FTB Create Link Error

In DotNetNuke Ver. 3.3.4 the FTB editor badly forms the path associated with creating a link. An example of the badly formed link URL is http://www.janetsystems.co.uk/Portals0docs/apples.zip

Looking at line 74 it can be seen that the value of HomeDirectory is replaced by ApplicationPath. In my tests I found that where the website does not use a directory for DotNetNuke, as on the Janet Systems website, typical values are:

ApplicationPath: /
HomeDirectory: /portals/0/docs

Thus giving:

portals0docs

To resolve this follow these steps (assuming you are familiar with Visual Studio 2003 and are able to edit and maintain the core DotNetNuke files):

1. Add to the list of imports at the top of the file
   C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\DotNetNuke\Providers\HtmlEditorProviders\Ftb3HtmlEditorProvider\ftb3\ftb.createlink.aspx.vb
   Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions
2. Replace line 74
   htmlhidden.Value = "http://" & DotNetNuke.Common.GetDomainName(Request) & Replace(_portalSettings.HomeDirectory, Request.ApplicationPath, "")
   by
   htmlhidden.Value = "http://" & DotNetNuke.Common.GetDomainName(Request) & Regex.Replace(_portalSettings.HomeDirectory, "^" & Request.ApplicationPath, "/", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)
3. Recompile.

A file is avaialble for download on our downloads page. It contains the originals, together with the replacement dll file (DotNetNuke.Ftb3HtmlEditorProvider.dll).

NAT August 2006