What setting to use in an Asp:BoundColumn to make it so that the column is wide enough that no cell has contents that wrap to a following line? I want to avoid having rows that are multiple lines high. Does one have to use absolute widths or can this be done some other way?...more >>

I'm reposting this. I'm kinda in a bind untill i get this figured out, so if anyone has some input it would sure help me out. Ok, I’ve noticed a few gridview problems floating around the forum. Everyone wants to do a java confirmation box when a user clicks the delete button. Fair enough...more >>

Is it possible to configure VS .NET so it doesn't open all the files in a solution when I load the solution? -SJ ...more >>

Hello everybody, I have SHOULD have a hashtable stored in a Session. How can I verify it such session really exists? I tried to use these sentences but ASP.NET doesn't like them, it says that session("hashtable") is not a string, or boolean... if session("hashtable") then ... if session...more >>

I have a default page which has two frame pages. On the plan, I expected it will forward to login page which show on one frame page only if the users don't login. In fact, both two frame pages redirect to login page. How should I do to fix this problem? ...more >>

I add a Hidden form field to my asp.net page in the codebehind, the Value peoperty is set to 0 and EnableViewState is set to true. Then I add a LiteralControl with JavaScript that says to set the value to 1. If I set view the value of th ehidden form field in the debugger during the course of ...more >>

I am having a strange login problem that I have been dealing with for a week and cannot find an answer to. I am about ready to uninstall everything and then reinstall it. I am using Visual Studio 2005 Standard with SQL server 2005 Standard on IIS 5.1 (the ASPNET account). These are all on...more >>

Does anyone have an example on how to dynamically load private assemblies in ASP.NET - like what DotNetNuke does? Do private assemblies have to be in the BIN directory... or can they be located anywhere in the file system? Thanks. -- Stan Kee (spamhoneypot@rogers.com)...more >>

I have a serious problem in .NET currently. I am hoping somebody out there can help me. I have a ASP.NET application written in VB.NET and requires the user to log in. I authenticate user using LDAP, so if the user id is active in our company NT network he/she can log in with her/his user...more >>

I am a MSDN subscriber. Have you guys gotten your dvd for Visual Studio.NET 2005 yet? I haven't. I had to download it from the website. :( ...more >>

Hi all, How to programatically obtain the account that ASP.NET runs under regardless of what the OS is. Thank you, Mircea ...more >>

Hi all, I am trying to performance an XSL tranform using the code below: The code below is the result of googling..but the transform method is giving me errors. (ASP.NET 1.1) 'load navigation xml file docXml.Load(strXmlUrl) 'load xsl stylesheet docXsl.Load(strXslUrl) 'peform xsl t...more >>

Hi, I try to check a Calendar Controls in my Client-Side Validation... On Server-side it's easy with Calendar.SelectedDate But how can i make this in Client-Side since we cannot put ControlToValidate with a Calendar in my CustomValidator control.. Thank you ...more >>

Working on Asp.net with access database backend,a serious Question in the Class design phase, for accessing the database; Which is Better to make a Connection Class that handles all the ADO Connections for all the other Objects, OR Just make a Connection Module to handle the Database Acce...more >>

hey all, i goto to this vendor's website each month and put in a from and to date and hit the export button and I have my data. is there anyway to automate this process in code like using the WebRequest class or is this asking too much? thanks, rodchar ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to read a network drive through ASP.net. This is what I have done. - Create folder on a network machine. - gave ASPNET_User read permssion on the folder. - Mapped a drive to the folder say ('j' drive) - When I try to access 'j:/myfolder' I get Access denied error. - Whe...more >>

Ok I need some help. Up until Tuesday my application was working fine. It is an asp.net application written in VB. It is very data heavy and makes multiple calls to a database. The application itself sits on an IIS6.0 server. And the database is on an SQL2000 server with SP 3a. On Tuesday we s...more >>

There is surprisingly little information on the various encoding options for reading a text file. I have what seems to be a very basic issue: I'm reading a text file that includes Spanish characters such as "ñ". When I read the file into a string, that character is missing. Encoding seems to b...more >>

Using Visual Studio 2005 / ASP.NET 2.0. Newbie to ASP 2.0. I have a GridView and multiple SqlDataSource's on a single page. Each query is vastly different, but the results share a similar column set. Without going into details on the project constraints, I was wondering if it's possible...more >>

I am getting a 'SQL Server does not exist or access denied. ' error when trying to access a SQL Server Database from my local machine. I have the code on the web server and it is working fine. My connection string is fine and I am able to log into SQL Server via Enterprise manager ok. The c...more >>

Hello, Please let me know if you have the solution for a similar kind of problem... Background: I have an aspx page which is used as a report i.e. will be used for printing some information. The page has some text fields, some bulleted lists, 4 tables, a diagram. All the data is variable bas...more >>

Hello: I have a master page that contains a table with three rows <table height="100%" width="100%"> <tr><td height="100"><td>header</td></tr> <tr><td height="100%"><asp:contentplaceholder id="ContentPlaceHolder1" runat="server"></asp:contentplaceholder></td></tr> <tr><td height="...more >>

Why do server.transfer statements in my app. always generate runtime errors like this: A first chance exception of type 'System.Threading.ThreadAbortException' occurred in mscorlib.dll An exception of type 'System.Threading.ThreadAbortException' occurred in mscorlib.dll but was not handled...more >>

Hello All, I have a UserControl wwhich consists of one Label and one DropDownList control. I have written a Public methofd to allow me to set the Label's Text property and populate the dropdownlist with listitems. Here's the code: Public Sub PopulateDropDownList(ByVal ListCaption As ...more >>

How to redirect URL to new window? ...more >>

Howdy, I have a function that uploads an image and that works great. I love = ..Nets built in upload, so much easier than 3rd party uploaders! Now I am making a public function that will take the path of the = uploaded image, and resize it with the provided dimensions. My function = is belo...more >>

I have a Datagrid in ASP.NET , Witch contains employee info and a Dropdownlist and a calendar control. For performance issue, the user wanted to fill this form in Excel, so I need to export the Data to Excel file to be (offline), and create the drop down list dynamically into the excel. How ...more >>

Hi, From the "Default.aspx.cs" I call a "someCode.cs"...... What I need to do is have access to the "Request object" in this second code. in the aspx.cs I can access using Request.... Can I access "Request object" in the second file without passing it using a parameter? many thanks f...more >>

I have an application that was originally in asp but is now moved to ASP.Net. To deploy it, I just changed the default file in IIS for the web folder to point to the new aspx file. Occasionally I see a "Server unavailable" error. There is nothing in the event log that suggests any related error ...more >>

I've got some code that uses FileSystem object to write to a file. I am getting an error message that says: Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password. This doesn't make a lot of sense to me, because I have full permissions to the folder I am trying to write to. Code is: If fso....more >>

Hi, I have a vb6 form which has a label on it. When they click on that label it will display the new web form and ask them to fill details. Once they fill details it will give confirmation number. Can i pass this confirmation number back to windows form and display it using Message box? ...more >>

Hi all, Ok, we are an ASP for environmental tools, and over the last couple years we've moved our systems from ASP to ASP.NET (1.1); in doing so, we decided to create individual applications that can be re-used for different clients. Each application is a project setup in IIS as both a virt...more >>

Hi, Given that I have an two integers - firstly the total number of items and secondly the number of items per page what is the syntax to give me the total number of pages. For example if there were 10 items and a page size of 3 then 4 pages are required. Thanks, Paul ...more >>

I have noticed that my customer doesn't always read error my error messages. How can I create a beep in the browser?...more >>

Hi all, I have a dropDownList on a web page that is populated by client-side script. I get an error on PostBack of the page. I've seen quite a few posts about this, so I understand the issue, and why it's occurring. I know that I need to remove the automatic event validation that ASP.NET i...more >>

Hello, Just created my first ASP.NET 2.0 project with Visual Studio 2005. I see they changed some very important things. So, I have the follwoing questions: 1. How can I view and remove project references. I can add references from the project menu, but where is reference "folder" which us...more >>

Hi folks. I have an application that generates and opens pdf files generated b crystal reports. In my machine works fine (I'm not working with http here), but when I put this application in the production server (here use https) with the physicalpath of the server and when I try to creat th...more >>

the admin moved the server to a different sub-network. The machine was previously a domain controller and now it is not, therefore active directory was removed and so was the user accounts. I ran regiis -i which created the ASPNET user account but the application is still unavailable. What do ...more >>

can I have session timeout set to indefinite? Minding that I run it on 2003 server. Oleg...more >>

Here is a question that should get everyone going. I have an ecommerce site where I need to pass the order_id to every page. So which method is the best practice to pass this variable between pages: Cookies or Session variable or by the HTTP header (either GET querystring or POST form)? ...more >>

I am trying to use XMLHttpRequest on the IE browser of a MAC machine. It throws me a javascript error which reads as "Object doesn't support this action" while trying to create an instance of the XMLHttpRequest object using new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP') So IE/MAC does not support A...more >>

Hello, Our web site is developed by someone else and I see they used macromedia flash player. Now sometimes on some computers the text in the flash do not show up, and sometime it asks to download macromedia flash and it starts showing the text. How does everyone else handle flash in their we...more >>

I have a page with a bunch of iframes (which make up a tab control). At least one of these iframes contains an aspx page, which in turn contains a .ascx component. This component then contains a datagrid. Is there any way that I can access this datagrid from one of the other iframes? The grid...more >>

hi i am getting an error of ArgumentOutOfRangeException after deleting record from the data grid. the code i written is If GridRepair.VisibleRowCount > 0 Then deleteConfirm = MsgBox("Do you want to delete the selected Record", MsgBoxStyle.DefaultButton2 Or MsgBoxStyle.YesN...more >>

I am working on a project in which a number of client applications will be posting xml documents as a byte array to an ASP.NET page on our web server. I am trying to simulate the process and run into problems. Sending code: ASCIIEncoding encoding = new ASCIIEncoding(); string lcUr...more >>

Hi all, today I tried to migrate a website built with framework 1.1 and VS2003 to framework 2.0 and VS2005. When I try to build the site using VS2005, I receive this error message (and the build fails): '/sitename:8080/' is not a valid virtual path Notice that: 1) my site has the follow...more >>

Hi, please look at the ASP.NET 2 site http://www.prismatest.ch/catalog/EM.ASPX (user=prismashop, password=minicooper). Use the ">" Button to go to the next pages. You will notice that the page goes all white every time after pressing the ">" Button, and redraws itself only after all parts of...more >>

i think It's a bug... is it fixed on realse version? Failed to update database "C:\INETPUB\WWWROOT\WEBSITE\APP_DATA\ASPNETDB.MDF" because the database is read-only. ...more >>