When recompiling a DotNetNuke using version 4.0.3 the App_GlobalResources directory is removed and all files are compiled into an assembly.  This causes issues for DotNetNuke localization. It is not possible to copy this directory to a precompiled site as you will get the following error.

The directory '/DotNetNuke/App_GlobalResources/' is not allowed because the application is precompiled.

3 solutions I see for this ….

1. Rename App_GlobalResources directory to AppGlobalResources.  Change line 62 in Localization.vb to

Public Const ApplicationResourceDirectory As String = "~/AppGlobalResources"

I have done this on my local machine for now and it appears to work ok

2. Rename App_GlobalResources directory to App_localRespource. This directory is not precompiled if site is set to be updateable.  This might not be ideal if site is to be compiled with no update option.

3. Change logic engine to pull resources from DLL.  Probably not ideal as two code bases would need to be maintained

Any thoughts?

Bert

I experienced this with version 4.03 & now with 4.33 also- If I publish the site to another web server  and the page loads etc. but whenever I try to edit some content I got the "Value cannot be null. Parameter name: format" error.

To fix this I tried option 1 and copied the dotnetnuke.dll file (using the source package with a changed Localization.vb file) Now it seems error just moved somewhere else - I can now edit fields and everything is ok  - but the error moved to the registration page & users admin page.

Any ideas?