Greetings. I am just getting into your book and have successfully setup my development environment (Vista, VS2008, MS-SQL Server 2008, IIS7). DotNetNuke installs all went OK. Now I'm at the point where I want to start a new project but the C# DNN Module Template does not appear as an option. I downloaded and installed the .vsi packages from "iowacomputergurus.com" but the only thing it added was "BlankNoDALModule" and "BlankModuleWithDal". Neither work. Where can I get the right templates?

Thanks.

Hi,

I apologize for the confusion in template naming. You can use the "BlankModuleWithDal", as that is a module that includes the DAL stubs.

The only difference in these templates is they have been improved to make setup a bit easier.

Otherwise, you can go to BiteTheBullet.co.uk and get the exact same template that is shown in the screenshot, but it was the base for the "BlankModuleWithDal".

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IowaComputerGurus Inc.

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Hi Mitchell,

Thanks for the reply. I tried the "BlankModuleWithDal" but get the following error:

"The Web Application Project GuestbookCS is configured to use IIS. To access local IIS Web sites, you must install the following IIS components:

IIS6 Metabase and IIS6 Compatability
ASP.NET
Windows Authentication

In addition, you must run Visual Studio in the context of an administrator account."

I didn't think I had to install any older IIS6 stuff and I'm running VS as administrator. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks again,

Karl

Karl,

You do have to install those components, to work with the WAP project.

You can switch the project settings, to not use IIS, but design time support for DNN items is lost.

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Mitchel Sellers
Microsoft C# MVP, MCITP
Director of Development
IowaComputerGurus Inc.

My blog for .NET and DotNetNuke info

Author of "Professional DotNetNuke Module Programming"

Tech Editor on "Visual Studio 2010 six-in-one" and "Pro C# 4.0"

Thanks Mitchell, that did the trick...

Hi Mitch,

I have the same issue. I am logged in as an admin and from the Windows ControlPanel->WindowsFeatures it looks like the IIS 6 Metabase & Configuration Compatibility is turned on. Any ideas why I'm still getting this? What am I missing. I'm running VS2008, IIS7... it is Windows Vista Home edition, could that cause a problem?

Thanks for your help,

Chris