Hi all, I am getting the "SQL Server does not exist or access denied" error when i am trying access the SQL Server from a web page. SQL Server is installed in other system. Connection string is "Data Source=CTSINCALSFAW;Initial Catalog=SSGRelo; UID=user; PWD=password;". However i am able t...more >>

Hi everybody ! I'm working on a asp.net app and have been doing fine until I now try to secure it using Forms authentication. I'm still pretty new to .net and very new to "forms authentication" but I understand it's a pretty neat thing ! Here's my problem: In my solution I have a main proj...more >>

I have CheckboxList Databinded below and that works fine and i can get the selected values after PostBack. But what i have noticed is that when you select a checkbox i.e lets say 3 of them and later unselect them the last one u unselect remains printed out on the screen. How can i reset Chec...more >>

Hi, I am currently on a project where one site needs to send the user credentials to another site, through web services. Scenario: * "User 1" will authenticate to "Site A" using NTLM ("Site A" provides front-end presentation of data) * "Site A" will request confidential information abo...more >>

Hello, I would like to be able to use an URL like ... http://www.whatever.com/order/123 and have it translated into ... http://www.whatever.com/orders.aspx?orderid=123 I have searched for articles on URL rewriting and found loads. The trouble is, they're all so busy being clever tel...more >>

I've got a class "A" which has a shared (static) method "Test". In an asp.net page i can use it like so: <td><%=A.Test()%></td> and all is fine, but if instead of a page it's an ascx (control) then i get the following error in the same scenario: "reference to a non-shared member require...more >>

Hi, When asp.net worker process or application pool recycles, is it guaranteed that the Session_End event fires for all active sessions? [BTW, I'm using In- Proc session mode, Win2003 server and IIS6.0] Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Srivalli. -- Message pos...more >>

How can I dynamically create buttons and wire them to an event handler? I have seen how I can add buttons to an event handler that are pre-created as part of the codebehind using AddHandler, but I can't use AddHandler with a button that is created locally, nor can I seem to create multiple butto...more >>

I have an asp:table I am populating at pageload time. This works fine. On the same page I have an asp:dropdownlist which I also populate. These two controls are not related to one another (other than being on the same page....I use the dropdownlist to dynamically change the contents of a label...more >>

I'm getting a Web Access Failed dialog when trying to create a new ASP.NET Web Application. VB.net 2003 on XPSP2 SBS 2003, IIS6 In IIS, I created a new site with a "testsite" host header specified to distinguish from the default site. I added a CNAME record, testsite.servername.local a...more >>

Hello, I have a repeater on a page, and one of the data items is a price. I would like to be able to format this to ensure it has two decimal places, but can't work out how to do it. Suppose the ItemTemplate contains... <li>&pound;<%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "priceeach")%> ...more >>

Hi I want to call a method called test() on my user control type MyControl (see below). The question is how to reference this? I tried : (MyControl)(Panel1.FindControl("myusercontrol1")).test(); page: <asp:panel id="Panel1" runat="server"> <TABLE id="Table1" runat ="server"> <TR> ...more >>

Is there a way in asp.net to color individual items? I know I can set the color of the background and foreground, but what about an individual item in the drop down? Thanks, Tom ...more >>

My ASP.Net application is attempting to run the following code: X509CertificateStore store = X509CertificateStore.LocalMachineStore(X509CertificateStore.MyStore); bool result = store.Open(); "result" is false, and the store is not open. What am I missing here? How can I open that s...more >>

OK, here's a really REALLY dumb question but I can't remember how to do it - I need to pass a parameter as part address line (www.foo.com?fred=no). I can program it easily to call the page. Question is - how do I get at the variables (fred) on the other end? TIA - Jeffrey ...more >>

I have two servers. A login server y other server, i'm using a "cookie shared" (both servers with the same machine key) my problem is: when not authenticate user to access server2 this user is redirect to server1 (login server) but with RELATIVE url of the server2 ("ReturnUrl" in url)...more >>

Is there any way, from a web application to programatically access the httpHandlers section in the applications web.config file? Specifically I want find, at run time, the value of the path variable in the "<add vert=...." line. <httpHandlers> <add verb="POST,GET" path="test/*.ashx" type="...more >>

I am interviewing in a day or two for an asp 3.0 job. The headhunter also mentioned c++ MFC and COM. I can handle the mfc and com stuff, but the only asp I know is asp.net. Based on that, what do I already know and what dont I know about asp 3.0? also, how will COM objects be routinely use...more >>

hey, i need to be able to take a file the user/other program sends me like www.genericaddress.com/xml/default.aspx?xmlFile="filepath" or some other similar way and upload it to my server, parse it and input it into a db all without any user input except the initial web request in the addres...more >>

Hello. I have wrapped the DataGrid control with my own class (SmartDataGrid) adding some necessary functionality. My current webform has 2 SmartDataGrids. The first is populated by selected information from a drop down box. The second datagrid is populated by viewing details from a row of ...more >>

I have a user control into which I insert a bunch of controls dynamically. I have it all working just fine - Everything is there on Postback, etc. I load this user control into a hosting ASPX page at runtime during the Page_Load event procedure of the hosting ASPX page. Question: Would it ...more >>

Hi, my web application connects to a web service. The web service runs a long running sql server stored procedure. The stored procedure takes 4 minutes. I get timeouts. In my web service connection string it has "connect timeout = 300" This is 5 minutes to wait for a connection handshake rig...more >>

Okay, I've seen all the examples of using comboboxes on webforms when using simple values. And in the issue-tracker starterkit there is a way to use comboboxes with id/value foreign keys in a smart (but hard!) way. I think every developer needs bound comboboxes to store foreign keyvalues while ...more >>

my posts aren't showing up for this ng in particular. this is just a test. ...more >>

I have an aspx page that generates a file on the fly for a person to download. It sends these http headers: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="myfile.lic" The file being downloaded is a license file and MUST be stored with that ..lic extension. ...more >>

Dear Groups I've used paging with a datagrid in C# at least a hundred times, but for whatever reason, I cannot get the prev /next to appear as links. It is absolutely certain that the number of records exceed the page size. Code is as follows: <asp:datagrid id="grdStores" runat="server" ...more >>

I just have a couple of easy questions: 1. In Asp.net using Vb is there a way to list all the possible characters without listing them all like Char() = "abc..."? 2. I was trying to set the focus to a text and was not able to by using txtEmp.setfocus(). I read somewhere that this may not be p...more >>

We create an excel object with Excel/Office Interop Assembly and we want to offer this excel object as download without creating physically the file. The download window appears with "Save As.", "Open", etc Problem: The file we get as download is not the excel object we created. Inste...more >>

Hello, This has probably been asked several times, but It must be clarified for me. I would like to know why sometimes during a postback Page_Load is called after the function marked for postback. Here's the deal : From now on, I set CurrentThread.CurrentCulture only during PageLoad. so dat...more >>

Hi, I have a datagrid with boundcolumns for output. I have an edit button, can edit and update One of the textboxes is a paragraph. When the boundcolumn is displayed it looks fine, wraps, readable, etc. When I go into edit mode this becomes texbox much smaller than when displayed. It is ver...more >>

I want to develop a web application that will manage the online registration and class schedule selection process for a small university in the Caribbean. The application should support around 50 simultaneous users to begin with and if the application becomes successful maybe it will grow up...more >>

I've been developing on this machine for months and have created many ASP.NET applications that connect to various remote machines, mostly databases. All of a sudden, I am unable to connect to my SQL Server even though I have a valid connection string (no, I'm not using integrated security). ...more >>

Anyone know if I can allow my DataGrid to be put into Edit mode so that all rows and all columns (or those that I choose) are editable? I know standard DataGrid facilities exist to edit one row at a time but I wondered if it's at least possible to allow full grid editing via javascript, html t...more >>

Hello I have a web server running ASP.Net and would like to be able to upload documents from a website on this server to a share on a seperate server (not in same domain or workgroup). Is this possible as it stands (what permissions would I need for the Share folder - I assume it uses the N...more >>

Ok, here's my problem and I'm a first year webbie, so you'll have to bear with me. I'm converting some Access reports over to a .NET website. It's your typical Access cluster$#@$ (pardon my French). The report is essentially a single row with 10 columns. Each column holds data mostly independent...more >>

I am working with a DataList which consists of dynamically changing number of rows and static number of columns. There are twelve columns and each is a singe CheckBox representing a Yes or No value(checked or not checked). I have a 'Check All' button (using OnItemCommand) for each row that nee...more >>

grettings, i have been searching the web for articles on how to add new rows to datagrid... most of it does postback. do anyone here know of a good article which uses javascript to add new rows to a datagrid? would also appriciate if you could give me some nice articles on how to add new...more >>

Hello, I used copy project and create a copy of my project with file required at run time to deploy my asp.net application to a DMZ web server. I copied the folder to Web sever and created a web site by pointing this new folder. I have web site name as MySite. How should I launch this in the ...more >>

I am getting the following error: Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Source Error: Line 192: Line 193: Private Sub btnDeleteUser_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnDelet...more >>

Hey Guys, I have a question; it’s a design question, I am developing an application, where in this application users upload a database of emails in a CSV file format...now what I have done. When they are uploading the CSV file, I read the CSV file and return a Data Table representation of i...more >>

I'm using DataList to present tabular data but am often having problems with some rows column alignment being out of synch with the rest of the rows. My DataList looks similar to this...: <asp:datalist id="DataList1" runat="server"> <HeaderTemplate> <table border="0" cellpad...more >>

I have a user control that will open and close the calendar control when the user clicks on an anchor tag. Instead of having the user remember to close the calendar after they make a day selection, I would like the calendar to close itself after the day selection. I'm using the day selected to f...more >>

Hello, I have just started on Http Handlers and i have a question to ask (which is so trivial but can find anything on web). How do i add an ashx and an ashx.cs file on a C# project?? Thank you ...more >>

Hi, Maybe is a simple question but I found difficult to find the answer. Context: I am creating a site where designers ONLY touch the ASPX page and I.S. touch the code behind. Task: I have a simple page that list a number of offers based on info from the system (no dabatase, no bound ...more >>

Hi guys, i have created a asp.net application and use an HTA to view the aplication. The only way that i know to exit the HTA screen is to press ALT & F4. What i want to do is to write a piece of code that replicates this key press. E.g. on an exit button this code is called and it exits...more >>

Hi, Simple question, on normal HTML tags I can do the following <% for (int i=0; i < Total; i++) {%> <tr> <td><%Response.Write (i); %></td> </tr> <%}%> How can I do the same with aspnet tags? it complains when I do this <% for (int i=0; i < Total; i++) {%> <asp:TableRow> <asp:Ta...more >>

Hi I am aware of the technical differences.But would like to get it clarified.Given an oppurtunity is ViewState storage more efficient than Session based.I do not have a scenario where I need to share information across pages but have lots of information to cache for that page.Can you ple...more >>

Hi I've got a web app that I've installed on a client computer. Basically it's an intranet, and has a section where staff can upload media files for all to see, so theyre all in a conveinient place. Problem is, they want to store the media files on a diff directory, one that is OUTSIDE o...more >>

Hi and TIA. I have an OleDB connection to an Access db which I connect to and place data from a table into a recordset. What I want to do is copy this recordset to an SQL table. I have no problem connecting to the SQL table but can't figure out how to pump the data from the recordset into t...more >>

I have created a UserControl which takes two input parameters to run. I now would like to use this UserControl in aspx page in which the user can supply two parameters. How can I pass these parameters from aspx to the UserControl ? Thank you very much for your help. Kiyomi ...more >>

Hi there, I have a website which utilizes forms authentication under domain name like www.mydomain.com... On some pages I have to redirect https://secure.mydomain.com for ssl issues. The secure site points the very same directory of the site. The problem is when I redirect to the secure sit...more >>

All, i have created a page that allows information to be extracted from a database i am able to save this into a virtual folder no problems. what i want to do is then redirect through url to all the user to download this file. can somebody direct me in the direction of a good site :-) ...more >>

Hi, I have a table with 3 columns,the middle column should contains a button for each row when clicking the button I want to move the value from the 1st column to the third column without post back how exactly I add client side button to a row? Thanks in advance ...more >>

Hi Friends I want to make common connection string for database. I can not use Web config file, so please give idea excluding web.config file. Thanks. Alex ...more >>

Hi. I've never created an ActiveX control before, so I know little about what it is capable of and what its limitations are. My problem is this: I have to create a way to send multiple documents from the web server to a printer on the user's network. The way it works today the user has to manu...more >>

Hi All, I am using ASP .Net Beta 2 to develop web applications. In one of my web applications, i am using 'CreateUser' wizard to create users for my site. Earlier, when i was using Beta 1, i have stored all the user information in MS Access Database. Now, in Beta 2, the default stora...more >>

I have something weird hapenning on my forms authentication, which to me seems to be straight out of the MS help files After the user logs in, they shoul dbe redirected to the resource they were trying to reach. But all that happens is that they are reirected back to the login page. From tr...more >>

Hi I have a one-line web app which works on my test server but not on the remote server. The line of code is: Dim myDate As Date = "31/12/2005" This works here (New Zealand), but when I upload it to the server (USA), I get the following error: Cast from string "31/12/2005" to type 'Dat...more >>

Hi I am developing an application in which am using the windows application template. In one of the form i'll place a text box control and a button control, if i entered the virtual directory name in this text box then it has to show me the output the physical path of the virtual directory i'...more >>

Hi All, I have to execute dos command containing batch file using asp.net application. Code for batch file execution is working properly when I tried it with console application but same code is not working with ASP.net application. Help will be useful......... Thanks n Regards, Deepak ...more >>

Hi, My page saves user's login on user's computer using a cookie: Dim expires As Date = DateTime.Now.AddMonths(1) Dim cookie As New HttpCookie("login", loginValue) cookie.Expires = expires Response.Cookies.Add(cookie) On the same page, user can click on a button to remove this cookie ...more >>

Hi, I have an ASP.NET page that generates an Exception... The Exception is not caught in the executing method...so it propagates to..the Page_Error event handling method.. In that method the Exception is handled by the client exception policy...basically it logs the information coming from ...more >>

Hello, In my database I have a text field. In my page the € character is replaced by ? every time it shows up. Why? How can I solve this? Thanks, Miguel ...more >>