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Jan 01

DotNetNuke blog improvements error on 03.04.00

If you are using the DotNetNuke blog module, and have followed the code on:

http://www.dnncreative.com/Tutorials/ModuleDevelopment/HowtoimproveaDotNetNukemodule/tabid/312/Default.aspx

You may be faced with an error such as:

Message: DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.ModuleLoadException: c:\inetpub\wwwroot\DesktopModules\Blog\Archive.ascx(11): error BC32206: Indirect reference is being made to assembly DotNetNuke.Modules.Blog version 3.4.0.39875, which contains ‘DotNetNuke.Modules.Blog.Data.SqlDataProvider’. This Project references a prior version of DotNetNuke.Modules.Blog version 3.4.0.39853…..

When you upgrade the module to version 03.04.00.

To get around this issue, remove the following two lines of code:

< %@ Import Namespace="DotNetNuke.Modules.Blog.Data" %>
< %@ Import Namespace="DotNetNuke.Modules.Blog.Business" %>

And change the line:

Dim sqlDataProvider As Blog.Data.SqlDataProvider = CType(Blog.Data.DataProvider.Instance(), Blog.Data.SqlDataProvider)

to:

Dim sqlDataProvider As SqlDataProvider = CType(DataProvider.Instance(), SqlDataProvider)

This fixed the problem for me.

Sep 07

DotNetNuke - Filtering a User Defined Table (UDT) from a URL parameter

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I’ve been playing around with DotNetNuke, which is a great Content Management System. However, I do find the information on the web quite hard to follow about setting up certain elements of it.

Just in case anyone is interested on how to filter the User Defined Table from a URL parameter, here are some step by step instructions.

1) Go to the UDT and select to “Edit Current XSL Script”

2) Look at the URL, and take note of the ModuleID (or mid). It will show as …../mid/460…. or something along those lines.

3) Edit the XSL by adding your parameter. For example, underneath the line starting….

xsl:variable name=”prefix_param”

add…

xsl:param name=”param_myfilter”

4) Edit the XSL further by using the filter to limit the data. Find the text…

xsl:variable name=”currentData” select=”udt:Data”

and change it to….

xsl:variable name=”currentData” select=”udt:Data[udt:myfieldtofilter=$param_myfilter]”

5) Save the XSL

6) Go to the URL in the browser window, and add “?udt_460_param_myfilter=whatever” to the end of it.

This will filter the data on the “myfieldtofilter” field where the contents are equal to the value in the “myfilter” URL parameter.

Anyway, I hope that this helps someone…….

Lee

Aug 29

Finally I get a new radio!

Mercedes Comments Off

Well, this story is somewhat long, so please bear with me.

Whilst designing the new SLK, Mercedes obviously decided to allow a spotty 14 year old school kid to have some input on where to put the cup holder. Now, don’t get me wrong, work experience is a great idea. However, putting the cup holder directly above the audio unit is either brave or stupid.

Not to worry though. Anyone who can design a vario-roof that so neatly tucks away into the boot at the touch of a button can easily make a fool proof cup holder. Or can they?

Six months ago I found out that they couldn’t, or rather they didn’t.

The cup holder on the Mercedes can only hold a single drop of water. Two drops and you risk blowing up your radio, which is exactly what happened to me. A cold bottle of water and a few drips of condensation running down the side and the next thing I know is that there’s smoke coming from the dashboard.

After investigating the problem, my local dealership decided that the radio had definately blown up. Being extremely clever, they instantly diagnosed that since I didn’t clean my cup holder properly (there was some dried up coke spills that had been there for over a year) I had obviously just thrown a whole can of coke over my radio unit, and it therefore wasn’t a warranty issue or a design fault. £150 pounds later and they allowed me to drive my car away. However, they wanted me to pay £1500 for a new Audio 20 radio.

Now I know the car is very nice, but the radio is pretty rubbish, and the only thing that makes it so much money to replace is the fact that it fits into the dash!! There is no way that I would pay that much money for an otherwise crap radio.

Anyway, to cut a long story short, after months of emailing and communicating with puppets (or should I say muppets) they have finally seen the light and admitted that the cup holder is absolutely useless. It helped somewhat that I happen to have a breakdown policy with GEM Motoring Assist, who advised me that the editor of their Good Motoring magazine liked to investigate such issues. In actual fact, I have just underestimated that. After 3 months of useless reply emails from Mercedes, I emailed Andy at Good Motoring. To my surprise the very next day, Mercedes were on the phone admitting the design fault and offering to replace the unit. The power of the press is truly amazing.

Today, my local dealership actually called me to say that they had ordered the part. It’s being fitted on Friday.

Finally I’ll be able to listen to Nick Ferrari again!

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DotNetNuke blog improvements error on 03.04.00

DotNetNuke - Filtering a User Defined Table (UDT) from a URL parameter

Finally I get a new radio!

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