I'm looking into putting custom permissions into my module and was researching the UDT's module security page in the source. In it they have what looks like a method or something named GetPortalSettings.

hasGeneralEditPermissions = PortalSecurity.IsInRole(GetPortalSettings.AdministratorRoleName) _
Or PortalSecurity.HasEditPermissions(moduleId)

I dont understand. I can find no references to this in the module source or on the web. Shouldn't GetPortalSettings.AdministratorRoleName be PortalSettings.AdministratorRoleName? When I try to experiment with this stuff It cant find reference to GetPortalSettings and when I do the norm and use PortalSettings, I get "An object reference is required......"

I'm still pretty new at .Net and DNN and I'm trying to learn VB and C# at the same time. Any help?

Ok. I think I understand that, but what is the GetPortalSettings used in ModuleSecurity? Where is it referenced at? Its being used several times when looking for the AdministratorRoleName but I don't see it created anywhere.

I'm sorry I'm still a bit confused.

GetPortalSettings :

A means of getting PortalSettings in C# is as follows.

<%@ Import Namespace='DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals' %>
<%@ Import Namespace='DotNetNuke.Entities.Modules' %>
 

PortalModuleBase FindPortalModuleBase( Control cc)
{
 if( cc == null) return null;
 if( cc is PortalModuleBase) return( PortalModuleBase)cc;
 return FindPortalModuleBase( cc.Parent);
}

 PortalModuleBase pmb = FindPortalModuleBase( this);
 PortalSettings thesePortalSettings = pmb.PortalSettings;
 

JC