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Hunter McDonnell
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25 Jun 2009 12:15 PM  
Hi All.

I'm developing a custom module for DNN (4.9.4) as a method of learning the framework well. I'm close to finished, but I'm stuck on the settings.ascx page.

I've used the DotNetNuke starter kit to create a module, and that got me going a long way. I've implemented ISearchable, IPortable, and IActionable on the base module, I've integrated into the database and have full view/edit capability. I've added custom actions successfully. I've fully modified the controller, data provider, etc. to do this and I'm comfortable with that. I've modified the View & Edit .ascx files (including code-behind) and have a good understanding of those as well.

BUT... with the settings page... it seems it's NOT loading the module's custom settings asp control when I click on it. It's not visible or present. I found that the settings must inherit from Entities.Modules.ModuleSettingsBase and the wizard did this correctly, I think. There is a "LoadSettings()" and an "UpdateSettings()" functions that are overridden with the wizard's code (I haven't modified them). I've done nothing to touch the settings module but it's not showing up.

I then added a control to the asp page to see if that control would show up anywhere on the settings page when loaded -- it hasn't.


I've tried googling everywhere on how to get the Settings.ascx page to show up in DotNetNuke but can't seem to find any helpful information on it. I get the feeling it should just 'work' and if it doesn't, something got messed up. I haven't been able to find enough info on HOW this works to drill down and find out what might have been broken (if anything).

Anything you could help me with here would be mighty helpful.

Thank you!

John
Hunter McDonnell
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26 Jun 2009 9:52 AM  
Can anybody help me? Nuke Masters?
Joseph Craig
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26 Jun 2009 6:41 PM  
The best advice that I can give is that you should look at adefwebserver.com and also Mitchel Sellers' book on module development.
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Hunter McDonnell
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30 Jun 2009 12:25 PM  
Thanks for replying... but it's not that helpful.

We paid to be a member of this site -- to get help on learning DNN as well as troubleshooting on the forums. It's not a lot of help to be told to go somewhere else (the answer is not on adefwebserer that I could find except with how to leverage DNN's module settings, which doesn't describe how to get your controls put into the settings page), and possibly have to go out and buy a book.

I was hoping somebody who is much more experienced has actually implemented custom settings for a module and might be able to point me in the right direction. As far as I can find, there is NO tutorial on how to implement custom module settings.

I suppose we could go out and buy the book if you think it'll solve our problem, but really I was hoping many of the experienced people here would have encountered this before.

John
Joseph Craig
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30 Jun 2009 12:32 PM  
John,

Im sorry that my answer wasn't helpful.  DNN Creative's focus is on the user/administrator side of DotNetNuke, and we really don't focus on module development.  That is a somewhat specialized area and is more suited to developers.

I have module development experience, but it is not extensive.  That is why I suggested some resources that are aimed at developers.  There are also forums at the DotNetNuke.com site where many developers hang out.
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Hunter McDonnell
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30 Jun 2009 3:11 PM  
Oh! Okay. Sorry. I suggested to my company to purchase this membership to maintain and expand our website (it was built on DNN a while ago and needs some overhauling). I thought it was a more comprehensive site than just the admin side. Oops. Thanks for your help! John
Lee Sykes
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30 Jun 2009 3:33 PM  
Hi John,

If you do not think the DNN Creative site will be of use, contact me direct and I can arrange a refund for you no problem, however there are a lot of tutorials on here that should help you such as with skinning and maintaining your site outside of the general everyday DotNetNuke admin.

Here is a list of all the tutorials we cover

Please feel free to e-mail me direct, thanks,

Lee
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Hunter McDonnell
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03 Jul 2009 12:06 PM  
Hello Lee.

No thanks -- I have still earned value from this site. I did quite a few 'video' tutorials to get up-to-speed on what DotNetNuke was and how to get things going. It may still continue to be useful.

And, for those still reading after my original question, here's the answer:

A module defintion for a settings page must have they key of 'Settings' --> EXACTLY <-- or it won't be found by the DNN framework.
Ditto for edit pages ... the must have a key of 'Edit'

I fluked out on Edit (named it right), but not on settings.

Thanks all!

John
Lee Sykes
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03 Jul 2009 12:32 PM  
thanks for letting us know the solution and if there's anything else we can help out with please let us know, cheers,
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