Does anyone know how to correctly use the Bring2mind.DNN.Modules.DMX.Common.Globals.ImportDirectory function?

I can get it to import a folder successfully, however the title for every imported item is set to the title of TemplateEntry (the function's 2nd argument).  I'm thinking it may have something to do with the functions last argument for which I'm passing an empty collection, does anyone know what this argument is for?

Thanks

Hi Chris,

I've rechecked the code, and I think you're using it correctly but there might be a bug in the method. I'll repair it for 04.02.00.

Peter

I can confirm that this is working for importing files in 04.02.00. Thanks Peter

There still appears to be an issue with using this function to import a hierarchy of files though as folders are imported as an empty folder with a blank name. I'm not sure if this function is suppose to import recursively, but if it's not it probably shouldn't create folders with a blank name.

I'll look into that Chris. The folder names should definitely not be blank. Are you using multiple languages in your portal?
Peter

The only language being used is en_US.

Thanks

OK. Do you see anything entered into DMX_ShortTexts relating to the collections? I.e. link on EntryId and typekey="ENT" subtype="TITLE" and locale should be empty.

Peter

There's no row in DMX_ShortTexts for the collection.

I setup a test import on a folder containing an empty folder "a" and a file "b.txt". The text file imports correctly (creates a row in DMX_Entries with a corresponding row in DMX_ShortTexts with the Text "b"), but the directory doesn't (creates a row in DMX_Entries without a corresponding row in DMX_ShortTexts).

I'm now seeing an error generated from this function call: Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK_DMX_EntryPermissions'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.DMX_EntryPermissions'. Sorry I didn't mention this earlier, but my setup to call the function is quite complicated so error messages aren't always apparent.

The DMX_EntryPermissions table looks good for the 2 new entries (both have 2 rows with portalId=0, RoleId=0, UserId=-10 and PermissionId 1 and 2). One thing of note is that the LastVersionId in the DMX_Entries table for the new Collection is one less then the EntryId (86 vs 87).

Hi Chris,

Thanks, I'll look into this. This is very helpful (and detailed).

Peter