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3/13/2006 11:55 AM
 
User is offline Bill Cunnien

Joined: 6/2/2005
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Without recompiling DNN, how do I introduce some custom global variables (like a server path) into the application to be retrieved at run-time?  I have a set of images being stored in a share on our network.  I want DNN to know what that path is to the share and use it to retrieve the images for display within a custom module.  I do not want to hard-code the pathname but rather store it globally.  If the server gets moved, then I just need to go to that one location and change it.  Should I do this in the web.config file?  Like the connection strings to additional databases?  If so, what is the best way to add this kind of thing to the file?

Thanks,
Ling
 
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3/13/2006 12:43 PM
 
User is offline Tony Valenti


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Well, I'd say that's messy.  I would recommend just storing it in another table or in Module settings, however, if you absolutely can't do that, I'd say store the value in the Web.Config
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3/13/2006 1:18 PM
 
User is offline Bryan Johns

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Inside web.config, in the appSettings do something like this:

<appSettings>
    <add key="ImagePathKey" value="path to images" />
    <!-- the rest of the appSettings -->
</appSettings>

Then in your custom module do something like this:

Imports System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings

Private Function ImagePath() as String
    Return AppSettings("ImagePathKey")
End Function

Then simply call the ImagePath function whenever you need to assign the path to your images to some variable.  DNN might have built in function(s) to handle this so you only need to call the DNN function and maybe pass the name of your new appSettings key.  If so perhaps one of the more experienced DNN dev's on this forum might speak up.
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3/13/2006 1:48 PM
 
User is offline Bill Cunnien

Joined: 6/2/2005
Posts: 45

I see that two people responded (thanks), but I have yet to see their actual responses.  I guess there is a little bit of lag on the moderation of the forum.  No biggee.

I have approached it this way:

Add AppSetting to web.config called MyAppPath and the value \\Server\Share\.  Then I call this value by ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("MyAppPath").  This works beautifully.

If someone else has a more elegant and effective way, please let me know.  Perhaps those two responses already have it listed...we shall see...

Ling
 
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