hi, i am facing problem in customizing the DNN account login module. basically i want to restrict the text fields named as first name, last name, e mail, user name etc. i got an error after pasting the DonNetNuke.dll in the web's directory which was like this while opening the web page on my local machine using localhost. Value cannot be null. Parameter name: type Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. Exception Details: System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: type Source Error: Line 80: Line 81: 'Determine the Upgrade status and redirect to Install.aspx Line 82: Select Case GetUpgradeStatus() Line 83: Case Globals.UpgradeStatus.Install Line 84: If AutoUpgrade Then Source File: G:\Cycling by numbers\DotNetNuke\onTrack\App_Code\Global.asax.vb Line: 82 Stack Trace: [ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: type] System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic) +2843963 System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type) +6 DotNetNuke.Framework.Reflection.CreateObject(String TypeName, String CacheKey, Boolean UseCache) +49 DotNetNuke.Framework.Reflection.CreateObject(String ObjectProviderType, String ObjectProviderName, String ObjectNamespace, String ObjectAssemblyName, Boolean UseCache) +892 DotNetNuke.Framework.Reflection.CreateObject(String ObjectProviderType, String ObjectNamespace, String ObjectAssemblyName) +45 DotNetNuke.Data.DataProvider.CreateProvider() +54 DotNetNuke.Data.DataProvider..cctor() +28 [TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'DotNetNuke.Data.DataProvider' threw an exception.] DotNetNuke.Data.DataProvider.Instance() +0 DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings.GetProviderPath() +24 DotNetNuke.Common.Globals.GetUpgradeStatus() +147 DotNetNuke.Common.Global.CheckVersion() in G:\Cycling by numbers\DotNetNuke\onTrack\App_Code\Global.asax.vb:82 DotNetNuke.Common.Global.Application_Start(Object Sender, EventArgs E) in G:\Cycling by numbers\DotNetNuke\onTrack\App_Code\Global.asax.vb:313 please! help me how can i handle this problem????? Thanks & Regards, Hafiz Farhan Anjum pakistan

can you plz tell me some thing? basically i want to limit the size of the text boxes shown on the registration module. how can i do?? i have found that there is a file located in the library named as userinfo.vb. when i changed this file, to limit the size of the text boxes then a file with the name of dotnetnuke.dll is changed. i have to place this file in my website to which i am going to limit the size of the text fields. but when i replaced the file with this file then i got this kind of error.

can u tell me plz teoll me that when we change the code in the library then compile them and then where i have to place the updated files?

or plz tell me that how we change the library code. and how i place it in my own web??

reply me as early as possible.

i shall be very thankful to you.

 

Farhan

(Pakistan)

You can modify the ascx file and not need to recompile anything. To limit the number of characters a textbox will take add     MaxLength="X"    inside the asp:textbox tag. It will look somthing like        <asp:textbox ... MaxLength="10">.   The ... are the other tags there already.

If you want to adjust the size of the text box, then do the same type of thing, except instead of MaxLength, use Width.

At the moment I have no idea which ascx file it is, or where it goes/is on the server. But if you've found the code file, it should be in the same location.