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johnhenley

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8/14/2024 4:45 PM

Trying to clean up and centralize token replacement in the forums module and use the Tokens Service in DNN. No problem getting the service and property accessors wired up for [FORUM:*] tokens. That part works great.

Problem is when calling the TokenReplace method or ReplaceEnvironmentTokens method. If the source includes something that *looks* like a token but isn’t in the PropertySources, it gets removed. Example would be a [RESX:xxx] token.

If I pass in “[FORUM:FORUMNAME] [RESX:UpdatedBy] [USER:DISPLAYNAME]”. the [RESX:UpdatedBy] *should not* be removed.

Shouldn’t the API replace ONLY the tokens under its control and “known” PropertySources? Otherwise I have to replace tokens one-by-one, which kinda defeats the purpose of calling the method. Am I missing something?

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8/14/2024 10:50 PM

Well, in the forum implementation of TokenReplace you can define a LocalizationPropertyAccess class that will handle the RESX PropertySource and do localization and then call the ReplaceTokens method once to do everything.

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Posted By Daniel Valadas on 8/14/2024 10:50 PM
Well, in the forum implementation of TokenReplace you can define a LocalizationPropertyAccess class that will handle the RESX PropertySource and do localization and then call the ReplaceTokens method once to do everything.

Thanks your suggestion. I actually did that already as a quick workaround. My concern is how to know/guarantee that valid but unknown token-looking content isn’t removed? I can guard against what I know, but should the API really remove token strings beyond known property sources?

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8/15/2024 12:13 PM

This would be my recommendation -- let me know if you agree, and I can put in a PR?

1. Capture the original token, and pass to replacedTokenValue function:

2. Return the original token rather than string.Empty when a match isn't found

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8/15/2024 3:17 PM

Well IMO that would be a massive breaking change. Maybe an overload with keepUnkownTokens Boolean would be best.

ThienVo

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10/31/2024 3:18 AM

Is there a way to add custom PropertySource without changing the Html module source code?

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11/1/2024 1:12 PM

I am not sure I understand what you mean by that.

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