set value for the built in properties episerver, StopPublish

Question

Im trying to enforce the user to set a DateTime for StopPublish

[Required]     
public virtual DateTime EnforceStopPublish
{ get; set; }

    public override DateTime? StopPublish
    {
        get { return EnforceStopPublish; }
    }

didn't work, is there another possible way, maybe by an Publishing event? example.

thanks in advance

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 07 '18 at 13:19

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Never tried it on the StopPublish property (not sure about any side-effects), but could you do it with standard data annotations, i.e. a Requiredattribute on your overriding property?

answered Feb 07 '18 at 13:19

Ted Nyberg

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Yes i tried with the Required attribute but it didn’t work. It work when setting it on a publishing event – Gonzalo Feb 08 '18 at 14:14
Yes, wiring up the `OnPublishing` event is a great way to apply custom logic for validation. – Ted Nyberg Feb 09 '18 at 08:06

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 28 '18 at 08:36

You could also do it in the SetDefaultValues method. The user will then of course be able to remove or change the stoppublishdate, but that can certanly be ok in a lot of cases.

public override void SetDefaultValues(ContentType contentType)
{
    base.SetDefaultValues(contentType);
    this[MetaDataProperties.PageStopPublish] = DateTime.Now.AddDays(5);
}

set value for the built in properties episerver, StopPublish

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