Rank: Newbie
Joined: 7/17/2008
Posts: 6
Location: Glasgow
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Apologies if this question has been asked/answered before, but I couldn't find anything on the net or the forum.
I'm trying to load in a custom control from my own DLL to use in Umbraco.
To achieve this I have added my DLL to the GAC and added a reference to the assembly in my web.config.
I then created a new Macro, chose the .NET Custom Control option and set the assembly reference to MyAssembly and the type reference to MyAssembly.Controls.MyControl.
However, when I try to use the control on the template it just will not load and I get the error message:
Unable to get type MyAssembly.Controls.MyControl from assembly MyAssembly, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=6e8635c3814d7f46.
Am I doing something wrong?
Cheers in advance.
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Rank: Enthusiast
Joined: 6/7/2007
Posts: 27
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
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Copy and paste from an old pdf file about usercontrols:
"First you need to copy your control. Whether it’s a usercontrol or a customcontrol
you’ll need to copy the assembly (dll) into the /bin folder of your umbraco
installation. If it’s a UserControl you’ll need to copy the .ascx file as well. Your install
already contains a /usercontrols folder which we’ll recommend that you use, but
you’re free to place them anywhere in your application.
Example
We have a usercontrol called HelloWorld written in Visual Basic.NET containing a
Textbox and a button. What we need is the HelloWorld.ascx file and the HelloWorld.dll.
We’ll copy HelloWorld.ascx into /usercontrols/HelloWorld.ascx and HelloWorld.dll
will go into /bin/HelloWorld.dll. Now we’re ready to register the usercontrol into
umbraco using a macro."
Thats it!
/Finn
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Rank: Newbie
Joined: 7/17/2008
Posts: 6
Location: Glasgow
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Hi,
Sorry I didn't follow this up. Thanks for your response.
The answer you gave relates to user controls rather than custom .NET controls. I have actually given up trying to load in custom controls and am now using user controls instead.
Not a big deal in the long run I guess!
Thanks again for the suggestion.
Cheers,
Robert
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