1. I installed the 4.1.4 beta (1 and 2).  These were fresh installs & they work fine.
2. I ran the sql db update script 4.1.3 to 4.14.  Completes fine.
3. Change the connection string in the newly installed forums and it successfully runs with "my" database.
4. However : There is a "role / group" problem.  The "Manage Member Groups" page within the Admin CP throws the following error, when using database which was updatedby the script.  This page works fine with the freshly installed 4.1.4. beta db.

URL:                   http://localhost/InstantForum414/Admin/AdminEditUserRoles.aspx?PageIndex=1

NET Runtime version:   1.1.4322.2032
Application Domain:    /LM/W3SVC/1/Root/InstantForum414-8-127975966391250000
Assembly Codebase:     C:/Inetpub/wwwroot/InstantForum414/bin/InstantASP.InstantForum.UI.DLL
Assembly Full Name:    InstantASP.InstantForum.UI, Version=4.1.4.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
Assembly Version:      4.1.4.0
Assembly Build Date:   7/16/2006 9:57:19 PM

Exception Type:        System.NullReferenceException
Exception Message:     Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Exception Source:      InstantASP.InstantForum.UI
Exception Target Site: ctlUserRoles_OnItemDataBound

---- Stack Trace ----
   InstantASP.InstantForum.UI.Controls.AdminEditUserRoles.ctlUserRoles_OnItemDataBound(Sender As Object, e As DataGridItemEventArgs)
       (unknown file): N 01908
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGrid.OnItemDataBound(e As DataGridItemEventArgs)
       (unknown file): N 00110
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGrid.CreateItem(itemIndex As Int32, dataSourceIndex As Int32, itemType As ListItemType, dataBind As Boolean, dataItem As Object, columns As DataGridColumn[], rows As TableRowCollection, pagedDataSource As PagedDataSource)
       (unknown file): N 00181
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGrid.CreateControlHierarchy(useDataSource As Boolean)
       (unknown file): N 01408
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.BaseDataList.OnDataBinding(e As EventArgs)
       (unknown file): N 00049
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.BaseDataList.DataBind()
       (unknown file): N 00023
   InstantASP.InstantForum.UI.Controls.AdminEditUserRoles.BindData()
       (unknown file): N 00334
   InstantASP.InstantForum.UI.Controls.AdminEditUserRoles.Initialize(ctlSkin As Control)
       (unknown file): N 01617
   InstantASP.Common.UI.Base.Skin.CreateChildControls()
       (unknown file): N 00071
   InstantASP.InstantForum.UI.Skinning.Base.CreateChildControls()
       (unknown file): N 00075
   System.Web.UI.Control.EnsureChildControls()
       (unknown file): N 00100
   System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal()
       (unknown file): N 00038
   System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal()
       (unknown file): N 00125
   System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal()
       (unknown file): N 00125
   System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal()
       (unknown file): N 00125
   System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal()
       (unknown file): N 001252
   System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain()
       (unknown file): N 01499


---- Collections ----

QueryString

    PageIndex                     1

Cookies

    IF_LastVisit                  7%2f16%2f2006+9%3a57%3a20+PM
    SkinID                        1
    IF_ForumsRead2                2%7c7%2f12%2f2006+8%3a25%3a15+AM
    IF_TopicsRead1                1%7c7%2f8%2f2006+3%3a02%3a00+PM
    IF_InstantASP_PanelBar_Expandeda_ctlAdminNavBarHome,a_ctlAdminNavBarManagePermissionSet,a_ctlAdminNavBarManageForums
    IF_InstantASP_PanelBar_Collaspsed
    IF_ForumsRead1                1%7c7%2f12%2f2006+8%3a26%3a12+AM
    IF_TopicsRead2961             2961%7c7%2f12%2f2006+8%3a26%3a12+AM
    IF_TopicsRead5372             5372%7c7%2f12%2f2006+8%3a25%3a15+AM
    IF_ForumMarkedAsRead64        2006-07-11T09%3a12%3a44
    IF_TopicsRead5371             5371%7c7%2f11%2f2006+4%3a06%3a59+PM
    IF_TopicsRead5103             5103%7c7%2f11%2f2006+4%3a07%3a02+PM
    IF_TopicsRead5102             5102%7c7%2f11%2f2006+4%3a07%3a05+PM
    IF_TopicsRead5101             5101%7c7%2f11%2f2006+4%3a07%3a06+PM
    IF_TopicsRead5100             5100%7c7%2f11%2f2006+4%3a07%3a07+PM
    IASP_IsActive                 True
    ASP.NET_SessionId             xv5erb55vrplvd45g1yevc45

ServerVariables

    APPL_MD_PATH                  /LM/W3SVC/1/Root/InstantForum414
    APPL_PHYSICAL_PATH            C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\InstantForum414\
    AUTH_TYPE                     InstantASP
    AUTH_USER                     myemailaddress
    REMOTE_USER                   myemailaddress
    CONTENT_LENGTH                0
    GATEWAY_INTERFACE             CGI/1.1
    HTTPS                         off
    INSTANCE_ID                   1
    INSTANCE_META_PATH            /LM/W3SVC/1
    LOCAL_ADDR                    127.0.0.1
    PATH_INFO                     /InstantForum414/Admin/AdminEditUserRoles.aspx
    PATH_TRANSLATED               C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\InstantForum414\Admin\AdminEditUserRoles.aspx
    QUERY_STRING                  PageIndex=1
    REMOTE_ADDR                   127.0.0.1
    REMOTE_HOST                   127.0.0.1
    REMOTE_PORT                   1390
    REQUEST_METHOD                GET
    SCRIPT_NAME                   /InstantForum414/Admin/AdminEditUserRoles.aspx
    SERVER_NAME                   localhost
    SERVER_PORT                   80
    SERVER_PORT_SECURE            0
    SERVER_PROTOCOL               HTTP/1.1
    SERVER_SOFTWARE               Microsoft-IIS/5.1
    URL                           /InstantForum414/Admin/AdminEditUserRoles.aspx
    HTTP_CONNECTION               Keep-Alive
    HTTP_ACCEPT                   image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, application/x-shockwave-flash, application/vnd.ms-excel, application/msword, */*
    HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING          gzip, deflate
    HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE          en-us
   HTTP_HOST                     localhost
    HTTP_USER_AGENT               Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; Maxthon; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)
    HTTP________                  ----:------------------------------------------------------

Here is something that is probably related.  From within my own web application, the following code no longer works.  It doesn't throw an exception, but it just doesn't return "true" if it is in fact "true".

Sorry to hear your having some problems. The AdminEditUserRoles.ascx file has changed with 4.1.4 to now support paging. You will need to ensure you update this file with the latest version from the InstantForum.NET v4.1.4 beta.

I've included a list below of modified files you will need to use within any existing v4.1.x skins if you install v4.1.4.

Updated Files

\Skins\[SKINNAME]\Controls\MainNavigation.ascx
\Skins\[SKINNAME]\Controls\SearchResultsPostView.ascx
\Skins\[SKINNAME]\Admin\AdminEditUserRoles.ascx
\Skins\[SKINNAME]\Controls\SearchOptions.ascx
\Globalization\en-US\Resources.xml
\Configuration\CacheDurations.xml

New Files

\Moderation.aspx
\Skins\[SKINNAME]\Moderation.ascx
\Skins\[SKINNAME]\Controls\ModerationSearchOptions.ascx

Please try replacing the AdminEditUserRoles.ascx file with the latest version from the v4.1.4 beta. This should resolve the problem. Please let me know.


Kindest Regards,

Ryan Healey
Director / Developer

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All I have to do is run the "4.1.3 to 4.1.4" db script on my database & then point the new "fresh" 4.1.4 beta install to that database... and then the error occurs.

1. In this case, the error does occur with the default "Classic" skin

2. All the skins that I have.. I first "created" from the 4.1.4 beta AdminCP and then modified them, so they should be current as well.

Bare (7/19/2006)

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Thanks for the confirmation, Christiano

Here is something that is probably related.  From within my own web application, the following code no longer works.  It doesn't throw an exception, but it just doesn't return "true" if it is in fact "true".

If System.Web.HttpContext.Current.User.IsInRole("Administrators")

Hi Bare, Thats correct this has changed. Roles are no longer stored in UserData section of the forms authentication ticket. This caused problems if you had lots of roles associated with your account. Cookies have a limit on the number of characters they can hold. .NET v2.0 addresses this issue with role caching however we can't take full advantage of this whilst we continue to support .NET v1.1.

All roles are held within the UserRolesCollection which is part of the InstantASP.Common.Components.User object. You can perform a similar check with the following code...

If Not MyBase.CurrentContext.CurrentUser.UserRolesCollection.FindRole("Administrators") Is Nothing Then

End If

This will return Nothing if the user is not part of the Administrator role. Otherwise it will return the InstantASP.Common.Components.UserRole object representing the administrator role.

We will be looking at still providing support for System.Web.HttpContext.Current.User.IsInRole("Administrators") however this will require some tweaks to the InstantASP.Common.HttpModule.SecurityModule, AuthenticateRequest method which unfortunately won't will be implemented for v4.1.4 final.

I hope this helps,


Kindest Regards,

Ryan Healey
Director / Developer

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http://demos.instantasp.co.uk/

Ok, got that part working...   However: The exception on the Manage Groups page is still an issue.

Did i keep you posted on this Bare. I performed a v4.1.2 install and upgraded to v4.1.4 and was not able to replicate the exception.

Also on a fresh install this appears to be working correctly. Your obviously having an issue. I'll contact you on MSN so we can work through this.


Kindest Regards,

Ryan Healey
Director / Developer

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http://demos.instantasp.co.uk/