Hello to all,

    I am trying to install a private assembly which contains the localization resources found in the App_LocalResources directory of the module.  I've created an App_LocalResources.zip file (I've tried it with having a root App_LocalResources directory and all resource files contained under it and also with all of the resource files in the root directory of the .zip, neither way seems to work), and I've added the file to the module manifest with the following entry:

<file>
    <name>App_LocalResources.zip</name>
</file>  

I've placed this file into the private assembly .zip file and when I go to perform the install, I get the following messages (excerpts from the logs):

...

Info	Loading App_LocalResources.zip
Info	File App_LocalResources.zip read successfully
EndJob	Reading files done.

Info	Created C:\DNN_4.0.2\Website\DesktopModules\Dashboard\App_LocalResources.zip
Info	Created C:\DNN_4.0.2\Website\DesktopModules\Dashboard\Dashboard.dnn
EndJob	Files created

However, I don't see the files installed anywhere (either in App_LocalResources or in the module root directory).  I think I must be missing something pretty basic.  Does anyone have any ideas that might be able to help get me on the right path?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Justin

The way to do this is to create the resources zip file with a folder hirearchy matching that into which (relative to the main module folder) you want the various files placed. So, your .ascx.resx files should be placed into a App_LocalResources folder within the resources zip file. Then, rather than specifying this resources zip file in a <file> node of the DNN manifest file, it needs to be specified in a <resourcefile> node.  The name of the resources zip file is not relavent as long as its name matches that in the <resourcefile node>. The <resourcefile> node should be placed under the <folder> node.

So, in the DNN manifest:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
   <dotnetnuke version="3.0" type="module">
       <folders>
            <folder>
                 <name>Dashboard</name>
                 <description> .... </description>
                 <version> .... </version>
                 <businesscontrollerclass> .... </businesscontrollerclass>
                 <resourcefile>resources.zip</resourcefile>
                 <modules>
                        <module>

                 . . . and so on

 

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