Hi,

I am trying to dynamically set the container at runtime for a custom module I have written.

I have created a pageInit routine and added the following code into the view.ascx file.

ModuleConfiguration.ModuleTitle =

"";
ModuleConfiguration.ContainerPath = "Portals/_default/Containers/BlogTopFiveContainer/";
ModuleConfiguration.ContainerSrc = "BlogTopFiveContainer.ascx";

The title is being set to an empty string as intended but the module container is still defaulting to something other than that set in the container path and src.

Please could someone point me in the correct direction and let me know what I am doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.

A brief look at the InjectModule method found in the framework source code Skin.vb file and knowledge of the ASP.Net page-life cycle leads me to believe that it is not possible to change the container control of a module from within the module itself. By the time that the Page_Init event of the module control fires, the container (user control) has already been created and added to it's parent's control collection.

You might, however, try using an instance of the ModuleController business class to 1) Get the module's ModuleInfo object, 2) alter it's ContainerSrc property, 3) Update the ModuleInfo back to the database which I think will clear the Module Cache-if not have to do separately, then 4) Redirect back to the original URL to refresh the page - hopefully with the module now displayed in your choice of container. I have not tried the above so make no guarantee that it will work or that these steps will not require some modification.

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