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webuser control not responding to event?
Posted by Comcast at 7/31/2003 10:25:29 PM
Newbie to VS.NET so hopefully this is a simple problem .... I'm desiging a multipage site that has a common banner along the top and navigation controls down the left side so I read that the thing to do is have a main.aspx file with the common areas "static" and then have a PlaceHolder control...more >>


System.Web.UI.Design.ControlDesigner never calls GetErrorDesignTimeHtml on Exceptions
Posted by John Saunders at 7/31/2003 7:52:44 PM
I can create a reproducer for this later, if needed, but I'm too aggravated at the moment. I have a control whose GetDesignTimeHtml method pretty much just calls base.GetDesignTimeHtml(). ControlDesigner.GetDesignTimeHtml of course, calls ((Control) component).Render(htmlStringWriter) and then...more >>

Basic Question
Posted by Mark Fox at 7/31/2003 4:09:36 AM
Hello, I am not sure if this is possible, but it's a simple enough situation that it seems as though it would be. I have a page main.aspx with a couple user controls in it Control1.ascx and Control2.ascx. I am attempting to figure out how to hook up an event handler of some ...more >>

Page Access
Posted by Shawn B. at 7/30/2003 11:37:18 PM
Greetings, Is there a way, from inside a custom WebControl, that I can modify the attributes of the parent page? I ask because if a certain property is set in my WebControl, I would like it to add an attribute (onResize, for example) to the page's <Body> tag that calls some JavaScript it regi...more >>

Custom Control
Posted by Darren at 7/29/2003 11:00:58 PM
Can someone please help with how to access a generated value in a custom control. I have an aspx page that contains an ascx (ctl1) control which in turn contains several ascx controls (ctl2, ctl3) I need to click a button on ascx1 and retrive a value from ascx2 My project is based on...more >>

Toolbox icon
Posted by Shawn B. at 7/29/2003 8:37:48 PM
Greets, When inheriting WebControl, how do I omit it from being added to the toolbox when I add items to the toolbox. Initially, it adds all the controls in the assembly to the toolbox. What if there is one I don't want added? Thanks, Shawn ...more >>

Button Type
Posted by Shawn B. at 7/29/2003 4:55:22 PM
Greets, The Button control is by default rendered as "Submit" type. I would like to change it to "Button" or "Cancel" if I choose. In the render event, I'm saying Attributes.Item("type") = "button" and it's rendering two "type" attributes, one for "Submit" and one for "button" Ho...more >>

Nested Composite Controls
Posted by adunfield NO[at]SPAM hotmail.com at 7/29/2003 3:03:38 PM
I have built a composite control that takes in XML and creates controls based on the XML. One of the controls that this composite control creates is itself a composite control. The problem that I am running into is that the second composite control is not receiving any events. If I use this s...more >>



Postback
Posted by Shawn B. at 7/29/2003 2:41:30 PM
Greets, Is it possible to disable the postback for a button control if I inherit from it? Thanks, Shawn ...more >>

Readonly Checkbox?
Posted by John Kievlan at 7/29/2003 2:23:51 PM
Well, I'm sure you guys know that the ASP.NET Checkbox control doesn't have a Readonly property. I'm writing an application where I need it to have, that is, I want to be able to set the Checked property in code, but if the user clicks on it, the checkbox won't change. Now, I'll admit I ...more >>

border around controls
Posted by sramruttun at 7/29/2003 1:35:30 PM
hi there How can I put a rectangular border around some controls (similar to the Frame control in VB6) ? NB: I cannot use the panel control bec some of my code is based on the panel control... I tried using a table with border=1 but the border appears around all controls in the table (si...more >>

Code for building a Control
Posted by Huzaifa Matawala at 7/28/2003 1:55:30 PM
hi everybody i want to write my first control in asp.net can anyone send me the code or related links thanks huzaifa ...more >>

Drawing.Color Problem
Posted by Shawn B. at 7/26/2003 1:31:38 PM
Greetings, In creating a server control I added a property of type System.Drawing.Color. When the control is rendered, it generates a style that contains a style called "backgroundColor" that will hold the value of [Property].ToKnownColor. It works well, except in some cases (if you set ...more >>

Custom Property doesn't save values
Posted by Evgeni Presmann at 7/25/2003 12:19:18 PM
Hello all, I've defined a custom control with the property of type string[]. If I assigned values to the property at design time, I can see these values in the control as expected. However if I compiled the application, all the values disappear. Help please Regards, Evgeni public class...more >>

Templated data-bound server control design question
Posted by joe_s at 7/25/2003 12:43:53 AM
Hello, I am working on an n-tier .NET application. The presentation is through aspx pages and custom data-bound server controls which use templates to separate interface from content. In all the samples I've seen regarding such controls, the templates are instantiated in a class which inherit...more >>

Nesting server controls with a composite control don't generate postback events
Posted by jsausten NO[at]SPAM hotmail.com at 7/24/2003 6:24:22 PM
Hi, I am new to web controls so please forgive me if my terminology is not 100%! I am attempting to develop a composite control, based heavily on the Chapter 16 sample code in James Henry's "Developing .NET Custom Controls and Designers using C#" (see http://www.bluevisionsoftware.com/WebS...more >>

Loading a user controls in Design View
Posted by oneeye at 7/24/2003 2:51:19 PM
Hello All, I have designed and built a web control that loads a user control at run time. The question I have is, can I Load the user control in design view? Any Ideas or code snippets would be really useful. Thanks a bunch oneeye ...more >>

ViewState Problem with Composite Control
Posted by Rory at 7/22/2003 11:45:40 PM
I am creating a composite control that contains an iframe. I am creating this iframe in the 'CreateChildControls()' method by adding a literal control with its definition. I also have a hidden field (named using mybase.ID), which i used to populate with the controls 'Text' property. The p...more >>

Calling .NET Assembly from JavaScript...
Posted by arc at 7/22/2003 11:44:45 PM
I have a requirement to call .NET assembly (Custom component) from thin client Page (ASPX). This Assembly talks only TCP/IP with an external server and hence cannot interact over HTTP. That's the reason I am trying to make a call from the Client Script so that the information could be captured ...more >>

How to get Data from Listbox?
Posted by news.microsoft.com at 7/22/2003 1:02:44 PM
Hi there i've 1 Listbox with some listitem. can someone tell me how get all value of listitems in this listbox? thx :) ...more >>

Checking if other controls exist
Posted by Brian Vallelunga at 7/22/2003 1:00:30 PM
I'm creating a small control that just outputs an image or text with some javascript code. What I want is for the control to check if a certain javascript function has been written on the page it is hosted on already. If it has, it just outputs its code, otherwise it writes out the common functi...more >>

ASP-DotNet Problem
Posted by GN at 7/22/2003 12:44:30 PM
I have to design a web application in ASP DotNet Environment. A corporate user logins and the privileged-based menu/side bar are created. While clicking on menu he will be allowed to perform business related operations on the same single page (for multiple objects). In my last design...more >>

Creating controls at runtime
Posted by geronimo at 7/22/2003 12:18:20 PM
Hi, I am trying to create a TextBox at runtime, using the following code with a CodeBehind-File: Dim txtBox As New System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox() txtBox.ID ="txtTest" Page.Controls.Add(txtBox) I am getting an server-error - 'TextBox' has to be used with the FormTag runat=server. Wher...more >>

Problem with ToolboxBitmap
Posted by Igor at 7/21/2003 10:53:12 AM
Hallo, I create a Control inherited from Web.UI.Control. I create a BMP Image and name it as exactly so as the Control. Set the "Build Action" property to "Embedded Resource" and add a Atribute to the Class definition fo my Control. as so System.Drawing.ToolboxBitmap(GetType(MyContorl))...more >>

WebControl and height?
Posted by Rocky Moore at 7/21/2003 2:52:24 AM
I have a WebControl that I have built which simply creates a DIV and applies the Style or Class to it. Simple. In the Designer however, it does not appear with any height to speek of if it is set to 100%, however in the browser it looks fine. I thought it might be a problem rendering the DIV i...more >>

Building a custom control that implement table server control
Posted by Thomas Ekegren at 7/19/2003 10:18:20 PM
Hi, I want to create a custom control that implements the table htmlcontrol. In my webform page I want to include that custom control and add content to a cell in my custom table control. I don't want to do this dynamically in the page_load event but in the HTML design view. Example: My ...more >>

Creating a new control collection
Posted by scott NO[at]SPAM sdalexander.com at 7/19/2003 9:09:15 PM
I have an aspx page that has many nested controls. For example I have Panels that contain text boxes. There is also text boxes on the page itself. I'd like to loop through every control on the page and build a collection of those controls that interest me (in this case the text box controls). I ...more >>

Designer Support for Selecting Web Form control
Posted by Paul Ingles at 7/19/2003 2:00:14 AM
I've got a validator control that has somewhat limited designer support. It has an additional property that contains a string identifying another control on the form, e.g. "MyListBox". The BaseValidator control has a ControlToValidate property that does exactly what I need it to for this prope...more >>

Collection Editor vs. Item ID
Posted by John Saunders at 7/18/2003 7:31:16 PM
I'm using the standard CollectionEditor to allow design-time editing of a list of controls, all of the same type. I notice that when you enter a new item and specify its "ID" property, that row in the list takes on the name of the ID. But if you close and re-open the collection editor, you fi...more >>

Web Combo Box
Posted by Sean at 7/18/2003 3:38:45 PM
hi,=20 has anyone come across a web combobox, which manipulates the dataset = rather than query the database everytime, to shorten the resulting = resultants. i did check out a couple of the examples, specially the one from = dbcombo.net .. but it seems from their code, that they keep query...more >>

Re: Design time "move" and "resize"
Posted by Rob Mayo at 7/18/2003 3:29:45 PM
I saw the following post on dotnet24x7.com. Usually Victor Garcia Aprea = has been pretty helpful.=20 I have a similar issue. I WANT to derive from control, not webcontrol = because I don't want all those other properties, only mine. I'm just = seeking a little clarification and perhaps a code s...more >>

Accessing values of child controls after postback
Posted by Martin Pichler at 7/18/2003 11:07:49 AM
Hi! I have a placeholder to which i add a Table with 2 columns. In one of the columns are textboxes with an unique ID (box1, box2, .... boxN). the user is supposed to enter values into these textboxes and then klick submit (button is static). on the click event i want ro read out the values of...more >>

Failed to load viewstate
Posted by Dan at 7/18/2003 10:50:13 AM
I'm trying to replace my panels with usercontrols. On pageload, I pull an array and it's index from the session and I load a corresponding usercontrol and add it to a placeholder. This control dynamically gets webcontrols added to it. When user clicks next, I remove the control, get the n...more >>

How do i use mshtml
Posted by Mathew George at 7/17/2003 12:33:40 PM
Hello, How do i use mshtml in asp for parsing an html file. Can anyone give the code in vb..... Mathew ...more >>

Providing Browse capabilities for a File in property grid
Posted by Trevor Andrew at 7/17/2003 11:09:13 AM
Hi There, I am developing a custom control which has a property that represents a file within the current web application (an XML file as it turns out). I would like the property grid builder button to invoke the same sort of editor as used by the standard XML web form control properties Docum...more >>

CreateChildControls Event before Click Event
Posted by mark NO[at]SPAM corporatedigital.com at 7/16/2003 8:19:54 PM
Issue: I want to create a control that will accept a click event and then in response completely change it's look and feel. This could potentially mean a new completely new set of child controls than what the control had previously. Problem: The problem is that the click event holds the key...more >>

RaisePostDataChangedEvent
Posted by oneeye at 7/16/2003 6:17:48 PM
Hello All I am trying to understand the difference between RaisePostDataChangedEvent and RaisePostBackEvent what is each method intended for?? Does anyone have a good explanation or can anyone refer me to a decent article on the matter. Cheers ...more >>

Custom Control - inherit child properties?
Posted by Andrew at 7/16/2003 5:20:51 PM
Hey All, I'm building a custom control that contains a System.Web.UI.WebControls.Calendar object and am wondering about how to make the calendar's many properties appear in my control's property window. I could make a bunch of public properties like Calendar_TodayBackColor, and map them inter...more >>

DLL cannot be copied to the run directory
Posted by art a at 7/16/2003 4:25:57 PM
Hello folks, I'm getting the following error when compiling my control library: The file 'DDSControls.dll' cannot be copied to the run directory. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. Could not copy temporary files to the output directory. My in...more >>

ComboBox Control
Posted by Sean at 7/16/2003 3:57:43 PM
hi,=20 i am trying to implement, the combo control which is available online at = http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/ComboBox.asp but i seem to land up having problems, i can't open the source code in = VS.NET and don't know how to go about implementing it.=20 Does anyone know of a wa...more >>

Event not firing. Adding controls dynamically to UserControl
Posted by nitin at 7/16/2003 8:00:43 AM
I am adding controls to the UserControl dynamically and then loading the UserControl Dynamically.But I am facing problem with firing of click event of one of the buttons within the UserControl.It does not fire. If I do the same thing in a aspx page instead of a user control then the event f...more >>

Event not firing.adding dynamic controls to Usercontrol.
Posted by nitin khungar at 7/16/2003 7:59:13 AM
I am adding controls to the UserControl dynamically and then loading the UserControl Dynamically.But I am facing problem with firing of click event of one of the buttons within the UserControl.It does not fire. If I do the same thing in a aspx page instead of a user control then the event fires ...more >>

Using ParseChildren attribute to load child tags - VS removes tags
Posted by Steve at 7/15/2003 5:05:35 AM
I am building a poll control, nested in the tag I have child tags to setup the poll options. Everything works fine, but when I edit a property in VS design mode, VS removes the child tags. C# Code: [ParseChildren(true, "Options")] public class PollForm : Control, INamingContainer { ...more >>

Need example: To create Initialize Code für a custom control in CodeBehind File.
Posted by Igor at 7/14/2003 1:19:08 PM
Hallo, I create a Custom WebControl and need to create a initialize Code for that Control in the Codebehind file. my question: how can I crete initialize statments in the Method "InitializeComponent"? I searched the web, but don't found enything useful for me. Thanks Igor ps. sorry ...more >>

Composite Assemblies Not Loading
Posted by gmcgilli NO[at]SPAM hotmail.com at 7/14/2003 11:23:52 AM
Hi, I have a customWebcontrol that has the following hierarchy WebPage(aspx) | ---->CustomWebControl | ---->Assembly1 | ----->Assembly2 | ---->Assembly3 Adding the customWebControl to the aspx through Visual Studio aut...more >>

a Calendar control with date range selection
Posted by Cann at 7/14/2003 3:04:09 AM
http://cheapdevtools.com/product/product.asp?ProdID=246...more >>

Multiple controls, Same name
Posted by Michael Tissington at 7/13/2003 9:26:49 PM
I have created multiple controls with the same name but in different namespaces (each one in a different folder) I now need to reference these controls on a single web page but when I try to browse the page I get errors saying the the control is defined more than once. How do I make each re...more >>

Dynamic creation of UserControls - Problem with postback
Posted by Roger at 7/12/2003 9:26:31 PM
I have created a UserControl, and I am dynamically adding it to each row of a datagrid with a sub called by the datagrid's 'OnItemDataBound'. That part works. 'creates the instance of the control Dim ctl As MyCtl = CType(LoadControl("MyCtl.ascx"), MyCtl) 'adds it to the datagrid inside a te...more >>

datakeyfield and 3 fields making up the PK
Posted by sramruttun at 7/10/2003 10:49:39 AM
hi In my database I have a table in which 3 fields make up the primary key. I use a datagrid to add, edit/update and delete entries of that table. To facilitate this work we often use the datakeyfield property to allow us to get the primary key of the row where the edit/delete is being done. Thi...more >>

Image control
Posted by Uli at 7/10/2003 9:59:09 AM
I would like to upload a form which also containing images to a MS SQLServer database using XML. What I would like to know is: 1. Is there a webcontrol which would allow one to insert an image (cut and paste or some other entry method)? 2. How would one parse the image data into xml? Is anyb...more >>


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