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Member	DahlinDev - 6/25/2012 11:28:25 PM Get Fields under Field Category How can I get a list of fields that are under a Field Category of a Document Type? I also want to get the list ordered in the same way they are ordered in the Document Type Fields definition. For more clarity in my screenshot I want to get: Location TimeOfDay Weather because they are under the "Attributes" category.

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kentico_michal - 6/27/2012 3:21:57 AM

RE:Get Fields under Field Category

Hi,

You can use the following code to access all fields definition including the category fields:

DataClassInfo dci = DataClassInfoProvider.GetDataClass("<class name>");
if (dci != null)
{
  CMS.FormEngine.FormInfo fi = new CMS.FormEngine.FormInfo(dci.ClassFormDefinition);
  if (fi != null)
  {
        // here you can access the fi.ItemsList collection which 
        // returns the list of all fields in the form of FormFieldInfos or FormCategoryInfos object.
  }
}

Best regards,
Michal Legen

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DahlinDev - 6/27/2012 8:54:12 AM

RE:Get Fields under Field Category

This is exactly what I needed. Thank you!

For anyone else that needs this here is how I found what I needed for my column names.


List<String> attributes = new List<string>();
// here you can access the fi.ItemsList collection which 
 // returns the list of all fields in the form of FormFieldInfos or FormCategoryInfos object.
                List<CMS.FormEngine.FormItem> formItems = fi.ItemsList;
                
                int attributesCategoryIndex = formItems.FindIndex(i => i.ToString() == "CMS.FormEngine.FormCategoryInfo");
                CMS.FormEngine.FormCategoryInfo ci = (CMS.FormEngine.FormCategoryInfo)formItems[attributesCategoryIndex];
                if (ci.CategoryName == "Attributes")
                {
                    for (int i = attributesCategoryIndex + 1; i < formItems.Count; i++)
                    {
                        attributes.Add(formItems.ToString());
                    }                
                                    
                }