I'm writing an application that's going to do alot of processing while the user is waiting, (imagine sitting and waiting while the server/background processing is occurring). What's the best way to entertain the user (e.g. show them something's happening - e.g. animated gif progress bar or some...more >>

I am creating a page with the usual feature to access a DB and edit. I have the common delete command in the datalist. But I need to create a prompt to display and ask the user again if they really want to delete this record. But I am a bit puzzled as to how to go about this when you are dea...more >>

Hi, Can anyone please tell me how I can get the date and time of the Server (eg Server where SQL Database resides) to display on the ASP.NET page?. Thanks LH ...more >>

I have an object tag, I am not able to register a component because it is an ocx (I didn't write it and don't have time to fix it). The object tag captures data from the client when the html code executes. I am able to populate a textbox from the hmtl by setting it eqaul to textbox.value. It ...more >>

I use a Repeater which displays values from a DataReader (which gets them from a SQL DB). Everytime I'm using: <%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "ColumnName")%> ....in the HTML code to output the values I get a trailing space after the result, for example if I use the following: B...more >>

All of my ASP.NET programming to date involving buttons required server-side processing. But now I need for a button to simply open another window and I don't want to use a server control for this simple task. This is what I came up with. Is this a standard way to accomplish the objective? Is the...more >>

Hi all. I have one quite bizzare problem .. In a ASP.NET (C#) application, I have an input field in a form which value is set by a client-side script. I trace the field content with the "alert()" function before the postback action and it looks fine, but then, in the code behind, this field is e...more >>

I want to get the column name of a datagrid control. But DataGrid.Columns always return a collection of count 0. Thanks for your help in advance. ...more >>

Hi, Can someone tell me how one should work with methods/events like Page_Load in ASP.NET 2.0... I can´t find a way in VS.NET to insert the methods for me...I just need to know that there is suppose to be a method like that in ASP.NET if I need to use it....and type it in myself... So...more >>

Hi, I've been written an asp.net Intranet application and since it will run on an intranet it would be good to be able to detect whether the app runs on the same computer that acts as a server or if it's possible to stop him from doing so. Normally you just enter the ip numbers to the se...more >>

i need to get the computer name from an aspx page. i use System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation.ComputerName() and it's working fine, but in second thought, it might not be recomended to use the system.windows.forms.dll inside an asp-dot-net code. any information here will help. TIA, z. ...more >>

Hi Group, I have an aspx form with a variable number of buttons added dynamically, with id's like b01, b02, b03... Whenever I click one of these buttons, the form is posted back. I need to find out which of the buttons triggered the postback *in the Page_Load* - here I have some code that ...more >>

Hi I have datagrid with 8 items. Out of which 2 items are checkboxes. Data is binded dynamically to the datagrid Based on some values from the database I have to check or uncheck the checkbox in the datatgrid. Does any one know how to do this? Thx Sileesh...more >>

Microsoft has a great IDE for Visual Basic. What IDE is good to use for developing in .ASP? Thanks, Gordon ...more >>

Hi group!!! I am new in the ASP.NET programming. I am trying to open a ..txt file but I can't do it. I am using: but i don't know if its the right way. Thanks for help me. Dim proc As New System.Diagnostics.Process proc.Start(file:///C:/bitacora.txt) ...more >>

I have a super simple asp.net web (hello world plus the current time) which works fine on my development system. When copied to the target server an error is reported in that a file cannot be created in the C:\Temp folder. The person responsible fo rthe server has tried to play with permission...more >>

Some screens of the web application simply do not respond to events period. Once you get to the screen, none of the buttons work. Does not respond to events period. After the first time it happened, I simply recompiled and everything was back to normal. Now that I have deployed a new version...more >>

I have a web application in C#, there are .aspx pages and business objects are compiled as DLL in /bin folder (the objects run queries on the database, ..aspx pages never have direct connection to database).. The performance is pretty good now, but it still looks 2-tier to me cos dll is runnin...more >>

I am trying to add dollar amounts together and add sales tax but everthing after the decimal point is being cut off in the dollar amounts. Here is my code: if (Adults != "") { AdultTotal = int.Parse(Adults) * Convert.ToInt32(myReader["RateAdult"]); ttlAdults.Text = Adults; } if ...more >>

It appears that I'm losing values for session variables when I move from a page like http://www.my_site.com/catalog.aspx to https://www50.ssldomain.com/my_site/login.aspx and vice versa. Are session variables suppose to lose values across different domain names? The www50.ssldomain.com is ...more >>

Access denied error while uploading a file to a web server. I am getting the following error while trying to upload a file to our web server: Error: Access to the path "e:\web\...\DBConnection.txt" is denied. We are working with IIS 6.0 on Windows 2003 Server running .NET Framework 1.1. To p...more >>

I want to create several files that will be accessible through the asp.net interface. I can call a stored procedure to create the file on the SQL server, however the asp.net user does not have permission to access the file. What is the best way? ...more >>

I have a user control that I have placed an html control button. I want to dynamically create a javascript window.open action with certain query string properties (why it needs to be dynamic) to the onClick event. How can I best do this? Note: I am using code-behind pages. ...more >>

hey all, I've just spent the day creating a page that displays records from a DB in a table. Each record has its own table and when u click the "edit" button the fields become enabled and what I would like is that when u click the "save" button the DB gets updated. Since tables dont have vi...more >>

I am getting the "This type of page is not served." error the first time I access our asp.net site after an application restart. The second and every other time it works fine. This application has been working for months and recently started this behaviour and we can't figure out why. Can onyone ...more >>

Want to configure properties of a datagrid in C# during runtime. I want to run the following simple command: DataGrid1.AutoGenerateColumns=False; But I am presented with error that name "False" does not exist in my class etc.... Do I need to reference some dll or what???...more >>

We're running into a problem on our new site. Once a week or so, our site goes down with an 'out of memory error'. Rebooting the web server fixes things. Googling the error doesn't return many results (one, actually) and the suggested fix is to make sure you are manually closing all DB connectio...more >>

I am developing on a website that is utilizing SQL Server 2000. Shortly after deploying the site, we began having timeout issues due to the max connections. 1st instinct was to diligently tidy up our connections. We did so by encapsulating with the using statement. Ex: using (Sql...more >>

We have multiple ASP.Net web apps in development. As a standard we are looking to go with SQL Server to hold state information. Can we have the multiple apps all point to a single State DB? Or do we need to install multiple instances of the State database on to the SQL Server (one for each We...more >>

I would like to have a panel (i.e. DIV-layer) appear in the middle of a web browser as a sort of pop-up window asking the standard "Are you sure?" question. This panel would promptly become invisable after the response. Are there any example of floating panels like this? Is there a way to g...more >>

Hello... I've got a asp.net site that involves pulling a few records out of a database at which point it creates an object. I'd like a way to persist this data across pages, but its a little more than I'd like to stick in my view state. I was curious if it was advisable to use session...more >>

I have a Repeater control bound to a DataSet that creates a table with 6 columns. The text displayed in one of the columns may need to be set to grey instead of black. The DataSet is held and manipulated in a separate class "ResponseData.cs". This class has a method ".getTextColor(int whic...more >>

I have a web form with some buttons on. Sometimes the event handler gets reset by Visual Studio. Does anybody know why? Thanks! /Henke ...more >>

Hi, i like to store some data in the Cache on the server. The data should be removed once a file on the server is changed (I'm using a Cache.Dependency). Because the data should be reloaded into the Cache I'm also using a callback method. But I can't figure out, how to add the data without...more >>

Hi, I need a candlestick chart control to use in ASP.NET. Anyone know where I can get one (free would obviously be better!) Thanks, Steve ...more >>

I have a 3 table in my DataSet that I'm filling with data. After I've filled these 3 tables, I'm then trying to run a query that will fill a 4th table in the DataSet with data from the three tables that are already pouplated. When my code tries to fill the 4th table, ReportData, I receive the...more >>

I have a code behind line that is giving me the error: ********************************************************************** Compilation Error Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific error det...more >>

Hi All! Is it possible to define a DataGrid User control for a ASP application so that all the changes made to this control could reflect to all the grids used in applications. Please refer any links to define Custom Datagrid user control. Note that all the grids will be binded to diffe...more >>

I need to do some caching. If my code is running a part of asp.net then I would use caching, otherwise I'll just store my data in an object. And my question is now do I determine at run time if the code is running as part of asp.net? I know if HttpContext is not available I get an exceptio...more >>

Weird problem... all my pages use C# codebehind to set the <title> tag of the pages. As follows... in hmtl.. <title id="PageTitle"></title> in code.. protected System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlGenericControls PageTitle; and then PageTitle.InnerHtml = "text"; It works on all page...more >>

I have an application that has specified Windows authenticaion in the web.config file... however, the browser is not prompting for the credentials. I checked IIS for the app and Integrated authenticaion is selected. Anyone have an idea on what could be causing this? ...more >>

Hello, I have been coding in VBScript ASP Classic for over 6 years now. Hundreds of commercially successful intranet portals and applications been written by me utilizing ASP/COM+/SQL technologies but I still can't get my mind around ASP.NET. I have been playing with VS.NET since 20...more >>

Hello, I am wanting to send Email from my server. I did some coding of this ins school a couple of years ago, so I do not think there is much to the coding, but was wondering how to go about setting up the server for this. What exactly needs to be done to configure my server so that I can se...more >>

Dear All, I have a Main Asp.Net page . In that Page I have a Tab Strip which has SIX tabs each representing a different web Forms.So that when a user clicks different tab he can navigate between different forms.In my Main Page I have written a javascript code function ConfirmClose()...more >>

Hi, in order to format my web page, I'm starting to use Flow layout so using html tables to space out controls, etc. When using grid layout, the following worked when it was just a datagrid. I know I need to somehow refer to the datagrid within the html table cell, but can't figure out how. ...more >>

I have a datagrid on a form that's bound to a datareader. When I click on my browser's refresh button, it adds a duplicate record to the bottom of the datagrid. This record appears in the underlying sql table. Why would it do this? How do you stop it. I just want the datagrid to display e...more >>

Hi, I have a requirement for which I need to add a text "Page" before the page numbers of the datagrid. It should look like " Page 1 Page 2 Page 3.......", all these being hyper links. I would like to add the label "Page" to the datagrid header and footer. Right now my pager style is set to...more >>

Hi, Looking for something along the lines of Page.URL or page filename. TIA MattC ...more >>

Error message: "Unable to start debugging on the web server. Unable to map the debug start page to a machine name." I can no longer run the debugger from my local PC for a project on our web server. You know, F5 in Visual Studio. I can run in debug mode for a project on my local web serv...more >>

Hi , I am getting the following error when i moved my application from one machine to other.. Visual Studio .NET cannot create or open the application. The likeliest problem is that required components are not installed on the local Web server. Run Visual Studio .NET setup and add the Web De...more >>

I need to get the logged on user, and I'm using this code: label1.Text = Page.User.Identity.Name; Unfortunately there are some people at the organization who I cannot determine who they are, when they log on to a machine. It must be how they are set up in active directory I guess. I was ...more >>

Hello: i have a UserControl i created. for datarow in my dataset i want to display one of these controls on my page. do i want to use a repeater control to do this? how do i pass a datarow to each of the user controls created? Regards ...more >>

Hi Everyone I send an email upon the user request to the administrator & i send a reminder in case of two day pass without any action from the administrator The problem is that i cant find the event that fire the Reminder action??? Thx in Adv ...more >>

How can I code a stored procedure "within my codebehind page" that execute two or more stored procedures within a transaction? if so how would I pass values to each parameter? i.e. Begin Tran exec sp1 exec sp2 Commit Tran .....of course some error checking. ...more >>

Hey all, I'm trying to implement validation in my asp.net datagrid. For example, if a user enters in a Customer ID I want it to check a different data table to see if the customer exists. I'm assuming I'll have to use template columns to add the custom validation control next to each tex...more >>

I develop on a windows 2000 SP3 system. I have 2 problems with breakpoints on the web server. 1) When the program comes to a breakpoint, the thread is halted. This happens on certain breakpoints, other work fine. 2) I loose the viewstate when I set a breakpoint in the OnInit() Event. This be...more >>

I have an ASP.NET datagrid with several bound columns. I need to make the header of some of these columns display a string that is generated from the code behind (i.e. a dynamic header). How is this done? I have tried with both a templatecolumn and boundcolumn. I thought it might be somethi...more >>

Hello, I am creating my first Microsoft SQL database. I have been using Access and MySQL in my other projects. 1. How do I set up the primary key? 2. In Access I set the primary key as autonumber. In SQL what should be the type of the primary key? 3. What is the equivalent in SQL of the ...more >>

Through an ASP.Net page I want to browse a shared folder. So i used directory.exist(\\machinename\sharename) but it returns false even if the directory exist. please help me -- Prasanth Raveendran...more >>

One of the most convenient features of Visual Studio .Net and ASP.Net is being able to add rows to a SQL Server database in an intellisense-safe way, with code like: newRow.Setparent_post_idNull(); newRow.post_text = this.lblMessageBody.Text; newRow.post_datetime = System.DateTime.Now; dsL...more >>

Requirement : We are developing intranet web application in ASP.Net and using Integrated Windows Authentication to enter into this Web Application. The requirement is that We need to export some data into excel file and save it on the server which can be downloaded by users. Problem: The p...more >>

Hello, In AdRotator I can use only images or can I also use Flash Movies? Thanks You, Miguel ...more >>

Hi friends, How to execute a aspx page more than once simultanously without using threading? regards, Sivaraman.S...more >>

Hi, How can I get the name of a html page/form which places a request to aspx page? eg: I use a.htm , b.htm and form .action both of both refer to webform.aspx I want to know from which page the request has come before accessing form parameters. How can I do that? Thanks Priya...more >>

Hello, Thread was being aborted exception is thrown by IIS for my asp.net application on win2003 server. This error has not yet occured with the same asp.net application on windows 2000 professional computers that are also lot older and less effective. And this error does not occure if this...more >>

Most of the applications that I build have a login form at the front, where the user is authenticated via a user name and password. IE kindly remembers these, but over time the list has grown rather long and I thought that I would trim it. TWO QUESTIONS. 1. I can delete these stored name...more >>

In user control I need to store some data. This data should be available across many pages where control is used. Currently I am using session to store it. Can this be done in a better way by any of the new featrues provided in whidbey. Regards, Praveen ...more >>

I have a page that has several controls on it that are enabled or disabled depending on the page mode. I have a Repeater and two tables (these tables are outside the Repeater). I can add a button to the Form in VS .Net and assign an event handler to handle on click. I then move the button int...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to use ASP.NET Forms Authentication in an IIS "Virtual Directory"? As long as I don't setup the vdir as an application, it should behave like a regular sub-folder, right? My ASP.NET application has a regular subfolder which authenticates OK, but when I replace it with a vd...more >>

I have a code below and its a PIE & BAR CHART. The values now are all static but I want to be able to pull the values from a database. Can you guys give me some ideas to do this? Thanks Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load...more >>

I want to include ascx file, it displays some contents. therefore I drag the ascx file from the solution explorer into the design window of the aspx file. However, in case that ascx file(not ascx.cs) contains select tag (<select>), UserControl box displays error messages, "An unhandled except...more >>

Hi I am getting an 'System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.' error on the following line; Dim sSQL As String = "INSERT INTO applications ( title, forenames, surname, occupation) " & _ '<== This line gives the error. ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to pass parameters to a crystall report. I have imported the following namespace CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine Despite doing that I cannot declare a parameter field as follows:- Dim StateParam As New ParameterField. Anyone know a solution to this....more >>