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listcontrol, checkboxlist, radiobuttonlist, placeholder
Posted by ewolfman NO[at]SPAM yahoo.com at 7/14/2004 11:04:52 PM
Can someone please explain this: I created a new webform with a PlaceHolder and a Button. My Page_Load contains the following code: private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { ListControl l = null; ListItem item = new ListItem("a", "b"); item.Selected = true; //...more >>

Data Grid
Posted by Wance at 7/14/2004 10:21:02 PM
My page is blank when I run the form with dataGrid. But nothing error at all. The Datagrid take the connection from sqlConnection1 with data adapter and dataset. It's so simple and should be running and I have running the same code in another ASP.NET Server and SQLServer. What happen with my ASP.NE...more >>

how to save the out html to a html file on server disk automatically ?
Posted by sincethe2003 at 7/14/2004 9:48:37 PM
The .aspx output html text to client browser, how to save the out html to a html file on server disk automatically ? ...more >>

ASP.NET pages are no longer refreshing
Posted by Roger Helliwell at 7/14/2004 9:20:34 PM
Hi Everyone, As far as I know, no changes have been made to our ASP.NET application. However, just recently we were alerted to the fact that all pages are not being refreshed correctly. Internet Explorer seems to be caching pages on us. (Hitting F5 does refresh the page) Our clients did sta...more >>

Need help with page reload
Posted by Judy Ward at 7/14/2004 8:46:03 PM
I need to implement a login/logout feature (for a school assignment). I am using forms authentication. I have an index.html with frames: "top", "side", "main", "bottom". The top frame has a navigation bar with an asp hyperlink. I would like the text for this link to change from "Login" to "Logou...more >>

3 SQL queries in 1 string...in what order will they execute?
Posted by rooster575 at 7/14/2004 8:43:25 PM
Im running a querystring in vb.net and it seems as though SQL server decides on the order in which to run the 3 queries in the string.. Is this possible? I would think that SQL server starts with the 1st query, executes it, then goes to the next. For example: *********************************...more >>

How to get a control... asp (c#)
Posted by flyingAway NO[at]SPAM gmx.net at 7/14/2004 7:20:50 PM
Hi, in a for-next loop i create some ImageButtons in runtime. How to get the controls after I clicked one of these Buttons? I tried it with ctrlCurrImgBtn = (ImageButton)Convert.ChangeType(FindControl(CurrID),typeof(ImageButton)); but I get a System.NullReferenceException. I tried to c...more >>

PostBack basic question
Posted by Aleksandr Ayzin at 7/14/2004 7:04:54 PM
Hi, Basic question about PostBack: would it be accurate to say that PostBack is a direct result of triggered event that happened on the form(button clicked, text typed into textbox, so on). Is that the only way to trigger postback (esides AutoPostBack = True)or some other actions might initiat...more >>



Question: TimeSpan
Posted by VB Programmer at 7/14/2004 5:32:04 PM
I want my web page to take the current time and either say "Good Morning/Afternoon or Evening". Any ideas how I can do this? I tried this but it's taking the times as strings... Dim strMyTime As String = Now.ToShortTimeString If strMyTime < "11:30 AM" Then Response.Write("Good Morning") ...more >>

Functions of FormsAuthenticationTicket
Posted by Grey at 7/14/2004 5:31:20 PM
I read from some site to learn the form authentication with AD that it needs to create a FormsAuthenticationTicket to store the group list. I want to that what is the function of FormsAuthenticationTicket?? is it a must to create those ticket if I need to get the user's group list??? If I only wa...more >>

ValidatorOnSubmit()
Posted by amolina NO[at]SPAM pragma.com.co at 7/14/2004 5:28:55 PM
HEllo people im having a big trouble with Web apps Recently (6 months ago) i´ve installed the webApps on a production server, and all works very fine, but some weeks ago the users are sending a lot mails of malfunctioning on the system. The things is that the web server are generating a wron...more >>

Checking File Permissions
Posted by blue at 7/14/2004 5:24:51 PM
Is there a way to check if the currently logged in user has access to a particular directory or file on the web server? I've been researching this and have run into suggestions of using P/Invoke for the native Security API. It should be easier than this. I just want to check to see if a user...more >>

Tired. Annoyed. Really need help with Control serialization issues. Please...
Posted by Sky Sigal at 7/14/2004 5:16:21 PM
I coming unglued... really need some help. 3 days chasing my tail all over MSDN's documentation ...and I'm getting nowhere. I have a problem with TypeConverters and storage of expandableobjects to attributes in tags (think Style tag -> Style object). The problem that I am chasing is: Ht...more >>

How to use Reponse.Redirect in ASP.NET Iin-line Code ?
Posted by Simon Prince at 7/14/2004 5:00:11 PM
Hi I have an classic ASP page that contains nothing else but the following code... <%@ Language=VBScript %> <% Response.clear Response.redirect("/Intranet") %> I'm was trying to write an equivalent page in ASP.NET but am getting nowhere fast !!! My entire page is below (No Code...more >>

Question: Time comparisons
Posted by VB Programmer at 7/14/2004 4:52:26 PM
I want my web page to take the current time and either say "Good Morning/Afternoon or Evening". Any ideas how I can do this? I tried this but it's taking the times as strings... Dim strMyTime As String = Now.ToShortTimeString If strMyTime < "11:30 AM" Then Response.Write("Good Morning") ...more >>

dynamically loaded control event only reached on 2nd postback
Posted by kw at 7/14/2004 4:27:56 PM
My aspx dynamically loads an ascx into a placeholder. The ascx has an event. When I click on the submit linkbutton in the ascx, the event does not fire. But if I click it a second time, it fires. I put in tracing, and the OnInit (which loads the event handler) is executed on the initial loa...more >>

HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error
Posted by Niranjan Roy at 7/14/2004 4:25:59 PM
When trying to create Web application project from inside my Visual Studio.Net, I am getting the following error: --------------------------- Microsoft Development Environment --------------------------- The Web server reported the following error when attempting to create or open the ...more >>

clickable validator
Posted by z. f. at 7/14/2004 4:01:48 PM
i saw an article with code sample for validator that in the validation summary put links to the wrong inputs instead of regular text. i can't find this sample in the web, does any one know where is this article? TIA, z ...more >>

Single sign on in ASP.NET
Posted by Grey at 7/14/2004 3:51:32 PM
I have several .NET web applications in the co intranet. Currently, every application has its own login screen to authentication and the authentication is Forms Authentication with Active Directory. Now, I want to by-pass the login screen but still want to use AD to have authentication. My quest...more >>

I am looking for FAX related namespace in .net.
Posted by WilsonSmith at 7/14/2004 3:46:57 PM
I am looking for FAX related namespace in .net. I am looking for developing an application to send fax using VB.Net Wilson ...more >>

Data grid pageing with EnableViewState = False turned on
Posted by Brian Henry at 7/14/2004 3:37:42 PM
Hi, I want EnableViewState = false turned on to optimize the end output page (it was over 600KB with it on) but when i turn it off, our pageing functionality no longer works mainly the PageIndexChanged event no longer fires, how do you handle this with enable view state as false? thanks! ...more >>

Binding array index to control
Posted by Jason Chan at 7/14/2004 3:18:37 PM
let say i have an array A of string A[0] = "a"; A[1] = "b"; ..... A[n] = "xyz" to bind the value of array to control, i can use <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container, "DataItem") %> but how about if i want to bind the index of the array to control? thanks in advance ...more >>

I need to make IE buttons and menu's disappear.
Posted by Trint Smith at 7/14/2004 3:14:16 PM
Ok, On my website, tribidz.com, there is one page that needs to not have any buttons or menu or address bar. How can I do this? What is the html code or whatever? Thanks, Trint ..Net programmer trintsmith@hotmail.com *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com *** Don't ju...more >>

Uncompiling asp.net
Posted by Paul at 7/14/2004 3:09:49 PM
I have a large asp.net web site, but our web host does not support compiled ..net. How do I now convert the site to run uncompiled? Paul ...more >>

Is it possible to host ASP.NET web application using Apache?
Posted by jon free at 7/14/2004 3:05:01 PM
Hi, Is it possible to host ASP.NET web application using Apache as a web server? If so, what is the tool or steps? -Jon...more >>

SQL Parameterized Queries with IN statement
Posted by flaignel NO[at]SPAM yahoo.fr at 7/14/2004 3:00:49 PM
Hi, When trying the following code : [...] oCmd = "SELECT MyField FROM MyTable WHERE MyID IN (@IDList)" MyCommand = New SqlCommand(oCmd, oConn) MyCommand.Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("@IDList", SqlDbType.NVarChar)) MyCommand.Parameters("@IDList").Value = "5611,1332" [...] I've got...more >>

"Server execution failed" when trying to use COM
Posted by Ravi J at 7/14/2004 2:36:02 PM
I am trying to load Microsoft Word and create a document in ASP.NET (C#). But the call to application creation 'Word._Application app = new Word.ApplicationClass();' takes quit a bit of time, and eventually "Server Execution Failed" page appears. "Exception Details: System.Runtime.InteropServices...more >>

Why can't I make a table cell any size I want?
Posted by Bill at 7/14/2004 2:29:09 PM
I am trying to figure out how to do page layouts using tables (obviously not my background). If I have, say, a 5x5 table defaulting to20px wide per cell, why can't I make the cell in, for example, (3,1) 10 px wide? It seems to want to use the widest cell in a column... i.e. 20px. Also, if I make ...more >>

datagrid controls
Posted by DotNetJunkies User at 7/14/2004 2:16:14 PM
How do i desabled the edit mode in my datagrid. In the datagrid i put an EditCommandColumn with OnEditCommand="setEditMode" and onUpdateCommand="SetUpdateMode" and onCancelCommand="SetCancelCommand". sometime i would like to disable the onEditcommand, so when click on Edit, it doesn't react to t...more >>

Must implement IConvertable?!
Posted by Brian Henry at 7/14/2004 1:48:56 PM
Hi, I am doing the following stored procedure CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[RSMN_AddMessage] @sender varchar(50), @subject varchar(400), @messagebody text, @hasAttachments bit, @sentTime DateTime AS insert into messages(sendername, subject, messagebody, hasattachments, senttime) valu...more >>

HttpWebRequest and the POST method from a win form app
Posted by betemariam NO[at]SPAM yahoo.com at 7/14/2004 1:38:59 PM
I am getting a "The remote server returned an error: (400) Bad Request." error while trying to send data to an asp page. The puzzle is, if I paste the string I want to send on a browser address box, it just go fine. From the win form app also it go fine until I happen to send an xml formatted st...more >>

How to show the UI of EXE in ASP.NET
Posted by pkujchliu NO[at]SPAM yahoo.com at 7/14/2004 1:35:55 PM
I am trying to invoke an EXE in ASP.NET. string path = "notepad.exe"; ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(path); startInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Normal; Process.Start(startInfo); I could see that the process for notepad in Task Manager. But the not...more >>

set ASP.NET datagrid image based on SQL table value
Posted by rob NO[at]SPAM natltc.com at 7/14/2004 1:34:38 PM
I have an ASP.NET datagrid that loads an image. I would like to load one image if the value in my SQL table is true and another if it is false. Here is my code. <%@ Page Language="vb" AutoEventWireup="false" Codebehind="Search.aspx.vb" Inherits="PROJECT.WebForm1"%> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W...more >>

Programmatically Resize Frameset Dimensions
Posted by Major Johnson at 7/14/2004 1:02:13 PM
Just wondering if it's possible to resize frameset dimensions from code-behind? If so, how? In the example below, for instance, I'd like to NOT hard-code ["100,*"]. <frameset rows="100,*" cols="*" frameborder="yes" border="1" framespacing="0"></frameset> Thank you. ...more >>

Request.QueryString looping....easy question...
Posted by Doug at 7/14/2004 12:53:05 PM
I need to do the following... FOR myitem IN Request.Querystring 'get the key 'get the value NEXT What do I DIM myitem as? DictionaryEntry doesn't work...or do I have to loop through it by index and get the key then the item out of the query string... thanks Doug ...more >>

Please help : System.Data.OleDb.OleDbException: Syntax error in IN
Posted by Joe at 7/14/2004 12:48:04 PM
Hello All, I am trying to insert a record in the MS Access DB and for some reason I cannot get rid of error message, System.Data.OleDb.OleDbException: Syntax error in INSERT INTO statement. And the line it shows in red is cmd.ExecuteNonQuery() I have pasted the entire code here. Can ...more >>

Relative URL's to absolute URL's function ?
Posted by wl at 7/14/2004 12:24:52 PM
Hi, I would like to create a new URL based on the URLReferer. Well it's difficult to explain (which is probably I can't find anything on Google): eg 1 URLReferer = http://www.mysite.com/somedir/afile.aspx and given URL value = "asecondfile.aspx" --> http://www.mysite.com/somedir/asecondfil...more >>

Datasets and business objects
Posted by Frédéric Mayot at 7/14/2004 12:14:23 PM
Hi, In my web application, I need object-relational mapping. I would have liked to take advantage of the datasets while keeping encapsulation of the data. I thought about having a protected dataset attribute in my business objects classes and creating properties to access each column. Thus, I ...more >>

Kerberos / Authentication to SQL2K
Posted by Paul Mason at 7/14/2004 12:07:14 PM
Hi folks, I thought I'd got this sorted, but apparently not. Everything in the documentation indicates that setting the IIS settings to use integrated logins and changing my authentication mode in web.config to windows would be all I needed to do. It didn't want to know the authenticatio...more >>

Working with Connection object
Posted by Frédéric Mayot at 7/14/2004 12:00:20 PM
Hi, In my web application, I need to connect to an SQL Server database. My pages (UI) will use one or more business objects as well as datareaders (I cannot make everything a business object...) With ASP 3, I created a VB class named DataAccess which maintained an ADO Connection object and ...more >>

Issue with ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings
Posted by pleury NO[at]SPAM celebrate-software.com at 7/14/2004 11:53:04 AM
My application works fine when I run it locally but when I transfer it to our NEW Windows 2003 Web Edition server, I get a strange error. I've isolated the problem to when I issue a ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["foo"] call. My guess is, there's a security setting that I'm missing on my S...more >>

Add comments
Posted by Andre at 7/14/2004 11:42:56 AM
Hi, If i have some code like this... <asp:table> <asp:tablerow> <asp:tablecell> <asp:tablerow> <asp:tablerow> <asp:tablecell> <asp:tablerow> <asp:table> What can i do to put one table row in comments, so ...more >>

Newbie question: how to programmatically enable and disable client side validation
Posted by Dave Caton at 7/14/2004 11:21:09 AM
Hi all, I'm developing a web form that a requirement to validate that the contents of a textbox is not empty but only if a checkbox is checked. The situation is a little like the following: [x] Email me when the results are ready Email Address: [_________________________] In the above...more >>

Do While Loop (ASP.NET) not working
Posted by L. Oborne at 7/14/2004 11:16:47 AM
I have this code working fine in Classic ASP but I get compile errors when I try to run it as ASP.NET. Do While NOT RS.EOF If ... Then... Else... End If RS.MoveNext Loop It says that 'MoveNext' is not a member of 'System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader' Any sugges...more >>

datagrid and leading spaces in fields
Posted by SKG at 7/14/2004 11:05:06 AM
i have leading spaces in my database fields. When they appear in the datagrid in browser, they seem to be truncated. I did view source in browser and found that there are indeed spaces but when browser displays it crunches them in datagrid. Also i have update and delete buttons options in th...more >>

Redirecting from another frame
Posted by Bilbo at 7/14/2004 10:53:59 AM
Hello, How do I programatically redirect a page in "another frame" using C# in ASP.NET? Server.Transfer redirects the current page...not a different frame. Thanks. ...more >>

"Object reference not set to an instance of an object" during InitializeComponent()???
Posted by kw at 7/14/2004 10:47:18 AM
I've spent all week trying various workarounds and keep coming back this bug, but I just don't understand what the problem is. An ASPX defines a control: <%@ Register TagPrefix="iewc" Namespace="Microsoft.Web.UI.WebControls" Assembly="Microsoft.Web.UI.WebControls, Version=1.0.2.226, ...more >>

ASP.NET on Server 2003 - Painfully Slow to Process Page?
Posted by Marc Castrechini at 7/14/2004 9:59:31 AM
Forgive me on the lack of specifics but I am not a "server" guy. We just rolled our code out to a 2003 Server from Win2k Server and for some reason our pages are painfully slow. It appears the pages process fine (by spinning globe and 100% status bar. But then there is a dead wait time while i...more >>

read from HTML control
Posted by Aitham alama at 7/14/2004 9:52:55 AM
How can I read a value from a html text box and pass it into a web textbox control? Regards ...more >>

Login failed for user '(null)'. Reason: Not associated with a trusted SQL Server connection.
Posted by Moe Sizlak at 7/14/2004 8:43:05 AM
Hi There, I can't connect to SQL Server, has anyone received this error message before ? Moe <>< <appSettings> <add key="ConnectionString" value="server=202.60.XX.XXX;database=db_name;uid=user1;password=pass;integra ted security=SSPI;persist security info=False;Integrated Securi...more >>

Authenticate the user
Posted by Mark at 7/14/2004 8:24:03 AM
I need to authenticate the user against his domain user name and password. What is a way of doing that? I cannot store user name and a password in a database. Thanks...more >>

OWC safe in ASP.NET?
Posted by cdars NO[at]SPAM hotmail.com at 7/14/2004 8:01:32 AM
Dear all, I understand that: 1) Server-Side Office automation is not recommended by MS (KB257757). 2) OWC is a client-side ActiveX Technology, NOT an ASP.NET server control. 3) OWC9 has limitations used Server-Side, which are solved at OWC10 (KB317316) 4) Office XP/2003 PIA enables the use ...more >>

value of textboxes in browser does not match what is in viewsource ?
Posted by usenet_daughter NO[at]SPAM yahoo.com at 7/14/2004 7:49:15 AM
I have a textbox control (for simplicity call it Text1) with autopostback turned on. It has a couple validators: RequiredFieldValidator_Text1 RegularExpressionValidator_Text1 The Text1 onchange (see code below) event does these things 1. fires the validators 2. if Text1 is valid,...more >>

DataBinding on PostBack?
Posted by kirstalemieux NO[at]SPAM hotmail.com at 7/14/2004 7:08:30 AM
I'm new to ASP.NET and I'm not use to the way things are handled with this technology. I've been told that when I have a control, I should only bind the data to it once, and not on each post back (basically have the data binding done in the If NOT IsPostBack Then statement). How come? How does t...more >>

HTTP 1.1 Compression - does this make application really faster ?
Posted by raagzcd NO[at]SPAM sify.com at 7/14/2004 5:49:21 AM
Hi, Has anybody tried HTTP 1.1 compression for ASP.NET application ? Have you guys faced any problems with this ? Thanks Raghu...more >>

DataList Alternate Style
Posted by Jim Heavey at 7/14/2004 5:13:01 AM
I am unable to get the data list to render the AlternateStyle.... Any ideas as to why? <Table title="Calendar Maintenance" > <asp:datalist id="dlCalendar" runat="server" OnItemCreated="OnItemCreated" GridLines="Both" CellSpacing="2" DataKeyField="Time_ID" ...more >>

File properties
Posted by tfs NO[at]SPAM dslextreme-dot-com.no-spam.invalid at 7/14/2004 5:08:53 AM
Is there a way in asp.net to get the file properties such as: author, subject,title and category. Apparently, fileinfo doesn't have that. I need to get the these as we are going to use them for our document display system. Thanks, Tom ...more >>

HttpResponse from background thread
Posted by tomana NO[at]SPAM inprop-dot-sk.no-spam.invalid at 7/14/2004 5:08:01 AM
Hi, Can somebody help me,pls? After the button-click on the web-page I execute another thread private void btnExecutePlugin_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { MyThread pt = new MyThread( new MyFinalizeCallback( MyCallbackFunction ) ); Thread t = new Thread( new Thre...more >>

Can only write to root of disk
Posted by Eric J. at 7/14/2004 4:37:03 AM
I am having a problem writing to an Access database. It only seems to work if the database is placed in c:\ Retrieving records from it is no problem when it is placed in a subdirectory of mapppath, but writing to it is impossible (unless I put it in c:\). This is the code that refuses to work: ...more >>

Dynamic controls
Posted by Mike at 7/14/2004 3:36:15 AM
Hi, I am building a web form with dynamic controls. Some need to be visible = and some not. When clicking on a button, all controls become visible. I = have used code behind to do that, but when I set the value of a control = (ie. label) and then click the button to show all controls, these ...more >>

Script
Posted by Mike at 7/14/2004 3:08:37 AM
Hi, I was using the following script, but I received an error message saying = "Object doesn't support this property or method": = window.opener.document.forms['WebForm4'].getElementById('trck1_CAL_LBL024= ').innerText=3D' I also tried value and text, instead of innerText, but alwa...more >>

Reposition Control
Posted by Mike at 7/14/2004 2:19:29 AM
Hi, Is it possible to have a control on a form set to visible=3Dfalse at the = beginning and then move it to a specific location when required? If so, = any resources (articles, samples) that I could look at? Thanks. Mike...more >>

multi-threading
Posted by chxant NO[at]SPAM yahoo.com at 7/14/2004 2:17:07 AM
Hi, I tried a simple example of multi-threading, but it's not working. test() is never excecuted. What's wrong?? This is the code: using System; using System.Collections; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System.Drawing; using System.Web; using System.Web.SessionSt...more >>

VS.NET designer removes runat='server' attribute in <title>
Posted by Carlo Marchesoni at 7/14/2004 2:00:02 AM
Some days ago I asked this forum whether it is possible to set up the <title> from the code-behind. A couple of poeple helped me and in fact it is quite ease: a) change the HTML, e.g.: <title id="titAV0010" runat="server"></title> b) define the field as GenericControl: protected System.Web.UI.Ht...more >>

Warning: Page has expired
Posted by moondaddy at 7/14/2004 1:55:45 AM
Using vb and asp.net 1.1 I have a page where users can upload images. When the image is uploaded the postback shows a thumbnail of what they just uploaded. Sometimes the users click on the back button and then the forward button to come back to this page and when they do they get the error page...more >>

RegisterClientScriptBlock - URGENT please
Posted by Mike at 7/14/2004 1:51:45 AM
Hi, I have a form with some dynamic controls. I then open a popup calendar = and set the selected date back to the "parent" form using this = statement: string script =3D "<script>window.opener.document.getElementById('" + = control.Value + "').innerText =3D '"; script +=3D myCalen...more >>

Validation Summary Control
Posted by Jay at 7/14/2004 1:33:12 AM
I am using the ValidationSummary control with the settings so that it = displays the validation summary in a popup. It works ok on several = servers, but it does not work on an external hosting web server. It = does work ok when the valiation messages are displayed on the page. =20 Any sugge...more >>

Help! Problems with custom TypeConverter and Persistence...
Posted by Sky Sigal at 7/14/2004 1:11:09 AM
(PS: Cross post from microsoft.pulic.dotnet.framework.aspnet.webcontrols) I've been looking lately for a way to keep the Properties panel for Controls 'clean'... My goal is to keep similar public properties of a custom Control neatly tied together -- rather than all over the IDE. One such...more >>

sort image or style on data grid
Posted by Brian Henry at 7/14/2004 12:23:44 AM
is there a way to put a style or marker image on the header of a data grid in asp.net to mark that this is the column being sorted on? thanks ...more >>


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