Scott,

Some words of wisdom please!

I am attempting to implement ISearchable and added a class to read the data and return a SearchItemInfoCollection as per the DNN docs. Even though my module includes ISearchable the Searchable check box on the module settings page is unchecked.

I then manually updated DesktopModules SupportedFeatures to a value of 2 which turns the checkbox on. Running the Search Re-index does not call my module for any data. If I then update the module settings (click update) the Searchable check box is unchecked. From this I suspect DNN is looking for the function in my module and not finding it. I then added a "controller" class to the settings which is where the function resides that supports the search

dws.Modules.SimpleEvents.SimpleEventSearch

but still DNN unchecks the Searchable checkbox. Object browser shows the function in the class. Have I missed something?

My module is in a single dll including the Custom and Generated ES classes. The Search class is shown below.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Declan 

Imports DotNetNuke
Imports DotNetNuke.Services.Search

Imports EntitySpaces.Interfaces
Imports BusinessObjects

Namespace dws.Modules.SimpleEvents
    Public Class SimpleEventSearch

        Inherits dws.Modules.SimpleEvents.SimpleEventBase
        Implements Entities.Modules.ISearchable

        Public Function GetSearchItems(ByVal ModInfo As Entities.Modules.ModuleInfo) _
As Services.Search.SearchItemInfoCollection Implements Entities.Modules.ISearchable.GetSearchItems
            ' Get the Surveys for this Module instance

            InitES()

            Try

                Dim collEvents As New DwsSimpleEventsCollection
                Dim SearchItemCollection As New SearchItemInfoCollection
                Dim objEvent As DwsSimpleEvents

                For Each objEvent In collEvents
                    Dim SearchItem As SearchItemInfo
                    SearchItem = New SearchItemInfo( _
                                    ModInfo.ModuleTitle & " - " & objEvent.EventTitle, _
                                    objEvent.EventTitle, _
                                    "", _
                                    objEvent.EventDate, _
                                    ModInfo.ModuleID, _
                                    objEvent.EventID, _		' Should be url to item
                                    objEvent.EventTitle)
                    SearchItemCollection.Add(SearchItem)
                Next
                collEvents = Nothing
                objEvent = Nothing
                Return SearchItemCollection

            Catch ex As Exception
                Return Nothing
            End Try

        End Function
    End Class
End Namespace

I don't see anything immediately wrong with that code. I don't do much coding in VB so I am unsure about that extra Implements on your function signature. If dnn is not recognizing your module as ISearchable then somehow the interface is not implemented correctly though would be my guess. Here is what I use in C# if it helps

        /// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
        /// <summary>
        /// GetSearchItems implements the ISearchable Interface
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// </remarks>
        /// <param name="ModInfo">The ModuleInfo for the module to be Indexed</param>
        /// <history>
        /// </history>
        /// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
        public SearchItemInfoCollection GetSearchItems(ModuleInfo ModInfo)
        {
            SearchItemInfoCollection SearchItemCollection = new SearchItemInfoCollection();
            List<NukeSyndicateInfo> colNukeSyndicates  = GetNukeSyndicates(ModInfo.ModuleID, 1, 5000, string.Empty, false);

            foreach (NukeSyndicateInfo objNukeSyndicate in colNukeSyndicates)
            {
                if(objNukeSyndicate != null)
                {
                    SearchItemInfo SearchItem = new SearchItemInfo(
                        objNukeSyndicate.ItemTitle, objNukeSyndicate.ItemDescription, objNukeSyndicate.UserId, 
                        objNukeSyndicate.ItemDate, ModInfo.ModuleID, objNukeSyndicate.ItemId.ToString(), 
                        objNukeSyndicate.ItemDescription, "ItemId=" + objNukeSyndicate.ItemId.ToString());
                    SearchItemCollection.Add(SearchItem);
                }
            }

            return SearchItemCollection;
        }

Your code is pretty much the same as mine.

The Event viewer sheds a little light:

InnerException: Could not load type 'dws.Modules.SimpleEvents'.
FileName:
FileLineNumber: 0
FileColumnNumber: 0
Method: System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetType
StackTrace:
Message: System.Web.HttpException: Could not load type 'dws.Modules.SimpleEvents'. at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetType(String typeName, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase) at DotNetNuke.Framework.Reflection.CreateType(String TypeName, String CacheKey, Boolean UseCache, Boolean IgnoreErrors)

but I can't see why as the dll is in the bin folder:  dws.Modules.SimpleEvents.dll

AFAIK the first part of the entry in the businesscontrollerclass is the fully qualified name followed by the assembly name. In my case that should be:

dws.Modules.SimpleEvents.SimpleEventSearch, dws.Modules.SimpleEvents

Any thoughts on why it can't load it? If not I'll take this to where it should be the DNN forum

Another case of "can't see the obvious"?

Reflector showed an error on inheriting from my base class. Once I fixed this DNN flagged the module as Searchable.

Thanks Scott.

Declan