Global Internet Business Solutions ~ GIBS

DNN Get User DisplayName

Thu, 23 Jan 2020 12:59:00 GMT

private string GetDisplayName(int PortalId, int UserId) { string UserDisplayName = ""; DotNetNuke.Entities.Users.UserInfo userInfo = DotNetNuke.Entities.Users.UserController.GetUserById(PortalId, UserId); if (userInfo != null) UserDisplayName = userInfo.DisplayName; return UserDisplayName; }

Token Replacement

Wed, 22 Jan 2020 11:44:00 GMT

public string FixTokens(string _myOriginal, string _myToken, string _myReplacement) { try { string _ReturnValue = ""; _ReturnValue = _myOriginal.ToString().Replace(_myToken, _myReplacement.ToString()).ToString(); return _ReturnValue; } catch (Exception ex) { Exceptions.ProcessModuleLoadException(this, ex); return ex.ToString(); } }

Get DNN User Roles for Dropdown List

Sun, 19 Jan 2020 13:20:00 GMT

public void GetRoles() { DotNetNuke.Security.Roles.RoleController rc = new DotNetNuke.Security.Roles.RoleController(); var myRoles = rc.GetRoles(this.PortalId); // myRoles ddlRoles.DataSource = myRoles; ddlRoles.DataTextField = "RoleName"; ddlRoles.DataValueField = "RoleName"; ddlRoles.DataBind(); // ADD FIRST (NULL) ITEM ListItem item = new ListItem(); item.Text = "-- Select Role to Assign --"; item.Value = ""; ddlRoles.Items.Insert(0, item); // REMOVE DEFAULT ROLES ddlRoles.Items.Remove("Administrators"); ddlRoles.Items.Remove("Registered Users"); ddlRoles.Items.Remove("Subscribers"); // REPORTS ROLE ddlReportsRoles.DataSource = myRoles; ddlReportsRoles.DataBind(); // ADD FIRST (NULL) ITEM ListItem item1 = new ListItem(); item1.Text = "-- Select Role to View Reports --"; item1.Value = ""; ddlReportsRoles.Items.Insert(0, item1); // REMOVE DEFAULT ROLES ddlReportsRoles.Items.Remove("Administrators"); ddlReportsRoles.Items.Remove("Registered Users"); ddlReportsRoles.Items.Remove("Subscribers"); // MERGE ROLE ddlMergeRoles.DataSource = myRoles; ddlMergeRoles.DataBind(); // ADD FIRST (NULL) ITEM item1.Value = "Select Role to Allow Merge"; ddlMergeRoles.Items.Insert(0, item1); // REMOVE DEFAULT ROLES ddlMergeRoles.Items.Remove("Administrators"); ddlMergeRoles.Items.Remove("Registered Users"); ddlMergeRoles.Items.Remove("Subscribers"); }

Check If Profile Property Exists

Tue, 24 Dec 2019 12:30:00 GMT

Check if a DNN TrueFalse (bool) profile property exists and if it doesn't create a new one USE: CheckProfilePropertyExistsTrueFalse("DoNotMail").ToString(); public string CheckProfilePropertyExistsTrueFalse(string propertyName) { string value = null; ProfilePropertyDefinition ppd = ProfileController.GetPropertyDefinitionByName(this.PortalId, propertyName.ToString()); // ProfileController.AddPropertyDefinition() if (ppd == null) { // IT DOESN'T EXIST - - CREATE IT DotNetNuke.Common.Lists.ListController objListCtrl = new DotNetNuke.Common.Lists.ListController(); DotNetNuke.Entities.Profile.ProfilePropertyDefinition objDef = new DotNetNuke.Entities.Profile.ProfilePropertyDefinition(); DotNetNuke.Entities.Profile.ProfileController objProfileController = new DotNetNuke.Entities.Profile.ProfileController(); objDef.DataType = objListCtrl.GetListEntryInfo("DataType", "TrueFalse").EntryID; objDef.Length = 50; objDef.PortalId = this.PortalId; objDef.PropertyName = propertyName.ToString(); // This is your property Name objDef.Required = false; objDef.DefaultValue = "false"; objDef.ViewOrder = -1; objDef.DefaultVisibility = DotNetNuke.Entities.Users.UserVisibilityMode.AdminOnly; objDef.Visible = true; objDef.PropertyCategory = "Donor"; objDef.ReadOnly = false; DotNetNuke.Entities.Profile.ProfileController.AddPropertyDefinition(objDef); value = "Profile Property Created for " + propertyName.ToString() + "!"; } else { value = "Profile Property Exists!"; } return value; }

Return Boolean as Yes or No

Sat, 02 Feb 2019 17:01:00 GMT

public string ReturnBooleanAsYes_or_No(Boolean choice) { if (choice) { return ("Yes"); } else { return ("No"); } }

Generate QueryString Parameters

Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:34:00 GMT

protected static string GenerateQueryStringParameters(HttpRequest request, params string[] queryStringKeys) { StringBuilder queryString = new StringBuilder(64); foreach (string key in queryStringKeys) { if (request.QueryString[key] != null) { if (queryString.Length > 0) { queryString.Append("&"); } queryString.Append(key).Append("=").Append(request.QueryString[key]); } } return queryString.ToString(); } -

Get the First Day of Next Month in C#

Fri, 10 Jan 2014 11:40:00 GMT

public static DateTime GetFirstDayOfNextMonth(DateTime startDate) { if (startDate.Month == 12) // its end of year , we need to add another year to new date: { startDate = new DateTime((startDate.Year + 1), 1, 1); } else { startDate = new DateTime(startDate.Year, (startDate.Month + 1), 1); } return startDate; }

iDataReader loop to bind custom values to a CheckBoxList

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:20:00 GMT

Bind values from a custom table to a CheckBoxList bound from a DNN list public void UpdateTrueFalseQuestions() { try { FBClientsController controller = new FBClientsController(); FBClientsInfo item = new FBClientsInfo(); for (int i = 0; i < cblClientTrueFalseQuestions.Items.Count; i++) { item.TfQuestion = cblClientTrueFalseQuestions.Items[i].Value.ToString(); item.TfAnswer = cblClientTrueFalseQuestions.Items[i].Selected; item.ClientID = Int32.Parse(hidClientID.Value.ToString()); item.CreatedByUserID = this.UserId; controller.FBClientsTrueFalseQuestions_InsertUpdate(item); } lblMessage.Text = Localization.GetString("ClientUpdateSuccessful", this.LocalResourceFile); lblMessage.Visible = true; } catch (Exception ex) { Exceptions.ProcessModuleLoadException(this, ex); } }

Check if an image exists - substitute missing images

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:03:00 GMT

public string get_image(string product_ID) { string functionReturnValue = null; HttpWebRequest req = default(HttpWebRequest); req = WebRequest.Create("http://www.yoursite.com/Images/products/" + product_ID + "_thumb.jpg"); HttpWebResponse resp = default(HttpWebResponse); try { resp = req.GetResponse(); functionReturnValue = ""; } catch (Exception ex) { functionReturnValue = ""; } return functionReturnValue; //return functionReturnValue; }

DNN E-Mail Address Lookup

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:50:00 GMT

Check to verify if an e-mail address has been previously registered: public bool LookupEmail(string EmailAddress) { try { int intRecords = 0; ArrayList u = new ArrayList(); u = UserController.GetUsersByEmail(this.PortalId, EmailAddress, 0, 1, ref intRecords); if (u.Count > 0) { return true; } else { return false; } } catch (Exception ex) { Exceptions.ProcessModuleLoadException(this, ex); return false; } }

Splitting a FullName field into a FirstName and LastName

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:35:00 GMT

public void NameSplit(string name) { if (name.Length > 0) { // Check for a comma if (name.IndexOf(",") > 0) { LastName = name.Substring(0, name.IndexOf(",")).Trim(); FirstName = name.Substring(name.IndexOf(",") + 1).Trim(); } else if (name.IndexOf(" ") > 0) { FirstName = name.Substring(0, name.IndexOf(" ")).Trim(); LastName = name.Substring(name.IndexOf(" ") + 1).Trim(); } else { FirstName = "-"; LastName = name; } } }