Where do I find the source code for the Store module? In particular, I'm interested in the "code behind" files for the .ascx pages and the Info and Controller classes for the modules. I don't see them in the source code download.

I am looking for the technique used to pass data between modules, or more specifically, to have an event raised in one module container to cause another module container on the same page to refresh. For example, in the Store module there is typically a list of product categories in a module pane and a list of the products in that category in another. When the user selects a new product category from the list, the product list is then refreshed with the products in the selected category. What is the preferred mechanism for doing this?

This is a tricker process than I think it needs to be and is not very well documented.

However the process is as follows:

1.  Download the Source package from here
2.  Open the Zip file you downloaded and extract the file "DNN_Store.resources".
3. Rename this file "DNN_Store.zip".
4. Extract DNN_Store and you'll find all the source code.

I then convert the solution to Visual Studio 2005 so that I can use features of .Net 2.0.

5. Open the file "DotNetNuke.Store.sln" with Visual studio 2005.
6. The solution is a VS.Net 2003 solution so you'll need to convert it to 2005 (using VS.Net 2005's conversion routine).  To do this conversion, check the 4th post in this thread.
6. (Optional - but advised) Link the source code up to some form of source control (such as MS Source Safe).
7. You're now ready to make changes of your own.

Hope that's of use?

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Allan Thompson
Email: allan.thompson@emerald-solutions.co.uk
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eTailer - Easy eCommerce with AJAX and DNN

As a suggestion, if it does get asked at least once a day, rather than having to search the forums, wouldn't it be easier to have a FAQ link on the main project page?