Hi!

First thanks in advance for reading and replying.

I have to cover some specification requirements and I need to modify some details of the forum.

The first thing you all have to know is that I'm giving my first steps in ASP .NET so I'll be very grateful if the replies are a little bit more specifics.

The Question: I would like to know is how to load again the DNNForum I have modified.

Giving more details, I have download the source and I have unpacked it into the DesktopModules folder of my DNN as I read in an other googling. And know I have into DesktopModules/Forum_04.04.03_Source all the SQLDataProviders, the Forum.dnn and a folder called Resources which contains the solution I am modifying.

So when I move to the Host/ModuleDefinition menu of the portal (I logged like superuser) I cannot find the Module I have been modifying.

I tried to install it by browsing the .dnn file but I get this error: "Invalid File Extension For Custom Module UMLModels_Forum.dnn". Should I have to pack the module for installed each time I want to test a change?

I tried also to import it, but in the manifest select box does not appear the UMLModels_Forum.dnn

So, I'm a little bit lost.

Anybody can help me?

Thanks for all!

Ok!

In the Forum folder I don't have the source code.

1.- Can I do it in another folder diferent from the Forum folder? (Something like myForum). In this case, Should I have to do something into the administration portal?

When I unzip the source code I have into de main folder (Forum_04.04.03_Source) a lot of files .SqlDataProvider, one .dll file, one .dnn file and a folder (Resources) that contains all the source code.

2.- So, do I have to put all the content of the folder  Forum_04.04.03_Source/ Resources  into the Forum folder? Or I should put the content of the root folder (Forum_04.04.03_Source: keeping intact the file structure: with the .dnn, the folder "Resources", ...)

3.- How can I check if the Project files if they are correctly linked to your virtual folders?

Thanks a lot!!

Thank you very much Matthias!

I have VS 2005 pro. And yes I have Microsoft Web Application Projects  (WAP).

I don't know if I have fixed well all the liking paths. I guess not because I get the next error when I start the debug (F5):

"Unable to start debugging on the server. The web server is not configured correctly..."

In the IIS I have "localhost/DNNPortal" so, I have modified the next properties in the DotNetNuke.Forums.build file according to my environment:

        <property name="rootWeb" value="http://localhost/" overwrite="false" />
        <property name="webAlias" value="DNNPortal" overwrite="false" />

I have also checked this properties in the DotNetNuke.SubProject.build file, which I don't know if I have to modify the words in bold:

               <solution solutionfile="..\..\Solutions\DotNetNuke.All\DotNetNuke.All.sln" configuration="${project.configuration}">     
                <webmap>                 
                    <map url="http://localhost/DotNetNuke/DotNetNuke.vbproj" path="..\..\DotNetNuke.vbproj" />                   
                </webmap>        
            </solution>
           
            <solution solutionfile="${subproject.solution}" configuration="${project.configuration}">     
                <webmap>                 
                    <map url="http://localhost/DotNetNuke/DotNetNuke.vbproj" path="..\..\DotNetNuke.vbproj" />                   
                </webmap>        
            </solution>

The thing is that I don't find the DotNetNuke.vbproj. I have found the this file: DotNetNuke.webproj.

Am I skipping any other change?