I had no problem with compiling my webpage with the following statement added to the HTML view until recently: <asp:repeater id="rp1" runat="server"> <tr><td><%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Title") %></td></tr> ........... ........... </asp:repeater> The intellisense in...more >>

I have a routine when a page loads it runs through a bunch of stuff then I have a method to check something. if this thig I am checking is false, I want to reload the same page, if it is true, then redirect. I have the redirect working, but how can I cause my page to reload: if (true){ //red...more >>

Is it possible to simply add an .RDL to an asp.net project, and access the report dynamically without any report url or anything. I just want to pass the database authentication to the .RDL [reportViewer?] and a few parameters, and run the report. But I do not want the report to exist in a...more >>

Hi over there, I didn't expect not to get this right a way but the problem I'm having is this : I have a Webform with a a dropdownlsit [two items {Yes, No}] Of course I have the dropdownlist a serverside control. How can I pop up a message dialog on the client-side when the user select Yes...more >>

How can i go about doing case sensitive passwords w/ forms auth, vbnet and asp.net 1.1? I found an msdn mag article that used cast as varbinary in the sql statement but i cant get it to work. Is the sql approach best? What other approaches are there? Ashok ...more >>

Or are there still scenarios where datagrid > gridview ?...more >>

i am getting this error when creating a new document using asp.net your thoughts ...more >>

Hi, On an ASP.NET page I have a drop down list control. When the user pulls down the list and makes a selection, I perform validation, and if the validation fails I want the selected item in the drop down box to go back to what the value was before the user tried to change it, but at that ...more >>

Does anyone know of a tabbed navigation control that supports SiteMapProvider (the same way the menu, breadcrumbs and treeview do in 2.0)?? I'm looking for www.amazon.com style tabbed navigation, but something that will plug it seamlessly with my exisitng navigation provider. Thanks! ...more >>

Hi all, I have a problem which I've seen mentioned quite a few time around the net, but nothing seems to work. I've created a web service with one method (see code below). It's running under IIS set to Windows Authentication. Calling the web service from a client application or the bro...more >>

The docs I am reading says that the dataset/datatable are no longer supported in vs.net 2005 and .net 2.0. There were lots of great things the dataset allowed us to do that I don't see a replacement for. For instance I found the best way to produce a crystalreport was to source it from an ...more >>

Has there Page unload event available? I want to write some codes to release memory. But I can not found the Page_Unload event. ...more >>

My web application is comprised of a Login page and then several other pages nested in a masterpage. I am using a cookiless="UseUri" session configuration. I have a linkbutton on the masterpage for logout and when the user clicks this, code is run that does Session.Abandon() and Server.Transfer("...more >>

Hi, I have VS.Net standard edition installed on my computer. I get the following error when creating new web application: "visual studio .net has detected that the specified web server is not running asp.net 1.1. you will be unable to run asp.net web applications or services." Thank you...more >>

On my Web Servers, I don't want to allow visitors to upload executables. There are many types of files that i want to ignore (for instance: exe,dll, bat, cmd .etc). I have an ASPX page with an HTMLInputFile control which uploads the files. Is it possible to set a filter when the user clicks the ...more >>

I have a problem. I have a webform, which uses impersonation. My iis is set to windows integrated authentication and anonymous is disabled. My webform connects to active directory and retrieves user information. This webform works great on the local machine. But if i run it from a remote ...more >>

I'm having trouble with using cookies to monitor the stages of login. I have a two stage Registration page ( register.aspx ) and my target page ( MyPage.aspx ) I'm using a cookie named LoginStatus to tract the stage of the login process. LoginStatus = "1" denotes that the first part of the lo...more >>

Will Session automatic clear memory when I unload web page? ...more >>

Hello, I am using session variables in a cs class file. I am inserting a sortedList to a session variable like this: System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Session["EventsList"] = EventsSortedList; Later on, when i want to use this value by: EventsSortedList = (SortedList)System.Web.HttpContex...more >>

I added a Hidden Form Field to a form in the code behind. The value is being set in JavaScript client-side, but it is not persisting to the server in the PostBack. I know the value is being set properly because it displays in the document.write method. Create a simple page and paste the...more >>

Hi, We have developed a web solution using ASP.NET. Now, there is a need of add-ons for our web solution. We want to allow third party companies write their own code and put it to our web solution. But there is one problem :) Let's say our website contains dlls of 1.0 version. The th...more >>

I would like to develop an application that doubles as a served application when SQL server is visible on the network, and a Local Client app (Like a windows app that uses the browser) that connects to --say Oledb Jet 4.0 (Access) when the SQL Server is not visible, (or any internet connectio...more >>

Afaik, i removed all beta parts. I do work with free VWD express version since nov-7th ! All installed fine except for the SQL server part. This might be since i removed an existing sql server version rather drastically, it wouldn't uninstall. What should i remove to allow installing? I mean ...more >>

Hi, I've just started to use the beta of the web deployment tool. However, it keeps failing with the following message: "aspnet_merge.exe" exited with code 1. Can anyone shed any light on this message? thanks justin ...more >>

How can i hide a grid and textboxes if the page is not valid? ...more >>

Hi, I have created an app that executes another app using Process Class. I can execute a Cosole based application but I cannot execute a windows based application Can someone please tell me why? Stephen ...more >>

How do you define a default submit button on a asp dotNet form Thanks ...more >>

Hi: Can the DataGrid or DataList be bound to a strongly typed collection? Thanks, Charlie ...more >>

Hi; My ASP.NET app (C# calling J# under .net 2.0) creates a png file in a subdirectory to display as part of the created page. However, the bitmap will not display due to a security violation. Everything is the default settings I believe. IIS is running under Local System. In IIS the Def...more >>

Hi, I am new to windows programming. I created a screensaver program using ..net. I have the executable. How do I add it to the screen saver list. Thanks. ...more >>

Per one of Microsoft's conversion suggestions (MSDN step by step guide to converting web projects) we have configured our test web servers to run ASP.NET apps using 2.0.....but we are still developing the apps in VS2003/ ASP.Net 1.1. Though I've found this isn't quite the "quick switch" one...more >>

Hi, I need to develope a browser based application that will support around 80 users probably around 50 concurrent. Most of the users will be performing simple data enry tasks. A small number will need to produce reports and data exports. The app will use ASP.NET and SQL Server 2000 or 20...more >>

Hoe do I add a HebrewCalendar Control to my website. and get the hebrew month names. (Is it possible to the Parsha)? -- VB.NET...more >>

Hi All, I have a treeview in my master page where I use custom pictures for. I have defined a new theme in the App_Themes folder, and all my pages use this theme. In my TreeView.Skin file i have following entries: CollapseImageUrl="themeimages/icon_bg_lightgrey.jpg" NoExpandImageUrl="them...more >>

Hi all. I'm using a simple thumbnail generating script in VB.NET/GDI. It uses the GetThumbnailImage method. It works great when resizing gifs. But when I resize a jpeg the quality looks terrible. Here's a code snippet. Thanks. Dim fullSizeImg as System.Drawing.Image fullSizeImg ...more >>

Dear All, I want to develop enterprise scale application. From the performance perspective, which one is better web based application or windows based application? Is there any white paper about it? Thanks Robert Lie...more >>

Hello I have a little problem by reading personal registry key. I get an error System.NullReferenceException even if the key exist. This is my code. Dim objKey As RegistryKey objKey = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey _ ("Secure\test", False) response.Write(Convert.ToString(objK...more >>

Hello All: I have created a class (UpdatedDropDown) that inherits from DropDownList and I have included the following code in this class: Public Class UpdatedDropDown Inherits DropDownList Protected Overrides Sub RenderContents(ByVal writer As HtmlTextWriter) For c As In...more >>

I have an ASP page that needs to pass a string object full of HTML to a .NET iframe within that page. The String might be over 5000 characters of HTML. Reason we're doing this is to incorporate our HTML editor in our Portal Software. Currently it works perfect with regular strings, but onc...more >>

When completing certain types of transactions, the users of my app will need to have the clients sign an authorization form. I want to add a button to the page that allows them to print the auth form customized with the client's name, etc... I was thinking of using MS Word and automating it wi...more >>

Has anyone built a tagging system for their .net application akin to way flickr or del.icio.us implement it? We're building an internal CMS and all of the structured content will be organized into categories (basically, folders of information). This is needed to create a specific structure ...more >>

Hi, I have an application where I want to store reports (.pdf, .doc) in a reports subdirectory. Within the reports subdirectory, I am creating other subdirectories (with a job number) where I store the reports for a job. I can access the reports fine through my application. However, if...more >>

I have recently migrated an ASP.NET 1.1 web application to ASP.NET 2.0. In this application I am storing all my resources in satellite assemblies and I am accessing them via the ResourceManager object. However, the ResourceManager is no longer returning the resources from the satellite assemb...more >>

Hi All, I know some of you had this problem in production. Did anyone find out how to fix this problem or what is the cause of it? System.Web.HttpException: Invalid_Viewstate System.Web.HttpException: Authentication of viewstate failed. 1) If this is a cluster, edit <machineKey> configurat...more >>

Hi there, I am just trying to set up 3 tier architecture. When i add my Datalayer project to the Business layer project the methods are exposed to in my business class. But in the similar way when i add the Businesss layer project to my presentation i don't see the methods of BL exposing in m...more >>

Ok need clarification here. If I open up a IE browser window to an asp.net app, I of course would have 1 session started. If I open up another IE browser window to same asp.net app "Do I" or "Do I not" have another session started. Am I using same session from First IE browser window open? ...more >>

I'm using code similar to below. Is there a way to check if the Current.User object has roles assigned already. This event fires on every page request and I only need to have it fired once since it makes a call to the db everytime. Thanks. Sub Application_AuthenticateRequest(sender As Obje...more >>

Hello, I have a frameset that contains 2 frames - a header and a body frame. The header contains some gifs and controls. Among them, there is a user control which i want to be displayed on top of the lower frame as well. Now it is cutt off where the header frame ends and i would like it to app...more >>

hi, i'm not sure if i have chosen the best approach, but it seemed quite good to me. i have a collection class, containing business objects. the collection class is static and remains in-memory all the time the app is running. it is persisted to an Xml file when necessary. i keep a static fi...more >>

I have a page that has a tab control which toggles which user control is loaded into a placeholder. The user controls that are loaded into this place holder have other user controls in them, making 3 levels. When I select a drop down list that is in the 3rd level user control, it causes a post b...more >>

Hey all, I'm not new to web development, but totally clueless regarding web security/logins and such. I have a website which requires users to login, checks their info against a SQL Server backend, then saves their login as a session variable. As they browse through the various pages of the sit...more >>

I have a WebForm that has, among other things, the following: ASP:TEXTBOX txtCorrectedName ASP:LISTBOX lstCorrectedNames The list box gets loaded with all the "correct" names of cities, and the textbox is blank. The idea is that the user can pull up a record with bogus address info, and ...more >>

hi, for various reasons (navigational, relative paths etc.) i want the web site to always run from a root directory, i.e. http://localhost:3038/ and not http://localhost:3093/Virtual/ can cassini be configured to always run from the root? i know you can launch it from command line, with /vpath...more >>

I am wishing to force the Open|Save dialog box for a PDF and Excel file. I am using the following code: Response.Clear(); Response.ContentType = "application/octet-stream"; Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + saveFilename ); Response.Flush(); Response.Writ...more >>

Hi, I have a WebForm that just consists of TextBoxes and Labels and I am wondering what would be the best way to send the WebForm as an HTML e-mail when the user clicks on a button event. I am using VB and have so far been able to send the contents of a text box in an e-mail's body using th...more >>

Does anyone know of a good File Manager application that is available for ASP.NET? Something that would allow the bulk uploading of files that would be available for download, and that would incorporate security and file details possibly? Has anyone had any experience using anything close ...more >>

Hi all, Trying to use the "Corporate" template downloadable from Brian Goldfarb's pages. I want to add my own Namespace declaration to every class. But I can not find the setting in Project Properties, and not sure what the rules are here. I added an NS declaration to 3 classes and the whole ...more >>

Hi, sorry for the OT question but the readers opinions will matter more to me. I team lead a small development team of .net and sql programmers. There is another team in our group like ours. We are tracking our project requests and statuses in Excel as it is shared with people ourside our te...more >>

i posted this to dotnet.framework the answer was does file really exist. yes it does then WSS is in way In order to make the full path to the .js file defined as excluded I cannot use / character to define path so do I create virtual directory for aspnet_client in local project is not the asp...more >>

When executing the following code, I get this error message: Object reference not set to an instance of an object It bombs out on me rigth at the cmdWO.CommandText statement. If you have any ideas, please share them! Dim strWO As String Dim rdrWO As System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataRe...more >>

I bought a dll, put it in my website's BIN directory, and then put a line in my asp.net page as follows: Dim MyCrypt As BeanSoftware.Components.CommonCrypt = New BeanSoftware.Components.CommonCrypt() I don't have visual studio, so I put the line in with notepad. But when I loaded the asp.net pa...more >>

Hi, I have an SqldataSource which calls a SP. that SP returns two datatables. If I bind my SqlDataSource to a Gridview, it shows the first DataTable, which is logical. How can I retrieve the next Datatable? I would like the results of DataTable1 to be shown in the Header of my Grid, and ...more >>

I want the Return Key to do a postback of an ASP.Net form. What's the right way to set that up?? I don't want to interfere with the asp.net framework. I guess my options are to set the ACTION attribute or inject some javascript. This is under 1.2, not 2.0 yet. Thanks...more >>

I am new to .net and am stumped as to how to use "include" files in my asp application. Currently I have created classes in the app_code directory that are shared between various aspx pages and this works fine. The problem, however, is - I am trying to include aspx functionality as part of a ...more >>

Hi, I have created a control with some buttons an alphabet. When one of these buttons are pressed it posts back and in the postback event for the button pressed a list of tems is created with a list of buttons next to them to delete the term. My problem is that the delete button has a delet...more >>

Hi I am aware of asp.net session related facilities. But I want to know how things are done in real world. If anyone love to reveal it, would be of great help....more >>

Hi :) I need to store some data in application level dataset. Once a month, a huge query is performed against a set of big tables and the result is stored. The dataset is stored in applicaton level variable and is used to display some report. However there's a problem, the app might restart...more >>

Hello, I am having some trouble with passing session variables from one aspx page to another aspx page through an applet. Let me clarify the problem more ... I have an aspx page which contains a button on click of which i call an applet to do some work. Once the applet finishes its job...more >>