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Member	pt - 4/27/2011 9:45:02 AM ResolveCustomMacro not working I'm trying to use the "ResolveCustomMacro" method with a custom macro and believe that it is not making the call. Is there some type of global setting required to enable this?


Member	kentico_alleng - 4/27/2011 1:10:25 PM RE:ResolveCustomMacro not working In what way are you using the macro? Is this in a document field, page content, or used in another way? Have you tried debugging to step through and see if the method gets called? Regards, Allen Greenhaw

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pt - 4/27/2011 5:20:45 PM

RE:ResolveCustomMacro not working

Hi Allen,

I'm using the custom macro to set the "Select top N documents" property of a latest news web part.

In the web part property editor I have:
{% ProcessCustomMacro("setnewsitemcounttodisplay", "") %}

In my CMSCustom.cs file I have:
...
switch (expression.ToLower())
{
case "setnewsitemcounttodisplay":
match = true;
result = "4"; // <-- just used for development purposes
break;
}
...

Seems like it should work but it's not.

Paul

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kentico_alleng - 4/28/2011 12:24:35 PM

RE:ResolveCustomMacro not working

It does look like that should work.

Here are a few things you can try:

1. Confirm the file ~\App_Code\Global\CMS\CMSCustom.cs has been saved.
2. Add the macro to an editable text web part to see if/how it's being resolved.
3. Try restarting the site from 'Site Manager -> Administration -> System'.

Regards,

Allen Greenhaw


Member	pt - 4/29/2011 6:26:52 AM RE:ResolveCustomMacro not working Thank you Allen for your help on this. We had already tried items 1 and 3 of your suggestion without success. Unfortunately due to our project time line we had abandon the custom macro approach and instead use a custom function within the transformation. It's not an ideal solution but it works and keeps us moving. Thanks, Paul


Member	kentico_alleng - 4/29/2011 10:58:48 AM RE:ResolveCustomMacro not working Sorry to hear you've been unable to get this working. If you'd like us to look into this in further detail, please create a support ticket using the information listed in the Support section of kentico.com and attach your CMSCustom.cs file. Regards, Allen Greenhaw

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