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2/23/2009 3:52 PM
 

I am having trouble configuring skin objects in my skin.ascx file using settings stored in skin.xml.  Is there anything special that I need to do?

Let's say I have a directory called MySkinPackage, which has the following files in it:

MySkin1.ascx
MySkin2.ascx
skin.css
skin.xml

I have a skin object in MySkin2.ascx which I want to configure with settings stored in skin.xml. 

skin.xml has the following:

<Objects>
    <Object>
        <Token>[MySkinObject]</Token>
        <Settings>
            <Setting>
                <Name>NameOfSetting</Name>
                <Value>False</Value>
            </Setting>
            <Setting>
                <Name>NameOfAnotherSetting</Name>
                <Value>False</Value>
            </Setting>
        </Settings>
    </Object>
</Objects>

I've read the Skin Developer's Guide, and believe I understand it (although I'm not certain how relevant it is to DNN4.9), but when I put the desired configuration into my skin.xml file, nothing changes on the test page where I am demoing MySkin2.ascx.  I think that the framework is just ignoring the skin.xml file.  Do I need to do something special to get it to use the configuration?  I've tried re-parsing the package a few times, to no avail.

 
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2/23/2009 4:16 PM
 

Hi Chris,

Skin.xml is for html skins. For ascx skins you need to declare the properties inline. e.g... <dnn:LINKS runat="server" id="dnnLINKS" CssClass="baseline" Separator="&nbsp;|&nbsp;" /> Notice how the settings map to properties?

HTH's

 
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