Render component template from link to component field [tridion 2009]

Question

In the schema of a component A, there is a "link to component B" field. I want to retrieve the template of that component B in my component A template. I tried the following but it does not work:

<!-- TemplateBeginRepeat name="Component.Fields.slideshare" -->@@RenderComponentPresentation()@@<!-- TemplateEndRepeat -->  

(slideshare is the field name in my component A)

and

<!-- TemplateBeginRepeat name="Component.Fields.slideshare" -->
   @RenderComponentPresentation(Field, "tcm:125-48340-32")@@
<!-- TemplateEndRepeat -->

(where the tcm is my component B's template)

Thanks for your help

Answer 1

Here is my suggestion. You can via C# code extract your linked component B. Then you can check all templates it can be rendered with and push tcm of selected one into package. Then you can render all your components with that template like this:

<!-- TemplateBeginRepeat name="Component.Fields.slideshare" -->
   @RenderComponentPresentation(Field, ${desiredTemplateID})@@
<!-- TemplateEndRepeat -->

Also, you can optimize this code by creating some configuration component with templates keys and WebDAV paths and read that component and push into package.