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7/22/2008 9:20 AM

	Dylan Barber
651 posts

Moduleid in usercontrols

we have built a few controls (not modules) like a better datepicker etc for our use in DNN now we find olurselves needing the module id in a control - now i looked in the controls in the library/controls and see that the user and urlcontrol get this from the v13wstat3 however when i try to do that i get a -1 all the time

How should i get the module id in a control for dnn? (i inherit from famework.usercontrolbase i thin this is right but could be part of my problems if its wrong)

7/22/2008 9:50 AM

	Arash
17 posts

Re: Moduleid in usercontrols

If you're using your controls in a module that you built yourself, you can use query strings to pass ModuleId.

Arash

7/22/2008 11:39 AM

Accepted Answer

	Dylan Barber
651 posts

Re: Moduleid in usercontrols

Modified By Dylan Barber on 7/22/2008 1:41:31 PM)

Okay I will answer my own question with a solution that seems to work all the time in DNN

Dim myPortalModuleBase As DotNetNuke.Entities.Modules.PortalModuleBase = CType(Me.Parent, DotNetNuke.Entities.Modules.PortalModuleBase)

Then i can user myPortalModuleBase.ModuleId (or whatever else) to get data from the host control(module) - be aware this makes your controls very specific to DNN - they will break in non DNN sites.

Anybody have a reason this is a bad practice?

7/22/2008 1:40 PM

	Dylan Barber
651 posts

Re: Moduleid in usercontrols

Modified By Dylan Barber on 7/22/2008 3:41:55 PM)

even better in case you bury controls a few levels deep

Private Function ParentDNNModulePage(ByVal myControl As Control) As DotNetNuke.Entities.Modules.PortalModuleBase
            Dim MyParentID As New DotNetNuke.Entities.Modules.PortalModuleBase
            Try
                MyParentID = CType(myControl, DotNetNuke.Entities.Modules.PortalModuleBase)
            Catch ex As Exception
                MyParentID = ParentDNNModulePage(myControl.Parent)
            End Try
            Return MyParentID
        End Function

then simply create an object to handle the return

Dim ModuleInfo As DotNetNuke.Entities.Modules.PortalModuleBase = ParentDNNModulePage(Me)

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