I have been using the LinkClick method (DotNetNuke.Common.Globals.LinkClick) for linking to files, etc when I use the UrlControl to pick files to associate with records.  While it has been working just fine all this time, I really don't like the links that it generates.  I'm just wondering if there is another way to link to files (based on a file ID) and other things so the URL is a bit more "friendly".

Anybody know of a way?

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-- Jon Seeley
DotNetNuke Modules
Custom DotNetNuke and .NET Development
http://www.seeleyware.com

When I have not needed the link click counting, I've used code similar to the following to obtain the file path from a single FileID:

Dim fID As Integer = 135
Dim fc As New DotNetNuke.Services.FileSystem.FileController
Dim fi As Services.FileSystem.FileInfo = fc.GetFileById(fID, PortalId)
If Not fi Is Nothing Then
      Dim ps As DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings = PortalController.GetCurrentPortalSettings
      Dim relPath As String = ps.HomeDirectory & fi.Folder & fi.FileName
      Dim absPath As String = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath(relPath)
      'do whatever you want with the paths here
End If

When I have needed to databind to a large number of file paths - usually as hyperlinks, I've directly accessed the Files table from my SQL - probably not the best thing to do as the table structure might change, it is more efficient than repeated calls to GetFileFromID and other core methods.

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Thanks to both of you for your suggestions.  I had thought about directly accessing the FileIDs from the database, but decided against that.  I don't really *need* friendlier urls, just think the LinkClick ones are pretty ugly.  In the end, all I really care is that they work. :)

Thanks again!

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-- Jon Seeley
DotNetNuke Modules
Custom DotNetNuke and .NET Development
http://www.seeleyware.com