Well, this post is a little bit old, and I don't know if someone still looks for a solution. I had this problem recently and here is the pieces of code I wrote to solve it:
public int GetTabIDFromUrl(string url, int portalID)
{
int getTabIDFromUrl = 0;
// Try the "old" way with the TabID query string
if (url.ToLower().IndexOf("tabid") > 0)
{
Int32.TryParse(Regex.Match(url, "tabid[=/](\\d+)", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase).Groups[1].Value, out getTabIDFromUrl);
}
// When there is no result (because of advanced or human friendly or whatever Url provider)
if (getTabIDFromUrl == 0)
{
TabCollection tabs = TabController.Instance.GetTabsByPortal(portalID);
foreach (KeyValuePair<int, TabInfo> k in tabs)
{
TabInfo tab = k.Value;
if (tab.FullUrl.StartsWith(url))
{
getTabIDFromUrl = tab.TabID;
break;
}
}
}
return getTabIDFromUrl;
}
This could be a pain with sites that have a lot of pages, therefore it could be useful if you have some additional information to shrink the list that you have to loop through - e.g. a ModuleId of a module that is placed on this tab:
public int GetTabIDFromUrl(string url, int moduleID, int portalID)
{
int getTabIDFromUrl = 0;
// Try the "old" way with the TabID query string
if (url.ToLower().IndexOf("tabid") > 0)
{
Int32.TryParse(Regex.Match(url, "tabid[=/](\\d+)", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase).Groups[1].Value, out getTabIDFromUrl);
}
// When there is no result (because of advanced or human friendly or whatever Url provider)
if (getTabIDFromUrl == 0)
{
IList<ModuleInfo> modules = ModuleController.Instance.GetTabModulesByModule(moduleID);
foreach (ModuleInfo module in modules)
{
TabInfo tab = TabController.Instance.GetTab(module.TabID, portalID);
if (tab.FullUrl.StartsWith(url))
{
getTabIDFromUrl = tab.TabID;
break;
}
}
}
return getTabIDFromUrl;
}
Hope that helps someone...
Happy DNNing!
Michael