Can a module add a line in the DNN web.config when installing it

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Can a module add a line in the DNN web.config when installing it?

9/14/2016 9:37 AM

Mario Corral

Joined: 9/14/2016

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Can a module add a line in the DNN web.config when installing it?

Recently I was creating a module to install basic things for other modules dependent of it. I have to make a web.config change manually in order to all modules work and I was wondering if there is any way to automate it in the module instalation proccess.

9/14/2016 10:21 AM

Sebastian Leupold

www.dnnwerk.de
Joined: 3/8/2004

Posts: 46212

Re: Can a module add a line in the DNN web.config when installing it?

Mario,
a number of modules, including ActiveForums and YAF.Net for DNN are registering HTML modules and other components in web.config using xms merge, I suggest reviewing the source code and manifests.
However, you shouldn't use web.config to store individual Settings, the database would be a better place for this.

Cheers from Germany,
Sebastian Leupold

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9/15/2016 2:57 AM

Barry Waluszko

glanton.com
Joined: 5/5/2008

Posts: 152

Re: Can a module add a line in the DNN web.config when installing it? Modified By Barry Waluszko on 9/15/2016 3:10:24 AM

To add an entry to the web.config file you can use the module manifest file (it's ends with *.dnn). Here is an example that will add a custom http module:

9/15/2016 7:44 AM

Mario Corral

Joined: 9/14/2016

Posts: 3

Re: Can a module add a line in the DNN web.config when installing it?

Thanks a lot for the help. It works great!

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