I have to change the character length allowed to enter into the User Name field to 15 chars max upon the registration. After looking around for a while I decided that I can just change maxlength value to "15" and I'll be done. The DNN on this particular install is version 4.4.1, and it's doing everything that's needed, so no upgrade necessary at the moment, just the limiting of the user name length.

I found Register.ascx under /admin/security/, there I found that it contains another control, which is under /controls/ and the file is user.ascx. It lists the max length as 175, I thought I'll try inputting 175 into the user name field on the site, it went past that, over a thousand at least and let me enter even more - first red flag! Then I did some modifications in users.ascx and uploaded - no changes are being reflected. Then I decided to just rename the file to test - no changes, renamed Register.ascx - same, no changes, everything is being displayed as if the files are still there. So if it doesn't need these two files to display what the files contain, it means it's not pulling the content from these files.

Where are the files that I am looking? I have dropped the "Account Login" module on the page that is being used to login/register, and the page has been assigned as a Login Page under Page Management in Admin/Site Settings.

Please advise where and which files should I modify to achieve the desired effect.

Thank you,

Val

the ascx you're looking for can be found in DesktopModules\Admin\Authentication\ (in DNN 5 at least)

I don't believe this, nobody could point me the right direction :(

Here is how I solved the problem:

the file is admin/Users/manageusers.ascx.vb

I changed the Sub cmdRegister_Click to this (the lines I added are in red):

        Protected Sub cmdRegister_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdRegister.Click

            If ctlUser.IsValid And ((RequireProfile And ctlProfile.IsValid) Or (Not RequireProfile)) Then
                'Call the Create User method of the User control so that it can create
                'the user and raise the appropriate event(s)
                If ctlUser.User.Username.Length < 16 Then
                    ctlUser.CreateUser()
                Else
                    lblTitle.Text += "<div style='color:red;'>******* Username should be fifteen (15) characters or less *******</div>"
                    lblTitle.Focus()
                End If
            End If
        End Sub
 

So it turns out there are no phisical fields anywhere to be found :( -- but atleast it checks for the character count and if there is more then fifteen, it just appends the red line at the end of the title label.

I hope this is helpful to someone.

Val