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file '~/controls/labelcontrol.ascx" was not found

I m very new to visual studio and dnn and I m learning the "basics" with a book. I m trying to build my very first module at the moment . In one of the ascx files I have the following code:

<%@ Control Language="C#" AutoEventWireup ="true" CodeBehind="Settings.ascx.cs" Inherits="wrox.Modules.guestbook.Settings" %>
<%@ Register TagName="label" TagPrefix="dnn" Src="~/controls/labelcontrol.ascx" %>

<fieldset>
    <div class="dnnFormItem">
        <dnn:Label ID="lblAutoApprove" runat="server" ResourceKey="lblAutoApprove"
            ControlName="chkAutoApprove" />
    </div>
</fieldset>


<asp:CheckBox runat="server" ID="chkAutoApprove" />

The following piece of code gives the following warning: file '~/controls/labelcontrol.ascx" was not found 

<%@ Register TagName="label" TagPrefix="dnn" Src="~/controls/labelcontrol.ascx" %>

I need to use the labecontrol.ascx file for this piece of code. 

<div class="dnnFormItem">
    <dnn:Label ID="lblAutoApprove" runat="server" 
      ResourceKey="lblAutoApprove"
        ControlName="chkAutoApprove" />
</div>

This piece of codes give the following warning because the labecontrol.ascx file is missing (As far as I know):Element 'Label' is not a known element. This can occur if there is a compilation error in the Web site, or the web.config file is missing.

I found two simular questions on this site. The first one wasn't very helpfull because the answer was to ignore the warning. I dont want to do this. The second question wasn't helpfull either because he/she had a typo.

How can I get rid of this warning?

notes: I m using visual studio 2017 and dotnetnuke 8

Solution

  • Its been a while since I have done DNN development but the issue is generally that when you are making a custom module, you make it with the context that the rest of DNN is there, but during develop-time, the rest of DNN is not actually there (or at least not where Visual Studio expects to find it).

    I would imagine you could get rid of the warning by copying the DNN label control into the controls folder of your module. If you do this, I would make sure your build does NOT include the DNN control and that you put it in whatever ignore list your source control uses.