Hi,

I have an ascx skin and I would like to add code like below to the ascx file to just strip out all of the skin if the url contains the query ?NoSkin=1.

I am close, but I end up getting no content at all where this method would normally work in a standard asp.net page lifecycle. All I get is a single anchor in l_ContentControl.Controls. I have tried overriding both OnPreRender & OnRender.

I want to do it this way so that any page can potentially have the option of being stripped. These pages will be viewed on mobile phones in this case. But I still want the normal version to be skinned. (or else I would just make a another skin and set it on the particular page)

<script runat="server">

  Protected Overrides Sub OnPreRender(ByVal e As EventArgs)
    Dim l_ContentControl As System.Web.UI.Control
  
    If (Me.Request.QueryString.Item("NoSkin") Is Nothing) Then Return

    l_ContentControl = Me.FindControl("ContentPane")
    If (l_ContentControl Is Nothing) Then Return

    l_ContentControl.Parent.Controls.Remove(l_ContentControl)
    Me.Controls.Clear()

    For Each l_ChildControl As System.Web.UI.Control In l_ContentControl.Controls
     l_ChildControl.Parent.Controls.Remove(l_ChildControl)
     Me.Controls.Add(l_ChildControl)
    Next
  End Sub

</script>

Hi Timo,

Yes removing the content pane, but then looping through its child controls and addig them back.

So I expect it to start out looking like this..

<Skin Stuff>

<ContentPane>

<Module 1 Output>

<Module 2 Output>

<ContentPane>

<Skin Stuff>

And then my code transforms it to this..

<Module 1 Output>

<Module 2 Output>

ie. all of the content pane and skin have been stripped from the output and just the modules output html code remains.

The problem I am having is that when OnPreRender & even OnRender is called, then <Module 1 Output> etc.. does not exist and the only thing I find in l_ContentControl.Controls is a single anchor. eg. <a id="392"></a>

I think DNN is rendering the modules individually, and then merging them with the page after it has gone through the OnRender event, I assume for caching.. as this kind of code would work in the standard ASP.NET page lifecycle.

Okay... Sorry for that.

Nice idea couldn't exactly say why your code doesn't work, but you could also unload the CSS files, or load the noskin skin instead of the one assigned...

If you solve this would you post the solution please?

Thanks,