I'm developing a custom module that has been working great for the last year and a half. I wanted to share it with others but didn't want to give away the source code to just anybody so I went through the steps to create a compiled module. The compiled module installs OK and runs OK up to a point when I get the above error message. It obviously has to do with a url rewrite as this error message points out:

AssemblyVersion: 04.05.00
PortalID: -1
PortalName:
UserID: -1
UserName:
ActiveTabID: -1
ActiveTabName:
RawURL: /DotNetNuke45/Default.aspx?tabid=55&error=Cannot+use+a+leading+..+to+exit+above+the+top+directory.&content=0
AbsoluteURL: /DotNetNuke45/Default.aspx
AbsoluteURLReferrer: http://localhost/DotNetNuke45/
UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080311 Firefox/2.0.0.13
DefaultDataProvider: DotNetNuke.Data.SqlDataProvider, DotNetNuke.SqlDataProvider
ExceptionGUID: eb71ed7a-8bfb-4cdc-bfb6-33d738edd73a
InnerException: Unhandled Error:
FileName: D:\DotNetNuke\DotNetNuke45\Library\HttpModules\UrlRewrite\UrlRewriteModule.vb
FileLineNumber: 185
FileColumnNumber: 13
Method: DotNetNuke.HttpModules.UrlRewriteModule.OnBeginRequest
StackTrace:
Message: System.Exception: Unhandled Error: ---> System.Web.HttpException: Not Foundat DotNetNuke.HttpModules.UrlRewriteModule.OnBeginRequest(Object s, EventArgs e) in D:\DotNetNuke\DotNetNuke45\Library\HttpModules\UrlRewrite\UrlRewriteModule.vb:line 185at System.Web.HttpApplication.SyncEventExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute()at System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously)--- End of inner exception stack trace ---

I get this message on a page containing a datagrid with info from the database plus an edit link. The error message only shows when there is data in the datgrid - when the grid is empty it shows just fine. I've been through the code with Visual Studio 2005 and can't seem to find the cause but it shows up when executing the code in PortalModuleBase.vb at line 758 and statement "MyBase.Render(output)".

When I turn off friendly urls the code executes beautifully but I don't want a module that will only work with friendly urls turned off.

I'm hoping somebody has had a similar problem and come up with a solution. To reiterate - this error only shows when executing code from the compiled module and friendly urls turned on. When using the source (with or without friendly urls) and with friendly urls turned off with the compiled code the module executes normally.

Any ideas?

Mike