Hi, I've a web application and I'm using Forms authentication. My app contains some pages that can be viewed by everyone and it doesn't require any authentication or authoization and these pages mostly come at the start of the application. After a couple of such 'general' pages, the login s...more >>

Ok - this is so stupid but i just don't get it. When you create an aspx-file in asp.net2 with code behind, place a button on the form an dbl click the button you end up in a partial class - that I understand. But where can I find "the other half" of the class where controls are decladed and...more >>

I'm new to ASP .NET and have run into a problem. I have a child page open in a web application that the user adds information to and then clicks the save button. The information is added to a databse. If there is a problem with adding the record to the database, I want to display the error mes...more >>

I have some potentially large objects I would like to store in the viewstate of a user control. Large as in an entire email message. Is ViewState not the sort of place to store such an object? I think my question and concern depends on what asp.net does with the view state when the page is wri...more >>

Im trying to run a health check on some new processes developed. The bind method on list control seems to open a new database thread.. When i run sp_who on sql server it lists the new process as sleeping, awaiting command. Are these threads eating up resources or getting in the way of any ...more >>

Hello, I have a simple redirect on a login page: Login_Click() { // ... do the login verification try { Response.Redirect("index.aspx"); } catch(Exception ex) { // Get ThreadAbortException here! } } When I catch the ThreadAbortException, the redirect fails to work,...more >>

Once I've created a string with stringbuilder, how do I view it in the command window? Char by Char seems pretty inefficient. Thanks for your help. ...more >>

I can't run aspnet applications after doing building it in Visual Studio. I can load the application in my browser until I make changes in vs. After that, it just hangs. I've waited up to 5-10 minutes for the page to load, but eventually have to shut off the power as everything stops responding....more >>

I'm currently trying to learn Visual C# .Net 2003. I'm at the point of creating Web Applications using ASP.Net. I have Windows XP Home Edition installed on my laptop. I don't think my system is running IIS. I have tried to find a download of it somewhere with gettng any good results. Can ...more >>

Hi, I am creating a Subscription section on an asp.net webpage. On the left there is the string value "Email:", and on the right there is the Textbox, whose ID is EmailAddress. Using a table to line these elements up with the "Name" details, no matter what I do*, the EmailAddress textbox ...more >>

can u get MSDN for free i want to get windows vista beta one or can som1 help me download it from some where else...more >>

Hi I have hiden fields which are been set in the client side, using jscript functions. The problem is that when I move to the server side the values of those fields are empty in every step of the page lifecycle The hiden fields are set to runat = server (so I can see them) If you have ...more >>

How do I check that I am online before sending email? TIA....more >>

Hello - I have images saved in my SQL SERVER 2000 database. Using ASP.NET (C#) is there any way to temporarily save an image to a session object, and after running some other operations, later retrieve the image from the session object, convert it back to an image, and re-save it to the dat...more >>

hi guys I am looking for a way to read & download my e-mails from my pop3 account from another server by using ASP(vb) If you know anything about this subject please feel free to let me know. I learn how send but not receive. thanks Jamal ...more >>

Hi, I want to do add an if statement (C#) inside my itemtemplate. Something like this: <ItemTemplate> IF (true) ...<td><asp:HyperLink... ELSE ...<td><asp:HyperLink... </ItemTemplate> How can I do this? Thanks! ...more >>

Hi all, I am still teething on ASP.NET after flogging ASP for a number of years. What approach is recommend for storing commly used functions ? In classic asp, normally these unrelated helper functions were in a 'include file'. I have thought of writing a class, but in this instance the ...more >>

I'm reviewing the 70-305 course and I'm trying to do the Chapter 5 lab. I've created the Calls.aspx page and the dsCalls xsd. I've set the DataSource of dlstcalls to 'dsCalls.Tables(“Calls”).DefaultView' as instructed. (Page 296) When I run the project and try to access the Calls pa...more >>

I have a textbox in an ItemTemplate of a grid I'm using to allow users to change a value. I've done it a hundred times. In this project I have it returns the original amount even though the user enters a revised value in the textbox. the code is identical to my many working examples. How...more >>

Can somebody please tell me how to inherit a DropDown box in asp.net C# - step by step. I just want to inherit DropDown box and then add few more properties and methods - but I just don't know how to inherit and make it appear on the toolbox, so that I can drag and drop it on my asp.net pages....more >>

Hi, If I were to create a web user control (with all its bells & whistles) and add it to a page, is it possible to just postback the web user control instead of the whole page? Thanks, Roshawn...more >>

Hello, I have to questions about ASP.NET, I heard that APS.NET is platform independent and it can run in any browser. Here are my questions: 1. Doesn’t ASP.Net require .NET framework, if yes how is it not platform dependent, can I install .NET framework to a UNIX, IBM, VAX machines? 2. If ...more >>

i have down loaded net framework 1.1 but i still can not get my usb2.0 menory stick to work on my computer? any idea's pls?...more >>

Hi, I want to align controls to the center of the screen how can i do this? Would i have to put them in a div and center them up that way ? ...more >>

I want a JavaScript validation function to fire on an ASP.NET textbox's change event. Here's what I've been trying and it is not working. The following added in the webform's page load event: txtBirthdate.Attributes.Add("txtBirthdate_TextChanged", "MyJSFunction()") txtBirthdate.Attribute...more >>

I recently tried converting my asp.net 1.1 app to 2.0 in visual studio 2005 beta 2. I get several "type xxx is not defined" errors. It seems that some of my code file within my web application can no longer see the types defined in my asp.vb files. Here is a simple example: default2.as...more >>

I want to add items to a dropdownlist control within a Javascript eventhandler. This is what I code : var dd = document.getElementById("DropDownList1"); dd.Items.Add("1990"); dd.Items.Add("1991"); dd.Items.Add("1992"); however, it doesn't work. What should I code instead ? ...more >>

I'm writing a simple aspx page that allows users to key in some data and submit them into a SQL2k database. I realised that even after that db connection closes and the page unloaded and closed, the table will still be locked in the database. Is there any way to unlock the table after the proces...more >>

Hi, I am into developing ASP.NET web application which has Appointment functionality (similar to Outlook). The appointment I do should go to the calendar of outlook for the user I select. Any idea? Code sniplet? Regards, Somashekar ...more >>

Hi, I have an app which uses form authentication to controll access to all files. How do I allow anonymous access to a specific folder? I have a web.config file in the root of the child folder with this in it - but it still asks for a login... <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> ...more >>

Hello Group, I want to record audio file using Webpage, I am using ASP.NET (1.1 Framerwork) to develop website. If anyone knows about this, then please let me know, Thanks in Advance, Vihar Patel ...more >>

Hi, I'm looking for an ASP.NET web-control in wich I can show a generated image to user, the user should then be able to select part of the image using the mouse (rubberbanding), a postback should result from this action returning the coordinates of the upper-left and lower-right corners ...more >>

Hello In my asp.net application, I'm trying to write a multi-line message to a label server control after a db insert. I'd like to force a line break at a particular point but I can't seem to find the magic words. Please help...more >>

Hi, in order to add user dependant style sheets to my HTML pages I'd like to create an ASPX wrapper page which reads an HTML page, adds a currently selected style sheet and then outputs the rest of the page. But I couldn't find any class helping me to read HTML as a string enabling me to pa...more >>

I am told that ASP.NET controls the session ID and session variables, but that does not fit my symptoms. I am posting here as directed. I'm hoping that someone can at least recommend something to try to isolate the problem. I have a simple application that demonstrates my problem. Page 1...more >>

I have a strange and frustrating problem. page1.aspx asks for a login and goes to itself to validate the login. if it succeeds it creates a cookie for the login and goes to my creditcard form, where the cookie always works, though i don't actually use it. when the user submits the form it...more >>

Hi, I copied the following codes from Internet to export datagrid to Excel, it works with datagrid not supporting sorting or paging. Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel" Response.Charset = "" Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;filename=Statement.xls") Me.En...more >>

I'm still getting this problem? You wouldn't happen to have a suggestion? Description: An error occurred during the parsing of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific parse error details and modify your source file appropriately. Parser Error Mes...more >>

I have a button in the same page as the repeter control, so when I click that I need to loop threw the repeater and get the value of each textbox and id Dave ...more >>

I am currently designing a ASP.NET form for contacts which displays a picture depending on which contact is being viewed. This code works perfectly thus far, but I want to add an if-case for when the picture does not exist. In english it would be something like this: If file exists (".....more >>

I have a function that returns a dataset or a boolean depending upon whether a record was found. I can check for the string value of the return type, but i don'r think this is the right way to do it what is the correct method? any help would be appreciated. (hey, i'm actually learning how to ...more >>

After I saw Scott Guthrie's ASP.NET 2.0 with VS2005 seminar (which I think was great because I got to see all the cool features of VS 2005), I created a website using VS 2005 with option of File System. I used the login controls to create the registration and login process. I tested it by runn...more >>

error: System.Web.HttpException: Exception of type System.Web.HttpException was thrown. ---> System.Web.HttpException: Unable to connect to SQL Server session database. ---> System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: General network error. Check your network documentation. at System.Data.Sql...more >>

I've got an asp.net app which has a whole series of class libraries (assemblies)...all of which is currently in debug mode. When I push all this to production, what is the easiest way to go from debug to release? Currently I have to re-create all of my references in vs.net and that's tedio...more >>

hi guys I need to send an email from a form the form is collecting data from a user and then submits it to us. I would like the email to appear in the following format Name: Email: Etc. all I was able to do so far is: strBody = "Name :" & strname & " Email :" & StrEmail etc. ...more >>

Hi, The system that I'm building has some conditions, which will tell me which page to show at that time. My first thought was to have a table of controls in my DB, which will have a column for the path of a control. This way, a web form would query the table to know which control it has to...more >>

Hi, I have a datagrid and each column i have a dropdownlist. I am populalting these dropdownlists in the itembound event. This part is working fine. However, when i press the update link, and use the arg e like this: CType(e.Item.Cells.Item(3).Controls(1), DropDownList).SelectedItem.Text.Trim. T...more >>

When I try to begin a new asp.net web application I get the following error: visual studio .net cannot create or open the application because no web server was detected at this URL: "http://localhost/WebApplication1". Make sure the Web servier is installed and running....more >>

Hi, I have a asp.net page that checks if any one of the two cookies exists. If none of the cookies exist then redirect the user to login page. Cookie “try” doesn’t exists. I can see that cookie “mode” exist, but for some reason the following code fails to detect it and keeps redir...more >>

Anybody know of a way to do this? The problem I'm trying to solve is that I need to be able to have the JPG resized dynamically dependent on how big the window is. TIA - J. ...more >>