emaynard wrote
I was trying to "cheat" and just use the macros with minor mods.
You are correct being non-optimistic on success with minor mods (so be reluctant in trying that.) The “Automating 2005 VS Pro Tutorial” is meant to be a learning experience and if you master what’s going on inside the code, it helps you realize how these things could be further useful as you do more work.
So what I have so far with the Tutorial is mainly an introduction. Now I am watching to see what level of interest there is - I won't add anymore if none is there.
If interest level warrants, I might add more to the current tutorial, by showing how to automate common DotNetNuke code building tasks.
It will be simply to continue, because after the “introduction”, your VS macros now know the
names of your view, edit, settings, resource files, etc. These additional macros can then be exchanged/shared between developers. Then presumably "free macros" could be offered as well as "free modules" between users.
So if you're having trouble, try first to manually create using
Shaun's post. Then run the macros. Try running the Test_002() macro in the download. This is the folder where the module will be created (not the same as where the starter kit location is). You'll see the macro doing the same things that you do with the keyboard - and a little more. Your macros will work because they only do the same things that you do via keyboard.