Hi,

I am hoping some of you can help me. I have attempted to install this so many times, i'm ready to give up.  (Each time i start with a fresh unzip of DNN as well as a fresh DB)

Anyway, Here's my process. Maybe someone can catch what i'm doing wrong.  This is on a shared hosting server with Verio

-First, I create the application root on the server.  This creates the folder. 
-I then unzip the DNN package to this directory.
-I then correct the web.config file (<customErrors mode="Off" />)
-I then begin the wizard. 
   - Set up for SQL Server, on a remote server.  Connection test succeeds, file permission test succeeds
   - All installation scripts run, return a success message.

-Then I click to finish and load the default page, and get the following error:

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
   DotNetNuke.HttpModules.UrlRewriteModule.RewriteUrl(HttpApplication app) +378
   DotNetNuke.HttpModules.UrlRewriteModule.OnBeginRequest(Object s, EventArgs e) +1180
   System.Web.SyncEventExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +92
   System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +64

Any ideas?  Everything appears to be successul, the tables are all created, but I get the object reference/null error.

Thanks

Kevin

I don't have a solution for you, but it might help to know which version of DotNetNuke you are trying to install, and which package you are using.

Hi Kevin,

At some point in the past, the DNN httpModules were merged into one assembly DotNetNuke.HttpModules.dll.  Since you have this assembly in your application bin directory, everything is okay there (you'd get a different error if ASP.NET couldn't find the class or assembly anyway).

My recommendation would be to download the DNN source, open up the Library/HttpModules/DotNetNuke.HttpModules.sln solution file, and compile it with debugging symbols.  I've tried suggesting to the DNN team that they provide assemblies with debug symbols, but at this point you'll have to perform this step yourself.

Once you have the debug-enabled assembly in place, deploy it to your DNN bin directory and recreate the error.  You should now get line numbers in addition to the call stack.  Paste this additional information here, and I should be able to target your exact error.

Let me know if you have trouble compiling the httpModule project; I'll be happy to do it for you (I plan on providing them on my blog, but was waiting on 4.8.5 to be released before I did the work).

Hope this helps!

Brandon