I have setup a development environment using DNN 4.4.0 following the "not using IIS" method described on http://www.adefwebserver.com/DotNetNukeHELP/ and the environment is working great for new module development. 

My question/problem, is I would like to load in the source for the repository module so I can make some modifications.  I have downloaded the source from the projects area, but for the life of me I have no idea how to get it setup in my environment to be able to debug and make modifications.  I am new to module creation and would greatly appreciate any advice on how to set this up.  Can someone give me a step by step on where the files need to be located and what I need to do to get it so I can step through the code in debug mode?  Can I do this in version 4.4.0 or do I need to use 3.3.7?  I don't really care what version as long as I can modify the code and debug it.

Thank you in advance,

Dan

You're not restricted to a specific version of DNN. You can use both VS 2005 or VS 2003. In either version, you will have to fix some function calls which have been made obsolete since the module was last compiled.
To get it to work I would do the following:
a) Create a folder which has your DNN source code (whatever version)
b) Create another folder in which you drop the source for the Repository module (I typically do this whenever I work against any module).
c) Open VS 2005 or VS 2003 and right click the solution to add existing project. Point this to the project file for your Repository source that you unzipped in step b. (in VS 2005, you will be asked if you want to upgrade the project to 2005, say yes)..
d) Open the properties page for the Repository project and point the build folder to be the bin folder of your DotNetNuke site.
e) Attempt to build the Repository module and you should get errors about obsolete methods, etc. Go through the list and fix them. Most of them are easy to fix but let us know here if you are stumped by any.

At this point you should be able to build and debug the repository module (after making the changes from step e).

Please note that these steps assume that you've already installed DNN and also the Repository module via the front end. If you haven't then make sure to do that before attempting to debug, etc....

Let me know if you have any questions...

Sanjay

Most of the errors should come precisely from references. The Build Support project shouldn't be needed anymore as you will reference dlls directly. Also unless you need your module to be portable to other DB systems, you may consolidate code from SQLDataProvider.vbproj.