public ActionResult Configure()
{
if (SystemManager.IsDesignMode)
{
// rendering these widgets in design mode would just get messy, best not to do it
return(View("PageEditor"));
}
var model = new DashboardToolboxViewModel();
model.DashboardToolboxItems = new List <DashboardToolboxItemViewModel>();
// get all the toolbox items that the currently logged in user has access to
var toolboxItems = PortalsHelpers.GetToolboxItems();
// loop through the toolbox items and create view models for them
foreach (var toolboxItem in toolboxItems)
{
var item = new DashboardToolboxItemViewModel();
item.ControllerType = toolboxItem.Value.ControllerType;
item.Title = toolboxItem.Value.Title;
item.ThumbnailUrl = toolboxItem.Value.CssClass;
// get all the configurable properties for this item
// (this is necessary for the front end designers to have correct information)
var configurableProperties = PortalsHelpers.GetConfigurableProperties(toolboxItem.Value.ControllerType);
// this will be the property list that we pass to the view
var propertyViewModels = new List <PortalsItemPropertyViewModel>();
foreach (var property in configurableProperties)
{
// build the view model for the front end
var propertyViewModel = new PortalsItemPropertyViewModel();
propertyViewModel.Name = property.Name;
propertyViewModel.DisplayName = configurableProperties.Where(p => p.Name == property.Name).Single().DashboardConfigurableAttribute.DisplayName ?? property.Name;
propertyViewModel.Value = string.Empty;
propertyViewModels.Add(propertyViewModel);
}
item.Properties = propertyViewModels;
model.DashboardToolboxItems.Add(item);
}
return(View("Configure", model));
}
// *sigh* yes....i'm doing this in the controller. Feel free to move it somewhere else. :)
private DashboardViewModel GetDashboardModel(bool executeControllers = true)
{
var dashboardsManager = UserDashboardsManager.GetManager();
// dashboard data is stored using the user id so, we need to get the user
var currentUser = PortalsHelpers.GetCurrentUser();
// get this dashboard's data for the current user
var dashboard = currentUser.GetDashboard(DashboardId);
// instantiate a new DashboardViewModel and set the property values that we know we need
var model = new DashboardViewModel();
model.DashboardId = DashboardId;
model.DashboardItems = new List <DashboardItemViewModel>();
// loop through the dashboard items and create view models for them
foreach (var dashboardItem in dashboard.DashboardItems)
{
// get the corresponding Sitefinity ToolboxItem for the given dashboard item type
ToolboxItem toolboxItem = null;
if (PortalsHelpers.GetToolboxItem(dashboardItem.ControllerType, out toolboxItem))
{
// MvcControllerProxy is the source of all this sorcery
var proxy = new MvcControllerProxy()
{
ControllerName = toolboxItem.ControllerType
};
// get the properties that users are able to change on the front end
// this will *not* include any user defined values...just properties that *can* be configured
var configurableProperties = PortalsHelpers.GetConfigurableProperties(toolboxItem.ControllerType);
// this will be the property list (with user values set) that we pass to the view
var propertyViewModels = new List <PortalsItemPropertyViewModel>();
foreach (var property in configurableProperties)
{
string value = string.Empty;
// if the user has actually set any configurable property value, transfer the value to the controller
if (dashboardItem.Properties.Any(p => p.Name == property.Name))
{
value = dashboardItem.Properties.Single(p => p.Name == property.Name).Value;
// type the value correctly
object propValue = PortalsHelpers.GetValueFromString(value, property.PropertyType);
// fairly confident that this isn't a good way to do this but...it works
var backingProperty = configurableProperties.Where(p => p.Name == property.Name).Single().DashboardConfigurableAttribute.BackingProperty ?? property.Name;
proxy.Controller.SetProperty(backingProperty, propValue);
}
// build the view model for the front end
var propertyViewModel = new PortalsItemPropertyViewModel();
propertyViewModel.Name = property.Name;
propertyViewModel.DisplayName = configurableProperties.Where(p => p.Name == property.Name).Single().DashboardConfigurableAttribute.DisplayName ?? property.Name;
propertyViewModel.Value = value;
propertyViewModels.Add(propertyViewModel);
}
// build a new DashboardItemViewModel with all the properties we need to render, configure, and save the item
var dashboardItemModel = new DashboardItemViewModel();
dashboardItemModel.Title = toolboxItem.Title;
dashboardItemModel.ControllerType = toolboxItem.ControllerType;
dashboardItemModel.Properties = propertyViewModels;
dashboardItemModel.Html = executeControllers ? ExecuteController(proxy) : string.Empty;
model.DashboardItems.Add(dashboardItemModel);
}
}
return(model);
}
