I am new to module development and am reading up on how to convert my existing applications to DNN modules. I develop using SQL2005 and VS 2005 in C#.

Some tutorials mention downloading the addon from Miscrosoft for VS 2005, http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa730880(VS.80).aspx.

My question is two part; (1) can I develop a module using the existing Web site project model already available in Visual Studio 2005 instead of using WAP? I would prefer to use the existing model, can some one point out the pros and cons or direct me to some site with tutorials on this topic as well as (2) topics on moving existing web projects to modules on DNN, specifically how to handle links to other pages in my module.

Thanks.

Michael,

Thanks for your prompt response, the links you mention were the first pages I looked at while do my initial search. All the examples I have seen so far talk about putting code in the App_Code/ModuleName and DesktopModule/ModuleName folders which I think can get messy if the module is large and requires several user controls. I have a web site which I intend to build a module out of has 700 files divided into 5 projects, one web site and 4 Class projects, I am using VS 2005 and developing C#. For this module I want to be able to have some sort of code separation by, if possible, add separate projects into the Install version of DNN. The DNN Module Developers Guide talks about adding a separate project for the module under development and adding controls to it which I can't seem to do in VS 2005. I DO NOT want to install the web Application project template to my VS to use the Precompilation option  in VS, considering this requirement, how do I proceed in setting up my development environment?

Thanks.

No, I have not installed the WAP template, rather working with the Install version of DNN 4.4.1.