Override Data Actions
Attach conditional, or override default, actions on the tree elements in the CMS Console.
You can override a default action or attach an action, a workflow, a message box, or any other custom actions to a data element by registering it with one of the following methods on the application startup:
RegisterConditionalRegisterDefault
For this, create a new class and decorate it with [ApplicationStartup] with two public static methods: OnBeforeInitialize() (not used here) and OnInitialized().
(Read more on using [ApplicationStartup].)
You can build a DLL with this class and copy it to /Bin, or place the class in /App_Code.
Attaching conditional actions
To attach a conditional action, call the RegisterConditional method of DataActionTokenResolverFacade and define your condition, your action and when this action should be called. Place the call to this method in OnInitialized():
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 | namespace Composite{ [ApplicationStartup] public static class OverrideDataActions { /// <exclude /> public static void OnBeforeInitialize() { } /// <exclude /> public static void OnInitialized() { Guid blogDataTypeGUID = new Guid("bea4f923-4b10-44e7-b290-c2c0ca671ea7"); Guid pageDataTypeGUID = new Guid("f7869eb2-7369-4eb2-af47-e3be261e92c7"); //Registering Conditional Actions DataActionTokenResolverFacade.RegisterConditional<IPage>( ActionIdentifier.Add, f1 => f1.PageTypeId == blogDataTypeGUID, f2 => new MessageBoxActionToken( "Sample Add Action", "Some Information on Adding Blog", DialogType.Message)); DataActionTokenResolverFacade.RegisterConditional<IPage>( ActionIdentifier.Publish, f1 => f1.PageTypeId == blogDataTypeGUID && DateTime.Now.Day % 2 == 0, f2 => new MessageBoxActionToken( "Sample publish Action", "You can publish blog on odd days", DialogType.Message)); DataActionTokenResolverFacade.RegisterConditional<IPage>( ActionIdentifier.Edit, f1 => f1.PageTypeId == pageDataTypeGUID, f2 => new MessageBoxActionToken( "Sample Edit Action", "Some Information on Edit Page", DialogType.Message)); } }} |
This replaces:
- the default adding action for a page with a message box if the page’s type is "Blog"
- the publishing action for a page with a message box if the page's type is "Blog" and the day is even
- the default editing action for a page of the specified type with a message box
Overriding default actions
You can also override default actions for data elements by calling the RegisterDefault method. Place the call to this method in OnInitialized():
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 | namespace Composite{ [ApplicationStartup] public static class OverrideDataActions { /// <exclude /> public static void OnBeforeInitialize() { } /// <exclude /> public static void OnInitialized() { //Overriding Default Actions DataActionTokenResolverFacade.RegisterDefault<IPage>( ActionIdentifier.Unpublish, f => new MessageBoxActionToken( "New Unpublishing Routine", "This messagebox has overrided your default unpublishing action", DialogType.Message)); } }} |
This would replace the unpublishing action on all pages with a message box.
Requirements
- C1 CMS version 5.1 or later