Hi all,

I'm looking for a way to create new nodes from a class library to synchronize data between an external database and Umbraco. Using the Document.MakeNew method works fine when called from an Umbraco web application. But it throws an exception when being called from a class library that has all the same configuration items.

Code:

DocumentType dt = DocumentType.GetByAlias(newDocumentType);
User author = User.GetUser(0);
Document doc = Document.MakeNew(newDocumentName, dt, author, parentDocumentId);
doc.Publish(author);

The type initializer for 'umbraco.UmbracoSettings' threw an exception.

Value cannot be null. Parameter name: str

   at System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission.HasIllegalCharacters(String[] str)

   at System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission.AddPathList(FileIOPermissionAccess access, AccessControlActions control, String[] pathListOrig, Boolean checkForDuplicates, Boolean needFullPath, Boolean copyPathList)

   at System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission..ctor(FileIOPermissionAccess access, String path)

   at System.Web.InternalSecurityPermissions.get_AppPathDiscovery()

   at System.Web.HttpRuntime.get_AppDomainAppPath()

   at umbraco.GlobalSettings.get_FullpathToRoot()

   at umbraco.UmbracoSettings..cctor()

Strange thing is, the node is created in the Umbraco database but it's not published.

Regards,

Erik