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  • DavidS 17 posts 38 karma points
    Aug 05, 2010 @ 18:22
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    Include .ashx file in package

    I've developed a little application which extends Tim Geyssen's Zip upload and wanted to share it out as a package but I've encountered two problems.

    1. After packaging all the necessary files, I get the error documented here http://our.umbraco.org/forum/developers/extending-umbraco/3507-Install-local-package---%27Could-not-upload-file%27-error. I tracked it down and it was being caused by the fact that the package contains a handler .ashx file. So here my question is how do I get that file into the package so that others can use my package?
    2. Just like Tim Geyssen's zip upload, a new UI appears when clicking on the Media section. However despite adding:

     <Actions>
        <Actions>
          <Action runat="install" alias="addDashboardSection" dashboardAlias="MyDashboardSection">
            <section>
              <areas>
                <area>media</area>
              </areas>
              <tab caption="Flash Zip Upload">
                <control>/usercontrols/zipupload.ascx</control>
              </tab>
            </section>
          </Action>
        </Actions>
      </Actions>

    in the "Actions" tab, the dashboard.config file doesn't get updated after the package gets installed.

    Any advice would be very much appreciated.

     

    TIA,

    David

     

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  • Ismail Mayat 4511 posts 10092 karma points MVP 2x admin c-trib
    Aug 06, 2010 @ 00:03
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    David,

    What version of umbraco are you using? I have created packages in umbraco pre 4.1 and have added ashx files successfully.

    Regards

    Ismail

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  • DavidS 17 posts 38 karma points
    Aug 06, 2010 @ 10:26
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    Hi Ismail,

    Thank you for the reply. I'm using 4.5.1 and with regards the ashx files being added, I've got to the bottom of it. Basically, I was adding it to the root of the website and getting this error. However, after putting the ashx file in a folder under the root (to test it, I put it in the usercontrols folder), I had no problems.I should have posted it earlier but I only found the answer, late this morning.

    Now, I hope I'll be able to work out why the dashboard.config is not getting populated and I'll report back if I find out anything.

    David

     

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  • DavidS 17 posts 38 karma points
    Aug 06, 2010 @ 12:04
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    I've found the answer as to why the action wasn't getting written to the dashboard.config. In the original post, I had

    <Actions>
        <Actions>

    There is no need for these enclosing tags. All that was required was:

        <Action runat="install" alias="addDashboardSection" dashboardAlias="MyDashboardSection">
            <section>
              <areas>
                <area>media</area>
              </areas>
              <tab caption="Flash Zip Upload">
                <control>/usercontrols/zipupload.ascx</control>
              </tab>
            </section>
          </Action>

    as per http://umbraco.org/documentation/books/package-actions-reference/add-dashboard-section.

     

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