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5/21/2010 11:47 AM
 
Byron Salyer

Joined: 1/3/2006
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I use a bit of code to switch between two different skins based off the URL used to access the site. 
Before it worked without problem, but now it doesn't.

The line that actually loads the skin is 'SkinPlaceholder.Controls.Add(LoadControl(skinToLoad))' ....where skinToLoad is the path to my skin.

Has the way you programmaticly load a skin changed?

Whenever I try and access the site now, I get
Could Not Load Skin: /Portals/_default/Skins/SkinSwitcher/SkinSwitcher.ascx Error: Unable to cast object of type 'ASP.portals__default_skins_skinswitcher_skinswitcher_ascx' to type 'DotNetNuke.UI.Skins.Skin'.

Can somebody shed some light on what's wrong with this? Thanks in advance!
 
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6/22/2010 12:10 PM
 
Rhys Jones


www.rmjcs.com/
Joined: 2/13/2007
Posts: 118
Hi Byron,

I'm no expert on this, and I'm not sure whether that is the best way to dynamically change a skin, but it looks like the error is saying that the .Net type of 'SkinSwitcher.ascx' can't be cast to a DotNetNuke.UI.Skins.Skin. Can you tell what the .Net type of SkinSwitcher.ascx is - possibly from the Inherits attribute of the Control directive in the ascx file, or from the code-behind file?

Regards,
Rhys

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6/22/2010 4:30 PM
 
Timo Breumelhof


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Joined: 2/9/2006
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yes it had changed in DNN 5.
ReEad this for some more info:
http://www.kalyani.com/2009/12/dotnet...
 
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