I am writing a Scheduler class that needs the current portal id.  I normally use the GetCurrentPortalSettings method of the PortalController class to do this.  However, I cannot in the Scheduler class, because the GetCurrentPortalSettings relies on the HttpContext for the settings.  (see example below)

Return CType(System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Items("PortalSettings"), DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings)

Now, the Scheduler class runs outside of the HTTPContext, so I am unable to get this information.  I instead receive a NullReferenceException.  Does anyone have a clear and consistent way to retrieve the CURRENT Portal Id outside of the HttpContext?

I have written scheduler items before, but they were more generic in nature.  This one is supposed to synchronize the Users with a custom Newsletter Module that we have.  However, in order to grab a list of users from the DataProvider, a PortalId is required.  Unfortunately, I cannot assume the portal id value.

Another way to do this is to have your scheduled task execute an asynchronous web service that is part of your DNN application.  The web service will then be ran with the proper HttpContext so you'll be able to code the task normally.

The other advantage to creating a web service that runs in context is that you could also call it from an external scheduler or manually.