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3/21/2014 3:48 PM
 

I'm working on a model where I want the main content of the module to work in LeftPane on the same page. I also want a Summary text in sidebarPane.

Is that possible without creating two different modules?

 
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3/21/2014 5:25 PM
 
Sort of. You could do it with one module containing two different controls.

BUT - in practise it's much the same as two different modules. It's the developer's problem to manage communication between them. In principle it's easy - have them share the same DB table rows. Ooh ooh ooh but wait. What if I want to use the module again on another page? Will the two pages interfere with each other? Yes. Unless the developer writes the code carefully enough to make it work the way s/he wants.

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- Richard
Agile Development Consultant, Practitioner, and Trainer
www.dynamisys.co.uk
 
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3/22/2014 2:08 PM
 
Thanks Richard. I'm just wondering how do you specify which control to load for the module?

The only thing way I can think of is to add a setting for the module and pull the control from the settings. Is there an easier way?
 
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3/22/2014 7:05 PM
 
you can also use the built in "copy module" functionality - http://www.dnnsoftware.com/help#Docum... module . I've used this before in modules where I stored layout options as a tabmodulesetting e.g. I had a module where I had a setting for "list" and one for "detailed", I added a module to a page and added a bunch of data to it (a list of links with related content), and then copied the module to the same page but set it to "list" so I ended up with a list of links in the left that when I clicked show content in the middle pane.

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