HI,

I have been looking around the internet trying to find an example where someone has dynamically created a new thread within a DNN forum.

My project calls for calling DNN from a webservice and passing over some info so that I can create a new thread. Specifically, I would also need to create roles, users for the role, create a new thread and then assign the role to the thread.

Can somone point me in the right direction for this? I am just learning DNN so I need any help possible.

Thanks, Ken

HI Mitch,

I created a C# class library that calls the DNN Forums module so that I can create a role, add user to the role, create a forum and then added the role to the forum.

To test this I created a ASP.NET website so that I can call the compiled DLL. I have referenced it in my project and when I run it I get the following error:

Cannot register or retrieve components until ComponentFactory.Container is set

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot register or retrieve components until ComponentFactory.Container is set

Source Error:

Line 5:      Protected Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Line 6:  
Line 7:          Dim obj As New DNNAdminBridge.Admin
Line 8:          obj.Entry(TextBox1.Text)   'pass in the portal name - should be DNN
Line 9:  

[InvalidOperationException: Cannot register or retrieve components until ComponentFactory.Container is set]
   DotNetNuke.ComponentModel.ComponentFactory.VerifyContainer() +57
   DotNetNuke.ComponentModel.ComponentFactory.GetComponent() +12
   DotNetNuke.Security.Roles.RoleProvider.Instance() +10
   DotNetNuke.Security.Roles.RoleController..cctor() +5

[TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'DotNetNuke.Security.Roles.RoleController' threw an exception.]
   DotNetNuke.Security.Roles.RoleController..ctor() +0
   DNNAdminBridge.Admin..ctor() +44
   _Default.Button1_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\DNN\TestWebSite\Default.aspx.vb:7
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e) +111
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +110
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.System.Web.UI.IPostBackEventHandler.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +10
   System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler sourceControl, String eventArgument) +13
   System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(NameValueCollection postData) +36
   System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +1565

Any thoughts on how to fix this?

Thanks, Ken

It looks like you are running your code from a test page that isn't a DNN installation with proper web.config configuration and proper context initialization.

If you want to run your code in a test page, you will have to properly manually initialize all the DNN contexts you will need.

Have you tried running this code from a test DNN module, inside a DNN installation?