How do I get the values from the "Parameters" field (second screenshot) in the code-behind of the sublayout?
I understand I can get/set parameters on a rendering (specifically sublayout) when it is added to the presentation details of an item, just as described here (Sitecore 6 - using parameters).
However I would like to use the parameters field from the layout definition item. In the codebehind of the file belonging to to layout definition I can cast the parent to a sublayout and that object also has a .Parameters
property, however this doesn't contain the values I'd expect.
This is the Page_Load
method in the control code-behind:
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
var sublayout = ((Sublayout)this.Parent);
string rawParameters = Attributes["sc_parameters"];
NameValueCollection parameters =
Sitecore.Web.WebUtil.ParseUrlParameters(rawParameters);
//parameters contains values from "Additional parameters (first screenshot)
//I do not know the sublayout item id or sublayout path, so how do I get
//the values from the second screenshot?
}
additional parameters
are shown:You can get the parameters defined on the sublayout but it's a bit long winded. You need to find the correct rendering item first and from there retrieve the parameters
var sublayout = ((Sublayout)this.Parent);
//Get all rendering
var renderings = Sitecore.Context.Item.Visualization.GetRenderings(Sitecore.Context.Device, true);
//Get the first rendering that matches the current sublayout's path
var sublayoutRendering = renderings.FirstOrDefault(r => r.RenderingItem.InnerItem["Path"] == sublayout.Path);
if (sublayoutRendering != null)
Response.Write(sublayoutRendering.RenderingItem.Parameters);
You can use Mark's way to get the parameters for the parameters set in the "Layout Details"
EDIT: The above solution will work but it's very fragile and depends on sitecore internals that might change in the future. I wouldn't recommend you go with it in production with it. There must be a better way to achieve what you want.