I'm upgrading some old V3.3.4 modules and one of them inherits the Text/HTML module by referencing DotNetNuke.Modules.Html.dll; however in recent versions it seems that the manditory modules (which seem to use .zip instead of .resource in the /install directory) such as HTML and LINKS no longer include compiled .dll; but instead contain the code itself which then gets compiled at runtime...

Is there a reason the way these modules are packaged has changed to not easily allow developers to inherit their controls for extensions?

Personally, I never would have inherited the Text/HTML module to extend it; as that just screams out upgrade problems...  but I was brought in to upgrade somebody elses work and I'm looking for the fastest way through it.

Is it possible that the HTML and LINKS modules being packaged without a compiled .dll is in fact an unintentional mistake and should be recorded as a bug?

Thanks,

Matt Christenson

I am upgrading (recompiling) previous custom modules in VS2K5 referencing the latest DotNetNuke.dll.  There are nearly 20 modules that I'm doing this too and most of them reference only DotNetNuke.dll and no issues, or only minor issues, have come up.  Some modules reference other assemblies such as DotNetNuke.WebControls.dll and DotNetNuke.WebUtility.dll.

Upgrading all of these modules has gone smothly except for those modules that referenced DotNetNuke.Modules.Html.dll and DotNetNuke.Modules.Links.dll; because there is no way to reference the new assemblies because they no longer exist.

I guess I don't fully understand the difference between WSP modules and WAP projects; but i'm pretty sure that you can still pre-compile assemblies for distribution even in the free visual web developer.

I'm familiar with Michael's totorials and have been developing heavily with DotNetNuke for over a year now.  I suppose that I could just load up the Text/HTML project and compile a .dll myself, but I'm hesitant to do so because I first want to understand why these modules are no longer distributed with compiled assemblies.

You can compile assembiles even with files written in notepad, the compilation tools distributed with the .NET SDK are the same ones that visual studio uses; I don't see the connection between modules distributed with precompiled asseblies or modules distributed with code to be compile at runtime - and which development tools are used to create them.

Perhaps you can direct me to a resource that discusses the difference between WSP modules and WAP projects specifically so that I can become a little more informed on what I'm dealing with and how it will effect the way I decide to move forward with my upgrade of these custom modules from DNN3 to DNN4.

Thanks very much for your help,

Matt Christenson

leupold wrote check out Shaun's blog: http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Community/Blogs/tabid/825/EntryID/434/Default.aspx

Thank you for this link; it's helped in filling in some gaps in my knowledge.

Matt