I have a general error page that I configured in web.config as <customErrors mode="On" defaultRedirect="CRDefaultError.aspx" /> This error page comes up whenever an error occurs outside of any try/catch blocks. This page has a text box in it that I would like to fill with relevant information a...more >>

Has anyone had any browser compatibility issues using Microsoft's IE MultiPage and TabStrip (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/webcontrols/webcontrols_entry.asp) in their web projects? I think the controls are built specifically for IE 5.5+ and use a lot of XML to rende...more >>

Hi, In our asp.net app, we need to capture the event when user close the browser window by clicking on the "x" button. But it doesn't seem to be as easy as it sound. Can someone show me how to do this? Thanks...more >>

For a HTTP textbox with a Type of "password", the default behaiver is that the field will be cleared out when the page is posted back. This make sense in most of the cases. But in some situation, it become problematic. In our asp.net applicaiton, I would like to keep the password in the fi...more >>

Hello. I have made some .ascx files which displays some data. What I am trying to do is in my .aspx file, I dynamically display a.ascx file or b.ascx file depend on who logs in. Is there any way I can achieve this? Thanx in advance ...more >>

Does anyone have a pointer to code for: 1 Filtering text from html? (removing html tags, etc) 2 Displaying HTML in a windows form or any other useful utilities for dealing with raw HTML. ...more >>

Hi, I have a page bill.aspx and its code-behind bill.aspx.cs. On bill.aspx I have: === Select a month: <asp:dropdownlist runat="server" id="lstDate" autopostback="True" /> <br> <asp:table runat="server" id="tabBill" /> <br> <asp:button runat="server" id="btnSave" text="Save" cssclass="but...more >>

Hi, Good Day! I've a image & would like to direct it to another webform by clicking it. <input class="imageGo" src="images/go.gif" ondblclick="EnterPage" runat="server" type="image"> Above is what i insert but it does not direct me to the page i want. Can someone help? Thanks in advanc...more >>

Need to know what page called my aspx (page via a form) calling page could be aspx or asp. sometimes HTTP_REFERER is blank.... Why? Is there another variable to use to get it? Ideas? Thanks, Shane ...more >>

Hey all, I'm hitting a wall... We have many daily reports generated on another server, need to present list of available files and allow user to download desired files from aspx page... any suggestions on how to do this? The other server is running Win2K3 with SQL but no IIS... tried mapping...more >>

How can a class be shared between a web service and a client that consumes the web service? Suppose I have a Class Libraray with the following simple class: Public Class SimpleClass Private _AnInteger As Integer Public Property AnInteger As Integer Get Return _AnInt...more >>

I am having problems using https when calling a page on my local machine. I am running XP professional. All I get is a general error page telling me there are problems with my page. I have installed a certificate from our domain CA on the single web site allowed in IIS 5.1. I've successfully ...more >>

Has anybody else encountered a problem when running your asp.net applications off your localhost and having broken image links? The weird thing is, the links aren't really broken. The reference is correct. And what's weirder that than, it will only do it sporadically. I can refresh the scree...more >>

I am trying to do a server side transformation using an xsl:include in my xslt stylesheet. The include stylesheet is stored /Library/abo.Library.xslt and is included in multiple xslts, one example would be /Valuation/ValuationSelect.xslt which is also used on the client side via JavaScript and M...more >>

Hi, I had a microsoft guru help my team build a project. I noticed that in 2 situations where a value needed to be formatted in a certain way when viewed in browser, he would create a new class called "format_nameFormatInfo". He used 2 functions in each: Public Function GetFormat(ByVal formatT...more >>

Hi, I have a wired problem. I have a code block in my code (ASPX file) which I need to force it to be transactional. I'm doing the following: 1. for each one of the items i. Add record to the table which indicate that a transaction has been completed successfully. (X) ii. Set a varia...more >>

I have a ASPX form with a dropdownlist that makes a post back (to the same page of course, just a normal asp.net postback) That page also has an auto refresh javascript as it needs to refresh its data automatically. The problem is that when i click on the dropdownlist, i post back informati...more >>

Hi everyone, When I do some postback I need to discover some information like what aspx form or even the relative url to the project that the postback is orginated from. For exemple if I have projectRoot/folder1/folder2/page.aspx when i do the postback from that page, i want to get som...more >>

I want to do various stuff, such as calculate TimeSpan, create html anchors and so on, based on the fields returned from a sqldatareader before I bind it to a datagrid. Is it possible and how? ...more >>

How come this will start the process on the server, but not the actual application. Is there a way to actually run the application? Help appreciated. <%@ Page Language="VB" Debug="true" %> <script runat="server"> Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) System.Diagnostic...more >>

hi, i want a way to export the data on a datagrid to PDF format ? any pointers... Thanks and Regards, Amit Agarwal Software Programmer(.NET) ...more >>

Hi, Is there any control in asp.net that I can use that will alphabetize a list for me ? Thanks, Steve ...more >>

Hello, I am trying to convert an ASP application to ASP .Net. The first issue I have come across is declaring the variables for my connection to SQL Sever 2K stored procedures: Dim strParm00 As String Dim spSearch Dim con_search Dim adcmdStoredProc Set spSearch = con_search.Execute("...more >>

I have a DataGrid which is populated by a DataBind command and is bound to a DataSet. It displays nicely on the page and all is well. Is it even possible to have one of the "columns" filled with the row number of the actual content from a field?? In other words...something to the effect of: ...more >>

Hi, Could anybody tell me how to make a link control open a new window when clicked? Thanks Krishnan ...more >>

say i have 2 xml files i want to combine and format using XSLT but i'd like to route the output to an HTML file. can this be done?? every sample i've seen on the net is using Console.Out which sounds like it writes to the browser or the output window, not a file. also, how do you actually use th...more >>

The goal is to have a new web page called from a dropdown component. HTML: <asp:dropdownlist id="drpPacer" runat="server" ForeColor="Navy" Width ="372px" AutoPostBack="True"></asp:dropdownlist> In the aspx.vb file, the list is bound to a command that fills the list value with the URL to b...more >>

I need to get the computer name that the user's browser is on (intranet app here). We don't want Netbios turned on. So, when the user logs in, the network engineers have a file written onto the user's machine. Then, my .NET app is going to read from that text file -- ON THE USER'S MACHINE. Ho...more >>

I need a control on a Web Page that can accept an HTML Document and will display it. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Dave Here is what I was trying... protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Panel htmlPanel; protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Image htmlImage; htmlString =...more >>

I have C3 code like this. WebForm1 wf1; wf1 = (WebForm1)Context.Handler; MyLabel.Text = wf1.UserDefinedProperty what is the equivalent syntax in VB.Net for ASP.Net application Thanks Nicky ...more >>

Hi I have implemented a system of Role-based Security with Forms Authentication in my website which retrieves a comma separated list of user roles via a SQL Server stored procedure. The system all works fine except for one part. If I log into the system, I get authenticated as expected. If ...more >>

Hi all I have an aspx page (not compiled) that exhibit the following behaviour every once in a while When a request for the page is made, aspnet_wp spikes up to 100%, and then after about 30 seconds or so the Page_Load method is finally invoked, and the page loads as normal This happens every 5...more >>

Using VB.NET, I attempt to instanciate an Excel application object with the statement: Dim oExcelAppl As Excel.Application = New Excel.Applicatio I receive a runtime error with the message "Access is denied. Does anyone have a work-around ?...more >>

In explorer you can change the view setting to thumbnails, and you get thumbnails even from movies. I want to do the same from asp.net. I want to create 'on the fly' thumbnails from some mpg movies, but I don't know if that's possible from asp.net. Who can help me with this? ...more >>

We have a multi-line textbox that we do not want to allow the user to enter HTML code. I've added a regularexpression validator to the page which catches the error. However after editing it doesn't remove the error message. Anyone have this problem? <asp:RegularExpressionValidator id="sDescVa...more >>

Hi chaps, My company runs a website that allows users to sign up to a seven day trial of a software product. What we would like to happen is, about three or four days after the trial expires a message to be sent to the user encouraging him to signup to the paid service. My question is, what...more >>

Hi, how do we detect if a value is a positive integer ? thanks, Tee ...more >>

Incase the problem got bogged down reposting... Hi Gregory, I think I didnt make myself much clear. The problem is: 1. I have one ASP.NET application (no classic asp) and it has a main page (i.e. kinda SDI main window) that contains an IFrame. 2. I load different ASPX pages (that belong ...more >>

hi guys ! i'm trying to write an editor like Free textbox/ i want to let the user to select a text file from his/her hard disk and then open this file in my editor. (such as file->open menu in the Word or other word processors) how can i do that ? (i don't want to use html file control) Thanx ...more >>

hi guys , i want to coonnect to a sql server on an other machine in a LAN network. i use of this connection string : "data source=TargetMachine;initial catalog=mydatabase;password=1;persist security info=True;user id=a;packet size=4096" but when i trying to get some data, i get this error : "SQ...more >>

Hello all, In Session_OnStart, I set a session variable: Session["LogInTime"] = DateTime.Now; and Session.Timeout = 15; Then the user begin to browse around ASPX pages. In those pages, Session["LogInTime"] is queried and displayed, but not modified, and no more Session variable is ...more >>

Consider the following HTML snippet. I want to extract the section shown below. <!-- some html --> <TABLE WIDTH=100% CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 border=0><?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-16?> ** There is some HTML here that I want to extract ** </TABLE> <!-- some html --> I did this: R...more >>

I was wondering if there was a way I could query an Exchange server for use in an ASP.NET web application? I don't want to create a SQL table to hold the same information that's already being stored in our Global Address Book on an Exchange server. If this can be done please point me in the righ...more >>

I need help adding a column to a dataset, but its a little bit more complicated then just that. Here's the situation: I have many xml files in one directory, each which represent a newsletter. I want to create a page that will display a title and date of each newsletter, along with a link to ...more >>

Forgive any bad terms. New to .Net development My business layer has something similiar to this class Accoun private m_Notes as Note( ' Get Mehod .. end clas Class Not private m_strText as Strin private m_dCreateDate as Dat ' Get Method .. ' Load Function ...more >>

Hy Guys... I have a Datagrid with custompaging. This DataGrid is editable, but when I am on the page 2 and need to edit the first row of the page 2, the datagrid understand that i am editing the frist row of the first page.. WHY???? See the code: Private Sub grdNotaProd_EditCommand(ByVal ...more >>

Hi In my ASP.NET application I try to change dynamicly picture in background of page. Ther is any way to do it without using webcontrols(like panel) I wrote the public function named getName() that return string "pic\1.jpg" and put this into html tag <body background="<%# getName()%>" botto...more >>

Is there a way to write a file on the client machine from an aspx page? I've a custom query page and need to store the search criteria specified in an XML file on the user machine from my web page (aspx). I form the XML at run time from the search fileds specfied by the user and now my aspx page ...more >>

im new to asp.net. please help if u can. is it possible to refer to a control(ie lable, placeholder, textbox) that is inside a repeater object from a code behind file? when i place the control object outside of the repeater, i can refer to it from the code behind file. when i place the control o...more >>

Thanks for taking the time to read this note Can anyone explain what went wrong and any ideas how to fix it I have a search page With three buttons few drop downs and a textbox. The search Button is the default button (because it is the first control in the HTML When anything is entered into t...more >>

If I want to cause an new instance of a browser window to open up to a asp.net page, How do I cause this to happen?...more >>

As I am new to ASP.Net, I am looking for some insight on how to solve this issue. I have a main page that loads a custom control. The custom control has a DataList object. The DataSource is set to an array of objects which are filename, for right now. This will change to a File ID, Directo...more >>

I'm getting a BC30451: Name 'pageID' is not declared. I have a user control that contains a simple condition to display one row or another like: <% If x = 1 Then %> ....some html... <% Else %> ....some html... <% End If %> The control is used to in two different .aspx pages (e.g. first...more >>

Hello I've read several times the document called "Top Questions about the DataGrid Web Server Control" and the paragraph Displaying a DropDownList in Edit Mode but I still don't understand something When I run the code, with EditItemIndex = 0 the DropDownlist appears where I want it to appear i...more >>

Hi I use ASP.net with c#. The web application is hosted by a web host provider. The application gets user information for order processing. The information should be moved from one aspx page to the other until the user choose to submit the order. The order process has about 4 aspx pages. What ...more >>

I've seen references to using an out of process state server in cases where you need to maintain session state in a web server farm. I think SQL Server will be too slow to manage the state that I want to manage, and I can't find any actual product called a "State Server" on the MS site. Is ther...more >>

I have a hyperlink column in a datagrid as follows <asp:HyperLinkColumn DataNavigateUrlField="OrderId" DataNavigateUrlFormatString="OrderDetails.aspx?Id={0}" DataTextField="Order" HeaderText="Order" ItemStyle-CssClass="Green10pt"></asp:HyperLinkColumn renders ... <td class="Green10pt"><a href=...more >>

Hi I have a very weird problem and very difficult to solve. There is a solution that I already know, but that is too time consuming and I need a quick answer if there is one I have a big asp.net project that until earlier today was working fine and it was ready for Monday’s release. I did som...more >>

Hi I have a column in my datagrid that can have values of null at times. I am not assigning any value to it, if it is coming from Database empty. Now, the problem is I guess the datetime variables have a default value. Thus shows an undesirable value of 1/1/0001 How do I go about not showing any...more >>

Hi All, I have a table in the database with one column of bit datatype...how can i retrieve its value as yes/no or true/false in my datagrid column, i realize i need to convert it in the query n pass the modified datasource to the datagrid, but unsure on how to proceed...any help will be greatl...more >>

In MS' TimeTracker sample app, a middle-tier component BLL has a class named TimeEntry. It's used in TimeEntry.aspx to remember a certain state of an entry. I must have missed something but just can not find a clue on its life scope, as the more request for the page, the more resources used up...more >>

Hello to all I have created an asp.net application that needs to view pdf documents. I ran into a security issue but I added the identity impersonate = true and turned off anonymous access to the site to combat that but now when I run the application instead of the pdf being viewed from IE it promp...more >>

Hi I need to validate the duplication of username. Here is the aspx code [code <td>User Name:</td><td><asp:textbox id="username" Runat="server"></asp:textbox><asp:requiredfieldvalidator id="RequiredFieldValidatorUserName" runat="server" ErrorMessage="Please input user name! Display="None" Con...more >>

Hello, I am using dynamically created LinkButtons. When I run the project I get = an error message saying "Line: 114, Char: 33, Error: Expected ";", Code: = 0......." The code I am using to create these LinkButtons is: Dim obj As New LinkButton obj.Text =3D "<br>" + a.Description + "...more >>

Hi All, I have a main page that contains an iframe. Depending upon tab control selection, I load several different aspx pages (from the same app) to the iframe. My parent sets data in the session variable. The page in the iframe is unable to access the session object (shows null). My guess is th...more >>

Hello all, I'd like to have personalized URL's in my application. For example, http://mydomain.com/sites/page.aspx should be accessible via http://mydomain.com/sites/username/page.aspx. I'd like to parse the URL and grab the username so I can deliver the appropriate content on the page. This ...more >>

Hi I have a Datagrid with a templatecolumn, where I add at design time. I also checked the "create columns automatically" I would like to change the headertext of columns created automatically, but i don't know in which event I can do that Can you help me P.S. I tryied to set the headertext in...more >>