I am unable to create Web project now. If I do a File | New Project | ASP.NET Web Application, I always get a message like: ====== Unable to create Web project 'MyTestWeb'. The file path 'c:\inetpub\wwwroot\MyTestWeb' does not correspond to the URL 'http://localhost/MyTestWeb'. The two need t...more >>

hi! Is it possible to have a textbox web server control as hidden ? and how ? When I use the visible property the textbox isn't rendered. ...more >>

Hi all, I am using Forms authentication with login.aspx page as below to issue a ticket, then send the cookie to the client such that next request from the client should bring the credential. It works perfectly with Internet Explorer. But if I use Windows Explorer to access the web site, ...more >>

I have mixed ASP.NET and classic ASP apps environment, ASP.NET needs to invoke classic ASP. I had problems to put these two apps in the same site(or vir-dir). It seems that IIS gets confused by the co-existing global.asa and global.asax. If I removed global.aspx but left global.asa with W...more >>

Hi, I would like to create a central storage place for javascript functions that I can then access from any of my asp.net projects. An example of what I need it for is as follows: I have a class library that contains a function I use all the time (to create a link around some text). That ...more >>

I am wondering how to go about caching a User Control for a set period of 24 hours starting at a certain time like 3am and lasting til 3am the following day. I know you can put the Output cache directive in the User Control but I need the cache to be permanent, and I don't think you can make i...more >>

Hello, I haven't moved to NET yet. Still using good old ASP and ADO plain vanilla. Is there a newsgroup that I can ask a question on? All I see are the ..NET versions. Actuall I have VS Net loaded but everytime I go in the Dev Env I get overwhelmed. :) Can't get the Debugger to start(F5) . I ...more >>

when i create a deployment project i want to make a shortcut on the user's desktop that opens up internet explorer and goes to the start web page of my project. but all i can do is create shortcuts to files in the project. how do i create an internet shortcut instead? thanks ...more >>

I'm developing a ASP.NET/VB.NET web application. (VS.NET 2003) I've created several webpages, but on two pages one textbox colors yellow (the background) and I can't get the background to appear as White as it should by default. Even setting the background to Red doesn't prevent it, the textbo...more >>

how can I execute "send page" method that is under Tools then mail and news in the tool bar. is any way to execute that method from aspx web form. So, if there is such a method , how can I control the To: text box, so I can pass the email address from within my code. Sincerely yours ...more >>

I have a grid that has a couple columns all are bound columns except one..which is a button column. I use the code TableCell IDColumn = e.Item.Cells[1]; FileName = IDColumn.Text; if I set the cell index to any of the bound columns I get the text out of the cell...if I set the cell i...more >>

Hello Everyone, I have a ASPNET application which does some file operation under application folder. Sometime this file operation causes the application restarts, all sessions are lost. I found some description in VS help: "An application restart can occur because of changes to the Web.confi...more >>

Hi Everybody, I have a problem tracking 404 error. When I configure customErros tag it is only capturing .ASPX pages. For all other file types it is returning IIS 404 page. Is there any way I can capture all 404 errors with <error> tag in web config. I mean .asp, .htm, etc.. Thanks ...more >>

Is there any method that I can run to excute the print dialog window sincerely yours Mike John...more >>

How can I select a certain number of characters from a string, without selecting the whole string? For example, I want the first 50 characters of a 500 character string in my database. What would the SQL command to do this look like? Thanks, Ron ...more >>

Ok, this has to be either easy, or impossible... I'd like to fire of a pop up window using serverside code... Basically its a preview popup of a form. The aspx pop up page goes through the session etc to display the information entered so far. Just a javascipt href will not work as when the...more >>

Does anyone know of a free distributable mail package that is capable of sending simple mail messages from a web form? The reason I ask is because the server I am using doesn't have CDO enabled, and I don't want to use JMail. Thanks for your help, Ron ...more >>

Hi, Whats the equivalent in C# for the IsNothing function in VB.Net Thanks. ...more >>

Hello: I have seen several postings on this, but forgive me - I am having difficulty understanding them. I am trying to figure out how to manually cause a postback to happen without a user having to click another button. I've seen a postings on something called a __DoPostBack, but I don't k...more >>

Hi, On my site I have "SomeProduct™", a name with the trademark symbol, in a javascript menu. When the page (js) was refered in classic asp it showed the trademark symbol. Now the page is aspx (.net) and the traemark symbol displays as a "?". I used String.fromCharCode(153) to display the "...more >>

I create a TableCell by TableCell cell = new TableCell() but I could not find how to add a TextBox inside this cell. Any ideas? Thanks in advance Serdar KALAYCI -- ...more >>

I'm trying to download a local file from the server. Went I get the save dialog box and save the file, its saving the current aspx page and not the file I specified. Here is the code I"m using. Any ideas why this is happening? Response.ContentType = "application/x-zip-compressed"; Sys...more >>

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I have a user control built using the Microsoft IE Control. I declared a public variable as int32 (DefaultTab) in the user control. I can't seem to provide the correct syntax to the tabstrip property other than SelectedIndex = 1 which works but if I try SelectedIndex = DefaultTab, it fails s...more >>

Hi, 1. How can I "terminate" an authenticated user? (I would like the server to redirect the user to the login page again. I'm using "forms authentication".) 2. Is it possible to enumerate all sessions on a IIS? Is it possible to enumerate all authenticated users on a IIS (without the use o...more >>

Is there a way to search a string within a string. For example, I want to search for "world" in "Hello world" knowing that "world" can be anywhere in the string. How do I do that? Thanks....more >>

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Our web application has a user control on a web page to display hierarchical data and allow the user to "drill- down" the hierarchy tree. The user control is a datalist, with an image button("+" or "-" sign like windows explorer), a checkbox and a label. Currently when the page first lo...more >>

Hello - How can I utilize ViewState when my webform has dynamically generated controls? Is there a way to add/retrieve values to/from viewstate so that I can use ViewState? I'd rather not have to manually "manage state" in my webforms for persistant control values if there is a way to use ...more >>

Hello, With Asp.Net, I try to generat a document with an Excel object. This is the begin of my procedure: Dim xapExcel As Excel.Application xapExcel = New Excel.Application() xapExcel.Visible = False At the last line I obtain th...more >>

My site works great on its own but cookies are rejected when it is Framed into another site because (the messages tell me) I don't have a "Compatc Privacy Policy". Can someone suggest and example which shows how this is done? thanks charles ...more >>

Hi, When posting to a particular ASP.NET page from ASP, we get a generic DNS error when one of the form variables gets beyond around 1290 characters or so. The error can litterally be eliminated and reproduced by the deletion or addition of a single character Now, the maxrequestlength in ma...more >>

Is there a way to redirect from an ASP.NET page to an ASP page without showing the ASP page's URL in the client's browser? This works perfectly with an HTML page, for example: path = "~/cp/test.htm" Server.Transfer(path, False) But with an .asp extension, the I get an HttpExceptio...more >>

Hi, I have many virtual directory with my web app. I'd like to create one exe appliaction to administrating these web apps. Is it possible to access Application object of web appliaction from exe appliaction? With regards, Woland ...more >>

Can anyone point me to some documentation on bypassing validation controls when a user selects cancel? What I have is a user control with a form to fill out information on a subject. The user should be presented with two buttons a "Submit" and a "Cancel". When the "Cancel" button is selected...more >>

This problem appeared after we moved our application to the production server. On the test and development servers, the smart navigation feature works well, and we don't even see the flash (flickering) on postbacks. But on the production server, the smart navigation doesn't seem to work, and we ...more >>

Hi All, I have a problem with trying to refresh the parent window from child window in order to update data in the parent window. The sequence of events are 1) I click a button in the parent window to open a child window thru javascript window.open 2) I have some functionality in the...more >>

is it posiible to send data to a HTTPS server using ASP.NET John...more >>

Hi, I´d like to know if there is a pattern to valid some input controls. For example, I´d like to know which is the best way to valid an textbox... should I use Javascript ? RequiredFieldValidator? or another one ? By now, I´d like to know how to valid a textbox that need to hav...more >>

Hi, Been reading a LOT about frames, variables, etc. I realize you can NOT use server.transfer with target frames (which are client)... I have a Parent frame containing Left and Right frames. IS IT POSSIBLE (and HOW please) to do the following: 4 text controls filled in by user in Left fr...more >>

How I can from client javascript know when one of my textboxes, Radio Button List, drop down box, etc... Validated to False when submitting the form. I can get the page_Isvalid==false but i need to know which control is empty or not selected, so i can put the cursor... //Sample code i...more >>

I am trying to use an aspx page to send email using the smtpMail class and my smtp server . When I click send but when I check my inbox no messages appear. The page doesn't give any errors. I doble checked and my code behing seems find: Dim objmail As New Web.Mail.MailMessage() objmail.From...more >>

HI All, I am planning to use word object model for printing auto letters for an ASP.NET application , I am not sure If its the best way to do it . The alternative would be use of Crystal Reports .NET and export to word . I want to know the best approach , I have read about some dis...more >>

I work in a corporate environment. We are stuck on NT4.0 (with latest service pack). I want to put up an XML web service on my workstation. Noticed this release note on Visual Studio .Net. ##### Following are the operating system requirements for working with Web Forms and XML Web serv...more >>

Is it possible to create a Panel with a vertical scrollbar? Thanks Rob...more >>

I have an application that does not debug...but any other application debug normally... what can I check?...more >>

Hello, I have about 6 webpages contain the same header and footer. Everytime I want to modified my header/footer, I have to edit all 6 webpages. Is there any way that I can put them in one file for quick editing (like SSI)? Thanks, Kian ...more >>

I cannot find any documentation on this state server error. Any suggestions? ---------------------------------------- Event Type: Error Event Source: ASP.NET 1.1.4322.0 Event Category: None Event ID: 1074 Description: An error occurred in while processing a request in state server. Major c...more >>

I use a objectlist control and the links apperas at "pocketPC emulator" as simple text?? Anybody can help me?? thanks. ...more >>

Hi, I was reading a doc on versioning, and came to know that versioning of assemblies are easier than ever. Can sb pl mention me, how this can be achieved using config files and how runtime locates these assemblies OR any pointers to these docs ? TIA Kishore...more >>

We have some base classes library which includes also base web form class. In every new project we adding one web form class which inherits from our base class web form. All other web forms in this application inherits from this Application specific base form. Now the problem is when some cha...more >>

Hi everyone, I was wondering what the difference between classes and assemblies are in .NET. Is an assembly a .DLL in the COM sense? Or are they uncomparable? And is a class an object in .NET? Someone please clarify this up for me. Thanks! Keith ...more >>

Hello, I was wondering what the best data structure is to hold a large list of strings? Currently I am using the ArrayList, which seems to be terribly slow to add a large number of strings. Any help on this matter would be fantastic. Thankyou. Maxim. ...more >>

I want to add Attributes into CheckBox in .aspx page <html> <asp:CheckBox id=3D"ChapterCheck" runat=3D"server" /> </html> How to add Attributes in <asp:CheckBox> ?...more >>

There seems to be way too much confusion over how to set focus on the a = field using a field validator. I looked all over the web and found = people trying to do this, but not getting anywhere. There are a couple = of people selling components... but that is not really an option for = me... ...more >>

I've got a (probably) long list of data which I want to send to an ASPX = page by query string. To keep the URL short and compact I want to = compress the data before I put it into the query string. The target page = is supposed to unpack the data again. I'm thinking about a technique similar ...more >>

I have a problem. I would like to change a value from textbox with JavaScript before I submit the form (submit updated value). Can anyone please help me? thank you, Jure ...more >>

I want to design a system, for License regestration in MS Access and i will get it into the web by ASP.. what i want to know is how to make a notification that will be sent to a particular person by email , by using ASP This notificatin is to notify that person before one week for an applica...more >>

I have few buttons on a page. In Page_Load I would like to determine which one caused post back. How to do? ...more >>