Hi, I want to use RegularExpressionValidator to validate a date I want to let user to enter date in the following format one or two digits for day one or two digits for month two or four digits for year User should be allowed to use as date Separator either . or - or / So this should ...more >>

Hi all Does any one know where i maybe able to look up on how to hook up SMS service to a ASP.NET web application Cheers J ...more >>

I'm sure this has to be in an FAQ somewhere, but I couldn't find anything about it. When I click the "Refresh" button in my browser I preform the last HTTP method I did. Needless to say, this is not the functionality of a refresh button that I would like. When I click on "Refresh" I wan...more >>

I want to show a variable length field within a cell in a table. <TD> ....here... </TD> I'm not sure how to do that, the information is stored in a class property Org.CVtext I can't use a textbox because it might not show all text and when printing this page the info is incomplete. I've ...more >>

If I create a new C# Web Project in Visual Studio and add this to the Page_Load method for WebForm1: Response.Write("firsttime"); then hitting F5 to debug the project of course shows the WebForm with "firsttime" on the page. But if I then change it to Response.Write("secondtime") and hit ...more >>

hello and thanks I am as green as mold when it comes to asp.net, so please bear with me. I am trying to get an asp.net page with a webform to work using codebehind. My class/routines work fine, just doing simple stuff like changing the text of lables. I cant seem to get this to work thou...more >>

Is there a way in ASP.NET to configure an IHttpHandler to service all requests (not just certain extensions) to a virtual directory? Normally you can do something like this to pass in parameters to an aspx page. /mywebsite/Default.aspx?param1=robert&param2=marketwatch to something like th...more >>

I have two machines on a local lan. One has IIS and the other I use the vsdotnet IDE. I need to be able to debug the sites that are on the other server--which is what vsdotnet2003 is connecting to. How can I set this up. Remember both servers in house beside each other... Just a workgr...more >>

I have an aspx page with 2 text input. User will enter in values and press the "Add" button, which will add a record with their values onto a datagrid. I need to find a way to store data and then insert into the database when the user is ready to save. I'm thinking of using an array to st...more >>

Hi, what I want to do is simple, output a image whose URL is composed from a field from a database. the picture is shown in a Datagrid. <ItemTemplate> <img src="<%# databinder.eval(container.dataitem,"id")%>.jpg"> </ItemTemplate> I am using VS.NET, the problem is it doesn't allow using ...more >>

Hi, When the Session_OnEnd event fires, do the Session variables still exist? I want to do some cleanup (update some records in a database etc.), but then I need to know *which* recopds to update ... Can I access these session variables through HttpContext.Current.Session ? (the cleanup-cod...more >>

I've got a fairly simple forms authentication project (a login page and a single secure page), but a number of users (~25%) can't seem to get past the login.aspx step. I theorized that this might have to do with their browser's cookie setting. I had been using cookies to store session state a...more >>

I have an ASPNET app that is running as the ASPNET machine user. It makes a call to the API CreateProcessWithLogonW. On Windows XP it executes without a problem, but on Windows 2000, I get an "Access is Denied" exception. I tried adding the ASPNET account to all the items in the "User Rig...more >>

I'm having a bit of a problem with my DataList when I try to update from the user's input. I've included relevant excerpts at the end of this message. In the UpdateCommand code, the "PageLevelTextBox" appears to be found (it isn't returning null), but the Text property is an empty string (""). ...more >>

What am I missing? Kyle! ...more >>

Needless to say I'm new to .Net. I'm trying to set Session variables from within a method within a class. (Name "Session" is not declared) is the message I get while typing in the code. I don't get this while entering code within an .aspx.vb file. Obviously I need to create and instance of ...more >>

I execute a SqlDataReader to reader some data and am using a while loop to read the data into a DataTable, and essentially what I'm doing is making one call to the database and reading the data into two seperate data tables using a condition that I put into the while loop. For example: ...more >>

I am trying to configure my ASP.NET application and have come across something unexpected. First, I understand that all ASP.NET applications running on a single server will utilize a single aspnet_wp.exe process. And that this process, by default, runs under the context of the ASPNET username...more >>

Hi! I wonder if thats a bug or something: I have an object which has arrayList of child objects exposed to clients. This child object also exposed to clients. Class A { public ArrayList CurrentList = new ArrayList(); } Class B { int _DetlKey; string _Detl; ...more >>

Hi all I was wondering if there is a way in ASP.NET to make things similar to java applets for example, if i want to make a chat application for a ASP.NET website what can i use to enable realtime chat sessions?? cheers J ...more >>

Hi, all. I was recently told about changing the <processModel> tag in the machine.config to allow the ASP.NET worker process to run as a system user. It was supposed to clear up a problem I was having. I didn't want to do this on a production server due to the security risks involved, but I did t...more >>

How can I capture (i.e., write an event handler) that runs after I press the "Enter" key? I'd like to prevent a Web Form from being submitted when the "Enter" key is pressed following the typing of some characters into a TextBox (ASP.NET) of a Web Form....more >>

When I bind a dataset to a server control, is that a one way process from the datasource to the control? Or can I post data back from the server control to the datasource with the databinding method?...more >>

Very, very strange problem. In developing a C# ASP.NET application, every so often, DataLists disappear from the build. They remain visible and rendered (though sometimes dropping properties and event handlers) but do not seem to be included in the build (and are consequently not rendere...more >>

Hi All, I am having a problem getting access to a SQL server on windows 2003. My web server is running on a windows 2003 platform. I continually get the Login failed for user null. Not associated...blah blah message each time. There is no ASPNET user on the SQL server because I have removed...more >>

Hi, I had a portal that worked before, and over 5 months period JavaScript errors started to show up on all forms where I have datagrids. Using: IE 6.0, WIN XP, IIS 5.1, Framework 1.1 error: Expected ';' The only JavaScript there is given to my by .NET: <script language="javascript...more >>

Can anyone help me with this error. "Could not access 'CDO.Message' object." This is from the: "SmtpMail.Send(mailMsg)" command. ...more >>

Hi all, I want that when my ASP.NET WebService receives a request, that it calls a Platform SDK method (e.g. t do something with the Network Card.). But I always receive an error when the SDK method will be called, although I have tested this but simply with a console application. Is this not ...more >>

In a Web Form with a Button and a TextBox, when I type some characters in the TextBox (AutoPostBack == false) and then hit the Enter key on the keyboard, the Web Form goes to the server (as though I had pressed the Button). I want the Form to go to the server when the Button - and not the ...more >>

I am displaying a table of information on a web page, using an asp:table that I populate dynamically. On this page I give the user the options to group the rows by certain fields, and/or filter the contents on certain fields. The grouping/filtering is "remembered" for each user via a cookie. T...more >>

I there, I'm trying to use the same session varaibles in both .asp and .aspx pages, but I can't. (i'm using VB.NET) Error using cast... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Description: An err...more >>

Hey- here's a real newbie Q on roles. Are they the same thing as a Windows 2000 local group eg adminstrator, power user, or else what are they please Tks Justin Dutoit ...more >>

Out of curiosity: If I create an event delegate for an object (say, a DataGrid) using VS.Net 2003's dropdown boxes (select object, then say, DeleteCommand), the default scope is Private. This throws an error because the scope of the procedure is too narrow. I hate having to remember to chan...more >>

Good evening, I have a panel with a number of labels and textboxes. I want to set the text boxes to readonly = false. This is what I have; Dim objTxtBox As New TextBox For Each objTxtBox In pnl_FB_Details.Controls objTxtBox.ReadOnly = False Next I get err msg: cast not valid. Wha...more >>

Hi, I have a login screen with a remember user checkbox. I am storing the Login Information (UserName and Password) on the client machine using cookies. The text boxes used to accept the username and password are both ASP server controls. The TextMode property for the box accecpting password...more >>

OK, I created a .htm page within a new Web solution: -------------------------------------------------------- <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Menu</title> <meta name=vs_defaultClientScript content="JavaScript"> <meta name=vs_targetSchem...more >>

Does anybody know an easy and fast way how to test asp.net pages with old browsers like IE 5.0 Is there a simulation software for browsers or a software to run win98 when working with windows 2003. I need it because rebooting the computer with win98 everytime is a boring task. ...more >>

Hi, I'd like to know the performance related differences between Response.Redirect and Server.Transfer. I'd like to redirect the user to a different page. I can either do a Response.Redirect("URL") or a Server.Transfer("URL"). So I'd like to find out which is more efficient/better. Can anyon...more >>

Has anyone noticed the use of Response.Redirect resulting in an IE 6 crash? I am aware that I could use client side javascript for a redirect, but I'd prefer not to change existing code that *should* work as it is. Any comments or thoughts? Thanks in advance, Jeff Cheung ...more >>

Hi, I use an Access BE, and I need to use an update SQL query to update a datetime field In my locale date format is dd/mm/yy, but in Access SQL date must bhe formatted as mm/dd/yy in order to be able to update database, as follows Update Project set EndDate = "01/31/03" where ProjectID = 1...more >>

I've noticed that if you enter the following code in the codebehind page for an .aspx page, it won't compile because the call to Trace.Write() is not valid except in methods of a class derived from System.Web.UI.Page. Two questions: 1) I don't know much about C# but I was under the impression t...more >>

People, someone help me please. I have a webapplication, and i store the statements in xml file. Then, when i need then i took at the file. In one method of mine i have to add a record at the table and return to my application the number of sequence that was created. The database is in o...more >>

What is the correct method to use if I want to store a variable within my web application, that is available to every single page within the application, but is lost when the user navigates to a page outside of the app. I don't want to use session variables because they only last a short perio...more >>

Hi all -- I hate to yell "BUG", but can anyone explain why I cannot get a dropdown list / checkboxlist to recognise the Value property of a ListItemCollection (created at runtime) that I bind to it? This is a simplified version of what I have. I see no reason why this shouldn't work: ...more >>

Hi, I want to be able to check if a form element exists in the form post data. IN this instance I want to find out if Request.Form("Postcode") is part of the forms collection. I have tried: If Request.Form("Address Line 5").Length > 0 Then Response.Write("It exists!") but get the erro...more >>

Hi, I am wanting to create Linkbuttons and Event Handlers on the fly. Ideally I would be able to pass the CommandName and CommandArgument to the Event Handler which in turn would pass these to a generic method for processing. I have been able to create the LinkButtons themselves on the fl...more >>

I'm able to get a bitmap out of my database and write it to an aspx page and this works easily. However, this cannot be saved as a jpg file as it is simply an image written to a web page. Does anyone know how to make this image savable as a jpg on the client? G ...more >>

Hi All, I'm working on a page that essentially loops through a table with a DataReader, does stuff then lists the outcomes. It records the outcomes in an ArrayList. I'm having trouble defining a DataList that uses the ArrayList as the data source. Here's what I've got so far: <...more >>

Can anyone help with this one. I have a Text box called txt_Query and when I do a postback on the page I want to grab the text from this box as it contains criteria that I need to run the appropriate Query I have tried without Success Dim Query As String = Request.Params.Item("txt_Query") ...more >>

Although at the moment, I have a couple of large classic ASP projects on the go, when I need to take a break, I'm experimenting with ASP.NET (with both VB.NET and C#). I notice that most wizard-generated code uses DataBinder.Eval for datafields, which is fine for most database fields, however ...more >>

How do you get the filepath the app is currently hosted in? I need this to set my Access data connection strings when hosted remotely. Thanks Lauchlan M ...more >>

I have a 3rd party application that I'd like to run from an asp.net page. I've tried running it from the shell command and as a new process. They just hang - the process starts but then nothig happens. The application has a GUI that displays briefly - could this be what's causing it to hang? I'm...more >>

Hi, I want to enable / disable several controls on a page based on a condition in application. But there are several other controls on the page don't want to enable / disable together with the others. In desktop applications, I used a control's property who was not used, like Comment or ...more >>

I'm new to the web forms world (ASP.Net) but not vb and am converting a vb6 windows app to the web. If I create public subroutines at a module level, is this a problem in a server based app? Will my users step on each other? I'm confused about whether global module level subroutines and varia...more >>

When I use Xcopy to deploy my changes to IIS, it seems to drop the user connections; i.e., empties out their Session variables, etc. I thought ASP.NET was supposed to use shadow deployment and gracefully have new connections use the new code, while the old code is cached for current connections...more >>