Hello All, In the below code even though I specified 50% width for each TD, left side cell is not getting wraped after reaching 50%. How to make sure when my cell data is "/" to set to the required width ? How to make sure the left side data will be 50% wdth. If I use any other character it work...more >>

Just one quick question. Im developing a site where user needs to login. My question is do i need to validate the login information like the password and username from the sql table everytime i switch and load pages? or probably theres another way to validate the pages are loading according to ...more >>

I'm doing this... Dim dt As New DataTable dt.Columns.Add("AreaGroup", Type.GetType("System.String")) dt.Columns.Add("Col1", Type.GetType("System.String")) dt.Columns.Add("Col2", Type.GetType("System.decimal")) it works ok when I specify System.String but when I specify System.decimal ...more >>

Can anyone confirm that asp.net provides no method for manipulating/modifiying the outgoing page using the document object model prior to sending it to the client? If I am wrong about this, can anyone tell me how to do it? ...more >>

Hi, I have a Repeater with a DataReader. I can successfully let the code run with something like this <asp:label id="testlabel" text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Name") %>' runat="server"></asp:label> but now I would like to code this few line ItemTemplate in my code-behind pa...more >>

novice question here... I am building a registration form while learning Asp.Net. I am having trouble passing data between "dynamically"-added server controls. To simplify, I have a single Registration.aspx page that contains 2 panels. Each panel is loaded with a user control during Page_L...more >>

I use CompareValidator to validate a date. But CompareValidator can only one date format at one time. if the dateorder is "mdy", date format can only be mdy even if date format is ymd. But users of a web application may be around the world and since database can accept many date format, so are...more >>

I want to begin learing java script to insert into my .NET applications. Are there any resources for .NET and java script? Also can someone help me with a simple example. Lets say you have 3 text boxes and 1 button. And values in the text boxes. textbox1=10 textbox2 =5 textbox3 button1...more >>

I do the following in code int count = randata.ProductTable.Rows.Count; Random r = new Random(); Random r2 = new Random(); int i = r.Next(1,count); int x = r2.Next(1,count); and i and x will always be the same.... how does that work? ...more >>

When I create a Web project and then try to add the files to it (Add Existing Item), I get this error message "The folder http://localhost/FinWeb is no longer availabe" In fact the folder and the virtual directory FinWeb both exist and project compiles just fine, but I cannot add the existi...more >>

I have a complex ASPX page, and in the code-behind I instance an object that inherits from Class. Upon instantiation, I want the object to write some JavaScript code at the end of the HEAD tag, immediately before BODY begins. How can I do that? Thanks. ...more >>

I wish to buy a book to help me with the following "adventure". I've tried to specify what I need to achieve and my current level of ability. What I want to achieve: The decision has been made to completely replace an "enterprise-scale" eCommerce application using the .NET framework. It will...more >>

Hi, I'm dynamically loading an assembly into an ASP.NET application. In the control that I load from that dynamic assembly I've tried to use Server.HTMLEncode but this results in a serious performance loss. Is there anyone who knows why or is there an alternative for server.htmlencode method?...more >>

I have a javascript function that is fired on the KeyDown event of a textbox. I am adding the attribute to the textbox at page load to run this javascript function. The javascript runs as expected and the text box that is specified in the javascript gets the focus set to it, but my problem is ...more >>

I am dynamically creating WebControls and creating them on my page. Some of these are buttons, and I attach events to these buttons. The problem is these force a post-back, so I must regenerate all the webcontrols in the same way (I am assuming - am I right?). It was all working fine but now I...more >>

Hi, I have an ASP.NET web application and almost everything is working fine excepting failing to make an XML file be secure. There is an XML file which includes meta-data for both of server-side .NET application and client-side javascript application. And the meta-data in the XML file shoud be...more >>

I'm working on a contact form for our site. In the past (pre-asp.net), I'd make a form and validate it on the front end with javascript and then on the backend. With ASP.net, can I do this within vs.net easily using the built in controls, or should I just use HTML form elements and do it the...more >>

Hi All I would like to have a specific area of content on an aspx page already loaded in a client browser update when the data in an SQL server changes. Would anyone have any ideas how to acheive this? Thanks in advance. Cheers Jake ...more >>

I don't know how this is happening, but a dropdown control I have is resetting to the 2nd value on the list anytime a postback occurs. I have no initiation code outside of If Not (IsPostBack) I have EnableViewState set to true for the control - the control stays populated, it just is l...more >>

I have a textbox and want to insert data into it from a datagrid like so TextBox2.Text = "Milestone ID: " + mileid; TextBox2.Text = TextBox2.Text + "Milestone Name: " + milestonename; TextBox2.Text = TextBox2.Text + "Milestone Description: " + description; TextBox2.Text = TextBox2.Text + "Mi...more >>

Hello When I have an exception within a try - catch block, I sent the user to my error page with the following code: Response.Redirect(@"error.aspx?errmsg=" + ex.Message + "&errsource=" + ex.Source + "&errstack=" + ex.StackTrace); The problem is that when there is an \n - sign in the error ...more >>

I have two databases with in same sql server. I want to know whether a join of two tables with in same database is faster or than join of tables across two databases Thanks!!! ...more >>

Hi, I have a question on how to get the previous url in custom error file. Here is what I am doing: If someone visit my website with a wrong file name or wrong directory name, IIS will automatically show error 404 page, this was setup by default in IIS web site properties/Custom Errors. I r...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to send an image over XML. My routine gets the name, then gets the image out of a SQL database. This part works fine... but the XML returns the object, I get the following error: "System.Drawing.Bitmap cannot be serialized because it does not have a default public constructor."...more >>

Hi, I would like to use web user contols for header and footer controls. The problem I'm having is that we're using tables for layout. (thanks for any pro css solutions, but thats' a different thread :)) So in the header I want to output say.. <table><tr><td><script src="foo.js"></script></...more >>

Hi all, I have a hit counter that is utilized through a page on our webserver to track statistics on our clients internally. However, on the hitcounter page i do a server side re-direct on our server to the new URL. This does not however pass the HTTP_REFERER variable to our clients ...more >>

is there a way to add a row to the TOP of a dataset? ...more >>

Greetings, I have this javascript code in ASP.NET code behind: Dim str1 as string ="test" Private Sub Page_Load(byval sender as system.Obeject, byval e as system.eventargs)handles mybase.load Div1.attributes.add("onclick","alert(" & str1 & ")") End Sub when page loades and...more >>

Within last day, my asp.net projects have started loading REALLY slow, like I just loaded my project and it took over 20 mins (I finally aborted) to load when it used to take under 1 min. Everything else works fine. My network connection is fine(new network card and cables, other apps running ...more >>

I have a few folders required by my WebApplication that are not included - at least in the VS.NET IDE - in the VS project. Examples include a \Scripts folder that contains a few JavaScript files and a \LogFiles folder that contains log files that get updated at runtime by my application. Is th...more >>

How can you do this using the placeholder control? When I call the add method, the check boxes show up, but they are displayed vertically. Should I be using the literal control? Any help would be appreciated. Stuart Miller...more >>

SUMMARY: ========== I am unable to pass along a simple Cookie obtained from a HttpWebRequest call (Machine A's ASP.NET app) so that another Web Server (Machine B) recongnizes the cookie. I have performed the exact steps [I am trying to do programmatically] by entering the URLs into the brows...more >>

I want my imported stylesheets to completely control appearance, including the images that appear on Image and ImageButton webcontrols. Can this be done? I can only see an option to set the background-image, not the Image itself. ...more >>

Hi- I am developing an ASP.NET application that can take a few seconds to process the request from the user. We are looking for a client-side solution that will prevent users from resubmitting the page multiple time in their irrational impatience. There are a few posts on this group which ...more >>

Hi, adding a control with runat=server to an aspx page (using code - not designer view) - don't cause the control to be added to the code behind (.cs ot .vb file) only if i change the aspx view to designer and then to the HTML view again, the code behing is changed to add the controls with ...more >>

Hi, How can I turn on enableViewStateMac in all pages in the application in web.config rather than each single <@Page> directive? Thanks, Alan ...more >>

Hi, Even I have <@Page ... enableViewState="False"> on top of the page, still my page result has this line in html source: <input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE" value="dDwtNDA5MjAwODMzOzs+oEzHP8LaGy6LbKZFvbULn4iCHX8=" /> How can I completely disable ViewState ? Thanks, Alan ...more >>

Hi everybody, I've got some big problems today. I turned on my web server this morning and tried to access my site, and I got the following error in my browser: Server Application Unavailable The web application you are attempting to access on this web server is currently unavailable. Ple...more >>

why is the viewstate showing in the URL? and i have set the form method to be POST ...more >>

Hi, I have a quick question. I am trying to figure out how does "application_start" fire when we call an application. I am developing a dot net application and when I set "Default.aspx" as the start page, how does the web server load this page? where are its parameters initialized? Thanks...more >>

I am using an HTML table to format my aspx page. In the top row, I have one row which holds a user control which is my site wide header. In the next row, I have two cells. The right cell contains a user control that contains ad space, and the left cell is to hold a user control that contains an H...more >>

Rather than hard-coding a reference to a css file in the HEAD of an aspx page, like this... <link rel="stylesheet" href="../css/admin.css" type="text/css"> How can I dynamically specify the particular css file to which the aspx page is to link at runtime? Thanks. ...more >>

I have a simple user control with a text box and a submit button. When the user enters some text into the textbox and clicks the submit button, a record is created in the database. I'm using this user control inside another webform. The webform has a "Next" button which is initially disabled. ...more >>

I have a webform that I am creating. I need for the user to be able to pass it the path and name of a file on his/her local machine without any interaction. I don't want to have to use the file upload control. This will be an automated process on their end. They should only have to type the ur...more >>

Can I use the domain username and password with VSS authentication?? I want to user the domain username and password to authorize the credential of VSS, but I don't want to do anything the Domain AD. What can I do?? I learnt from VSS FAQ in microsoft website that "Can a network password be us...more >>

I want two asp:texbox controls to be exactly right beside one another with no padding or spacing between them. I am really struggling how to make this happen. Any ideas? Thanks, Ben ...more >>

A few weeks back, a message was posted regarding how to force a file download to a client. The code for this technique is shown at the end of this message. A question I have about this technique is how to gracefully get back to one's web app after doing the file download? Does one just do th...more >>

How do I merge cells in a table? I am selecting two cells, but Merge cells is disasbled in a Popup menu. ...more >>

I am adding a table to my aspx page to keep things alligned. How can I resize columns and rows? In FrontPage I can do with a mouse. Cannot do that in VS. Any help? ...more >>

how can i accomplish this task? from the dataset, i wan to transform it into an xml file and store it in the application server....more >>

Tee, What you'll need to do is wire up the OnItemDataBound event of the Repeater to a method, once you've done that inside the method you'll need to Dynamically add controls, as so: - void myRepeater_ItemDataBound() { e.Item.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl("Wibble!")); } Hth, Phil Win...more >>

hi.. regarding xml reading and writing I notice that there are two option to archive this operation which are XMLDocument, XMLElement and ReadXML, WriteXML. What are the major difference between these two? Any reply would greatly help. thanks ...more >>

Mark, Take a look at the colspan and rowspan attributes of the Table Cell (Td). Hth, Phil Winstanley Microsoft ASP.NET MVP http://www.myservicescentral.com ...more >>

Iain, You might want to take a look at the Templating of WilsonMasterPages: - http://authors.aspalliance.com/PaulWilson/Articles/?id=14 Hth, Phil Winstanley Microsoft ASP.NET MVP http://www.myservicescentral.com ...more >>

HI I'm trying to iterate through all the textboxes on a webpage and trim them for spaces. i.e. If a user enters " hello world " we correct it to "hello world" So far I've come up with this: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Trim all...more >>

Hi, How to case select with case-insensitive ? eg: Select Case Textbox1.Text Case "Hello" -- ( this will include "Hello", "HELLO", "hElLo" etc etc. ) Case "Bye" End Select anyone know how ? Thanks. ...more >>

After printing a userlist to a Datagrid i want some names not to be shown. I want to know how i can make a entire datagrid row invisible. I suspect its something with the OnItemDatabound but i am kinda stuck there. but this is basicly what i want. if Username = "Deleted_User" then 'make ...more >>

I am calling an ASP .NET page through the Web, save it locally and then burn it on a CD. How can I determine the path of the CDROM in which the page resides since each user may have a different drive letter? Thanks...more >>

I'm passing a parameter in the url when I open up a particular page. When the page loads and finds this parameter, I know that I need to clear a variable out of the session cache and reset it with a new value. On the following postbacks I want this variable to remain constant which means I nee...more >>

I have created a dropdown which is bound to a table. I need for the drop down list to have a blank in the first/top slot with a value of "0" instead of the first record of the table. In classic asp you would hard code an html option prior to the ado looping. Thanks Andy ...more >>

In classic asp you can get at data from a db like this: I am <%=rs("height")%> feet tall How can this be accomplished in ASP.NET? What does the ADO.NET need to look like? Can it be done without "binding" to a datagrid, etc.? Thanks Andy ...more >>