From 22f7d8797cc08c534bdba8eeab35d20b79b0afbd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Fulton <tomnf1@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:47:29 +0400
Subject: [PATCH] U4-377: Fix exception when attempting to access Value
 externally during a new dictionary item creation

---
 src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/Dictionary.cs | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/Dictionary.cs b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/Dictionary.cs
index 9b248922aa..3d11d9e855 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/Dictionary.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/Dictionary.cs
@@ -304,7 +304,12 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic
 
             public string Value()
             {
-                return Item.Text(UniqueId, 1);
+                if (Item.hasText(UniqueId, 1))
+                {
+                    return Item.Text(UniqueId, 1);
+                }
+
+                return string.Empty;
             }
 
             /// <summary>