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12/11/2008 8:00 AM
 
jimmy fishbean

Joined: 12/11/2008
Posts: 4

Hi,

 

I have created several custom DNN modules for use in my site.  Most of these modules use the same code and I would like to place this 'generic' code in a file that is accessible by all of these modules.  Is this possible?  I know you can create classes or modules (e.g. as in module.vb) in ASP.NET and place these classes/modules in the APP_CODE.

Thanks.

Jimmy
 
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12/11/2008 8:24 AM
 
William Severance


www.wesnetdesigns.com
Joined: 2/18/2005
Posts: 3253

To share code among several modules it should be compiled as a class library dll that is placed in the website's /bin folder, then referenced in your module project. DNN 5 will provide better support for the installation of assemblies including dependency and I believe version control.

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12/11/2008 12:22 PM
 
jimmy fishbean

Joined: 12/11/2008
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Thanks William, much appreciated

Jimmy
 
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12/11/2008 7:36 PM
 
Rodney Joyce


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Joined: 4/28/2004
Posts: 2796

Yes, be careful in DNN 4.x- as the Installer will overwrite dlls (so if you installed an old version of a module with a common .dll it will replace the new version and crash all modules depending on it. Also, when you uninstall it the Installer will delete the common file which causes all other modules to crash.

This has happened since DNN 1.x - my way around it was to manually copy the code to each project and do version control in the comments - highly inefficient, so I hope the Installer is smarter in 5.x

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