PROBLEM: I add the abstract function in the Blog dataprovider.vb, then add the concrete function in the Blog sqldataprovider.vb.  However, I get this error message in the Intellisense & when I compile:

Error    3    function 'GetBlogCategories' cannot be declared 'Overrides' because it does not override a function in a base class.    c:\inetpub\wwwroot\dotnetnuke\DesktopModules\Blog\Providers\DataProviders\SqlDataProvider\SqlDataProvider.vb    204    35    http://localhost/dotnetnuke/

When I modify other dataproviders (for example, the HTML dataproviders) this works exactly as expected.  It appears that the code is not compiling and that the sqldataprovider is referring to the original DLL.  If so, why?

Here's the code I added to the dataprovider.vb:

Public MustOverride Function GetBlogCategories(ByVal PortalID As Integer) As IDataReader

... and the code in the sqldataprovider.vb:

Public Overrides Function GetBlogCategories(ByVal PortalID As Integer) As System.Data.IDataReader
     Return CType(SqlHelper.ExecuteReader(ConnectionString, DatabaseOwner & ObjectQualifier & "Blog_GetCategories", PortalID), IDataReader)
End Function

Why won't the code compile - why does this change work in the HTML dataproviders but not the Blog dataprovider?

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Thanks for the quick reply.  Can you help with another question?

I've installed the Blog Source in a fresh DNN 4.5.5 install.

If I open the dotnetnuke.blog solution and try to build, it throws 172 errors (!!).

Can you provide some kind of recipe for setting up a dev environment for this module?  It's extraordinarily confusing.

Thanks

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Yeah, I already tried using the upgrade wizard - no help.  The sheer number of errors is overwhelming.

Is there a plan to upgrade this code to the 4.x codebase?  It seems far easier to work with.  I am tempted to write my own module; however, so much of the functionality I need is already nicely built into this blog module I hate to start from scratch.

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