This is the first part of several posts in which I'm writing whilst working through Mitchel Sellers DotNetNuke Module Programming book.

First I'll sumarise my setup - I'm working on Windows XP Pro (SP2) on a Dell Latitude D420 (Intel U2500 @1.25GHz 1.49GB RAM). I'm running Visual Studio 2008 Version 9.0.21022.8 RTM, IIS 5.1 and the SQL Server 2005 express stuff that comes with Visual Studio 2008 (at least I think that's where I got it from - I forget now). Oh - and I'm a C# guy so I'm taking the C# branches of the book not the VB branches. Also I'm in the UK, so I guess there's a slight chance there may be regional differences to the book.

So I'll reiterate before I get stuck in, that so far I really like the style and content of the book. However I was disappointed to start to hit problems when working through it. Here are the details of the first problem I encountered and how to get past it...

Chapter 5: Starting the Module Creation Process. Page 47 Figure 5-2.

What is this 'C# DNN Module Template' of which you speak?

Having followed the instructions in the book and downloaded the templates from Mitchel's site (well the Iowa Computer Gurus site), I then failed to find any trace of this template. Wierdly, someone called 'luakt' on the Iowa Computer Gurus website forums raised the same question just 6 days before me. I qualified the question, and Mitchel was kind enough to come back with a comprehensive answer - here's a copy for my records...

"I apologize for ... the discrepancies in the book screenshots.

The truth of the matter is that both the "BlankModuleWithDal" and "C# DNN Module Template" items are the ones that are used in the book. The difference is that the two templates available on this site, do NOT contain canned code and functionality, they just contain the structure, and same commented-out sample code, designed to make the process a bit faster.

The C# DNN Module Template is the one that my templates were based off of, and can be downloaded from www.bitethebullet.co.uk."

First work around - where the book shows 'C# DNN Module Template', use the 'BlankModuleWithDal' instead.