I have a custom module that I have built.

In the View user control, a URL to Edit user control is showing if logged in user has edit permission for this custom module. This edit needs to be there many times even when page hosting the module is not editable. How do I know in View user control if the module ( not page) is allowed to be edited?

View User Control inherits as below:

Public Class editExamTracker
        Inherits DotNetNuke.Entities.Modules.PortalModuleBase

View User Control HTML for showing the Edit URL:  I tried using IsEditable property, but it appears that this property in base class of PortalModuleBase tells whether the page is editable and not whether the Edit user control is accessible..

<asp:HyperLink id="hlExamTrackerID" runat="server" Visible="<%# IsEditable %>" NavigateUrl='<%# EditURL("ExamTrackerID",DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"ExamTrackerID")) %>' ImageUrl="edit.gif" Text="Edit">

 

 

Michael,

Thanks for the answer.

There is just one catch when using DNN 7.00.04 and above.
When a user lands on a page to which user has edit permissions at module level ( bit not page level), the control panel displays 'Edit this Page' by default. Till the user does not click on Edit this page in control panel, the IsEditable property for the module will be false. So that is the catch.

Is there a way to get the corect value for IsEdtable property as soon as the page lands on the page? YES, there is a way.

You have to go to Admin > Site Settings > Advance Settings Tab> Usability Settings section> Control Panel Security property and set it to Page Editors. So, when you land on a page for which you do not have any edit permissions the 'Edit This Page' button will not show up and at the same time the IsEditable property for a module on this pagewill show the correct value.