MyItem.Picture("Item.Item") with an Entity

[dustinp26]

I'm submitting a

[x] not sure - waiting to implement perhaps?

...about

[x] Razor templating
[x] Content Types or data management

Current Behavior / Expected Behavior

Trying to do this with an entity field type that contains an image but get en error to contact iJungleBoy

@MyItem.Picture("Image.Image")

Error: System.NotImplementedException: Path support on this method is not yet supported. Ask iJungleboy at ToSic.Sxc.Data.CodeDataFactory.Field(ITypedItem parent, String name, Boolean propsRequired, String noParamOrder, Nullable`1 required)

Instructions to Reproduce the Problem

1. Make a content type that contains a Entity
2. Make the Entite a Content type that contains an Image Field
3. Try and display that image using teh Picture method does not work. It does work with @MyItem.Url("Image.Image") and other ways but not Picture.

Your environment

• 2sxc version(s): 16.07
• Browser: all
• DNN: all
• Hosting platform: all
• Language: any/all

[iJungleboy]

Some brief background: we introduced the path notation - eg. MyItem.Get("Subitem.Grandchild.Title") for performance reasons and to make it null-safer (so if there is no Subitem set it will not throw exceptions).

The Picture API needs a bit more magic, as it needs the field as well as the parent, so this is just a bit more complex, and not implemented yet.

You can still easily do this, using

@MyItem.Child("Image").Picture("Image")

If you need null/empty checks, you can do

@if (MyItem.IsNotEmpty("Image.Image") {
  @MyItem.Child("Image").Picture("Image")
}

We'll work on this soon, as it shouldn't be too hard to implement; expect it end of October.

[iJungleboy]

Note: TBH I never expected this to pop up so soon 😆 - awesome that you're already using it!

[dustinp26]

This helps, thanks: @MyItem.Child("Image").Picture("Image")

Child and Parent a bit new to me so hadn't tried that. Makes perfect sense.

I really love the work you've done with 2sxc and have become quite addicted to learning and building with it and keeping our team up-to-date on the changes with it. I've built a toolbar code generator / builder for 2sxc but had not shared it yet but you might here from me soon on that to get your thoughts.

would be for community to help anyone that wants to build or customize the toolbars as they can be so powerful in ways i don't think a lot of people realize.

[iJungleboy]

I just implemented it ;)

But it won't be released till ca. end of October, as I'm about to go on vacation and don't want to release new code rigth before ;).

[iJungleboy]

This helps, thanks: @MyItem.Child("Image").Picture("Image")

Child and Parent a bit new to me so hadn't tried that. Makes perfect sense.

I really love the work you've done with 2sxc and have become quite addicted to learning and building with it and keeping our team up-to-date on the changes with it. I've built a toolbar code generator / builder for 2sxc but had not shared it yet but you might here from me soon on that to get your thoughts.

would be for community to help anyone that wants to build or customize the toolbars as they can be so powerful in ways i don't think a lot of people realize.

Just saw your previous post.

Thanks for the Kudos 💖

I suggest you show it at the 2sxc Meetup - I believe it's Nov. 2nd. Are you in?
Sorry if I won't see your answer till in 3 weeks ;)