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Method not found when upgrading to DNN 10

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Kasi
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10/25/2025 1:19 AM

Hi Community,

when upgrading to DNN 10.1.2 from 9.13, various commercial skins and modules in different sites display the same error:
Method not found: 'DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalController.GetCurrentPortalSettings()'
Could this be difficult for developers to fix?

Thanks.

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10/25/2025 12:10 PM
Should be easy, just the new method name is GetCurrentSettings
Kasi
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10/25/2025 3:30 PM
Thanks a lot, Daniel!
I'll contact the developers and let them know how to resolve the issue.
Kasi
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10/26/2025 2:00 AM
A follow up error appears:

InnerMessage:E:\websites\dnncms.de\Portals\_default\Skins\Generic3\inner.ascx(108): error BC30456: 'GetCurrentSettings' is not a member of 'PortalController'.

InnerStackTrace:

bei System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.CompileWebFile(VirtualPath virtualPath)
bei System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetVPathBuildResultInternal(VirtualPath virtualPath, Boolean noBuild, Boolean allowCrossApp, Boolean allowBuildInPrecompile, Boolean throwIfNotFound, Boolean ensureIsUpToDate)
bei System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetVPathBuildResultWithNoAssert(HttpContext context, VirtualPath virtualPath, Boolean noBuild, Boolean allowCrossApp, Boolean allowBuildInPrecompile, Boolean throwIfNotFound, Boolean ensureIsUpToDate)
bei System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetVPathBuildResult(HttpContext context, VirtualPath virtualPath, Boolean noBuild, Boolean allowCrossApp, Boolean allowBuildInPrecompile, Boolean ensureIsUpToDate)
bei System.Web.UI.TemplateControl.LoadControl(VirtualPath virtualPath)
bei DotNetNuke.UI.ControlUtilities.LoadControl[T](TemplateControl containerControl, String controlSrc)
bei DotNetNuke.UI.Skins.Skin.LoadSkin(PageBase page, String skinPath)
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10/26/2025 2:17 AM
I think you need PortalSettings.Instance.GetCurrentSettings()
Kasi
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10/26/2025 2:35 AM
switched:

...
If skinSrc = "" Then
skinSrc = PortalController.GetCurrentSettings().DefaultPortalSkin
End If
skinSrc = DotNetNuke.UI.Skins.SkinController.FormatSkinSrc(skinSrc, PortalController.GetCurrentSettings())
...


to:

...
If skinSrc = "" Then
skinSrc = PortalSettings.Instance.GetCurrentSettings().DefaultPortalSkin
End If
skinSrc = DotNetNuke.UI.Skins.SkinController.FormatSkinSrc(skinSrc, PortalSettings.Instance.GetCurrentSettings())
...


Message:
'Instance' is not a member of 'PortalSettings'
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11/20/2025 3:24 PM

Hmmm... Are you sure you have all of the necessary DNN references and imports? Also, maybe try the entire namespace, just in case you have a conflicting class in your project. 😎🤙🏽🤙🏽 

Kasi
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11/25/2025 4:48 AM
Thank you Will!

We've updated some instances and calls related to the errors, and the theme now looks as expected.
Only deleting module instances on a page causes an error. However, this can also be done via the page settings.
Apparently, this error originates from the StyleSwitcher theme management code, which is compiled, so unfortunately we can't edit it.

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