Hi. I have the following simple code, and yet.... I enter for instance "Encryption" and I get back ">ZH(5f^0" Web.Config: --------------------------------------------------------------------- <appSettings> <add key="DESKey" value="MAMMAMIA"></add> <add key="DESIV" value="PAP...more >>

I am creating a table using a datalist and I want to add an ID to the html tag <tr> of each row created (eg <tr id="1">). I have a JavaScript function which will change the back color of each row based on its ID. I have tried using the OnItemCreated event to add an ID to the row. Here is the c...more >>

Hi, For the following form: <form runat="server"> <asp:checkboxlist id="list" runat="server"> <asp:listitem runat="server" value="Cash" /> <asp:listitem runat="server" value="Check" /> </asp:checkboxlist><br/> </form> I get the the attach...more >>

Hi All, I don't understand why this is happing. If anyone knows this please fill me in. I've simplified my question for the sake of simplicity that's why my example sounds cheezy. 1. I have a VB.Net page with the following items: -Textbox for Author -Button for Okay -A few other obj...more >>

hi, I now got a session ID. I want to try to resume a session by closing the current browser and open a new one. Then pass the session ID in URL query string on new browser to resume the session that is running at the closed browser. Is it possible to resume a session like that? Any sampl...more >>

I have compiled the portal sample comming whit whidby. While running it ftom the IDE it works, all buttons on the start page are shown. When I deploy the portal with the Menu "WebSite/Publish", the login, download and create new account button isn't shown. A compare of the html source code ...more >>

Hi all, in VS.net 2003, in the New Project page, I saw ASP.Net Web Service and ASP.Net Web Application. What's their difference? When should I use which one? Thanks! KC ...more >>

I'm nearly at the stage of deploying a web app and I'm looking for a host. Most packages give stats relating to bandwidth and number of email accounts and so on, but for an ASP.NET host I've seen nothing about whether they allow you access to the GAC, or whether they have any particular poli...more >>

In the database design I'm using a soft delete (a column flaged as IsDeleted) instead of a hard delete, what should you do if the item is deleted in one table yet you go a create a dropdownlist with a list of items and record you bring up has that soft deleted item so you try to "set" the sele...more >>

I create a user control that is used as a page header for all application's pages. The user control contains a HyperLink control named accountHyperlink whose text can either set to "Account/Logon" or "Account/Logout" depending on whether the user is logged on. I want to cache this user con...more >>

Hi; Is there a url to a page that explains how I should install my ASP .NET app on to Windows 2003? -- thanks - dave...more >>

Pardon my ignorance on this. The below code works, except, when I edit a record and update the two drop downs take the first entry in the dropdownlist if not selected. I'd also like the dropdown to show the current value in edit mode. I'm sure this is a common question. I've reviewed several rel...more >>

Dear All, I'm facing a small problem. I have a portal web site, that contains articles, for each article, the end user can send a comment about the article. The problem is: I the comment length is more that 1249 bytes, then the progress bar of the browser will move too slow and then displayi...more >>

Does anyone know of an ASP.NET solution for handling WebDav requests? I want to be able to trap WebDav requests in an ASP.NET module (so that I can do some custom authentication), then call into an HttpHandler so that the request can be processed. It seems to be that once the request is di...more >>

Hi; The examples I have seen all use "if (IsPostBack) { ... }" to handle an action when the user presses the submit button. However, it seems to me a more object oriented approach is to use a callback event attached to a button. Is there a good reason to use one over the other? -- ...more >>

Hi; The ASP .NET book I have only talks about putting everything in a single aspx and aspx.cs file. However, it seems to me you want to redirect to a different page/class for each logical page. Which brings up 2 questions: 1) When the user presses submit, is best practice to immediately re...more >>

Hi; I have a case where after the user clicks the submit button, I need to display a pdf document. I have the pdf file in memory, it is not on disk so I can't redirect to a file. How can I return the document the browser wants as a type application/pdf and feed it the file image as the d...more >>

Hi, is it possible to have 2 hyperlinks in a single HyperLinkColumn, one to edit and one to run a filter thanks ...more >>

how can i configure asp.net so that whenever an error occurs it would show a blank page, not the default error message. Thanks. ...more >>

Hi, I've got the following error when building my ASP.NET application called WebApplication1: Preparing resources... Updating references... Performing main compilation... error CS0006: Metadata file 'c:\inetpub\wwwroot\WebApplication1\bin\WebApplication1.dll' could not be found Build...more >>

I need to connect to a web site like this: http://www.somewebsite/bin/xml?username=xxxx;password=yyyy and then process the returned XML stream in a Win Forms Application. Can any one point me to the namespace or help item in VS.NET that would be used to do this? Otis Mukinfus http://ww...more >>

I've been searching for ways to perform custom error handling in an asp ..net web application and have found two ways of doing it: Page Level and Application Level. What I'm curious about is, which one to use? As I'm somewhat new to asp .net, I'm unsure if both Page Level and Applicatoin Leve...more >>

I have a listbox which is populated by a dataset: 'initiate the DataSet and all the rest here my sql statement is this: SELECT company_id, name, description FROM companies ds = DataControl.GetDataSet(sql) lstCompanies.DataSource = ds lstCompanies.DataTextField = "name" lstCompanies.DataVa...more >>

What would be a more efficient way for me to determine if a record in an SQL DB table exists? Right now, I have a try/catch like this: try { if(checkcom.ExecuteScalar().ToString()==tbBillNumber.Text) { .... } } catch { ... } Is there any way I can do ...more >>

I'm trying to add an extra row (option) above the list that I create via a dataset. I've tried adding a datatable to add a row but can't seem to get it to work. I'd rather keep it as a dataset. Code: ddrmaapprovby = listbox Dim dstEmployees As DataSet Dim dadEmployees As SqlDataAdapter ...more >>

I have an aspx page with nothing in it but one literal, which I populate with straight forward html (the html consists of about 25 tables with approx. 30 rows each and two columns with text in each cell). When I click to view the aspx page it takes longer than I would have thought for me to ...more >>

I am treying the change the background color of textboxes that have invalid data. I am trying the code shown below but when I run it, I get an exception? Any thoughts on why this doesn't work? Wayne ================================= Dim normColor As Color = System.Drawing.Color.White ...more >>

Hi; On my home computer (work computer is fine), when I create a new ASP .NET project, it takes minutes (no exageration) for it to create the project. It is paused forever on a dialog that says something like connectiong to localhost/project. And when I start the debugger, it takes about...more >>

I can't find the download for "Internet Explorer WebControls Download." I have searched throughout the MS site and on every link I have come to with the above description when I click, I am taken to: http://msdn.microsoft.com/404/default.aspx Any ideas on how I can get these ...more >>

I have a user control with name FoldersManager in the user control i have a datagrid to view items retrieved from XML file in ItemDataBound i did if(e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.Header) { e.Item.Cells[0].Text = "<input onclick='refresh(this);' type=checkbox id=allmsg>"; } when I ...more >>

suppose I've an application running on my desktop computer running windows xp pro. I would like to access this application over Internet wherever I'm via standart web browser. My aim infact is just carrying the interface of an application over Internet without using RDP protocol which requires...more >>

Hai, Could any body help me out in finding out the Client Perceived Response Time for an ASP.Net application. CPRT is measuring the time it takes for a page to load from browser click to browser click. This takes into account network latency incurred by routing, firewalls and proxies....more >>

How can i get my current Namespace & current class in my webform... I tried alot but i get ASP.myformname_aspx... Is there a way to get Current Namespace, class?? ...more >>

I used to clear my page's control in Visual Studio 2003 using code like this: Dim c As Control For Each c In Page.Controls(1).Controls If TypeOf c Is TextBox Then CType(c, TextBox).Text = Nothing End If If TypeOf c Is DropDownList ...more >>

Hi. I have two questions, please: a) If I go DIRECTLY to Login, there's no Request.Params("ReturnURL"), and therefore RedirectFromLogin won't work, because it will try to go to a page named "Default", which in my case does not exist. Short of creating a "mandatory" Default page, what can I ...more >>

I am facing some problem. I uploaded some different files (jpg, bmp, doc, pdf) into SQL Database using ASP.NET and VB.NET and I tried to download them again. all files worked properly unless the pdf files. The download goes fine but when I try to open them, I receive an error declaring that th...more >>