episerver block not working with xforms - episerver

I'm having some problem with getting XForms to work in a block in EPiServer 7. It's webforms and not MVC.
XForms works when I put them on a normal page, but when I use them on blocks I get a null exception. See below.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: virtualPath
Source Error:
An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.
Stack Trace:
[ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: virtualPath]
System.Web.VirtualPath.Create(String virtualPath, VirtualPathOptions options) +11610798
EPiServer.Web.TemplateControlLoader.LoadControl(HttpContextBase httpContext, Type renderType, Object renderData, TemplateControl templateControl, String tag, Action`2 bindDataAction) +214
EPiServer.Web.TemplateControlLoader.LoadControl(HttpContextBase httpContext, IContentData contentData, TemplateControl templateControl, String tag) +223
EPiServer.Cms.Shell.MoveToPlatform.PersonalizationContentControlResolver.ResolveContentControls(ContentArea contentArea, Control parentControl, String tag, String itemCssClass, String itemTagName, Boolean enableEditFeatures) +870
EPiServer.Web.PropertyControls.PropertyContentAreaControl.GetContentRenderers(Boolean enableEditFeatures) +598
EPiServer.Web.PropertyControls.PropertyContentAreaControl.CreateContentAreaControls(Boolean enableEditFeatures) +130
EPiServer.Web.PropertyControls.PropertyDataControl.CreateChildControls() +103
System.Web.UI.Control.EnsureChildControls() +182
EPiServer.Web.WebControls.Property.CreateChildControls() +600
System.Web.UI.Control.EnsureChildControls() +182
System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +60
System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +222
System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +222
System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +222
System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +222
System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +222
System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +222
System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +222
System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +222
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +4201
I tried to compare with the Alloy templates, but find no difference that should break it like this.
I also tried to debug, but it doesn't stop at any break points that could give any information.
Anyone know what the problem could be? Thankful for any help.

I found the solution to this problem, but not why the problem occured. My guess would be that episerver cached the renderer and try to access an older version of it that did not exist.
Solution was that the renderer for the block seemed to be corrupt in some way. What I did was to delete the webcontrol that was the renderer, enter edit mode and get the error "no renderer was found for block and then create it again.
So the problem the problem seems not to have been with the xforms module.

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Why am I getting "Unable to load the specified metadata resource" error?

I have an MVC5 web application which I usually develop using my laptop.
I am trying to get the app running on my main machine at home for home-working days but have a problem connecting to the local dev database on SQL Server - when I start the app I get the following error:
More info 30/11/16:
Note that the model is generated from EDML using Entity Developer
Unable to load the specified metadata resource. Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
The solution consists of 2 projects, one of which is an entity model project which is generated from EDMX.
Note: On my main machine (where it isn't working) the connection string in Web.config is the same as the machine where it works except for Data Source which refers to the SQL Server name on the main machine - I have checked this is correct several times:
I have read several Stack Overflow posts with similar issues - most point to something wrong with the path to the csdl, ssdl, msl part of the connection string.
I have:
Checked the server name is correct in the connection string
Checked the database name is correct in the connection string
Checked the database exists and is available
Checked each of the three files are where the connection string says they are (they are)
Tried using wildcard in the connection string: res://*/dllname.csdl|res://*/dllname.ssdl|res://*/dllname.msl
Update 30/11/2016:
From the suggestions in this link I have:
Checked the MetadataArtifactProcessing property - it is not set to Copy to Output directory
Checked the connection string
We don't have a post-compile task
From the suggestion in this link I have tried setting the connection string connectionString="metadata=res://*/;
Stack Trace:
[MetadataException: Unable to load the specified metadata resource.]
System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.MetadataArtifactLoaderResource.LoadResource() +85
System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.MetadataArtifactLoaderResource.CreateReader() +10
System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.MetadataArtifactLoaderResource.CreateReaders(DataSpace spaceToGet) +72
System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.MetadataArtifactLoaderComposite.CreateReaders(DataSpace spaceToGet) +99
System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.MetadataCache.LoadEdmItemCollection(MetadataArtifactLoader loader) +41
System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.<>c__DisplayClass5.<GetMetadataWorkspace>b__0(String k) +37
System.Collections.Concurrent.ConcurrentDictionary`2.GetOrAdd(TKey key, Func`2 valueFactory) +72
System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.MetadataCache.GetMetadataWorkspace(String cacheKey, MetadataArtifactLoader artifactLoader) +75
System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm.MetadataCache.GetMetadataWorkspace(DbConnectionOptions effectiveConnectionOptions) +126
System.Data.Entity.Core.EntityClient.EntityConnection.GetMetadataWorkspace() +43
System.Data.Entity.Core.Objects.ObjectContext.RetrieveMetadataWorkspaceFromConnection() +20
System.Data.Entity.Core.Objects.ObjectContext..ctor(EntityConnection connection, Boolean isConnectionConstructor, ObjectQueryExecutionPlanFactory objectQueryExecutionPlanFactory, Translator translator, ColumnMapFactory columnMapFactory) +393
System.Data.Entity.Core.Objects.ObjectContext..ctor(String connectionString, String defaultContainerName) +35
App.Models.Entities..ctor() in C:\Users\Me\Desktop\App\App.MVC5\App.Entities.cs:37
App.MVC5.Models.CurrentUser..ctor(Boolean IsGuiDetailsRequired) in C:\Users\Me\Desktop\App\App.MVC5\Models\AccountModels.cs:87
App.MVC5.Controllers.HomeController..ctor() in C:\Users\Me\Desktop\App\App.MVC5\Controllers\HomeController.cs:11
[TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.]
System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(RuntimeType type, Boolean publicOnly, Boolean noCheck, Boolean& canBeCached, RuntimeMethodHandleInternal& ctor, Boolean& bNeedSecurityCheck) +0
System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache, StackCrawlMark& stackMark) +114
System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceDefaultCtor(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache, StackCrawlMark& stackMark) +232
System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic) +83
System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type) +11
System.Web.Mvc.DefaultControllerActivator.Create(RequestContext requestContext, Type controllerType) +55
[InvalidOperationException: An error occurred when trying to create a controller of type 'App.MVC5.Controllers.HomeController'. Make sure that the controller has a parameterless public constructor.]
System.Web.Mvc.DefaultControllerActivator.Create(RequestContext requestContext, Type controllerType) +178
System.Web.Mvc.DefaultControllerFactory.GetControllerInstance(RequestContext requestContext, Type controllerType) +76
System.Web.Mvc.DefaultControllerFactory.CreateController(RequestContext requestContext, String controllerName) +88
Castle.Proxies.Invocations.IControllerFactory_CreateController.InvokeMethodOnTarget() +118
Castle.DynamicProxy.AbstractInvocation.Proceed() +80
Glimpse.Core.Extensibility.CastleInvocationToAlternateMethodContextAdapter.Proceed() +11
Glimpse.Core.Extensions.AlternateMethodContextExtensions.TryProceedWithTimer(IAlternateMethodContext context, TimerResult& timerResult) +41
Glimpse.Core.Extensibility.AlternateMethod.NewImplementation(IAlternateMethodContext context) +25
Glimpse.Core.Extensibility.AlternateTypeToCastleInterceptorAdapter.Intercept(IInvocation invocation) +84
Castle.DynamicProxy.AbstractInvocation.Proceed() +108
Castle.Proxies.IControllerFactoryProxy.CreateController(RequestContext requestContext, String controllerName) +214
System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.ProcessRequestInit(HttpContextBase httpContext, IController& controller, IControllerFactory& factory) +194
System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.BeginProcessRequest(HttpContextBase httpContext, AsyncCallback callback, Object state) +50
System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.BeginProcessRequest(HttpContext httpContext, AsyncCallback callback, Object state) +48
System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.System.Web.IHttpAsyncHandler.BeginProcessRequest(HttpContext context, AsyncCallback cb, Object extraData) +16
System.Web.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +103
System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +155
There's a very popular question over there and from its rating I can assume it helped a lot of people. It even mentions a blog post with complete troubleshooting for this problem. Also, this answer looks like something you didn't try yet.

Resource Dictionary error during Silverlight app initialisation

I've got a problem with a Silverlight application. It has been working and I haven't changed the code, but I have changed a few other things such as upgrading to VS2012. I thought all was well with the project post upgrade but have now run in to trouble.
When the application starts it throws an exception during the InitializeComponent call. It looks like the problem is with the ResourceDictionary, specifically I notice this in the inner exception:
InnerException: System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException
Which makes me think it's trying to set a property and can't find the key it's looking for in the ResourceDictionary. I've been tearing my hair out trying to discover how to determine what key it's looking for, can anyone suggest a debugging technique to do this?
The full details of the exception are:
System.Windows.Markup.XamlParseException occurred Message=Set
property 'System.Windows.FrameworkElement.Style' threw an exception.
[Line: 228 Position: 64] LineNumber=228 LinePosition=64
StackTrace:
at System.Windows.Application.LoadComponent(Object component, Uri resourceLocator)
at MyApp.Silverlight.MainPage.InitializeComponent()
at MyApp.Silverlight.MainPage..ctor() InnerException: System.Windows.Markup.XamlParseException
Message=Failed to assign to property 'System.Windows.ResourceDictionary.Source'. [Line: 5 Position: 36]
LineNumber=5
LinePosition=36
StackTrace:
at MS.Internal.XcpImports.CreateFromXaml(UnmanagedMemoryStream stream,
String sourceAssemblyName, Boolean createNamescope, Boolean
requireDefaultNamespace, Boolean allowEventHandlers, String
xamlResourceUriString, Boolean isBinaryContent)
at System.Windows.Controls.Control.GetBuiltInStyle(IntPtr nativeTarget, IntPtr& nativeStyle)
InnerException: System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException
Message=The given key was not present in the dictionary.
StackTrace:
at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.get_Item(TKey key)
at System.Windows.ResourceManagerWrapper.GetResourceForUri(Uri xamlUri,
Type componentType)
InnerException:
Thanks very much for reading and if you have any suggestions I'll be very grateful.

DNN site is broken, I can't access any admin options

I'm working on a DNN 6 installation and for some reason all of my admin (even as a super user) menus/options are no longer accessible.
Every time I try to access a simple menu like Admin > Site Settings I get this error:
An error has occurred. DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.PageLoadException: An error has occurred. ---> DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.PageLoadException: An error has occurred. ---> DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.PageLoadException: An error has occurred. ---> DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.ModuleLoadException: An error has occurred. ---> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at ArtMenuSkinObject.ArtMenuSO.Page_PreRender(Object sender, EventArgs e) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.Exceptions.ProcessModuleLoadException(String FriendlyMessage, Control ctrl, Exception exc, Boolean DisplayErrorMessage) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.Exceptions.ProcessPageLoadException(Exception exc, String URL) at DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.Exceptions.ProcessModuleLoadException(String FriendlyMessage, Control ctrl, Exception exc, Boolean DisplayErrorMessage) at ArtMenuSkinObject.ArtMenuSO.Page_PreRender(Object sender, EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.Control.OnPreRender(EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() at System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() at System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() at System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() at System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() at System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.Exceptions.ProcessPageLoadException(Exception exc, String URL) at System.Web.UI.Page.HandleError(Exception e) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest() at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) at ASP.default_aspx.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) at System.Web.HttpApplication.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() at System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
Any hints as to what could be happening?
Thank you!
Looking at this, it looks like you are using a custom Skin Object called "ArtMenuSkinObject" and it is having trouble.
You will want to check with the developer of the skin object.

Unable to cast object of type 'MyType' to type 'Castle.Proxies.MyType'

In which situation following error occurs?
Unable to cast object of type 'MyType' to type 'Castle.Proxies.MyType'.
UPDATE:
I got this error message while binding MyType.FindAllByProperty("col1", "foo"); to a GridView (exactly a Telerik's one: RadGrid). This error is not occuring every time, just sometimes. Here is markup of my grid:
<telerik:RadGrid ID="grdList" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="false" OnNeedDataSource="grdList_NeedDataSource"
OnUpdateCommand="grdList_UpdateCommand" AllowAutomaticUpdates="True" OnItemUpdated="grdList_ItemUpdated"
AllowMultiRowEdit="true">
<MasterTableView EditMode="InPlace" DataKeyNames="PageInRole_id" AllowAutomaticUpdates="true">
<Columns>
<telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="ContainerPage.PageTitle" HeaderText="Title" UniqueName="ContainerPage.PageTitle"
ReadOnly="true" />
</Columns>
</MasterTableView>
</telerik:RadGrid>
UPDATE2
Here is all exception message and stack trace:
Unable to cast object of type 'PineCMS.Core.PageInRole' to type 'Castle.Proxies.PageInRoleProxy'.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.InvalidCastException: Unable to cast object of type 'PineCMS.Core.PageInRole' to type 'Castle.Proxies.PageInRoleProxy'.
Source Error:
An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.
Stack Trace:
[InvalidCastException: Unable to cast object of type 'PineCMS.Core.PageInRole' to type 'Castle.Proxies.PageInRoleProxy'.]
Telerik.Web.UI.GetEnumerator>d__0.MoveNext() +175
Telerik.Web.UI.GridDataTableFromEnumerable.FillDataTableFromEnumerable(IQueryable enumerable) +1285
Telerik.Web.UI.GridDataTableFromEnumerable.FillData35() +3390
Telerik.Web.UI.GridDataTableFromEnumerable.FillData() +824
Telerik.Web.UI.GridResolveEnumerable.EnsureInitialized() +28
Telerik.Web.UI.GridEnumerableFromDataView..ctor(GridTableView owner, IEnumerable enumerable, Boolean CaseSensitive, Boolean autoGenerateColumns, GridColumnCollection presentColumns, String[] additionalField, Boolean retrieveAllFields) +242
Telerik.Web.UI.GridDataSourceHelper.CreateGridEnumerable(GridTableView owner, IEnumerable enumerable, Boolean caseSensitive, Boolean autoGenerateColumns, GridColumnCollection presentColumns, String[] additionalField, Boolean retrieveAllFields) +223
Telerik.Web.UI.GridDataSourceHelper.GetResolvedDataSource(GridTableView owner, Object dataSource, String dataMember, Boolean caseSensitive, Boolean autoGenerateColumns, GridColumnCollection presentColumns, String[] additionalField, Boolean retrieveAllFields) +595
Telerik.Web.UI.GridTableView.get_ResolvedDataSource() +243
Telerik.Web.UI.GridTableView.CreateChildControls(IEnumerable dataSource, Boolean useDataSource) +42
System.Web.UI.WebControls.CompositeDataBoundControl.PerformDataBinding(IEnumerable data) +72
System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataBoundControl.OnDataSourceViewSelectCallback(IEnumerable data) +147
System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataBoundControl.PerformSelect() +261
Telerik.Web.UI.GridTableView.PerformSelect() +23
Telerik.Web.UI.GridTableView.DataBind() +363
Telerik.Web.UI.GridTableView.Rebind() +101
Telerik.Web.UI.GridCommandEventArgs.ExecuteCommand(Object source) +1174
Telerik.Web.UI.RadGrid.OnBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs e) +185
System.Web.UI.Control.RaiseBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs args) +70
Telerik.Web.UI.GridItem.OnBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs e) +142
System.Web.UI.Control.RaiseBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs args) +70
System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler sourceControl, String eventArgument) +29
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +2981
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Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.4927; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.4927
This exception probably comes from the code trying to re-attach a proxied/lazy-loading entity to a session. The most likely API call to throw this exception with a newer NHibernate (I don't have problem with 2.1 but I do have problems with latest) is Session.Lock(obj, LockMode.None).
If the programmer of this component first evicts the entity from the ISession and then re-loads it (perhaps cached?) into another one by id, or performs ISession.Update this problem should go away until the NHibernate team has figured out the underlying problem.
I had a similar problem with EntityFramework 6.0.
I had migrated from an old version of EntityFramework that did not use proxies and had some code that created and attached new instances of the entity via new MyEntity();.
My solution was to use dbContext.MyEntity.Create(); instead so I only work with proxies. Something similar should be available for NHibernate if I recall correctly.
My error was:
Unable to cast object of type 'MyProject.MyEntity' to type
'System.Data.Entity.DynamicProxies.MyEntity_849E94C98E5E543D6DF5245252144E3EAC00131F811886276B6ABD991719D232'
We ran into the same issue with RadGrid having AutomaticInserts. After inserting an item it throw InvalidCastException: Unable to cast object of type 'MyDbModel.Role' to type 'System.Data.Entity.DynamicProxies.Role_...' in DataBind() at Rebind().
The issue was gone after I adapted the DataBinding to have an OrderBy().

Exception when starting EPiServer website

We're developing an EPiServer-based website and trying to deploy our latest build onto a WinXP IIS6 box.
When browsing to site, we're getting the following stack trace
[ClassFactoryException: ClassFactory not initialized]
EPiServer.BaseLibrary.ClassFactory.get_Instance() +123
EPiServer.BaseLibrary.Context.get_Repository() +14
EPiServer.WorkflowFoundation.StorageProviders.ObjectStoreStorageProvider.VerifyCommonSchemas() +15
EPiServer.WorkflowFoundation.AspNetWorkflowManager.get_StorageProvider() +44
EPiServer.WorkflowFoundation.AspNetWorkflowManager.Initialize(Boolean lazyLoading) +589
EPiServer.WorkflowFoundation.AspNetWorkflowManager.get_InstanceHandler() +16
EPiServer.WorkflowFoundation.Workflows.ApprovalService..ctor() +93
[TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.]
System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(RuntimeType type, Boolean publicOnly, Boolean noCheck, Boolean& canBeCached, RuntimeMethodHandle& ctor, Boolean& bNeedSecurityCheck) +0
System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean fillCache) +103
System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks, Boolean fillCache) +261
System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic) +66
EPiServer.WorkflowFoundation.WorkflowSystem.RegisterServices(IWorkflowManager manager, WorkflowSettingsElement configuration) +338
EPiServer.WorkflowFoundation.WorkflowSystem.Init(HttpApplication context) +240
System.Web.HttpApplication.InitModules() +267
System.Web.HttpApplication.InitInternal(HttpContext context, HttpApplicationState state, MethodInfo[] handlers) +1251
System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.GetNormalApplicationInstance(HttpContext context) +243
System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.GetApplicationInstance(HttpContext context) +106
System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestInternal(HttpWorkerRequest wr) +214
I've googled it, and visited the EPiServer forums, but I've not found any concrete suggestions or solutions. Has anyone else out there run into this?
Ross
The configuration file is written for IIS7 but you build in webserver in Studio want a IIS6 sonfig file.
I have wrote abut this in ny EPiServer notes
http://epiwiki.se/troubleshooting/classfactory-not-initialized
I am going out on a limb and guessing here, but did you by chance do development on EPiServer 5 SP 2 and deploy on EPiServer 5 SP 3?
In EPiServer 5 SP3 there was some remodelling in how a EPiServer handles the initialization of the application. These changes made it so that it's not possible to hook into the datafactory events in Application_Start. Instead you need to first hook into Application_FirstBeginRequest and then we have a instance of the DataFactory to work with.
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Definitely sounds like a configuration error. As Mattias said, the default web.config is for IIS7. This can cause problems when running IIS6 or Cassini.

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