Update caused theme to stop loading

[Duncan]

I did a update of my trial version to v.2011.3.1115.40 from Visual Studio after which my project now refuses to load the project themes. What has this upgrade changed to cause this? Does it mess with folder permissions?

Duncan

[Duncan]

Now i am getting a "Access is Denied" error when trying to modify the permissions on my project folders. Once again this Telerik update wizard has taken my project down. Very annoyed!

[Duncan]

I do not think it is a folder permissions issue. Restoring the backup files restored the them. Something the update changed cause or added to the project caused this.

[Chavdar Dimitrov]

Hi Duncan,

Thank you for contacting us.

With the Q3 2011 release the of RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX we reorganized the embedded themes in order to optimize the controls assembly size. All the skins embedded in the Telerik.Web.UI (except the 'Default' one) were transferred to the Telerik.Web.UI.Skins assembly.

In order to load your project themes, you should add a reference to the new Telerik.Web.UI.Skins assembly by checking it in the Project Configuration Wizard.

I hope this will solve your problem. Please, do not hesitate to write us back if you need any further assistance.

Best regards,
Chavdar,
the Telerik team

[Duncan]

Unfortunatly, following this procedure is only slightly better than the previous result. Seems like my pages/masterpages prior to login are not loading my themes. All pages/masterpages after login seems to work for. Before login and after login masterpages use the same theme.

The Telerik.Web.UI.Skins.dll is in the bin and these steps you outlines have been followed to the letter.

What can i do now to get this fixed please?

Duncan

[Duncan]

Unfortunately, following this procedure is only slightly better than the previous result. Seems like my pages/masterpages prior to login are not loading my themes. All pages/masterpages after login seems to work for. Before login and after login masterpages use the same theme.

The Telerik.Web.UI.Skins.dll is in the bin and these steps you outlines have been followed to the letter.

What can i do now to get this fixed please?

Duncan

[Duncan]

Unsecuring my theme folder via the web.config seems to resolve the issue. But i would like to avoid having to do this and would like to know why, after the upgrade i have to unsecure it for it to work?

<location path="App_Themes/MyThemeFolder">
  <system.web>
    <authorization>
      <allow users="*" />
    </authorization>
  </system.web>
</location>

Duncan

[Erjan Gavalji]

Hi Duncan,

I'm sorry for the error. You are indeed right, the Telerik themes should not require a change to the App_Themes folder permissions. This would be required only when using external themes (not the one, embedded in the Telerik assemblies).

We really think the problem is in not having the Telerik.Web.UI.Skins assembly not referred by the project.

We are uploading a new version of the Telerik Web.UI VSExtensions to the Visual Studio Online Gallery later today. Can you get the update and try the following steps, please?

1. Revert your project to its previous state (using the older RadControls assembly)
2. Run the Upgrade Wizard and update the project again.

Let me know if that helps.

Kind regards,
Erjan Gavalji
the Telerik team