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Umbraco: x.GetPropertyValue("myProp") vs x.myProp

I use Umbraco v4, but think this should be a common problem.

I have a generic property "myNode" of "Content Picker", that should obtain a DynamicNode...

so doying myObj.myNode I obtain the node itself... so can use myObj.myNode.Url

But doying the myObj.GetPropertyValue("myNode") I obtain the ... string ID value of the node... so can't anymore do myObj.GetPropertyValue("myNode").Url (string does not have Url property)

I can't use directly myObj.myNode, because the name is "dynamic" (the same function should use "your"+"Node" or "their"+"Node" upon conditions - the example is very aproximative, but hope the idea is clear)...

I even did myObj.GetPropertyValue<DynamicNode>("myNode"), but the result was the same: "8124" (the node id)

So, how to obtain the real property value, not just string representation of it?

Solution

  • A not so elegant solution, but at least a solution that work: 

    var linkNode = image.GetPropertyValue("imgLinkNode" + model._lang.ToUpper());
if (linkNode is string)
{
    string id = linkNode;
    linkNode = model.NodeById(id);
}
var linkNodeUrl = linkNode.Url;