Hi Everyone

I was hoping someone could help me with a problem I seem to be having when I install modules. The problem is to do with the codeSubDirectories element in the web.config.

Let’s take an example, let’s say we have the following three modules

·         Common

·         Setup

·         Routes

When I install these modules the web.config is appended with

<add directoryName="Common"/>
<add directoryName="Setup"/>
<add directoryName="Routes"/>

After installing the above modules the website seems to crash with an error

Compilation Error

Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific error details and modify your source code appropriately.

Compiler Error Message: BC30002: Type 'CompaniesController' is not defined.

Source Error:

Source File: C:\MyIntranet\App_Code\Common\Globals.vb    Line: 77  

It seems that it can’t find the 'CompaniesController' which is defined in the Setup Module. So having read a few articles on MSDN I thought it may be the order in which the codeSubDirectories are listed.

So I reordered the entries to read as follows

<add directoryName="Setup"/>
<add directoryName="Common"/>
<add directoryName="Routes"/>

The website still crashes with the following error

Compilation Error

Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific error details and modify your source code appropriately.

Compiler Error Message: BC30456: 'Common' is not a member of 'Modules'.

Source Error:

Source File: C:\MyIntranet\App_Code\Setup\Companies\CompanyController.vb    Line: 59

From the above I conclude that it is now looking for the function GetCompaniesByUser(UserID) which is in the Common module

Is this a circular dependency issue?

Hi Mitchel

Thanks for responding, Is there a fix for this bug?

Do you know how I can force the ASP.NET complier not to parse the modules one at a time.

By taking out the entries created by DNN in the codeSubDirectories and having nothing listed in there my modules compile properly and there are no errors.

This is getting to be very frustrating because when I have to update a module and I install it using the DNN Install New Module Screen in the module definitions tab. The entry <add directoryName="Setup"/> is automatically added the web.config and so the application crashes and then I have to remote in to the server and delete the entries in the web.config for the application to compile properly.

I either need a way of disabling DNN from adding entries in the web.config or I need to tell ASP.NET compiler not to parse the assemblies one at a time.

Anyone’s help would be greatly appreciated.