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2/13/2011 7:27 PM
 
Arlene Pisano


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When creating a module if you have data that you want to save associated with the Settings for the module, where do you define the fields and the data types for the fields?  From examples I can see how to retrieve these values and I can see where to update these values but I haven't been able to determine where to define them during the installation of the module.

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2/13/2011 11:39 PM
 
Wes Tatters


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You don't actually define them as such. The information is stored in a dynamic table inside the database.

What we usually do is in each module is declare a function called IsConfigured ()
We call this function at the top of the Page Load cycle.

We always then have a field in our module settings called InstanceConfigured.

We check if this setting has a value in it - if it doesn't we rewrite default values into all the settings for the module
including a value into InstanceConfigured - this initializes all the settings with workable values.

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2/14/2011 12:25 AM
 
Arlene Pisano


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What table are the Setting values actually saved in?  I entered data into the Settings for my module but when I try to read the information back to display it I'm not getting any data. I was trying to find it in the database to verify that at least I had successfully written it to the database and I wasn't able to find it.  I tried the ModuleSettings but that doesn't look like it's got the right information in it.

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2/14/2011 3:25 AM
 
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Module setttings are either stored in table ModuleSettings (per instance) or TabModuleSettings (per page reference). HTH
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2/14/2011 3:45 AM
 
Wes Tatters


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This code should write to the settings for the current instance of this module:

Dim objModules As New DotNetNuke.Entities.Modules.ModuleController
 
Dim myString As String = txtShowOnce.Text
 
objModules.UpdateTabModuleSetting(TabModuleId, "ShowOnceContent", myString)


This code should read back from those same settings:

Dim objModules As DotNetNuke.Entities.Modules.ModuleController = New  _      DotNetNuke.Entities.Modules.ModuleController()
 
Dim MySettings As Hashtable = objModules.GetTabModuleSettings(TabModuleId)
 
Dim strContent As String = CType(MySettings("ShowOnceContent"), String)

Note this version uses tabmoduleid instead of moduleid - which imho is a lot safer unless you fully understand the implications of how moduleid v tabmoduleid can effect things if you copy a module.

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