbackButton";
settings.Text = "Callback";
settings.ClientSideEvents.Click = "ButtonClicked";
}).GetHtml()
#Html.Partial("CallbackTestPanel")
Controller (HomeController.cs):
public ActionResult CallbackTest()
{
return View();
}
public ActionResult CallbackTestPanel()
{
int id = !String.IsNullOrEmpty(Request.Params["Id"]) ? int.Parse(Request.Params["Id"]) : 0;
return PartialView("CallbackTestPanel");
}
ADDITIONAL INFO: Also, I have tried updating the DevExpress configuration in the web.config based on other suggestions online. Specifically - updating the enableResourceMerging attribute on the compression element to false rather than true. This seemed to allow the callback to end intermittantly. I really don't want to disable resource merging anyway, so I'm actually glad this didn't provide a reliable solution. So, this is what I currently have:
<devExpress>
<themes enableThemesAssembly="true" styleSheetTheme="" theme="Office2010Silver" />
<compression enableHtmlCompression="true"
enableCallbackCompression="true"
enableResourceCompression="true"
enableResourceMerging="true" />
<settings rightToLeft="false" />
<errors callbackErrorRedirectUrl="" />
</devExpress>
I'm sorry if I wasted anyone's time on this. In the end, the problem was that I had all my non-DevExpress scripts at the bottom of my layout body. I needed to move jQuery into the head prior to the DevExpress scripts. Strangely enough, everything else had been working fine prior to this issue. Thanks to anyone who tried to reproduce.
I know this is old but my issue is I had caching enabled that form i.e.
Once I removed that everything worked. Hope this helps someone else in the future.

EPiServer 7 MVC IDisplayModes

Trying to setup a Mobile Channel for use in Edit Mode in EPiServer 7.
Been following this link
http://world.episerver.com/Documentation/Items/Developers-Guide/EPiServer-CMS/7/Content/Display-Channels/
Created an Initialization module
[InitializableModule]
[ModuleDependency(typeof(EPiServer.Web.InitializationModule))]
public class DisplayModesInitialization : IInitializableModule
{
public void Initialize(InitializationEngine context)
{
if (context.HostType == HostType.WebApplication)
{
System.Web.WebPages.DisplayModeProvider.Instance.Modes.RemoveAt(0);
context.Locate.DisplayChannelService()
.RegisterDisplayMode(new DefaultDisplayMode(RenderingTags.Mobile)
{
ContextCondition = (r) => r.Request.Browser.IsMobileDevice
});
}
}
public void Preload(string[] parameters) { }
public void Uninitialize(EPiServer.Framework.Initialization.InitializationEngine context) { }
}
As you can see I tried removing the existing "Mobile" display mode that exists to be replaced with the one created through the EPiServer DisplayChannelService().
Just browsing to the homepage works ok but when I force the userAgent to be a mobile browser it does hit the correct view... i.e. Index.mobile.cshtml
However it appears to still be looking for the _Layout.cshtml instead of _Layout.mobile.cshtml and even at that it fails to find it.
The file "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml" could not be rendered, because it does not exist or is not a valid page.
Anyone successfully create a mobile IDisplayMode for MVC through the EPiServer DisplayChannelService ?
Also if I explicitly set the layout in the mobile view
#{
Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.mobile.cshtml";
}
If fails to find that also ?
The file "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.mobile.cshtml" could not be rendered, because it does not exist or is not a valid page.
both the _Layout and _Layout.mobile DO exist in that location ?
Managed to get it working.
Discovered that _ViewStart.cshtml had the following set:
#{
Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
DisplayModeProvider.Instance.RequireConsistentDisplayMode = true;
}
So I removed the DisplayModeProvider.Instance.RequireConsistentDisplayMode = true; and it now works.
Not sure why this was causing the problem as there are both mobile and desktop views for the homepage and also mobile and desktop layouts ?

Asp.net mvc 3.0 tree structure page custom routing

I want to map all CMS pages url to single controller(PageController) and action(Details).
How can I create custom routing to map all these urls?
/teacher
/teacher/kindergarten
/teacher/kindergarten/1
/teacher/primary
/teacher/primary/english
/teacher/primary/language
/teacher/primary/language/chinese
/teacher/primary/math
/teacher/primary/science
/parent
/parent/kindergarten
/parent/primary1-3
/parent/primary4-6
/leader
/leader/kindergarten
/leader/kindergarten/1
If you have these URLs in a database you could map the routes when the application starts up:
var pages = siteDB.Pages.ToList();
string pagePath = "";
foreach (var page in pages)
{
routeVals = new RouteValueDictionary();
constraints = new RouteValueDictionary();
routeVals.Add("controller", "page");
routeVals.Add("action", "details");
constraints.Add("path", "[a-zA-Z0-9\\-]*");
// any child pages? must add these routes before their parent pages.
var childPages = siteDB.Pages.Where(p => p.ParentPageId == page.PageId).ToList();
foreach (var childPage in childPages)
{
pagePath = BuildPath(childPage);
RouteTable.Routes.Add(new Route(pagePath, new MvcRouteHandler())
{
Defaults = routeVals,
Constraints = constraints,
DataTokens =
new RouteValueDictionary {
{ "pageid", childPage.PageId },
{ "path", pagePath }
}
});
// Any further child pages? (Only 3 levels supported)
var childSubPages = siteDB.Pages.Where(p => p.ParentPageId == childPage.PageId).ToList();
foreach (var childSubPage in childSubPages)
{
pagePath = BuildPath(childSubPage);
RouteTable.Routes.Add(new Route(pagePath, new MvcRouteHandler())
{
Defaults = routeVals,
Constraints = constraints,
DataTokens =
new RouteValueDictionary {
{ "pageid", childSubPage.PageId },
{ "path", pagePath }
}
});
}
}
This code takes the pages from a database where they are linked by parent id.
Here's the BuildPath function which generates a full path to each page:
public static string BuildPath(Page page)
{
if (page.ParentPageId == 1)
{
return page.PageKey;
}
else
{
SiteDataEntities siteDB = new SiteDataEntities();
string path = page.PageKey;
Page parent = siteDB.Pages.Find(page.ParentPageId);
while (parent != null)
{
path = parent.PageKey + "/" + path;
parent = siteDB.Pages.Find(parent.ParentPageId);
if (parent.PageKey == "home") break;
}
return path;
}
}
Previous proposed solution is working only for small amount of pages.
Because according to the code:
application generate and register Route for each of site page. In result we have at least same amount of routes as pages in our site. As you probably know RouteModule have to check route by route each of them to find first right one and execute correct handler, controller, action, view...
There are two other way to solve this:
You can create a class that derives from RouteBase and implement the properties and methods that you need: split url to segments, determinate current page fill RouteValueDictionary with pageid, path, parents etc
You can customize UrlRewriteModule with custom rewrite provider. Idea to transform all requests url from tree base structure to mvc default route:
{controller}/{action}/{id}?path=parentlevel1/parent2/parent3/....
90% -same code for both variants could be prepared.
that solution also could be useful when you have different controllers, correct one we could determinate by current page (by page data: type)

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