/// <summary>
/// Submit event handler. Responsible for creating items.
/// </summary>
protected void btnSubmit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Page.Validate();
if (IsValid)
{
foreach (RepeaterItem item in rpBulkItemEditor.Items)
{
if (item.ItemType == ListItemType.Item || item.ItemType == ListItemType.AlternatingItem)
{
var model = new ItemCreatorModel();
//Find controls from item in repeater
var ParentNode = (TextBox)item.FindControl("txtParentNode");
var TemplateID = (TextBox)item.FindControl("txtTemplateID");
var NoOfItems = (TextBox)item.FindControl("txtNoOfItems");
var Languages = (CheckBoxList)item.FindControl("cblLanguage");
//Set model values
model.NumberOfItems = System.Convert.ToInt32(NoOfItems.Text);
model.ParentNode = ParentNode.Text;
model.TemplateId = TemplateID.Text;
model.Languages = Languages.SelectedValue;
//create items in CMS
var _itemCreator = new ItemCreator();
_itemCreator.ItemGenerator(model);
}
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Method to generate the items as per input in the CMS.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="ItemCreatorModel"> model containing parent item Id/Path, Template Id/Path, Languages, no. of items to create etc. </param>
public string ItemGenerator(ItemCreatorModel model)
{
StringBuilder log = new StringBuilder();
try
{
log.Append("Item Creation Process Started\n");
for (int i = 0; i < model.NumberOfItems; i++)
{
Sitecore.Data.Database masterDB = Sitecore.Data.Database.GetDatabase("master");
#region Item Creation
bool IsParentId = ID.IsID(model.ParentNode);
Item parentItem;
if (!IsParentId)
{
parentItem = masterDB.GetItem(model.ParentNode);
}
else
{
parentItem = masterDB.GetItem(ID.Parse(model.ParentNode));
}
TemplateItem template = masterDB.GetTemplate(model.TemplateId);
#endregion End Item Creation
Item newItem = parentItem.Add("Item-" + i, template);
#region Adding Language Versions
var languageCollection = model.Languages.Split(',');
foreach (string languageCode in languageCollection)
{
using (new LanguageSwitcher(languageCode))
{
Item parent = masterDB.GetItem(newItem.ParentID, Language.Parse(languageCode));
Item NewItem = parent.GetChildren().Where(x => x.ID == newItem.ID).FirstOrDefault();
NewItem.Editing.BeginEdit();
NewItem.Versions.AddVersion();
NewItem.Editing.EndEdit();
}
}
log.Append(newItem.Name + " Created successfully with ID: " + newItem.ID + "\n");
#endregion
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
log.Append(ex.Message + "\n");
log.Append(ex.StackTrace + "\n");
}
return(log.ToString());
}