Tridion: Component Template issue when looping over linked components - tridion

Question

Hello,
I got a problem with looping over my linked component.
I created a EmailSetup(View UML diagram) Component with a product item.
The product Component has schema (EmailBlockWithCode).
Product: - Code = "wms_III"
- Item: - Key = "ProductKey"- Content = "ProductContent"
- CallToAction : - Item: - Key = "BluetoothKey"
- Content = "BluetoothContent"
When i loop over this component with the code :
<products>
<!-- TemplateBeginRepeat name="Component.Fields.Product" -->
##GetComponent(Field,'Product')##
<product name="##Product.Code##">
<!-- TemplateBeginRepeat name="Product.Fields.Item" -->
<##Product.Fields.Item.Key##><![CDATA[##Product.Fields.Item.Content##]]></##Product.Fields.Item.Key##>
<!-- TemplateEndRepeat -->
<!-- TemplateBeginRepeat name="Product.Fields.CallToAction" -->
##GetComponent(Field,'CallToAction')##
<##CallToAction.Fields.Item.Key##><![CDATA[##CallToAction.Fields.Item.Content##]]></##CallToAction.Fields.Item.Key##>
<!-- TemplateEndRepeat -->
</product>
<!-- TemplateEndRepeat -->
</products>
This is the function GetComponent
[TemplateCallable]
public string GetComponent(string tcmUri, string packageVariable) {
Assert.NotEmpty("tcmUri", tcmUri);
Assert.NotEmpty("packageVariable", packageVariable);
IdentifiableObject identifiableObject = m_Engine.GetObject(new TcmUri(tcmUri));
if (identifiableObject as Component == null) {
throw new BuildingBlockException("Given tcmUri '" + tcmUri + "' is not a Component.");
}
Item previousItem = m_Package.GetByName(packageVariable);
if (previousItem != null) {
m_Package.Remove(previousItem);
}
Component component = identifiableObject as Component;
m_Package.PushItem(packageVariable, m_Package.CreateTridionItem(ContentType.Component, component));
return "";
}
My output is :
<products>
<product name="wms_III">
</product>
</products>
So my problem is that the code doesn't loop over the 'item' (key = ProductKey; content = ProductContent)
I have found a function IteratingOverMultivalueEmbeddedFields but this also won't loop my product. code:
<!-- TemplateBeginRepeat name="Component.Fields.Product" -->
##GetComponent(Field,'Product')##
<!-- TemplateBeginRepeat name="Product.Fields" -->
##Field.Name##
<!-- TemplateBeginRepeat name="Field.Values" -->
<!-- TemplateBeginIf cond="Field.ContentType = 'text/plain'" -->
##RenderComponentField(FieldPath, TemplateRepeatIndex)##
<!-- TemplateEndIf -->
<!-- TemplateBeginIf cond="Field.ContentType = 'tridion/field'" -->
<!-- TemplateBeginRepeat name="Field.Fields" -->
##Field.Name##
<!-- TemplateBeginRepeat name="Field.Values" -->
##RenderComponentField(FieldPath, TemplateRepeatIndex)##
<!-- TemplateEndRepeat -->
<!-- TemplateEndRepeat -->
<!-- TemplateEndIf -->
<!-- TemplateEndRepeat -->
<!-- TemplateEndRepeat -->
UML diagram

Answer 1

So it looks like you can't access the components in the package after your DW function pushes them in?
With the DGX, your code would be approximately like this, have you considered using it instead?
<products>
<!-- TemplateBeginRepeat name="Component.Fields.Product" -->
<product name="##Get('Fields.Product[${TemplateRepeatIndex}].Code')##">
<!-- TemplateBeginRepeat name="Product.Fields.Item" -->
<##Get('Fields.Product[${TemplateRepeatIndex}].Fields.Item.Key')##><![CDATA[##Get('Fields.Product[${TemplateRepeatIndex}].Fields.Item.Content')##]]></##Get('Fields.Product[${TemplateRepeatIndex}].Fields.Item.Key')##>
<!-- TemplateEndRepeat -->
<!-- TemplateBeginRepeat name="Product.Fields.CallToAction" -->
<##Get('Fields.CallToAction[${TemplateRepeatIndex}].Fields.Item.Key')##><![CDATA[##Get('CallToAction[${TemplateRepeatIndex}].Fields.Item.Content')##]]></##Get('Fields.CallToAction[${TemplateRepeatIndex}].Fields.Item.Key')##>
<!-- TemplateEndRepeat -->
</product>
<!-- TemplateEndRepeat -->
</products>

Answer 2

This has probably something to do with how the template is executed. The most inner repeating regions are rendered first, and then the renderer works its way outwards.
So in the inner repeating region you don't have access yet to the component you get earlier.
Yes, this is not intuitive at all, but that's how it works.
What you can do is go through all linked components and push them into the package using the field name in a .NET TBB which is executed before the DWT.
http://80000ft.blogspot.nl/2011/09/render-order-of-repeating-regions-and.html

Answer 3

I fixed this by using this code. Not the best but it works.
<products>
<!-- TemplateBeginRepeat name="Component.Fields.Product" -->
##RenderComponentPresentation(Field, "tcm:75-72162-32")##
<!-- TemplateEndRepeat -->
</products>
and the renderComponentPresentation loads another dwt with this:
<product name="##Component.Fields.Code##">
<!-- TemplateBeginRepeat name="Component.Fields.Item" -->
<##Field.Key##><![CDATA[##Field.Content##]]></##Field.Key##>
<!-- TemplateEndRepeat -->
<!-- TemplateBeginRepeat name="Component.Fields.CallToAction" -->
##GetComponent(Field,'CallToAction')##
<##CallToAction.Fields.Item.Key##><![CDATA[##CallToAction.Fields.Item.Content##]]></##CallToAction.Fields.Item.Key##>
<!-- TemplateEndRepeat -->
</product>