Hi; I switched two controls from GridView to EmptyGridView. When it was GridVIew both controls (on the same page) had a <Columns><TemplateField><ItemTemplate><LinkButton ID="DeleteButton"... and it was ok that both had the same ID name. Once I switched to EmptyGridView that is now an err...more >>

Hi; When I switch to design view the control I created (inherits from HyperLink) displays: Error Rendering Control - HelpLink1 An undandled exception has occured. Object reference not set to an instance of an object Any ideas why this happens? -- thanks - dave david_at_windward_dot_...more >>

Does anyone have APP_LocalResources resx files for the MS controls that they will share? Obviously we can get VS 2005 to auto-generate them for English. But if anyone has them in other languages and will share, we would really appreciate it. (It also would be good if all websites used the same...more >>

I need a button control that does the following: 1) Has 3 bitmaps for button, OnHover, and OnClick. 2) Is placed in a grid and has a url that includes a {0} in the url that is set with a property from the data for that row of the grid. 3) Preferably has a text (for when the cursor is over it)...more >>

Hi; A couple of menu questions: 1) I would like to have a menu that is horizontal with graphic tabs for background images. How do I set this? 2) For some of the main menu items, I want to have 2 or 3 sub menus. I would prefer that they appear horizontially. How do I set this? 3) When...more >>

Hi; I want to have a button in a cell of a grid (in each row) where the button is just a bitmap - no text. Which control should I use? Just a plain old asp:ImageButton? -- thanks - dave david_at_windward_dot_net http://www.windwardreports.com Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreport...more >>

Hi, I use a detailsview control for inputtng data. I want to check the user input before it is sent to the database (min. /max value, not empty, only some values allowed ...). When clicking on the insertbutton, i want a warning if one or more inputs are not correct and the user must have th...more >>

I have a text box on a asp.net web page. The text is from a dataset field. The length of the text can be anywhere from 0 to 2000 chars. what is the best way to resize the textbox to fit the text. I find some information about using the graphics library. Is this the best way. -- Jerry ...more >>

Hello, On my ASP.NET 2.0 page I have a textbox with edit type multiline. I have the following question: Is it possible to show manualy typed enters in the Gridview inserted from such a textbox? Please anser this question, thanks in advantage. Greetings, Ren=E9 Beltman ...more >>

Hai, i put template column in datagrid. then if i want to display date in that column (only date with out default time).can u tell me that option to display only date with out tme. if it is datagrid bounded column then it will come. i want for template column. thank u .. ...more >>

In the footer of the gridview, I have a dropdown and a "Add" button set up, so I can add new rows to the gridview. The "Add" button has CommandName of "ADD", so I use that in the GridView1_RowCommand to check if (e.CommandName == "ADD") before I add the row. Everything works fine except, a...more >>

I would swear I asked this yesterday - but I can't find my post (or any answers). So here goes again. In a GridView, when it is empty, instead of a message, I would like the grid to display, preferably with a single empty row but having just the header and no rows would be ok. How can I do ...more >>

Hi; Does anyone know of a url that shows the "right" way to create my own web control? I need to inherit from asp:HyperLink and add some minor additional functionality. -- thanks - dave david_at_windward_dot_net http://www.windwardreports.com Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreport...more >>

Hi there, I have a situation where I have a textbox that by default only displays 2 rows of text at a time (textbox.rows = 2). On a link button click, I am supposed to expand the textbox to show all the data it contains but there are a number of problems to work through: - the text box i...more >>

Hi; Does anyone know of a set of localization files that localizes all the MS web controls for various languages? I'ld much prefer that to localizing them ourselves, both because it saves us time/money and because then we will be using the exact same words that other sites use so it's a sta...more >>

Hi; Any comments on which is the better approach? And why? -- thanks - dave david_at_windward_dot_net http://www.windwardreports.com Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm ...more >>

With the code below, every email is sent twice. Anybody tell me why? Dim txtBody as string txtBody = "testing 2.0 email" Dim MailObj As New System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient MailObj.Host = "localhost" MailObj.Send("webmaster@email.net", "donkey@email.net", "Online Search Request", txtBody) MailO...more >>

Dear All I am writing a tool which requires to have controls added to it dynamically. To make the task more complex, the addition of the control cannot happen anywhere but it has to be instead of a token example <p> this is a test <textbox /> and a text box should be entered </P> the ...more >>

I'm using dotNet 2.0 and VS2005. I've got a class library where I've created a webcontrol (Inherits from GridView). The dll for the class library resides on a different server (development server) Now I have a website ASP.Net 2.0. When I add a reference to the dll I don't get my control in ...more >>

I am using the new AccessDataSource control and it works as expected (query result bound to a GridView). Very nice about this control is that it keeps the data in memory. (a Dataset). But how can I get that data, and use it elsewhere in my code? I have read that a method exists (GetView) ...more >>

Hello, Using a FormView control and I want to programmatically invoke the Insert operation. Instead of the user clicking "Insert" I need to have the web page load and automagically go into insert mode on the FormView control. What method do I call? Thanks, Delmer ...more >>

I searched for this and found an answer, but it did not help. In my GridView there is a fileupload and a button click event to save the file upload. I am naming the file uploaded after the primary key field of my table, so, if I have employeeid 4, then my file name is 4.jpg. What I cannot do...more >>

Hi, I am using a standard ASP.NET 2.0 menu control on a master page. On my development box it works fine, but when I deploy it to my production box it renders on standard links. The only difference I can find is in the naming convention of the inline stylesheet created on the fly by the con...more >>

Hi, I have a grid view that, when the row is in edit mode, contains a pair of radio buttons (Yes/No) and 3 edit fields (2 text boxes and a drop down list). I have business rule that states that if Yes is selected, the 3 edit fields are required but if No is selected the 3 edit fields are no...more >>

Hi, In my page, I'm using a gridview and a sqldatasource. I don't know how to handle the exception that occurs when the database server is unavailable. I've read that I should use the execption property of the selected event. But for this exception, the property is null. How can I handl...more >>

I have a simple treeview (four levels deep) that I am building manually when the page is loaded. I am trying to figure out how to take the treeview out of navigation mode. That is to say that the text for a node should NOT be a hyperlink. According to all of the docs I have found, setting t...more >>

I have a simple treeview (four levels deep) that I am building manually when the page is loaded. I am trying to figure out how to take the treeview out of navigation mode. That is to say that the text for a node should NOT be a hyperlink. According to all of the docs I have found, setting t...more >>