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2/5/2009 9:44 AM
 
Tim Joslyn

Joined: 7/29/2003
Posts: 3

After installing a custom skin I receive the following error everytime I navigate to the Hosts - Skins Page:

A critical error has occurred.
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

The System Log shows:

2/5/2009 2:30:54 PM   Page Load Exception   host     AssemblyVersion: 05.00.00; PortalID: 0; PortalNa ...
AssemblyVersion: 05.00.00
PortalID: 0
PortalName: The Development Cloud
UserID: 1
UserName: host
ActiveTabID: 35
ActiveTabName: Skins
RawURL: /tabid/35/portalid/0/Default.aspx
AbsoluteURL: /Default.aspx
AbsoluteURLReferrer:
UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; Tablet PC 2.0; InfoPath.2; .NET CLR 3.5.21022)
DefaultDataProvider: DotNetNuke.Data.SqlDataProvider, DotNetNuke.SqlDataProvider
ExceptionGUID: 81ac337f-ee97-4a1a-a5b3-729d04581c9a
InnerException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
FileName:
FileLineNumber: 0
FileColumnNumber: 0
Method: DotNetNuke.Services.Installer.Packages.PackageController.CanDeletePackage
StackTrace:
Message: DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.PageLoadException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. ---> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at DotNetNuke.Services.Installer.Packages.PackageController.CanDeletePackage(PackageInfo package, PortalSettings portalSettings) at DotNetNuke.Modules.Admin.Extensions.Extensions.grdPackages_ItemDataBound(Object sender, DataGridItemEventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGrid.CreateItem(Int32 itemIndex, Int32 dataSourceIndex, ListItemType itemType, Boolean dataBind, Object dataItem, DataGridColumn[] columns, TableRowCollection rows, PagedDataSource pagedDataSource) at System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGrid.CreateControlHierarchy(Boolean useDataSource) at System.Web.UI.WebControls.BaseDataList.OnDataBinding(EventArgs e) at DotNetNuke.Modules.Admin.Extensions.Extensions.BindGrid() at DotNetNuke.Modules.Admin.Extensions.Extensions.OnLoad(EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

 

I have manually removed the problematic skin by deleting all of the relevant skin and container folders as well as removing all references from the applicable tables in the DB.

Does anybody have any ideas otherwise I am going to be forced to reinstall from scratch!

Cheers,

Tim
 
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2/5/2009 11:53 AM
 
Timo Breumelhof


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Could this be this problem:

http://support.dotnetnuke.com/issue/ViewIssue.aspx?id=9076&PROJID=2

I have no solution for it I had it on a test installation and reinstalled it.

The issue is fixed in DNN 5.0.1 BTW
 
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2/5/2009 12:08 PM
 
Tim Joslyn

Joined: 7/29/2003
Posts: 3

That's the one, reinstall it is, any ETA on 5.0.1,

Thanks,

Tim
 
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3/7/2009 6:32 PM
 
Dwight Brown

Joined: 11/16/2003
Posts: 7

 if the error occured following a skin install -

you should find determine packageID the skin is using a database tool.  Look for the ID in the Packeges table then log on as host, use SQL and enter at command such as;

delete from packages where packageID = xx   

XX is the package ID that represents the screwed up skin.  By the way the problem is also in 5.01. I got the error today after installing a skin.
 
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