EPiServer vs EPiServer with Page Type Builder

Question

When creating properties and page types through admin mode in EPiServer, it's quite easy to understand how the database is written to in order to update the configuration of the website. But with page type builder, however, if it's as easy as writing...

[PageTypeProperty]
public virtual string MainBody { get; set; }

...to create a new property - at what point is this stored in the datbase? Runtime? Compile time?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 20 '12 at 13:15

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Page Type Builder will create the properties at runtime.

answered Mar 20 '12 at 13:15

pappabj0rn

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If you haven't touched the classes and want quicker startup up you can disable PTB doing it's work in web.config:
– Johan Kronberg Sep 04 '12 at 11:23
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http://world.episerver.com/Blogs/Lee-Crowe/Dates/2011/7/Introducing-Page-Type-Builder-UI/ - This plugin points out discrepancies between PageTypeBuilder page type properties and EPiServer page type definitions and allows you to edit or remove them. – Johan Kronberg Sep 04 '12 at 11:25

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 20 '12 at 13:16

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Everytime the application starts, pagetypebuilder check if you have new properties/page types and adds them to the database.

answered Mar 20 '12 at 13:16

erik_nw

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That's my experience too. I.e. if you delete a page type through the admin interface, it won't reappear until you restart the application. – Tim Abell Mar 29 '12 at 14:47

EPiServer vs EPiServer with Page Type Builder

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