I've just installed Vista and, after a steep learning curve, installed DNN441.

The biggest problem I had was understanding that it seems that you can't use DNN in a standalone website on a local machine [please correct me if this isn't the case! :) ]

I set up a new website, changed the AppPool to Classic .net [from the DefaultAppPool], pointed to the directory in which I had deployed the DNN Starter kit. I created an SQL 2000 databse [on another machine as Vista doesn't apparently support 2000 but as my online database is SQL 2000 I see no reason to upgrade yet.....].

In order for the new website to work, I set it up with a new port number ie 42 so the address becomes http://Localhost:42/

At this stage I can either drop into VS2005 and cntrl-F5 from their - in which case I get a local IIS created webservice ie Localhost:54376// etc.... [not wanted...] or step into my browser, enter Localhost:42 and off we go.

The website successfully accesses the database [I set the connection string in the web.config or course] and creates the site.

I then press the 'Access your Portal from here' and get to the site front page.

I can't log in.

I can't log in because the PortalAlias table entry is set to Localhost - it doesn't appear to recognise the port number.

I set the Portal Table entry [directly, through the Server Explorer in VS] to Localhost:42.

Doesn't work. It doesn't work because it appears to be cycling forever. no idea what's happening here........

Any Suggestions?

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Switch tactics.
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I go back to the IIS7 and add a virtual directory under the root default website, taking care to switch to the .net classic mode.

It all works.

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Question: How can I get the website option of the IIS7 to work?

Thanks
Duncan.

• I have the following:
• Anonymouse Authentication enabled
• ASP.Net Impersonation disabled and
• Forms authentication enabled

When you say 'asp.net installed for IIS' I have to assume this is correct as I now have the site up and running.

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So my current position is this:

[Objective: to create an environment that will allow me to build and compile my [VB] DNN modules separately from the main website so that compile times are significantly reduced].

• Standard DNN 441 webiste installed from the starter kit now up and running from a virtual Directory under the Default web site. [This is pretty much as I had it under XP].
• Using VS 2005 I have created a solution and compiled this. All works fine.
• Closed that solution and created a new solution and added a project, placing that project fileset under the Desktopmodules directory of the website. I used the standard Web Application Project then stripped out all the files that were produced, except the 'My Project' set.
• Set this up in line with the excellent directions from Vladan Strigo [ http://vladan.strigo.net/derfault.aspx?tabid=76 ] - Thanks Vladan.
• One thing to note here is to take care of the namespace issues. If I put In 'PM' for the Root Namespace in the Applications tab of 'My Project' and 'eCommerce' for the namespace in each of the files [where appropriate], hen for example, the Controller class that is called by the ascx code-behind might be: "PM.eCommerce.EC_Controller"
• Added the following files:
  •  ViewModule.ascx
  • Controller.vb
  • DataProvider.vb
  • SqlDataProvider.vb  and
  • ModuleInfo.vb

I used the same framework that's used in the Dynamic Compiled  Module template. I didn't use that template as was getting a weird error from that That I never got to the bottom of: I would get an error on line 1 of the ascx HTML...

So. Got here and put a simple DropdownList control in t he ascx. added code in the Page_Load event to pull a a test set of entries from the database and compiled it all.

Compiled fine.

... But the Page_Load event doesn't fire! I put a break in the code and used the Cntrl-Alt-P [Attach to Process under Tools] to attach to the iexplorer .exe [this has changed from XP which used to be wp ]

• The breakpoint doesn't break.
• The application doesn't actually populate the dropdown.

I did a further test and put a label in the app, then changed the text of that label on the Databound event. Nothing happened.

The .dll is in t he right place [bin directory of the website] and the control renders OK So I'm currently stumped.

Any further ideas?