Hi, Tryin to open a generated word doc with Word and not in IE. Lookin samples, I tried this without success : Response.ContentType = "application/ms-word" Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "inline;filename=" & MyFileName & ".doc") Response.WriteFile(MyFileVirtualPath) It's stil...more >>

hi I had been using this datagrid for long. all well...but suddenly the itemdatabound event is not at all getting called...i dont see my links..initally it worked well here is the page_load and itemdatabound event. Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.E...more >>

I want a Visual Basic 6.0 web or desk top application to communicate with a Visual Basic.NET web or desktop application. I also want a Visual Basic.NET web or windows application to communicate with Visual Basic 6.0 web or desktop applications. Can you tell me what is the best communicati...more >>

Is there anyway to stop the flickering when a page refreshes in the browser? I am thinking maybe something to do with buffering and repainting the page over the old one instead fo clearing the display and then redrawing. My ASP page always fills the available browser window. Any help much a...more >>

Inside Search.aspx I make the following call: Server.Transfers("Table.aspx"); I'm transfered to Table.aspx and browser still shows Search.aspx in address bar. However, I do postback within Table.aspx. The first time that there is postback the address bar shows Table.aspx! Am I correct to...more >>

Is it possible using the smtp class in asp.net to send emails and authenticate to the mail server that is sending the emails out. Currently I have a web application that works fine on my machine, will send email to both my company email addresses and to non-company email addresses. However,...more >>

I have just created a very simple web page/site in VS 2005. I have saved it, built it but when I try to display in a browser it takes about 20 seconds and then comes up with "the page cannot be displayed" error. Being new to C# and the .Net environment I"m not sure what to go look for. I was u...more >>

Hi, I dont have sql 2005 express on my machine. Instead i have sql server 2005 CTP. When i build and run the website, i get following error. What are necessory steps required to run site. Server Error in '/WebSite3' Application --------------------------------------------------------------...more >>

Hello, I have a form that contains a repeater. A simplified version of the ItemTemplate is shown below (air code)... <br><asp:Literal id="litID" runat="server" /> <br><asp:TextBox id="txtQty" runat="server" /> <hr> This basically shows a list of item IDs, with quantities for each one. ...more >>

I am creating an EventLog and attempting to write to it using the following code. The problem is when I inspect the log there in no entry? Can anyone see what I am doing wrong here? if (!System.Diagnostics.EventLog.SourceExists("SmartMI")) { System.Diagnostics.EventLog.CreateEventSourc...more >>

Hello Coould please any one to help me to find good graphical controls to create GDI in ASP.NET. Some related websites also really appreciated Thanks in Advance John ...more >>

I just moved off my own server to a webhotel with frontpage extensions. using Visual studio i created a webbapplication to one of the domains. I mailed the support about this problem http://www.pixelriot.net/webform1.aspx they said it was a programmatically error but I think it's a setup ...more >>

How can I run some special start up code everytime the asp.net process starts? ...more >>

how do i stop the dynamic validators from breaking explorer if i use a dynamic validator and move to a different control it breaks explorer and i can type in the page when i'm not supposed to. thank you. ...more >>

We have 3 different environments: dev, qa, and production. After unit testing, the application is deployed to dev for unit testing among the programmers and business analyst. When that is okay it gets deployed to QA for other qa teams to test. When that is approved, it gets deployed to produ...more >>

Hello,=20 I have a web page that gets the user to select items from a list of = options. This list is a set of independant Radio Buttons. I did not = use a Radio Button List because I wanted the possibility of multiple = selections. However, one item is "None of the above" and I have pl...more >>

I've created 2 listboxes with buttons that transfer items between the two. The idea is that one of the listboxes will have a collection of items to be deleted from the database. I haven't found any documentation on how to loop through the listbox to build a query string. I'm guessing it will loo...more >>

Hi all, Hoping someone can help me w/an annoying issue. I'm using a CustomValidator to check the length of a value in a textbox (length should be less than 500). When I test the form, if length > 500, I get the appropriate error message from the CustomValidation. When I replace the t...more >>

Hello- I am missing something very easy here I think. I have 3 files test.master.vb (Master) content.aspx.vb (content) Control.ascx.vb (user Control) All 3 work fine together, but I am not being able to get/set parameters like I think I should. I think it has something to do with in t...more >>

Dear All: I have been developing ASP.NET application on MS Access database using ODBC. When I was trying to save more than 255 chars in a Memo field I got the following error. ERROR [HY104] [Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver]Invalid precision value Below is the code snippet of two f...more >>

Olá amigos, Sou desenvolvedor Delphi/ASP e novato em ASP.NET. Vamos criar uma rede de contatos no MSN com desenvolvedores brasileiros? Assim podemos trocar idéias, rotinas, dicas, etc. Quem quiser me add como techvia@hotmail.com [ ]s RAMON ROCHA ...more >>

I have an application that stores paths as UNCs in a database. I want ASP.NET to move files from a UNC to a web accessible location, but I'm having the hardest time getting the app to access the UNC even when the UNC points to the machine running ASP.NET. What magical and voodoo must I perfo...more >>

Hi, I have a question about generating a word document from a template document in a web control / web part. I'am using now the aspose.word dll's but for this solution we have to pay a lot of money. I searched the internet for a couple of days now, for a good example how to render a wo...more >>

In VS 2003 when I created a web application, I was able to drag and drop controls on it like a windows form. In VS 2005, I have no control on where on the page to position these items, only to place them on the page, then try to manipulate them with the space bar or carriage returns. Wh...more >>

I am trying to Synchronize anonymous users with authenticated uses using Profile_MigrateAnonymous. However Profile_MigrateAnonymous only carries information in one direction, for instance, if I delete one item from the basket in a shopping cart when the user is still anonymous, the item comes ba...more >>

I am receiving an Invalid ViewState error after posting back to the same page twice. Consistently the error occurs after the second postback and not after the first. I have looked into creating a static machinekey in the machine.config and that did not help. I believe that issue only occu...more >>

Hi, friends, In Page_Load() events, I want to initialize this web page with values I retrieved from DB. For example, for the element <INPUT type="text" id="firstName" .../>, I want to make its value equal to "John". So, in C#, I did: this.firstName = dbrow["firstName"].ToString()...more >>

I love it and want to use it instead of VS's HTML editor. Only, I can only look and not edit. Is it not complete yet? UGH Mozilla is the same way. I can look but not edit! Paul ...more >>

I have an application running on a 3 server webfarm running Windows 2003 with SQLServer Session state. After running for several hours, I started getting the following error. When I access each app individually, only one of the servers seems to return this error when I step through a sequenc...more >>

I am reposting this..hoping someone (from Microsoft) can confirm this at least as a problem: Since installing the VS.NET August CTP the DataFormatString of the BoundField in the Gridview and Details view does not work. Runtime v2.0.50727. <asp:BoundField DataField="Event_Date" DataFormatS...more >>

Following problem: I have on the page one (graphic-)button (its click even is wired), some other stuff and of course the page_load function Page_Load function has the following entry: { if (!Page.IsPostBack) { counttextboxes = 0; ViewState.Add("counttextboxes", counttextb...more >>

Im having problems maintaining session state. I set a session variable like this: Session("NavigatedAway") = "Yes" Then when I redirect to another page and try to look at the session variable, it's set to Nothing. Any clues? I have EnableSessionState on my page directives..and cookie...more >>

When we update some files of our ASP.NET application on our customers servers, the vbc.exe process compiles these files "on the fly" at the first call. Right. For one server (running Windows 2000 Server), we have a randomly timeout on the vbc.exe process while users are connected to the appli...more >>

Hello! I have a simple question. Do we have session arrays that we can reference, assign, or select from? Could I please have a sample of how this is done. The obvious syntax that I am trying doesn't work. There are SA's in VB, but I am not seeing anything for C#. Thank you! -Bah...more >>

hello group, I have to create a web page with some drag and drop and dynamic positining. Does anyone know any ASP.NET controls which we could use. Thanks in advance ...more >>

i have a popup window that is basically a save form, it opens from a page that contains datagrid for listing records.. when save button is clicked from popup window, i want to refresh listing page, so newly added record would appear in the grid. i am able to access parent window, can call fu...more >>

I have a datagrid that updates the table using a stored procedure. The = stored procedure is confirmed to complete correctly, yet the sql data = adapter is returning an error that my application is catching.=20 Everything within my stored procedure is contained within a transaction. = When uti...more >>

Hello, friends, In ASP, we use <!-- include --> to include header/footer files. What are recommended to do in ASP.net? Any sample source code or reference papers? Thanks a lot for your help....more >>

I have seen this issue posted a number of times, but never a solution. Can someone please help. If I access my web application that uses Forms Authentication using "localhost" (http://localhost/myapp) or by its IP address (http://192.168.100.1/myapp), authentication works fine. The authentica...more >>

Hi, We have a large web application, using ASP.NET/C# that runs quite happily on a Windows 2003 server under IIS, but when we install it on a server with sharepoint installed it keeps falling over with NullReference exceptions. These exceptions appear to be related to core objects such as b...more >>

i have a problem when i set a session variable on the login page. sometimes when i try to access it later it is null. this is how my login page works: Session["Typ"] = drEmployee["Typ"].ToString(); //set the typ session variable to employee typ. either: sales, admin, etc. FormsAuth...more >>

Hi, I am trying to debug a internet solution with 4 kind of projects: 1. Presentation Layer: ASP.Net Pages 2. Service Interface Layer: Web Services 3. Business Layer: COM+ Classes 4. Data Layer: COM+ Classes But in the same solution i am having problems with ASP.Net Pages and Web Servic...more >>

I have a parent iframe and 1 child iframe. when I click a button in the parent iframe, I want the whole page to be directed to another page. Right now, when I click on the button, only the child iframe is redirected to another aspx page. TIA. Andrew...more >>

I have a problem when the HTTP keep alive is set to true on a server. When a other server call a web service to that server (the one with the HTTP keep alive is at true) I receive randomly a "Underlying connection was closed on a send" if I retry a few second after, everything works well. This...more >>

I need to call a class on every web page in a site. In ASP.NET 1.1 I would call this class before the Page_Load event in each web page's code-behind file since it needs to run before the web page loads. In ASP.NET 2.0 can I do the same thing by calling the class on the MasterPage's code-beh...more >>

Hi I haven't done any "serious" dot net development in over six months, but I am about to start a new job where I will be doing it every day. I want to get myself a couple of good books to arm myself with when I enter the new job. My level is "experienced" but certainly not "expert". I...more >>

Hello, I have an ASP.Net c# web application which contains 4 separate folders, each of these folders contains a default.aspx page, I am pointing several domains to different sections of this asp.net application. the problem is that when I point it to the index page of my applications sub...more >>

Has anyone figured out how to get rid of the "doPostback" Javascript errors on Safari. I have a simple page with one gridview. When a row is selected, Safari hangs and the Javascript console reports an "invalid return type on doPostback". All I'm doing is running a standard select call (nothi...more >>

Using c# I'm trying to access a value from a dataset using the following code. keyword.Text = myDataSet.Tables[0].Columns["keyword"].ToString(); but rather than getting the value at that location I just get the value 'keyword'. I've also tried this without success. keyword.Text = myDataS...more >>

Hi all, I have a application that is built in .net. When I run the .exe file I get the following error "Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation" Now for a little history. I have Box A, application runs fine on this box, I copied the application to Box B. I do not hav...more >>

Hi I have an DataList item where i use DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "sent") to fetch data and display it and it works fine. But depending on wheter a value in the datatable that is the datasource to the DataList is either "public" or "private" i would likte to add HTML to the page in ...more >>

Can someone please tell me why I can't open PDF's from a database but I can open all other types of files... I have acrobat reader 7 installed on my client and there is no problem opening normal PDF files but when I try to open a PDF using the following code it either opens in notepad or co...more >>

Dear all, I am just learning the ASP.NET and I try to understand how application and session event are handle.. I can simulate well the session event which increment at each instance of the web server adress by placing Application("SessionCnt")=Application("SessionCnt")+1 in Session_S...more >>

I'm working on asp .net project,when trying to work in debug mode IE stuck(not responding). When I debuged it I saw it stuck when trying to connect to the sql server. After that when I'm trying to open regular IE window it's stuck also . After restart when I'm opening the same page not ...more >>

When I build my web site (debug build), the bin folder contains pdb files for every referenced assembly (also part of my solution). When opening the "pending checkins" window, all DLLs and PDBs in the bin folder are listed for checkin. Should I checkin these files, or how can I prevent VS f...more >>

OK, I almost got my problem solved. Zen is almost there! Just that a LinkButton control inside a column in my datagrid doesn't show like a link button. It does not have an underlining. My client side JavaScript is enabled. How do I make the button underlined and appear and act like a linkbutton?...more >>

Hello, I had an ASP.NET application running on Windows 2003 machine and it was all working fine. I upgraded the machine to Windows 2003 SP1 and now my application is failing with "Specified cast is not valid" exception. Here is the code snippet where the error comes from. Object o=System.Ac...more >>

How do you set the text of each row of a ButtonColumn column type to a particular field from a DataGrid's DataSource if the DataSource property points to a Hashtable? ...more >>

How do you get the text of a ButtonColumn control column in a datagrid? As an example, I tried this little snippet on a test project, but it returns a null string. Private Sub dg_ItemCommand(ByVal source As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGridCommandEventArgs) Handles dg.It...more >>

Hi, I'm curious why MS decided to have Transfer hide the target page's url invisible? Any guesses ? Thanks. Dee. ...more >>

Hi all, I am sending email via ASP.NET. In the message i am wanting to insert a linebreak after an initial salutation. In asp I would simply use vbCrLf. objEmail.Body = "Dear " & Rw("name") & "," & vbCrLf & txtMessage.Text This doesn't work. What do i need to do to insert the require...more >>

Can anybody recommend a good ASP.NET 2.0 book to buy? Thanks ...more >>

I have not any serial number in my table. But I want to show the serial number in my select result. Like: Select firstname, age from Employee: Jhon 38 Mary 40 Mimi 32 How to show : 1 Jhon 38 2 Mary 40 3 Mimi 32 I wnat to show that serial number in a datalist control. How ...more >>

I have need to convert a text string (with formatting) to an image. This is so that I can resize the image to different sizes and the formatting stays exactly the same regardless of the size. I actually want the font size to increase/decrease as the image grows/shrinks much the way text does i...more >>

i want to raise an event on the server with a javascript call on the client. i found a solution but i think its not so elegant. the solution is: i call __doPostBack("RefreshPage", ""); from javascript and check in the Page_Load routine : bool refreshPage = Request.Form["__EVENTTARGET"] == "Ref...more >>

Hi all, What is the best way to preselect a drop down list item based on info from a db? Surely i don't have to write a function iterating through all the list items and comparing values to find the required index??? Cheers, Adam ...more >>

Hi I have datalist control in my ASP.NET application the problem here is i have used a textbox with multiline true propertly when i enter data like "fdjsfhjksdhfjsdfhsdjhfsdfhsdjfhsd jfdsjfksdjfksdjkfjsdfjksdjfsdjfd fdsfhjsdhfjsdhfjf dsjf dsjfhjsdfhjksdh d fdsjf hsdjkfhdjsf...more >>

I have make an component with fiex version (1.0.0.1) i realize two web component that use this library. i've change the library and when i execute the web application i have this error : Could not load type ****** from assembly *******, Version=1.0.0.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null...more >>

Hi, i am sending email from asp.net. I am using obj.Email.From = senders email address. How do i include the senders name in the email so it will be displayed in the recipients inbox. If i recall correctly JMail had something like objEmail.FromName. Thanks, Adam ...more >>