Hello All, I am using web control called Panel. I dropped the required controls on this(Panel). It is very difficult to arrange these controls inside of this panel. Do I miss some properties to set. Please advice. Bob ...more >>

Can sessions used be for Form Authentication instead of cookies? I am thinking of using Forms Authentication for locked-down browsers that do not allow cookies. Thanks....more >>

I am using wbcontrols.Textbox. How to set it to behave like password edit box. So that when the user enters password I want to display "*" . May be a simple question. Thanks, Bob ...more >>

I use the DateTime format to change the date format, i.e. string a = "21/02/2004"; Convert.ToDateTime(a).ToString("MMMM dd, yyyy"); These two lines work well in my VS.NET development machine. But it fail in my production server. I don't know the reason?? My development machine: winXP Pro, VS.NE...more >>

How, do I bind a database to either a Datagrid or a repeater (via PagedDataSource)?? Im, trying everything, but I simply cant get it... I use RS.GetRows to get all the info at once from the database... I always gets the error msg that the datasource was not an one dimensional array, witch o...more >>

Hello everyone, Can anyone explain the use of the two system accounts created when you install Visual Studio.NET and possibly help me with a SQL connection problem? I'm currently having some trouble getting my ASP.NET application accessing a MSDE2K3 database server on the same local machine...more >>

Hi everyone I've spent my first afternoon playing around with ASP.NET and have to say I'm so impressed with it! But I already have a few questions. I created a class so I can use some custom objects in my application but had trouble accessing anything outside the class (ie the Session, Appli...more >>

Hi Guys.. Does anyone know where i can get a hint of a LOGIN(ASP.NET) coded in C# or VB.NET that validates against a DB (e.g Username,Pasword) And if Valid PRINTS the validated UserName on the screen e.g Hello,Joe. Thx in Advance ...more >>

In web.config, will there be an issue if I set the maximum pool size to be too large, like 1000? I see normally people set it to 100 or less. But I want to make sure there will be no error like "all pooled connections were in use", so I decided to make the maximum so large that it will never b...more >>

I've heard talk of being able to move all sql connection strings to the web.config file and simply referencing them as opposed to inputting the string everytime you need to use it. Can someone give me an example of this please? ...more >>

I've got the following code in a control and the reader doesn't seem to be working. The connection details are correct. Any ideas? I am reading data from this database to log the user and a lot of the details are the same. public class AdminNavigation : System.Web.UI.UserControl { prot...more >>

Is it possible to use Server.Transfer to transfer to a plain HTML page? I've tried this and it causes an exception everytime. thanks, Prince...more >>

I have implemented ASP.NET Forms authentication in a test app. The app has a number of forms - only one of which requires authentication in order to be viewed (the "secured form"). Everything works as the documentation says it should - with the exception that on subsequent browser sessions, the s...more >>

Hi, Anyone see a problem with this code? On initial page load, the datagrid displays properly. The datagrid doesn't display any recs via the code below. (Note - I've hardcoded the sort property just to see if I could get it to work. Yes, I do have a column intSBL. Yet, it doesn't work...) s...more >>

Is there a peformance hit when using inline code? As an example, lets i store a user's preferences for backgtound color of a page. When he/she logs in, i stick the color value into their session and then pull it out on the next page and populate the bgcolor of the body directly in the html. Does ...more >>

Hi I've created a generic 'Report' class that takes a DataView from a DataGrid control and writes it out to the response as a csv file for download. Basically, when a user clicks the download button on the page, this class is instantiated and the download method called. The odd thing is you get ...more >>

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Can someone give me a quick overview of how .net actually works. When a user requests for example "Mypage.aspx" what actually happens on the server ? Does the server look to the dll in the bin folder ? Where does the compiled code come into it ? What about this JIT I keep hearing about ? ...more >>

Anybody know references about how to read active directory value from asp.net pretty urgent! thanks, Ken ...more >>

Hi ! What is ViewState object ? What is use of that? and I wrote one Function in Server side and also Client Side. I want to run both one by one. Like Validation and Submit. Thanks & Regrads Elankathir, ASM Tech, B'lore, India. ...more >>

Hi, I am very new to ASP.NET and web programming in general. I have one issue. I have a Datagrid object with Edit template. In one Datagrid row, I have 1 DropdownList, 1 textbox and 1 readonly textbox in Edit mode. I have written OnTextChanged event handler for text box and OnSelectionIndexChang...more >>

We need to print and generate reports from ASP.NET. I have just realized that I cannot control printer setting from the client-side, of course, so I was wondering what is the best way to create and generate reports on the WEB. I was thinking of PDF format but i'm not sure if it is the best w...more >>

I'm creating a web page that is required to display multiple report based on a selection Each report is built upon a stored proc returning result sets with differen nos of columns I'd like to use a common datalist on my page that display the result as Column Name, Value pairs Is it possible to...more >>

Hi all :- I have a datagrid which is populated from a class module (we have to do this because of the type connection we use -we DON'T use an SQL Server connection) the code populates the datatable at runtime. I need to specify column widths in the data grid in order to get the look & Feel corre...more >>

I have been using VB.net for stand alone and client/server kinds of things but am beginning to explore its use for web applications. I need to ask a couple of real basic questions. My understanding is that if you are going to write an application for the web using VS.net you need to have a we...more >>

If I develop a site in VS.net, then install it on the server what happens if I open up one of the pages in Motepad and alter it. How does this effect the site ? Does it do anything ? TIA ...more >>

Can anyone point me to some code examples of using the IIS Indexing Services with ASP.NET? Thanks, - dwa ...more >>

Hi , What is the different between Post and Get mothed in ASP.Net ? Thanks & Regrads Elankathir, B'lore, India. ...more >>

This is the error that Visual Studio 2003 gives me when trying to open some of my Web Projects: "The Web server reported the following error when attempting to create or open the Web project located at the following URL: 'http://Localhost:/MyWebApplication'. 'HTTP/1.0 403 Access Denied'." Some ...more >>

I have several web apps, some small, some large. To a user, they seem to go to sleep after some amount of time. To me, they are reloading the assemblies into the Gac or something and causing a lot of noise on the server while doing so. To clarify... if nobody hits the web app for an extended...more >>

Hi, Where are objects in the Application state stored? Is it each time the asp_wp.exe? Can I prevent recycling of the ASPNET workerprocess by controlling System.Environment.Workingset? It look like that this value is the size of the asp_wp.exe in memory! Thanks, Steffen ...more >>

hi all, I have a form with 2 panels...and data form one and a thanking-you one ' Show/Hide the relevant panel panelForm.Visible = False panelThankYou.Visible = True This is what I currently use on my code after a the form has been successfully completed etc, just wondering, do I need to ...more >>

=20 In ASP.NET if am writing a class for Datalayer ,=20 Public Class XXX{ // I am createing a class file and write all database = activity methods there } OR=20 public class XXX : System.ComponentModel.Component{ // I am Creating a component and write all all database ac...more >>

I'm implementing ASP.NET Forms authentication. On the login form I want to include a "Cancel" button that , when clicked, will allow users who decide to *not* log in to return to the last page they actually opened. This would be the equivalent of the user clicking the Back button in the browser. ...more >>

Hi! How can I access a label that I put inside a headertemplate inside a repeatercontrol from my codebehind? Or, can I dynamicly add the content of headertemplate from codebehind? Because I use the same repeater for different views, and I need to modify the headertemplate dynamicly, dependi...more >>

Hello, I am trying to create a simple asp.net application, then rename the bin directory and/or create another subdirectory with a bin folder. I then add the following to the web.config file <runtime> <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1"> <probing privatePath="subdir...more >>

The 2nd parameter of the [System.Web.Security.FormsAuthentication.RedirectFromLoginPage(string, bool)] method controls whether a persistent cookie is created - so that ASP.NET can "know" if the current user has been previously authenticated (during previous browser sessions). My question: How...more >>

why is it necessary to put runat="server" on an asp.net web control? It has to be run at the server?...more >>

I am working on a web/webservice application that has a service layer. Most service methods will perform an access-check before executing. This check uses the IPrincipal credentials available in HttpContext.Current. This works great. My issue is that I need to write unit tests for those servic...more >>

I'm storing some things in the application state, like this: Application["MyValue"] = "whatever"; In Visual Studio, when I shut down the web app then start it again the application state information remains. If there are no browsers using the app one would think that this would remove any ...more >>

Hi, I've just implemented my first application onto a test web server. When the code comes to creating a connection object it throws an error saying the "Login failed for user '(null)'. Reason : Not associated with a trusted connection". I'm using integrated security and it works from t...more >>

From my code behind file, I can put a line like this in order to make the page automatically refresh every minute: Response.AppendHeader("Refresh", 60); But the viewstate of the controls is lost when I do this (as opposed to when the page posts back when I click on a button on the page, i...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to use system.web.mail to send an email, but the smtp server requires authentication. I cam across some info about extra fields allowed via the following: Dim mail As New MailMessage() mail.To = "to@address.com mail.From = "from@address.com" mail.Subject = "this i...more >>

Hi, I want to provide a hyperlink which brings up windows authentition (i.e. not a link to a page, but directly to windows authentications form) when clicked. How do I do this? Thanks...more >>

Hi I have a asp:table element on a page which I build up dynamically. When this is done I would like to send an email containing the HTML source of the table. Is there a way of getting the HTML content of the table? Cheers James ...more >>

I am sure this is very simple but I can't seem to get the syntax correct. I have a class that I added to my application and I would like to reference controls on a webform. Something like: WebForm1.TextBox.Text = "Fred"; Any help is greatly appreciated. ...more >>

i have the code below: for starters the value of txtempid = 1 after i go through this routine (i put a break point on the txtname.value line), the value of txtEmpID is 2 (Just like it is suppose to be) However, when i come into this function again, txtEmpID = 1 again For some reason the txtE...more >>

Hello All, One of the web forms in my application starts to scroll in the VS.NET IDE. This started only after installing the IEWebControls and using it in the web form. But if i try to reference the IEWebControls DLL from other projects it seems fine. What should i do? The other developers are...more >>

I am getting the following error when attempting to browse a page, "WebForm1.aspx", in a web forms project sub-folder, "/FormsAuth1/Protected/". Parser Error Message: Could not load type 'FormsAuth1.WebForm1' Line 1: <%@ Page Codebehind="WebForm1.aspx.vb" Inherits="FormsAuth1.WebForm1"%> ...more >>

I have a web form with different text boxes on it. 3 of the 5 text boxes are web controls and the other 2 are just regular html input text boxes. All of these are showing up as little 10 pixels squares instead of regular text boxes. I can't click in them or anything. In every other browser I...more >>

I have a datagrid w/ a textbox and a checkbox that are repeated for each row. I would like to be able to cycle thru each row in the datagrid during postback and determine these fields values. How should I proceed? Thanks, Craig Buchanan ...more >>

Hi, I have a datagrid databound to a SQL query. I'd like to allow editing of some columns but not all. Is there a way to turn off the conversion of the datagrid cells to textboxes for some columns when the Edit button is pressed? Thank you, Stephan. ...more >>

Hi! I wonder if I get any performance hit when I do following with some of my user controls: I don't have HTML section, but instead, I use code like; this.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl("<div id=\"MdlHd\">" + article.Title + "</div>")); to populate HTML. This gives me flexibility for...more >>

If I add this line of code to a drop down list's SelectedIndexChanged event is there something else I should add to keep things clean? private void ddlDriver_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { btnDelete.Attributes.Add("onclick","return confirm('Are you Sure you want t...more >>

Hello, I am using xp.and my user was deleted. I create new user.But now my database seem suspect.How can I get back my database Thanks.. ...more >>

In JavaScript, I can hide menu bar ( ex) <html> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> function Test() { var win = window.open("test2.html","sale","menubar=no,scrollbars=no,width=780,height=5 40,top=0,left=0") window.opener = "OPENER_IS_NOT_NULL"; window.close(); } </SCRIPT> <body> <inp...more >>

Hi- I understand that the Page class has methods for inserting client script into the page. I don't want to build my entire client block w/ a StringBuilder because I only need 1 dynamic variable in the whole block. So, with that said, here is what I need to do: <script language="javascript...more >>

in the following code Dim row As DataRow = ds.Tables("TestTable").Select()(0) I found this in an example. I'm wondering what does the (0) at the end do? I can't find any reference to that in the online help for vb.net (looking under datatable or datarow) thanks. ...more >>

Hello, I have two environments, QA and Production. When the users are testing, I want them to know they are in the QA environment versus the Production enviroment. One solution would be to use the bottom area of the ASPX page (not sure what it is called) that informs you what page is loading ...more >>

I appologize in advance if this is a novice question. I don't have much ASP.Net experience. I have an NCAA tournment selection page that I use asp:button controls. The problem is that everytime I click one of the buttons, the entire page redraws and the screen is scrolled to the top. How ca...more >>

Below is my code when loading my page. Is there a way to perform conditions based on another field when loading? I want all items that have a field name of level=2 indented a few spaces. With lstIndustry .DataValueField = "code" .DataTextField = "desc" ...more >>

Hi, can I force the InternetExplorer to fullscreen mode (F11) with my code? Sometimes webpages open up a window without menubars etc. Thanks Steffen ...more >>

I have an asp:textbox embedded in a repeater. I would like to default a value in the textbox, but when I try to use the format: <asp:textbox id="qty" runat="server"> <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"Quantity") %> </asp:textbox> I get an error. Do I need to set the value in co...more >>

Hi See this, Public Class Elan Public variable as Interger Public Sub Function1() ---------- ------ End Sub Public Sub Function1() ----- -------- End Sub End Class I used this class in my Web page . Like Dim Object1 as Elan...more >>

Hello, Anyone know where I could find some examples of web based file uploading? ...more >>

I have a dropdownlist which I populated on page_load. This works fine. I simply do a ddlMyDdl.Items.Add(xxx) I also have a button which references the CURRENTLY selected item in the ddl like this: ddlMyDdl.SelectedItem The problem is that I am ALWAYS getting the first item back! Even whe...more >>

I am having some difficulty getting a checkboxlist control to determine which checkboxes are checked. Here is a code sample from the event that should read it: private void btnFilter_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { ArrayList arr=new ArrayList(); for(int i=0;i<ckFilter.It...more >>

I am trying to use the DropDownList_SelectedIndexChanged event on a dropdown which is dynamically populated with different values at runtime, depending on what the user has been doing. The dropdown works and the event fires except when the user selects the *first* item in the list, which app...more >>

Hi I've developed a simple ASP.NET page using Visual Studio 2003. On the page are a number of tables which I have shaded the background of using the bgcolor table attribute/property. My HTML code to do this is shown below: TABLE id="tblAddress" style="BORDER-RIGHT: navy 0.75pt solid; BORDE...more >>

If you see the sample page in ASP.NET Starter kit such as TimeEntry.aspx in ASP.NET Time tracker (VBVS), you will think the page is almost perfect. I try to use VS.NET IDE to create the same GUI, it is failed and never get the same result. Although I can create more simple GUI by VS.NET IDE. S...more >>

I can go to a command prompt and type: net time \\<any server name here> and this utility will display the time on that server. i have applications that need to use the date and time returned by the command above when creating records for our databases. How can I obtain the date/time value ...more >>

I have a credit card page on my asp.net site and i want to make sure it only runs on a secure connection. Is there a way to make a page not run or to redirect it to the secure connection? Thanks Tommy ...more >>

I have a strange problem. On a hosted 2003 server my session state seems to be timing out or something. At any rate the variables I set disapear. It only happens on this hosted box. It runs windows server 2003 and iis6. This does not happen on my 2003 server or on my xp development machine. An...more >>

I need to get the SelectedValue of each item selected in a multi-selection listbox. I have the following code, but it just returns me the SelectedValue of ONLY the first item selected in the list: Dim liGroup As ListItem For Each liGroup In lstGroups.Items If liGrou...more >>

Hi! I just run into a problem wich some of you might be able to solve really quickly so i decided to give this group a shot. In the database a have 2 tables (well, to make it easy here). 1) Question 2) Answer Each question has multiple answers attached to it. this means that your will ...more >>

Hi, I have worked with .NET for the past few months. I am getting involved in a project where the technologies are ASP.Net, C#, XMl and SQL 2K. Does anyone know any sample apps that are available which go through C# and XML. I have never worked with C# and XML and am looking to get some ...more >>

Our system maintains session state using the ASP.NET State Server service. We expect some of our session state objects to be over 85K, which categorizes them to be VLO's (very large objects) in terms of .NET memory allocations. This means that these objects will be allocated in a special managed h...more >>

Hello All, From one week rather developing any code i have been discovering BUGS in asp.net, Please help me out on this! I have class say 'Handler' which inherits System.Web.UI.Page, and i have put in a seperate DLL, The code is show below: using System; using System.Web; namespace ...more >>

Hi, this is probably an old question, and I have had no luck finding answers to this one on the internet that has helped me out. I installed VS .NET 2003, then I installed IIS 5.1 after that. I had problems getting .aspx pages displayed so I ran: c:\winnt\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\a...more >>

I'm having the problem described in KB article 822734. You can see it at this URL: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;822734 In the article it says I can get the fix by "clicking on the download link later in this article." But there _is_ no download link later in the ar...more >>

I am looking for an example of using checkboxes in a repeater control where the checkbox state is persisted from page to page. Thank you, Mark ...more >>

is ASP dot net is depending on IIS. is it possible to deploy ASP.net application in other Web Servers. if no what is the reson? Please Help Thanks in advanc Nithin....more >>

Can someone tell me what this compiler error means? Using VS.NET 2002/VB ------------------------------------------------------ Dim objFIF As New RMClassLib.FtInFr() objFIF.CreateNewFIF(False, False, 3, 24) pitchInDrp.DataSource = objFIF.GetNewFIF Exception Details: System.NullReferenc...more >>

How can i add child node to previous child node with expanding previous child node. thanks acko *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com *** Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it!...more >>

Hi there.... Got here a tricky thing with my SMTP. First I show you what works on my machine.. **This Works** SmtpMail.SmtpServer = "mail.gmx.net" <-gmx is my mail provider SmtpMail.Send"mymail@gmx.net", "somebody@xxx.ch", "sub", "message") With this setting I can sen...more >>

I unintentionally clicked on "Exclude from project" while I was on my .aspx file. I went in and added it back into the project, but I could no longer bring up my Web form that I designed.. There used to be two tabs at the bottom of my VS design environement that said something like, "Designer" an...more >>

Hi to all.... I have a webform and inside 2 webcontrols like this.... Webform.aspx |---------------------------------------------------- | Webcontrol1 | | ____ | | | | ...more >>

Hi I was wondering how to get the path that a DLL is running from (from a method within that DLL, e.g. it's own install path))? I have a web app with two modules. I'd like one of them to be able to read a file from the web app's bin directory (where the DLL is running from), but I can't find an...more >>