In the course of cleaning up depreciated code, I've been looking into the correct way to access portal settings. Using the object browser brought me in a vicious circle of depreciated functions. After researching blogs and wikis, I finally settled for the following statement:
Dim hs As System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary(Of String, String) = DotNetNuke.Entities.Controllers.HostController.Instance.GetSettingsDictionary()

There is a story behind this vicious circle I have no idea of. Tonight I will attack the HostSettingsControler and the UpdateHostSettings method which is also depreciated.

Is there something I should know?

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The one-eyed in the land of the blind.

One thing to be aware of when updating HostSetings IS that they are cached - and the cache is not automatically refreshed when you fire off update.

db.Update(key,value, true)   however should force the cache to flush if i recall.

or 

DotNetNuke.Common.Utilities.DataCache.ClearHostCache(False)
Westa

This is one I find no usable information anywhere. GetTabsBySortOrder() is supposed to give you a List(of TabInfo) and is depreciated since 5.5 in favor of a version with a cultureCode in the parameters.

It would help me if I understood what SortOrder this function is to deliver. It would make reading the sources just a little bit easier.

More pressing is this. The cultureCode is introduced in 5.5 and thus most probably refers to something specific for the core CL. How would a cultureCode affect GetTabsBySortOrder when core ML is not enabled?

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The one-eyed in the land of the blind.