PrettyName on EmailTemplates

[rafaelgimeno]

Hi,

I think there's an error in email templates, on @field.PrettyName, the message shows the field type (eg, "Textbox") and not the pretty name (eg "Telephone").

I don't know if there is any other way to get the "Name" attribute or even the "Placeholder" attribute.

Thanks!

[kjac]

Oh! Heh... funny. I'll fix that asap.

You'll want to use @field.Name instead. It should work with the current version.

[rafaelgimeno]

Thanks! @field.Name works!

If it isn't difficult, it could be interesting be able to access to the "Label" attribute too (eg @field.Label).

[kjac]

It's not too difficult - it's all in the API. If you've based your work on the sample email template, you'll just need to do a bit of casting.

The sample email template loops through the form value fields returned by Model.AllValueFields(). These are of type FieldWithValue, and do not necessarily have a label because the label is defined on the type FieldWithLabel (alongside the help text). However, FieldWithLabel inherits from FieldWithValue, so if you can cast the field to FieldWithLabel, you can access its label (and help text).

Try something along these lines:

@foreach (var field in Model.AllValueFields())
{
  var fieldWithLabel = field as FormEditor.Fields.FieldWithLabel;
  <tr>
    <th>@field.Name</th>
    <td>@(fieldWithLabel != null ? fieldWithLabel.Label : null)</td>
    <td>@(fieldWithLabel != null ? fieldWithLabel.HelpText : null)</td>
    <td>@field.SubmittedValueForEmail()</td>
  </tr>
}

Word of warning: I haven't tested if that code actually works, but I think it will - if nothing else it'll give you an idea of what you can do.

[kjac]

The email template has been fixed in the latest release (0.12.0.2).