angular - Angular2 RC5: Can't bind to 'Property X' since it isn't a known property of 'Child Component'

Question

I have a small Angular2 project based on the Angular2 Seed project that I am trying to upgrade to Angular2 RC5.

My project has a few features, one of them called home. Home component uses a child component called create-report-card-form. I have declared both the home and create-report-card-form components in the home.module (see code below) and get this error:

Unhandled Promise rejection: Template parse errors: Can't bind to 'currentReportCardCount' since it isn't a known property of 'create-report-card-form'.

1. If 'create-report-card-form' is an Angular component and it has 'currentReportCardCount' input, then verify that it is part of this module.

Project structure

-app
    - app.module.ts
    - app.component.ts
    - +home
        - home.module.ts 
        - home.component.ts
        - home.component.html
        - create-report-card-form.component.ts
        - create-report-card-form.component.html
    - +<other "features">
    - shared
        - shared.module.ts

home.module

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
import {ReactiveFormsModule} from '@angular/forms';

import { SharedModule } from '../shared/shared.module';
import { DataService } from '../shared/services/index';
import { HomeComponent } from './home.component';
import { CreateReportCardFormComponent } from './create-report-card-form.component';

@NgModule({
    imports: [CommonModule, SharedModule, ReactiveFormsModule],
    declarations: [HomeComponent, CreateReportCardFormComponent],
    exports: [HomeComponent, CreateReportCardFormComponent],
    providers: [DataService]
})

export class HomeModule { }

app.module

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { APP_BASE_HREF } from '@angular/common';
import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router';
import { HttpModule } from '@angular/http';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { routes } from './app.routes';

import { AboutModule } from './+about/about.module';
import { HomeModule } from './+home/home.module';
import {TestModule} from './+test/test.module';
import {VoteDataEntryModule} from './+vote-data-entry/vote-data-entry.module';
import { SharedModule } from './shared/shared.module';

@NgModule({
  imports: [BrowserModule, HttpModule, RouterModule.forRoot(routes), AboutModule, HomeModule,
    TestModule, VoteDataEntryModule, SharedModule.forRoot()],
  declarations: [AppComponent],
  providers: [{
    provide: APP_BASE_HREF,
    useValue: '<%= APP_BASE %>'
  }],
  bootstrap: [AppComponent]

})

export class AppModule { }

create-report-card-form.component.ts

import { Component, Input, Output, EventEmitter, OnInit} from '@angular/core';
import { FormBuilder, FormGroup, FormControl } from '@angular/forms';
// import { Dialog, Dropdown, SelectItem, Header, Footer, Messages, Message } from 'primeng/primeng';
import { SelectItem, Message } from 'primeng/primeng';

import {ReportCard, ReportCardDataSource} from '../shared/index';
import {CREATE_REPORT_CARD_FORM_HEADING, EDIT_REPORT_CARD_FORM_HEADING} from './constants';

@Component({
    moduleId: module.id,
    selector: 'create-report-card-form',
    templateUrl: 'create-report-card-form.component.html'
})
export class CreateReportCardFormComponent implements OnInit {

    @Input() public reportCardDataSourcesItems: SelectItem[];
    @Input() public reportCardYearItems: SelectItem[];
    @Input() errorMessages: Message[];

    @Output() reportCardCreated = new EventEmitter<ReportCard>();
    @Output() editReportCardFormValueChanged = new EventEmitter<ReportCard>();

    public editReportCardForm: FormGroup;
    private selectedReportCardDataSourceIdControl: FormControl;
    private selectedReportCardYearControl: FormControl;

    // TODO: remove this hack for resetting the angular 2 form once a real solution is available (supposedly in RC5)
    private isFormActive: boolean = true;
    private formHeaderString: string = CREATE_REPORT_CARD_FORM_HEADING;
    private formDialogVisible: boolean = false;
    private isCreatingNewReportCard = false;  // false implies that we are updating an existing report card

    constructor(private fb: FormBuilder) {
    }

    configureForm(selectedReportCard: ReportCard, createNewReport: boolean) {
        this.isCreatingNewReportCard = createNewReport;

        this.resetForm();

        this.selectedReportCardDataSourceIdControl.updateValue(selectedReportCard.reportCardDataSource.reportCardSourceId);

        this.selectedReportCardYearControl.updateValue(selectedReportCard.reportCardYear);

        if (createNewReport) {
            this.formHeaderString = CREATE_REPORT_CARD_FORM_HEADING;
        } else {
            // updating an existing report card
            this.formHeaderString = EDIT_REPORT_CARD_FORM_HEADING +
                selectedReportCard.reportCardYear + ' ' + selectedReportCard.reportCardDataSource.reportCardSourceName;
        }

        this.editReportCardForm.valueChanges.subscribe(data => this.onFormValueChanged(data));
    }

    customGroupValidator(reportCardDataSourceIdControl: FormControl, reportCardYearControl: FormControl,
        isCreatingNewReportCard: boolean) {
        return (group: FormGroup): { [key: string]: any } => {

            // missing data error ...
            if (!reportCardDataSourceIdControl.value || !reportCardYearControl.value) {
                return { 'requiredDataError': 'Report card year AND provider must be selected.' };
            }

            // invalid data error ...
            if (isCreatingNewReportCard) {
                if (!reportCardDataSourceIdControl.touched || !reportCardYearControl.touched) {
                    return { 'requiredDataError': 'Report card year AND provider must be selected.' };
                }
            } else {
                if (!reportCardDataSourceIdControl.touched && !reportCardYearControl.touched) {
                    return { 'requiredDataError': 'Report card year OR provider must be selected.' };
                }
            }

            // return null to indicate the form is valid
            return null;
        };
    }

    hideFormDialog() {
        this.formDialogVisible = false;
    }

    showFormDialog() {
        // hide any previous errors
        this.errorMessages = [];
        this.formDialogVisible = true;
    }

    createForm() {
        // by default, configure the form for new report card creation by setting
        // the initial values of both dropdowns to empty string
        this.selectedReportCardDataSourceIdControl = new FormControl('');
        this.selectedReportCardYearControl = new FormControl('');

        this.editReportCardForm = this.fb.group({
            selectedReportCardDataSourceIdControl: this.selectedReportCardDataSourceIdControl,
            selectedReportCardYearControl: this.selectedReportCardYearControl
        }, {
                validator: this.customGroupValidator(this.selectedReportCardDataSourceIdControl, this.selectedReportCardYearControl,
                    this.isCreatingNewReportCard),
                asyncValidator: this.duplicateReportCardValidator.bind(this)
            });
    }

    duplicateReportCardValidator() {
        return new Promise(resolve => {

            if ((this.errorMessages) && this.errorMessages.length === 0) {
                resolve({ uniqueReportCard: true });
            } else {
                resolve(null);
            }
        });
    }

    showError(errorMessages: Message[]) {
        this.errorMessages = errorMessages;
    }

    ngOnInit() {
        this.createForm();
    }

    onEditReportCardFormSubmitted() {

        let newReportCard = this.getReportCard(
            this.selectedReportCardDataSourceIdControl.value,
            this.selectedReportCardYearControl.value,
            this.reportCardDataSourcesItems
        );

        this.reportCardCreated.emit(newReportCard);
    }

    resetForm() {
        this.createForm();
        this.isFormActive = false;
        setTimeout(() => this.isFormActive = true, 0);
    }

    onFormValueChanged(data: any) {
        let newReportCard = this.getReportCard(
            this.selectedReportCardDataSourceIdControl.value,
            this.selectedReportCardYearControl.value,
            this.reportCardDataSourcesItems
        );

        this.editReportCardFormValueChanged.emit(newReportCard);
    }

    private getReportCard(reportCardDataSourceIdString: string, reportCardYearString: string,
        reportCardDataSourceItems: SelectItem[]): ReportCard {

        let selectedReportCardYear: number = Number(reportCardYearString);
        let selectedProviderReportCardId: number = Number(reportCardDataSourceIdString);

        let selectedProviderReportCardName: string = 'Unknown Report Card';

        for (var i = 0; i < this.reportCardDataSourcesItems.length; i++) {
            var element = this.reportCardDataSourcesItems[i];
            if (Number(element.value) === selectedProviderReportCardId) {
                selectedProviderReportCardName = element.label;
                break;
            }
        }

        let reportCard: ReportCard = new ReportCard();

        reportCard.reportCardYear = selectedReportCardYear;

        reportCard.reportCardDataSource = new ReportCardDataSource(
            selectedProviderReportCardId,
            selectedProviderReportCardName
        );

        return reportCard;
    }
}

create-report-card-form.component.html

<p-dialog header={{formHeaderString}} [(visible)]="formDialogVisible" [responsive]="true" showEffect="fade "
    [modal]="true" width="400">
    <form *ngIf="isFormActive" [formGroup]="editReportCardForm" (ngSubmit)="onEditReportCardFormSubmitted()">
        <div class="ui-grid ui-grid-responsive ui-fluid " *ngIf="reportCardDataSourcesItems ">
            <div class="ui-grid-row ">
                <p-dropdown [options]="reportCardDataSourcesItems" formControlName="selectedReportCardDataSourceIdControl" [autoWidth]="true"></p-dropdown>
            </div>
            <div class="ui-grid-row ">
                <p-dropdown [options]="reportCardYearItems" formControlName="selectedReportCardYearControl" [autoWidth]="true"></p-dropdown>
            </div>
            <div class="ui-grid-row ">
                <p-messages [value]="errorMessages"></p-messages>
            </div>
            <footer>
                <div class="ui-dialog-buttonpane ui-widget-content ui-helper-clearfix ">
                    <button type="submit" pButton icon="fa-check " 
                    [disabled]="!editReportCardForm?.valid" label="Save "></button>
                </div>
            </footer>
        </div>
    </form>
</p-dialog>

home.component.ts

import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
// // import { REACTIVE_FORM_DIRECTIVES } from '@angular/forms';
// import {ROUTER_DIRECTIVES} from '@angular/router';
// import { InputText, Panel, SelectItem, Message, Growl, Dialog, DataTable, Column, Header, F

Answer 1

<create-report-card-form [currentReportCardCount]="providerData.reportCards.length" ...
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

In your HomeComponent template, you are trying to bind to an input on the CreateReportCardForm component that doesn't exist.

In CreateReportCardForm, these are your only three inputs:

@Input() public reportCardDataSourcesItems: SelectItem[];
@Input() public reportCardYearItems: SelectItem[];
@Input() errorMessages: Message[];

Add one for currentReportCardCount and you should be good to go.