I'm starting module developing and I'm facing two issue.

First one is using Christoc template. It seems that trying to use <% = Localize("string") %> in the ascx code doesn't work, while using it in the code behind for that same control works. This may make some sense in that the function is defined in the base class this control inherits from (well there is a little base class chain involved really PortalModuleBase > MyModuleBase > ActualControl
So maybe while code behind "knows" where the control inherits from, the ascx part of the code doesn't. I tried with CodeFileBaseClass attribute in the control declaration, setting it to MyModuleBase, but that didn't work as well. Any hint to use the properties and function of PortalModuleBase directly in my ascx code?

Second issue is a curious one. I'm trying to set my module dev myself, without the template, without packaging and any bonus stuff already in there. A bare bone module development. The strange thing is that.. I reference the DotNetNuke.dll but when in the project properties I set the directories for the Servers to http://dnndev.me/DeskotpModules/mymodule and then override for the base application to http://dnndev.me/ I got this error in the control definition (ascx code part) which gets green underlined in visualstudio "Namespace or type defined in the imports "DotNetNuke.UI' doesn't contain any public member or cannot be found..."

If instead I switch the server in project property to use visual studio development server, everything works BUT of course I cannot reference dnn root with ~ for adding dnn controls in the ascx code.

Odd thing this doesn't happen with Christoc template which correctly uses IIS, but I copied the very same settings in my bare bone project.

Hallo Barry, thank you for your reply.
I tried but this, just like <% = Localize("string") %> your code is not understood ("Localization is not declared or it may be inaccessible due to its protection level") in ascx code part (while is working fine in the code behind). It seems like the ascx code part is not aware of the base class inheritance from PortalModuleBase.

this.LocalResourceFile won't work for the same reason that inheritance from base class doesn't seem to be available in ascx code. So will not work thing like this.PortalId od this.ModuleId and everything derived from PortalModuleBase (everything works fine in code behind of course).

Anyway if I try with DotNetNuke.Services.Localization prefix in ascx I have the message (DotNetNuke is not declared and so on...) and nothing changes if I add <%@ Import Namespace="DotNetNuke.Services.Localization" %>