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8/14/2008 2:54 AM
 
Thomas

Joined: 7/28/2008
Posts: 5

Hey there!

 

I've got a bit curious querstion ;)

We want to use DotNetNuke for our websites. Currently we use a Windows forms application fir the support to get user information and so on.

Now its the Question on how we can use this application in connection with DotNetNuke.

 I simply tried to use the DotNetNuke Framework and a App.Config like the Web.Config.

But that seems not to work either i got nothing back or a TypeInitializationException

Is there a possibility to use the DotNetNuke Framework in a Windows forms application?

 

greetings
 
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8/14/2008 8:09 AM
 
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See: http://iweb.adefwebserver.com/

IWeb allows you to communicate with your DotNetNuke Portal using clients

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8/14/2008 9:38 AM
 
Thomas

Joined: 7/28/2008
Posts: 5

Thanks for your answer!

 

The problem is:

Our client doesn't want to use a Webservice for the user management. 

To understand the situation: We have several workstations in the same network as the database server. They should be used to manage our users.

It would be ideal to use the DNN-Functions from a Windowsforms application (using the DNN-dll).

The main question is, is this theoretically possible?  (and if it is, how?)

 

Thanks in advance!

 
 
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8/20/2008 10:12 AM
 
Jon Seeley

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I don't think this would be even be theoretically possible because several portions of the code are currently reliant on an HttpContext.  There are ways to "fake" an HttpContext in a scheduler method but even those still use the AppDomain of the web folder.  Trying to fake an HttpContext from a Windows client would probably not work.

What is the reasoning why the client doesn't want to use a WebService?  Security? (that can be worked around--examples from IWeb are pretty good examples how to make a WebService secure).  Performance? (having an intermediary webservice really isn't *that* bad a performance hit).  Other?

If they really don't want to use a web service, how about WCF?  There are some examples here and there (right back to Michael Washington) about how to implement WCF with DNN.

Otherwise you could write your own classes to interact with the DNN database but you'd have to revisit it with every update to ensure any changes in the database structure are taken into account by your own code.  At least you would be able to do it without a web service but oh, what a pain in the bum.

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7/12/2010 4:28 PM
 
KNguyen


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I have issues getting the set up of IWebCF running.  I have DNN 5.4.1 and installed just installed IWebCF 2.0.  My DNN website is in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\DNN\ and I see the folder for C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\DNN\DesktopModules\IWebCF.  I don't rebuild the site and just browse to http://localhost/DNN/DesktopModules/I..., I get an error message It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' beyond application level.  This error can be caused by a virtual directory not being configured as an application in IIS.  I guess this is b/c inside C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\DNN\DesktopModules\IWebCF folder, there's a web.config file.  Do I have to set this folder up as virtual directory in IIS?  I tried but it didn't work either.

Another issue is when I tried to build CoreService.svc page inside DNN website, I'm getting an error 'ServiceHostFactory' is ambiguous in the namespace 'System.ServiceModel.Activation'.

Please point me to the right direction with this.

Also, when I get this set up running properly, I hope that I can browse to http://localhost/DNN/DesktopModules/I... method and see a test page??? or I can use the IWebCF example project and change the reference to point correctly to my DNN WCF and it should work right?

Thanks.
 
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