Problem with SqlSiteMapProvider after converting to VB.net [Answered]RSS

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  urir10

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  Problem with SqlSiteMapProvider after converting to VB.net

  Jun 03, 2013 12:54 PM|urir10|LINK

  Hi all,

  I hope this is the right place to post this.

  I have converted the SqlSiteMapProvider (from WickedCode) into VB.Net. I have configured everything as needed and it worked fine.
  I then had to modifiy the store proc that gets the map with a CTE so that i can use nested roles  and because of that i can not use the SQL Cache any more to keep the menu up to date. 
  What i then did is create a Refresh function as you can see below and i tried to refresh the map from within the code (All of that worked fine in C#) but now i get an error saying "Unable to cast object of type 'SqlSiteMapProvider' to type 'NameSpace.SqlSiteMapProvider'."
  The site map still loads but doesnt refresh properly.

  Here is my code:

  Refresh function

  Public Sub Refresh()
          Clear()
          _nodes.Clear()
          _root = Nothing
      End Sub

  Page_Load event: 
  when i run in debug mode and check the value of SiteMap.Provider it clearly shows 'SqlSiteMapProvider' but it wont let me cast it to the smap object so i cant call the refresh function 

  'ERROR HERE: "Unable to cast object of type 'SqlSiteMapProvider' to type 'NameSpace.SqlSiteMapProvider'."
  Dim Smap As SqlSiteMapProvider = CType(SiteMap.Provider, SqlSiteMapProvider) 
  Smap.Refresh()
  

  Im really going crazy with this one, any help would be appriciated
  

   

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  urir10

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  Re: Problem with SqlSiteMapProvider after converting to VB.net

  Jun 04, 2013 10:22 AM|urir10|LINK

  Found my stupid problem.

  
  I had the sqlsitemapprovider.vb file in the App_Code folder of a WAP which wont work. Moved it out to a different folder and voilla!