Hello, Making your own WebCustomControl, how you do disable properties in the design view? For example my WebCustomControl does not use text, so the default property Font is missleading when it's editable. I want to disable that Property in Design view. Any hints? best regards /La...more >>

Hi There! Is it possible to use HttpModule to replace the built-in ASP.NET Session object? I want to write a HttpModule that will handle storing and retrieving of session values from an external database. For example, when a page set values to Session object such as Session("somevar")=1 ...more >>

Hi, i have used a treeview control in my application, with Microsoft internet controls dll, and it is working fine, i have created a Web setup project too, and it is installed on another machine and is working very fine, but the problem is that , the tree view control is not rendering properly...more >>

Hi, I am creating a control in a PlaceHolder like so: Private Sub btnDelete_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnDelete.Click Dim ctrl As AcceptOrCancel = CType(Page.LoadControl("controls/AcceptOrCancel.ascx"), AcceptOrCancel) PlaceHolder1....more >>

Hello, I would like to have the functionality provided at http://www.freetextbox.com. In other words, should be able to save the text as well as the image added to the editor.(The image added the same way as in the link mentioned above) Any help would be appreciated!! Thanks, Sam. ...more >>

Hi, If I have a box with SQL on and IIS and develop a Website on this box entering all connection strings and links in as local host, then move the box on to the network and get clients to connect to say http://192.168.0.1/index.aspx will this work? I mean will the App run on the server or ...more >>

Hi Group, Just wondering if anybody could point me in the direction of a link where I could download some example ASP .Net pages which would allow me to Add, Modify, Delete Tables for a SQL Database. I mean what im looking for is a example which will explain how I do it? Either that of some...more >>

I started a new web app.. In my Page_Load method I do this: string strConnTxt = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["ConnectString"]; and the compiler gives this error: The type or namespace name 'ConfigurationSettings' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly re...more >>

Hello, ASP.NET gurus! I have read many pages on setting up a login screen to access a = number of web pages using Forms Authentication and I am still trying to = wrap my brain around the whole thing. However, I know that my knowledge = on this topic has a few gaping holes ('cause it still...more >>

Hi, im using a form to get some input from the user. This form is in a HTML file. When I post the form directly to my email, i receive all fields correctly. Example test.html: <FORM action="MAILTO:myemail@work.com" method=post enctype="text/plain"> But if I post the form to an aspx pag...more >>

For about a week now it appears the session timeout has been changed? It times out in a short amount of time, maybe 2 minutes? It’s almost like this website has been worked on. If I’m submitting a question and I don’t hurry it times out and says I’m not logged in and goes into a viciou...more >>

Hello, I have this line: <div runat="server" id="category-header"> I get this error: 'category-header' is not a valid identifier. When I use: <div runat="server" id="category-header"> I have no problems. Is that I can't use the "-" in id's? How should I separate words in an id? ...more >>

Hi, I am newbie developing a MailList program in asp.net c#. To avoid be considered as a span, a would like to process some messages, stops, process some messages, stops...... What do you recommend ? Help!!! Thanks...more >>

I am trying to combine FirstName and LastName to display in one column on DataGrid, but it gave me an error saying "Preprocessor directives must appear as the first non-whitespace character on a line". How should I do this? <asp:DataGrid .... <columns> <asp:TemplateColumn...> ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to make a <div> invisible when I call page.aspx. When I call page.aspx?type=1 the <div> should be visible. I have this line: <div runat="server" visible='<%# Request.QueryString("type") <> "" %>'"></div> I get this error: "The server tag is not well formed" Why I ge...more >>

Is it because of perfomance or something else? I was confused when to use static methods and when to use instance. Please give me some points. Thanks. ...more >>

I have an asp.net application that needs to spawn a new thread but return the response back to the user before the thread finishes. My application works fine on my machine (XP pro) and on a win 2000 server, but I can't get a thread to start on a new win 2003 server. I've posted some sample cod...more >>

If I were writing an HTTP module where I wanted to access the response text that was being sent back to the user, what would be the optimum method for doing this within the module? I'm investigating the viability of using this for logging some info, and I'm wondering if there are any establish...more >>

My RadioButtonList has items with similar values. N/A has a value of 0; Sometimes also has a value of 0; Never has a value of 1, etc. I'm running into a huge problem in that if the selected item is Sometimes (which is second in the list), the rbl.SelectedItem.Text property always returns N/...more >>

Hi, when first time i uploaded my local aspx file to my server. its working fine. then i done some changes on local machine and again i uploaded the files. after that the page output is not changing. i tried so many times. is it any other idea solve this issue? thanks bala...more >>

What kind of performance hit (typically, in terms of percentages) can we expect when we use SQLServer instead of InProc or StateServer mode for maintaining the session? Thanks....more >>

Hi Is it possible to validate a text box to ensure values entered are in the format 99-99-99? All digits are required. Thanks Regards ...more >>

hi All, I have a web page which tries to send user a file attachment using httpresponse, by setting the content-Disposition header.. the problem is that the page is hosted on a ssl site, and there is a issue with IE that it wont download files where Cache-control header is set to no-cache....more >>

Hi, I have created a Web User Control (vb.net) that I want to display on a placeholder on the page when a button is pressed. The control 'DeleteImage' is a blank control with 2 buttons added at design time (cancel/accept). However, if I add a reponse.write("hello world") in the page load ha...more >>

<asp:Repeater id="rptCourseDetail2" runat="server" datasource='<%# ((DataRowView)Container.DataItem).Row.GetChildRows("CourseDetailRelation") %>' EnableViewState="false" > I am having troubles trying to sort child records that appear in a repeater..... Above is the code that i...more >>

Hi I have a web control text box on my webform which I want to use for entering dates. Is there a way to validate this text box field for valid dates? May be using a validators such as regular expression validator? Thanks Regards ...more >>

Hi all, I want to create a text file to write lines, but it gives me an error on Dim sw As New StreamWriter(CreatePath & Efilename) : System.IO.IOException: The process cannot access the file "C:\temp\DD_01062005.txt" because it is being used by another process. Can someone point me out wh...more >>

Hi, I am writing a grid Web control library. The grid has some client side JavaScript to enable columns resize, sorting, row selection etc. I have some problems adding the JavaScript link at the render of the control: 1) During the render method of the control I need to add the...more >>

I am writing an application in ASP.NET where one of the requirements is that the user wants the option to "work locally". This is a Time and Expense application for sales people on the road. I need to be able to remotely install the pages and save the data to xml files until the next time the...more >>

I just started using the RowSelectorColumn from Andy Smith (MetaBuilders.com) and can't seem to find a way to find the other controls in the same row of my datagrid. I really like the contro and have been able to work for everything I need, except for this. I can't seem to use src.parent or...more >>

Hi All, I am going to using a editable datagrid, one of the field should be a dropdownlist, here is my code <EditItemTemplate> <asp:DropDownList ID="INVESTMENT_FUND_ID" DataSource="<%# getINVESTMENT_FUND() %>" DataTextField="NAME" DataValueField="VALUE" runat="server" CssClas...more >>

Hi All, When you open a .aspx page in VS.NET, it has the form tags (<form>....</form>) already present. I am trying to create a web user control that contains textboxes, buttons, and other form controls. Is it possible to have multiple form elements on the same ASP.NET web page? If so...more >>

I installed Security Update for Windows XP (KB824151) and now I can't open and debug my ASP.NET projects. How can I fix this? ...more >>

I have an unmanaged library that i'm using to generate a .tif image from a ..pdf file. When I run the following code in a console application, everything works fine. However, when I run it from ASP.Net, I get a stack overflow exception. If anything, I would have expected a CAS exception - b...more >>

Hello All, I am encountering a strange behavior which I want the MSDN stalwarts to explain me in detail and your explanation is highly appreciated. I have a User Control which is dynamically loaded from a parent page. In the User Control, I have a DataGrid. In the datagrid's event handler ...more >>

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help :) I"m an admitted 'newbie' when it comes to chat room technology (be it JAVA, servlets, or whatever language..) Was wondering if someone could guide me on possible literature (books, well done websites) on creating chat rooms in C# w/asp.net......more >>

Hello, I am using this code to display excel in IE. locFilesPath = "D:\Files\myFile.xls" If (System.IO.File.Exists(locFilesPath)) Then Response.Clear() Response.ContentType = "Application/x-msexcel" Response.WriteFile(locFilesPath) ...more >>

HI i have a datagrid with 5 columns. for the first 4 columns i do add the values using a arraylist. now i do need to add the values to the 5th column using another arraylist ..,. how can i do this ??which is the best easy method to do this? Thanks Senthil ...more >>

I unsure where is Internet Information Service (IIS) newgroup but I have the following inquiry: I require 5 TCP for my web application as follows: a. TCP 100 - Finance b. TCP 101 - Sales c. TCP 102 - Purchasing d. TCP 103 - Inventory e. TCP 104 - Payroll An...more >>

Hi All, Is there a way to change a property of an UI control, such as the enabled property of a button, in a child thread? I mean, my code runs a long process, and because I wanted to show the status in another popup window, I created a new (child) thread to run the long process and I let ...more >>

I have been scouring the message boards before I posted this question hoping to find an answer regarding datagrids and their behaviour after a sort command has been invoked. What I am trying to accomplish is this: I have a datagrid that has several columns directly bound from data table an...more >>

Hi Everyone, How do you get two or more listitems to have the same value? I am trying to do this: <asp:dropdownlist id="one" runat="server"> <asp:listitem text="hello" value="hi" /> <asp:listitem text="yada" value="hi" /> <asp:listitem text="NO" value="die" /> </asp:dropdownlist...more >>

Interface definitions do no not contain implementation, only signtures. That is there real purpose. Here thow we have an Inteface which does not have any implementation code but it has to be included in the creation of a Web User Control. Please tell me how it actually does something? Regards...more >>

i've been looking around for a time tracking and billing solution but haven't been able to find anything that will fit my needs. maybe you know of a good one. Criteria: web based (so i can use this with multiple computers) create / update projects create / update tasks within the project(s) ...more >>

I have a WebApplication (ASP.NET) that uses Word 2000 (COM , via Interop.Word.dll). I want to deploy it to a computer, but Word is not installed there. I tried to register the MSWORD.OLB (and his dependencies) with regsvr32 I keep getting the same error: invalid DLL what should I do?? ...more >>

Hi all, I have to read from a text file and generate values and insert to database. But first of all, when the text file contains '0000000000', I received a sEfundAmt value = 0D instead of 0.0 on sEfundAmt = Decimal.Parse(Mid$(sRetLine, 30, 10)) / 100.0 For example, in the text file,...more >>

Hi Newsgroup! Is it possible to use mySQL as State Server instead of Microsoft SQL? Thanks all in advance. Dan ...more >>

I have an editable Datagrid and some columns (4 and 5) are TemplateColumns (because I have DropDownLists there). Everything works fine except that if I want to retrieve the values (that I can see visually) from the DataGrid with the following loop the Values of the TemplateColumns are returne...more >>

Hello, I use this: Response.Redirect("/Files/myFile.xls") which is working fine but shows address bar and I am trying to get rid of it. So if I have the following, will this let me see excel file? If yes, can you complete Response.Write? Dim fileAndPath as string fileAndPath = DD.Select...more >>

How would I quickly read several records (rows) from a SQL table, change the key in each (recordid) and insert them back into the same table thus creating duplicates. I'm reading the rows like this: Dim strSQL As String = _ "SELECT * FROM XMMProjDet " & _ "WH...more >>

have a website that uses both http and https. I am able to change any hard coded http links to relative paths. No problem. But, I have several aspx and ascx pages that contain hard coded links that are https. I have to get rid of those, asap. I know HTML and beginning+ C#. I have heard th...more >>

Hi, Just a client JavaScript question, I have one table, I want to make table row to show different background color on mouse over, I know I can do like this: <tr class="AltLine" onclick="javascript:__doPostBack('GridPageList:_ctl3:_ctl0','')" OnMouseOver="this.style.backgroundColor='#...more >>

Compilation Error Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific error details and modify your source code appropriately. Compiler Error Message: CS0117: 'System.Data.DataTable' does not contain a defi...more >>

Is it possible to enter the EditItemTemplate of a Datalist from outside of the DataList? For example: I have a Webform with a datagrid of data displaying only 3 fields and a hyperlink to edit for each entry. When the edit button is clicked, I would like to take the user to the EditItemTempl...more >>

Hi, I have written a VB app which uses the web browser component to screen scrape a website I was wondering if I could rewrite this in DOT NET and I would like any inputs regarding this These are the things I want to accomplish 1) Type in a query and click the submit button in the web page 2) ...more >>

Hi, I have written a VB app which uses the web browser component to screen scrape a website I was wondering if I could rewrite this in DOT NET and I would like any inputs regarding this These are the things I want to accomplish 1) Type in a query and click the submit button in the web page 2) ...more >>

hey all, i have a simple web page with a datagrid on it and that's it. i enter in information throughout my day and sometimes i'll get the message object not istantiated, so i'm assuming it's a timing out issue. is there a way i can get it to prompt me with a messagebox and ask me to con...more >>

Hi All, I have written an VB application using web browser component to screen scrape some web pages .I was wondering if i can rewrite this app in ASP.NET these are the tasks I need to accomplish 1) enter query and click the submit button 2) display the result list from the web page based on t...more >>

Hi, In my page there is 4 dropdown list boxes.when page loading that time i am loading the nearly 3000 items array. so its taking too much time to load. is it other way fill up the dropdown list array items? can i make the array itesm into xml file and bind the dropdown list? is it po...more >>

I have a user pop a window that has a window.print on it. The problem is the client only wants the coupon printed once. There is no way to stop multiple prints is there? -- David ...more >>

I have an application that executes a lengthy search (5-10 sec) against a SQL server. Everything runs fine when only one user executes the search but when 2 or more users searching at once the application crash. The query returns a valid dataset, but when the application trying to access data ...more >>

Hi to all is there any way to upload a file without using <input type=file> thanks ...more >>

Hello, I am using this to open an excel file: Response.Redirect(http://myServer/Files/myFile.xls) How should I check if the file available first to get rid of error page. Thanks, Jim. ...more >>

Hi, I have a 2-3 questions.Plz if possible answer all of them. I was creating projects in ASP.NET using C# code but suddenly I started getting the error that didnt allow me create anew project or open an existing one. But if i create a new project with the IP address instead of the "...more >>

Hey! I wrote a message yersterday and got some good answers and have now managed to generate a nice image. The problem is that it's all generated in an Images.Aspx file and I don't really want that. I am writing a WebControl Library and I want to generate everything from there... In the ...more >>

Hi, I basically need to write an asp.net system where contracts (stored as word documents) can be retrieved and given to the user for amendments to be made. After the user is done, they upload the new document again. Is this practical to do in asp.net? If so a nicety would be to be able...more >>

I'm trying to insert a record on an sql server database table that has among others a text type field. The insert happens without errors and all the fields show the correct information except for the text field when the number of characters is larger than 900. In this case the text field appears...more >>

Hi, I've built a login user control and placed it on an apsx page but when run it does not fire a Page_Load event for the control. Any ideas why? Jim...more >>

I wonder how I can refer or get my web app root directory without using code behind. Here is my scenario. I created the folders below --WebAppRoot ----common ----img (assume a file called myimage.jpg is inside) ----reports ------finance ------admin I hosted the app @ http://www....more >>

Hello All After a perfect compile of my asp app I often (now more freq. than before) get the error below. To make this error go away I can delete the VSWEBCACHE/someapp/obj folder and at times it'll actually run then. Any ideas why this happens? (Oh.. and the redist. package I've crea...more >>