Custom module FeatureDefintions

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5/27/2009 5:37:02 PM

tcartwright

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Custom module FeatureDefintions

Can someone help? Creating my 1st module, and I added my own Setup\applications\adrotator\FeatureDefintions\20000_AdRotator.config

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<featureDefinitions>
<featureDefinition
featureGuid="26F529DE-EEBA-4d04-912A-98C50AC9F0CE"
supportedDatabases="MSSQL,MySQL,pgsql,SQLite,FirebirdSql"
resourceFile="AdRotatorResources"
featureNameReasourceKey="AdRotatorFeatureName"
controlSource="CustomModules/AdRotator/AdRotatorModule.ascx"
sortOrder="500"
defaultCacheTime="0"
excludeFromFeatureList="false"
icon="blank.gif" >
<featureSetting
resourceFile="AdRotatorResources"
resourceKey="AdRotatorAdvertisementFileSetting"
defaultValue="~/Data/Sites/1/Ads/Ads.ads"
controlType="TextBox"
controlSrc=""
helpKey=""
sortOrder="100"
regexValidationExpression=""
/>
<featureSetting
resourceFile="AdRotatorResources"
resourceKey="AdRotatorTargetSetting"
defaultValue="_self"
controlType="ISettingControl"
controlSrc="~/CustomModules/AdRotator/AdRotatorTargetSetting.ascx"
helpKey=""
sortOrder="110"
regexValidationExpression=""
/>
</featureDefinition>
</featureDefinitions>

Here is the xml for it. Yet when I browse to /Setup/Default.aspx it does not install my module. Did I miss something else?

5/27/2009 5:52:21 PM

michael.jew

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Re: Custom module FeatureDefintions

Have you tried adding your custom module through "Site Administration"? Ex: Administration Menu > Advanced Tools > Feature Installation/Configuration

Also, be sure that your ASCX code ends up under /Web.

-Michael

5/27/2009 5:54:21 PM

Joe Audette

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Re: Custom module FeatureDefintions

If thats the actual path you spelled FeatureDefinitions wrong. Is your feature in an external project? Did you setup your post build event to copy the feature definition file from your project to Web/Setup/applications/adrotator/FeatureDefinitions? If so, did you rebuild your feature so it copied the file?

Hope it helps,

Joe

5/27/2009 5:54:23 PM

tcartwright

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Re: Custom module FeatureDefintions

Progress, since I am not using a db I did not expect to have to create the db folders. I went ahead and created them, and now I get this in my Setup messages:

No scripts found in folder (path omitted)\Setup\applications\adrotator\SchemaInstallScripts\mssql\

Then I created an empty (path omitted)\Setup\applications\adrotator\SchemaInstallScripts\mssql\0.0.0.1.config , and it said that it installed, yet it does not show in the /Admin/ModuleAdmin.aspx list.

5/27/2009 5:58:34 PM

tcartwright

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Re: Custom module FeatureDefintions

Ah, good catch Joe. Sigh, the infamous typo.

5/27/2009 6:06:08 PM

tcartwright

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Re: Custom module FeatureDefintions

Michael, I previously had it set up that way, I am trying to do it via the config method now, and add some more functionality. So I can try to share it. Would me using the same module name cause this issue? I deleted the old one.

5/27/2009 6:26:05 PM

Joe Audette

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Re: Custom module FeatureDefintions

I think if you copied an existing feature definition and did not generate a new featureGuid it would cause this, in fact it probably overwrote the existing feature settings. Its best to use a unique name too and definitely aunique ControlSrc location.

Hope it helps,

Joe

5/28/2009 11:04:15 AM

tcartwright

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Re: Custom module FeatureDefintions

:( Did all those Joe, except the unique name. I used an existing that I deleted. I will Try renaming it. I used the Guid creator in VS.net to create a new guid for it.

5/28/2009 11:58:30 AM

tcartwright

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Re: Custom module FeatureDefintions

Finally got it. It is the simple things that will trip you up. I was missing the Featurename in the resource file.

5/28/2009 12:01:11 PM

Joe Audette

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Re: Custom module FeatureDefintions

Cool, glad you got it working!

Best,

Joe

5/28/2009 1:43:18 PM

tcartwright

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Re: Custom module FeatureDefintions

Now on to the next issue(s)....

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