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Kamran
Kamran

Reputation: 4100

Sitecore how to edit an Items's Standard Field Value

In Sitecore I have an Item. Lets say its name is weekDay. It has a default field (Standard Fields) Sortorder. I want to edit this field and put a string inside it. But following code give me System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

switch (weekDay.Name.ToLower())
{
    case "monday":
        weekDay.Editing.BeginEdit();
        weekDay.Fields["Sortorder"].Value = "1";
        weekDay.Editing.EndEdit();
        break;
}

I am getting exception on this line weekDay.Fields["Sortorder"].Value = "1";in above code.

Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks!!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 407

Answers (3)

Søren Kruse
Søren Kruse

Reputation: 1170

Most standard fields are prefixed with __ (double underscore), so the field name is actually "__Sortorder".

weekDay.Fields["__Sortorder"].Value = "1";

// Or use the field ID from Sitecore.FieldIDs class
weekDay.Fields[Sitecore.FieldIDs.Sortorder].Value = "1";

The Sitecore.FieldIDs class contains the field ID of many, if not all, standard fields.

Upvotes: 1

Vlad Iobagiu
Vlad Iobagiu

Reputation: 4118

Can you check if weekDay is null ? I guess weekDay item is null

To edit an weekDay item you will have :

 if (weekDay!=null)
     {
    using (new EditContext(weekDay))  
     {  
        switch (weekDay.Name.ToLower())
                    {
                        case "monday":
                            weekDay.Fields["__Sortorder"].Value = "1";
                            break;
                     }
       }
      }

Upvotes: 0

Marek Musielak
Marek Musielak

Reputation: 27132

Your code is ok. The only issue is that the field is not called "Sortorder", it's called "__Sortorder". Try:

weekDay.Fields["__Sortorder"].Value = "1";

Most of the Sitecore standard fields is prefixed with double underscore, e.g. __Sortorder, __Hidden, __Display Name, __Read Only, etc.

Upvotes: 1

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