How to move DNN module to different DNN install

Question

I have a DNN version 5 site that has modules that I want to move to another newer DNN 7 site. In the file system for the DNN 5 install I have that module as a collection of .ascx and .vb files. I also have the .dnn file.

I've been searching around how to do this and it seems that I need to package these all those .ascx and .vb files together to install them in my DNN 7 site. Is there no way to simply install them directly from the .dnn manifest file that I have?

Packaging the files up seems pretty involved, such as getting the Visual Studio project templates and using those, etc. But I don't want to create modules right now, I just want to move an existing one from one DNN site to another. Do I really need to get into the whole module development ecosystem just to do that task?

Thanks for your insights!

Answer 1

有几种选择。

1. 使用我的模板在visual studio中进行（更长时间，更多涉及，但如果你想在未来进行更改，则更好）
2. 将desktopmodules / MODULENAME文件夹中的所有文件从一个安装复制到另一个安装。复制BIN文件夹中的DLL。转到所需安装的Host / Extensions页面，单击Create New Module按钮，在FROM选项中，从MANIFEST中选择并找到.DNN文件。
3. 您可以使用现有模块转到安装的Host / Extensions页面，单击要移动的模块旁边的Edit pencil。选择＆＃34;创建包＆＃34;选项，您将完成为模块创建ZIP文件的过程。

我更喜欢选项＃1，顺序为2和3。 ＃1因为这是长期做事的更好方式。