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Custom Product field type - example

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Nuno Aguiar Dynamicweb Employee
Nuno Aguiar
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Posted on 09/03/2021 15:40:02

Hi,

 

Can someone point or get me a quick example of how to develop a custom product field type?

 

I need to develop 3 field types for a customer:

  • Dropdown with a search
    Similar to what we have in Repository queries, but for a dropdown in Ecommerce
     
  • Checkbox/Multiselect with a search
    Similar concept as previously but allowing multiple values to be selected
     
  • Selection Box field (attached)
    The same control we have for selecting fields in the field display group.
    There is a need to choose from a list of options (left side) and have them sorted specifically (on the right column)

 

This all stems from a ListBox

If anyone has any code I could use as a foundatation, would be appreciated it.

 

Best Regards,

Nuno Aguiar

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Adrian Ursu Dynamicweb Employee
Adrian Ursu
Posted on 09/03/2021 16:01:03
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Hi Nuno,

We just created almost exactly the same types of fields :)

I will send you a link to the code.

Adrian

 
Nuno Aguiar Dynamicweb Employee
Nuno Aguiar
Posted on 09/03/2021 16:14:30
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Oh my... Christmas is coming early this year. Can't wait to get it :)

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Adrian Ursu Dynamicweb Employee
Adrian Ursu
Posted on 09/03/2021 16:34:47
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Hi Nuno,

Actually, I have figured that the code may be useful to somebody else as well.

I have attached an archive with our code, everybody should feel free to use it anyway they like.

We have not managed to re-use the ListBox type of field (I have posted a few questions on the forum) but we have worked around the limitations.

The list box is limited anyway to 100 Options which kind of defeats the scope for searching.

A few findings of my own that I would have loved to know upfront:

1. Keep in mind that the display of the fields in Ecommerce and PIM is a bit different and you will have to test in both interfaces.

2. We could not find a way to get the value of the ProductID in the Field (for example to try and build a list of options based on the values of some other field of that product)
3. If you will use it for ProductCategory Fields, try to avoid using "_" in the system names as the display of the control may not work in both e-commerce and PIM,. The rules for identifying the ProductCategorySystem name and the Field System name are based on the "_" value on a generated string. If you won;t use "_", you won;t have any issues.

Happy coding!

Adrian

 

 
Nuno Aguiar Dynamicweb Employee
Nuno Aguiar
Posted on 30/03/2021 18:19:09
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Hi Adrian,

 

I am not able to build this. I tried creating the sln, updating the nuget packages and then noticed that the SelectionBox has moved from Dynamicweb.Extensibility to Dynamicweb.Controls.Legacy.Controls. There are a few more things to chase to get it to work though.

 

I can also see that you have a lot of code in there, likely serving more than I was looking for, which is making it harder for me to wrap my head around this.

 

Do you (or anyone) happen to have a simpler version that I could use?

 

Nuno

 
Adrian Ursu Dynamicweb Employee
Adrian Ursu
Posted on 01/04/2021 10:08:51
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Hi Nuno,

This code was used for 9.8 development. It is true that some things may have changed moving forward to 9.9.

I will check with my coleague if we have updated the code already to 9.9.

I am not sure if it's easy to isolate each of these Field Types into separate projects, but I will ask.

Adrian

 

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