Retrieving values from nested blocks

Paul Griffiths

Vote:

i have form blocks added into a content area and i use the follwoing code to loop through each form item and retrieve the values. This works great!

private List<>string, string>> GetAllFields(ContentArea contentArea)
{
    var rtn = new List<>string, string>>();
 
    foreach (var item in contentArea.FilteredItems)
    {
        var formItem = item.GetContent() as IFormItem;
 
        if (formItem != null)
            rtn.AddRange(formItem.GetFieldValues(0));
    }
 
    return rtn;
}

however, i also have a text block inside the same content area which contains form blocks too. How can i retrieve the the field values of the form blocks nested inside the text block?

structure

form block

Text block

form block

form block

Any pointers will be greatly received

Paul

#121626

May 15, 2015 13:26

valdis

Vote:

How does "Text block" looks like?

#121640

May 16, 2015 22:53

Grzegorz Wiecheć

Vote:

Hi Paul,

If the TextBlock have nested ContentArea property where FormBlocks could be stored, then try to used this property and call GetAllFieldsMethod recursively:

private List<KeyValuePair<string, string>> GetAllFields(ContentArea contentArea)
{
    var rtn = new List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>();
 
    foreach (var item in contentArea.FilteredItems)
    {
       var content = item.GetContent();

       var textBlock = content as TextBlock;
       if (textBlock != null)
       {          
          rtn.AddRange(GetAllFields(textBlock.ContentAreaProperty));
          continute;
       }

        var formItem = content as IFormItem;
 
        if (formItem != null)
            rtn.AddRange(formItem.GetFieldValues(0));
    }
 
    return rtn;
}

#121672

May 17, 2015 20:19

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Retrieving values from nested blocks