Is there an updated GridLoader.zip?

None installs as per the team blog http://www.entityspaces.net/blog/2006/08/04/EntitySpacesDotNetNukeASCXAdminGridTemplateSuiteReleased.aspx 

"Files

The template is installed into the EntitySpaces\C#\Web and EntitySpaces\VB\Web folders respectively in MyGeneration. GridLoader.zip the DotNetNuke module that loads the generated ASCX controls is installed in Program Files\EntitySpaces\DotNetNuke\C# and Program Files\EntitySpaces\DotNetNuke\VB respectively. "

All I see is a GridLoader project and files. Should I build my own zip install package for DNN? I generated files with the old module installed and am having difficulty getting it to run.

This depends on which version of the ASCX templates you are using they were updated in

http://www.entityspaces.net/portal/Support/ReleaseNotes/EntitySpaces2007Betav110010/tabid/188/Default.aspx

Previous to that, they were a separate install. If you are using the new version you need to use the new version of the GridLoader projects. I think the view control is still the same though so you should be able to drop the new gridloader files in your DesktopModules\GridLoader folder, follow the new instructions(very similar to the old ones) and then recompile. 

I am having a few problems getting the GridLoader working, perhaps you can suggest where I may be going wrong.

The first problem I encountered was that my connection was not using the default "SiteSqlServer". This I have corrected and now get an error:

DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.ModuleLoadException: Could not load type 'Counties_admin'. ---> System.Web.HttpParseException: Could not load type 'Counties_admin'. ---> System.Exception: Could not load type 'Counties_admin'. --->

This is raised at line 68 in Index.ascx.vb:

                        Dim control As Control = LoadControl(String.Concat(Constants.GeneratedControlsDirectory, file.Name))

I have followed the pdf and placed the generated ascx in the GeneratedUserControls folder. I then converted this to a Web Application and compiled GridLoader project.

I have also generated the classes and placed them in App_Code\GridLoader folder and also added the code cub directory statement to my web.config

OK, I've moved the classes into my GridLoader folder/Generated and /Custom and re-compiled. This gave me an error stating there was no loader loaded. I then added

EntitySpaces.Interfaces.esProviderFactory.Factory = New EntitySpaces.LoaderMT.esDataProviderFactory()

to Page_Load in Index.ascx.vb.

Now I get an error stating:

A critical error has occurred.
The IListSource does not contain a data source named ''. Check your DataMember value.

My connection string points to a databasewhich is NOT the DNN db.

  <EntitySpaces>
    <connectionInfo default="SiteSqlServer">
      <connections>
        <add name="SiteSqlServer" providerMetadataKey="esDefault"
             sqlAccessType="DynamicSQL" 
             provider="EntitySpaces.SqlClientProvider" 
             providerClass="DataProvider" 
             connectionString="Server= ... ;" 
             databaseVersion="2005" />

Declan

EDIT:

When generating the classes I choose options:

• Generate Single file
• Metadata Class should ignore Catalog
• Use DNN Object Qualifier

liffey, this was just reported on another thread. It's not a GridLoader problem, it's an ES problem, we did tons of testing on on Windows.Forms and esDataSource but missed something in ASP.NET databinding, we will be puttting out a new beta tonight or tomorrow night at the very latest.

Thanks Mike.

Is this also a problem in ver 1001? If not I'll roll back.

Mike,

I have just downloaded version 1024, re-generated and all is good. Well done, thanks.

Declan