Custom module migration from 7 to 8

Mike Rocha asked on June 25, 2014 14:48

I am in the process of converting a custom module from v7 to v8. The module is a user control that inherits from CMSToolsPage. I've made all the appropriate code changes and ported the module over to our 8 environment, but I am getting the error 'Type does not inherit from System.Web.UI.UserControl. Are custom module user controls no longer allowed to inherit from CMSToolsPage?

kentico 8 custom module

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Brenden Kehren answered on June 25, 2014 15:20

Why would a user control inherit a page object? You might try CMSAdminControl instead.

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Mike Rocha answered on June 25, 2014 15:26

Thanks Brenden. I don't really have a good answer for you as to why it inherits from a page object... we went with the CMS7 guide that suggested the use of CMSToolsPage which works well in 7.

I took your suggestion and made the change but I'm now getting an error with internal Kentico code, GetTypeHashCode:

Compiler Error Message: CS0115: 'ASP.cmsmodules_mymodule_default_aspx.GetTypeHashCode()': no suitable method found to override

Source Error:

Line 2851:
Line 2852: [System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()] Line 2853: public override int GetTypeHashCode() { Line 2854: return -2003280981; Line 2855: }

Source File: c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\kentico8\903b8ad1\9343fe3d\App_Web_default.aspx.80cc9b9.qvjvtyc2.0.cs Line: 2853

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Bill Tran answered on June 27, 2014 09:32

Kentico modules are just regular aspx pages which you register as a module with Kentico CMS.

The modules are then loaded within an iframe from the CMSDesk.

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