How to make a simple Module using DotNetNuke 5 that connects to the Database

Use the following tutorial to create a simple Hello World DotNetNuke 5 Module. it will be used as the starting point for this tutorial:

• DotNetNuke 5 Hello World

How to make a simple Hello World Module using DotNetNuke 5...

Click here for the live example:

http://www.adefwebserver.com/silverlight/CloudDBSilverlight/Default.aspx

I checked Twitter yesterday and saw a post about CloudDB.com giving away free invites...

Live example: http://www.adefwebserver.com/silverlight/SilverlightCaptioning/SilverlightDynamicMediaMarkers/

This is another one of my “this blog post is not really about what this blog post is about”. Yes, I will deliver on what the title promises, but creating closed captaining with Silverlight is actually very easy. The thing that took me so much time to put together, was implementing a “MVVM like” pattern and have a code behind that has no application logic and looks like this:

using System.Windows.Controls; namespace SilverlightDynamicMediaMarkers { public partial class...

Live Example: http://www.adefwebserver.com/silverlight/SilverlightOrb/SilverlightOrbv1/

This is actually a failed experiment. The theory was that XAMl contains all the visual elements you need to “cross” two Silverlight objects to create child objects that resemble the parents.

However, a failed experiment is no reason to let code go to waste!

Along the way I learned some things:

• How to display XAML elements in a drop down
• How to zoom in on elements using a Viewbox and a ScrollViewer

Victor Gaudioso just shot me an email asking me how to debug a Silverlight 4 out-of-browser application where you can just hit F5. I know he is working on his latest Silverlight 4 book so he probably needs to get this in the book tonight.

To illustrate this, I am using the source code for Silverlight Bridge.

1) Right-click on the FileManager project and select Properties. On the Silverlight tab, select Enable running application out of the browser.

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Here's an interesting video that gives you an idea of what working with data on the web can be like using Silverlight.

The thing that is interesting is that there are no "pages" to the application. Things just "pop out" and the objects on the screen simply adjust to allow you to quickly achieve a desired task.

The "relational data domain" is carried over from the current web application design, but the UI is totally changed. We now have to think "What if I were designing the next version of Microsoft Excel, how would the UI look?".

XAML...

ADefHelpDesk a DotNetNuke Help Desk / Ticket Tracker module

Updates in the Version:

• Added numeric paging on the search page
• Added First and Last paging buttons
• Allows page size to be set
• Increased size of comments box
• Requester will now have a link in the comment notification emails that lead directly to the Ticket
• Will not display Tags label if there are no Tags available
• Fixed missing Localization keys

I just posted a tutorial on using WCF RIA Services with DotNetNuke. This tutorial demonstrates creating a simple module that allows each registered user of a DotNetNuke website to create and edit their own Task list.

This tutorial also covers two important issues that are of interest to DotNetNuke module developers; implementing WCF RIA Services in a non WAP website, and securing and segmenting data for website users.



You can try out the live sample and download all source code at this link:

http://dnnsilverlight.adefwebserver.com/Silverlight30/WCFRIAServices/tabid/83/Default.aspx

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This program allows users to add unlimited rows of search criteria to filter a list. This example uses the DotNetNuke Users table (normally you would not want to connect directly to a DotNetNuke core table. It is only used as an example).

Even though there is a lot of Linq code to construct the queries, there is only one trip to the database to execute the query. 

You can download the program here:

http://www.adefwebserver.com/DotNetNukeHELP/Misc/usersearch/