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Thread: Current Category on XmlPackage called from Masterpage

  1. 04-26-2013, 02:34 PM #1
    zritter is offline Junior Member
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    Default Current Category on XmlPackage called from Masterpage

    I need to get the ID of the category or manufacturer that a page is being called from. I can't seem to find it anywhere in the xml for a xml package called from the masterpage.

    I could parse the URL, but it would fail in the product page.

    I have version 9.3.1.0 and no source. Any ideas would be very helpful!
  2. 04-26-2013, 03:57 PM #2
    donttryathome is offline Senior Member
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    I'm on v8 so I don't know if it's changed but I believe the following will return category ID:

    Code:
    <xsl:value-of select="/root/Runtime/EntityID" />
    Running: AspDotNetStorefront ML 8.0.1.2/8.0.1.2
  3. 04-28-2013, 01:29 AM #3
    webopius is offline Senior Member
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    Hi,
    As far as I know, the ability to retrieve the last category ID (or other entity) to get the calling page was removed in v9.

    It is possible to replicate this feature but you need a custom XSLT package written. This can be done without the source code. We wrote something similar for another Aspdnsf user a while ago if its of interest.

    Adam
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