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3/18/2006 12:27 AM

	Craig Miller
34 posts

C-sharp module development tutorial?

I've been googling about now for a while, and haven't been able to locate an introductory tutorial on developing DNN 3.x modules with VS 2003/C#. The only one I found just described what buttons to push, and used templates to generate the code. I'd really like to build a "Hello World" type module from the ground up along with basic explanations of everything before I jump into using a product that generates the code automatically.

Could anyone point me to a tutorial for a C# guy working on DNN 3.x?

Thanks for the help,
Craig

3/25/2006 1:39 PM

	Mark McAvoy
12 posts
www.bitethebullet.co.uk

Re: C-sharp module development tutorial?

Hi Craig

I wrote this tutorial http://www.bitethebullet.co.uk/RandomImageTutorialPart1/tabid/63/Default.aspx about how I developed a "real" module in C# for DNN 3.x

Maybe this was the one you've already seen that uses templates to generate some of the code. You could of course write some of the generated code yourself.

Regards

Mark

Visit www.bitethebullet.co.uk for more free DNN modules and tutorials

3/29/2006 9:33 AM

	Craig Miller
34 posts

Re: C-sharp module development tutorial?

Yeah, that is the one I found already. Some of the templates you used aren't available as a free download anymore and your tutorial didn't walk through the code they created so I'm not sure what the code that they generated looks like. That's why I was hoping to find another tutorial -- to fill in the blanks.

I can tell that you spent a lot of time on your tutorial and I appreciate that. My only feedback is that it read a little more like a recipe than a tutorial. It seemed to explain what to do, but not why you do it, or how everything fits together. That said, it is the only one available, I haven't written anything better, etc so I do appreciate that you took the time to write it up. Thank you.

--Craig

3/30/2006 10:07 AM

	Hamid Noorbakhsh
8 posts

Re: C-sharp module development tutorial?

Craig,
I am a C# guy too. Don't worry about therest of the stuff, just code your modules in C#. It will work fine. Here is a "HelloWorld" I wrote a while ago to get started. The HelloWorld.ascx file has just a label in it "Label1" and the namespace added:

<%@ Control Language="c#" AutoEventWireup="false" Codebehind="HelloWorldCS.ascx.cs" Inherits="IL.HelloWorldCS.HelloWorldCS" TargetSchema="http://schemas.microsoft.com/intellisense/ie5" %> <asp:Label id="Label1" runat="server" Width="88px">Label</asp:Label>

and here is the code in HelloWorld.ascx.cs file:

namespace IL.HelloWorldCS
{
    using System;
    using System.Text;
    using System.Data;
    using System.Drawing;
    using System.Web;
    using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
    using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;

    /// <summary>
    ///        Summary description for HelloWorldCS.
    /// </summary>
    public class HelloWorldCS : DotNetNuke.Entities.Modules.PortalModuleBase
    {
        protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label Label1;

        private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            // Put user code to initialize the page here
            StringBuilder s = new StringBuilder();

            s.Append("<H2>Hello World in C#</H2>");
            s.Append("<br>This is ModuleID: " + base.ModuleId.ToString());
            s.Append("<br>This is UserID: " + base.UserId.ToString());
            s.Append("<br>This is PortalID: " + base.PortalSettings.PortalName.ToString());
            s.Append("<br>This is portal name: " + base.ModuleConfiguration.ModuleTitle.ToString());
            s.Append("<br>Are we in edit mode now: " + base.IsEditable.ToString());

            Label1.Text = s.ToString();
        }

        #region Web form Designer generated code
        override protected void OnInit(EventArgs e)
        {
            //
            // CODEGEN: This call is required by the ASP.NET Web form Designer.
            //
            InitializeComponent();
            base.OnInit(e);
        }

        /// <summary>
        ///        Required method for Designer support - do not modify
        ///        the contents of this method with the code editor.
        /// </summary>
        private void InitializeComponent()
        {
            this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Page_Load);

        }
        #endregion
    }
}

Nothing to it. I hope this will help you,
noorbakhsh

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