I have a GridView that is displaying a field as a hyperlink. I would like to add an onclick event to open another browser window using javascript. How can I accomplish this? I can do this successfully with just a simple HyperLink control. The HyperlinkField for a GridView doesn't compile wi...more >>

I have a page that creates dynamic textboxes based on the number of fields a user chooses to fill out. Basically, I am able to create the controls via this method (with other details): Dim txtbxTextBox as New Textbox() Form.Controls.Add(txtbxTextBox1) Then, when the page is submitted (via P...more >>

On my page the user is ask to set of question. Say there I have 2 controls like that == pseudo-C#-code for my control == class MyControl : CompositeControl { TextBox text; LinkButton button override void CreateChildControl() { text = new TextBox(); text.ID...more >>

Hi there, is there a simple way to check if something is in the viewstate without getting null pointer errors? I.e. obviously the "exisits" method doesnt exisit, i have just put it there to explain my point if(exisits(ViewState["something"] )) { } All my attemps seem to cause object i...more >>

In a Windows Forms project (c#, VS2003) I have a dataSet problem I don't understand. Opening the project, this error displays in the VS Task List area ... "The custom tool 'MSDataSetGenerator' failed while processing the file 'dsMain.xsd." In the VS Solution Explorer I have three dataSet...more >>

a custom object. Similar to how I bind a collection of objects to a repeater. Is there a way to bind a single object to a Table? I could use a repeater, but seems over kill for a single object. Thanks for any help....more >>

I am looking for some advice as to which hosting service to use for ASP.NET 2.0 and SQL Server development. I have looked at GoDaddy, BoundGrid, Interland and a few others but I still haven't made a decision. I also haven't been able to find a decent service that supports SQL 2005, most su...more >>

Any ideas how I can have a button click on one open page force a postback on a different page. ...more >>

Hi, guys, The following source code in Page_Load() did not work: string pathVal = "2006\"; pathVal.Replace("\\", "/"); I still had the value "2006\", not "2006/", the one I expected. I then tried the second line as: pathVal.Replace('\', '/'); still no luck. Any ideas? Thanks. ...more >>

Hi I am trying to set an application variable from a class file in my website. Currently, the class file inherits from System.Web.UI.Page I also referenced all the namespaces a normal webform would. However, when i try save my application variable like such: Application["test"] = "hel...more >>

I'm currently saving a JPG file as such: imgOutput.Save("path/filename.jpg", System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg) That saves the imgOutput as a JPG to the path shown. Works fine. Now, I'd like to change the JPG compression it uses. I apparently can do that with an EncoderParameter:...more >>

Hi, I've just create a mobile web form with visual web developer express. But when I try to run it, it shows just up the default.aspx. But when I enter start.ascx (the mobile page) I receive this error: Server Error in '/tourist' Application. This type of page is not served. Description: T...more >>

This does not work... Private Sub calWO_DayRender(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.DayRenderEventArgs) Handles calWO.DayRender If e.Day.Date.Day = 18 Then Dim myControl As New LiteralControl("<a href='http://www.google.com'></a>") e...more >>

I realize that his question has been asked, in many other forms, many times in this group. Even so, my tired eyes have not yet found a sufficient answer, so I've decided to "reask" it even though I'm sure this will offend some of the more seasoned verterans of this board. The Players: Cons...more >>

I save comments including its carriage-return linefeed from an ASP.NET textbox to a Varchar(200) field in an SQL Server Database. I show these records in an ASP.NET gridview with other columns (nae, city, country, etc). The comment appears on one row. How can I get multiline in a gridview....more >>

I have a sqldatasource on a webform. How do I (in code) retrieve the value of a particular column in the first row? Do I have to save the sqldatasource SELECT results into a datatable and look at it that way? A code sample would help. Thanks! ...more >>

I've just started getting random exceptions of type FileNotFoundException on a framework I've ported to ASP.NET 2.0. The exact message of the Exception is as follows: Could not load file or assembly 'App_Web_tim3bwzz, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its depende...more >>

I am using javascript to clear a textbox. After the users clicks on the button to clear the textbox via javascript, the user then enters in the new text and clicks on save. When the save button is click, the click event on code behind is trigger but the textbox.text is "", not the value the user...more >>

I am using javascrip to clear a textbox. After the users clicks on the button to clear the textbox via javascript, the user then enters in the new text and clicks on save. When the save button is click, the click event on code behind is trigger but the textbox.text is "", not the value the user ...more >>

Hi, How do I disable security questions in accounts in ASP.NET 2.0? Thanks. ...more >>

I just tried to manage individual pages using the website administration tool, but instead of seeing the individual pages I only see individual folders when looking at my website via the tool. How do I set access roles using this utility for individual pages? This is what I do: 1) From VS: ...more >>

Hello, I have MyPage.aspx created from a master page. I want to load the MyPage.js with javascript functions. How can I load this file in my runtime code, i.e., MyPage.aspx.vb? I am working in Asp.Net 2.0. Thank You, Miguel ...more >>

Hello, I have a GridView in my page which is created in runtime. It works fine. My page has 2 Asp Buttons: - The HIDE button makes GridView.Visible = False; - The SHOW button makes GridView.Visible = True. I press HIDE and the GridView disappears as expected. After it I press SHOW and th...more >>

Hi, ENV: VS 2005, .Net 2.0 Our goal with ASP.Net 2.0 is to distribute one assembly that contains all the output of our Web; simplifying deployment, installation, upgrades, hot fixes etc. We've tried our hardest but cannot find a way to do it. The closest we've got is having a single ...more >>

Hi, I have used Session variables in my ASP.NET 2.0 application to save data across multiple pages. My production environment does not allow me to use session state. I have to find an alternative way, ViewState will not be of much help. can somebody help me by suggesting a good way to solv...more >>

hey guys How can I get a value property for the checkbox, I don't want to use the checkbox list. Help is appreciated. Thanks, Chaprasi Bhai ...more >>

Hi, I've got an ASP.NET Web-Application written in C#. In IIS 6.0 (Windows Server 2003) I have set the application to allow anonymous access, but instead of the default user I use an own windows-user account. That account does not have too much rights (just access to the application director...more >>

Hi All, I have an existing HTML report in my web application that I need to convert to a Crystal Report. I've been looking at examples of how to create a CR on the web and all the examples show the report data being pulled from a database or a dataset. The data in my report is all calculated...more >>

My web site is using a library created in a separate project. VS 2005 has created for it an App.config file. The library is included as a refernce in my web site. When I copied my web site to it's destination the app.config has not been copied by vs 2005. The library itself is in the bin direct...more >>

I know all the hype right now from Microsoft is how much easier, faster, and less code ASP.NET 2.0 provides over previous versions. I'm puzzled by this as I could turn out an classic ASP webpage in a few hours to query a database, display a grid/table, and not have much to worry about. Doin...more >>

What's the easiest way to write to the Application Event Log using C# in .Net 2.0? Thanks ...more >>

Hello everyone! Can anybody point me to some help about builting graphs in ASP? I´m trying to build pie and/or bar graphs like the ones in http://www.hanengcharts.com/Chart_Gallery.asp I´ve downloaded a trial version and it works great, but one has to pay to have it... Does anyone know of ...more >>

When opening a DOC file via a hyperlink, is it possible to force Microsoft Word to open in a specified-size window? For example, a 600x300 window? I realize that MS Word will 'remember' the window size and placement from the last instance that was created/exited. Help is appreciated. Than...more >>

I have this code..... <script language="JavaScript"> function getLogonUser() { var u = '<% Response.Write( Request.ServerVariables("LOGON_USER") ) %>' alert( u ) } </script> ......should return "MYDOMAIN\rob.test".....but the "\r" turns into a Carriage ...more >>

Hi All, I have an asp:CreateUserWizard control. Whenever I enter a user and password it tells me that I have to have a 'non alpha numeric' character in the password. E.G. I cannot have '123werwer' it has to be '123werwer_' Is there a way to remove that restriction? Thanks, Peter. ...more >>

I've had this error for months: When trying to open a new asp .net project under .net 2003, i get the following error: The Web server reported the following error when attempting to create or open the Web project located at the following URL: HTTP1.1 500 Server Error> Does anyone know how t...more >>

Ok, did some seriously ugly meddling with javascript so that my user can do a level of formatting which gets shunted into a hidden input field as raw HTML code. That code is then passed back and written directly to a file. This works..almost. Problems: 70% of the time, when I click the "Creat...more >>

I dont know if this question belongs in here, but I will try. Does anyone know where I could get a veicle sales DB??? Example: someone comes to the web app and they see "select make" then "selct model" then "select year" and finally "select options". Does anyone know if there is a datasource o...more >>

I have a Master Page with a property defined in codebehind like this: private string profile; public string Profile { get { return profile; } } I can set the property value in the master page fine (normally page_load or page_preinit), i.e.: profile = "custom"; In the page that use...more >>

Has anyone had a problem with putting a menu control into a master page in .net 2.0? I have a problem where if i just drop a menu control on a regular page the menu works fine, the submenus work perfect. But if I put that exact same code inside a master page, when i go to view one of the files t...more >>

I'm modyfying an image upload and resizing script that we've had laying around for a long while. I'm getting a NullReferenceException error (see full error at bottom) from this line: Dim g As System.Drawing.Image = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(strTempFullFileName) I'm not sure what...more >>

I have a "master" composite control which, in turn, holds an instance of a "detail" composite control (the "master" control will ultimately contain multiple instances of the "detail" control, but I'm keeping things simple to try and figure out what's going wrong). The master control supports datab...more >>

I am trying to access a label located in a MasterPage from a class located in my application's App_Code folder. The problem seems to be that the class cannot communicate with the MasterPage due to a lack of reference to it. How do I supply a reference to the class so that it can populate the lab...more >>

If I create a new solution from scratch in VS 2005 and decide to use Forms Authentication (not using the login controls, just creating a Login.aspx page as it was in VS 2003) everything works okay, except that for the Login page the styles and images are not visible. For the other pages of th...more >>

Hi all!! I have a very stupid and simple project, just for testing, with only one page (default.aspx), and one user control. The user control only shows the time in an asp:literal each time the page is requested. I want to cache the content of the user control (not the entire page), and I w...more >>

The new file based web server that comes with Visual Studio 2005 allows you to develop and debug an ASP.NET on a remote computer rather than having to rely on IIS. Assuming you've got decent LAN bandwidth, is anyone out there developing applications off of a file server share/network drive? ...more >>

I had a page working. The user moves data around the page - to and from different ListBoxes and could save the changes with a click of a button. Sounds easy, but *that's* a whole other nightmare. Nevertheless, it was working. The Submit button was an asp:button with an OnClick server-side me...more >>

I am new to asp.net. I am writing a program that will revolve around an extensive client database, and wonder what the best way to design the program is, using classes. I have about 10 different sections, or categories if you will, about a client. For instance, some clients have data rega...more >>

I have a very strange problem involving controls and the CustomValidator. We have created a custom control. The control includes an ordinary textbox, a customvalidator with the ControlToValidate set to the textbox, and a VBScript validator subroutine. The purpose of the sub is to insure t...more >>

Hello, friends, I developed a web page with the following statement as part of it: <td width="80%" height="800" valign="top"> <iframe width="100%" height="100%" src="c:\DeptFiles\shs_test.pdf"></iframe> </td> It worked fine in dev machine (in a local network). However, after de...more >>

I want to use server.transfer to go to a new aspx page. I want to be able to still have the viewstate from the previous page. I have researched this and see a lot about it, but I can't find a good straight forward example. Does anyone know how to do this? I'm using asp.net 2.0 and vb.net. ...more >>

This question is one of pure curiosity. Clearly the url is incorrectly formatted, but the funny is most of the time it works. Occasionally it does not work. By not work I mean does not call page load. By work I mean calls page load. Sample failing url sample.aspx?a=ON= Sample working url ...more >>

I am using a web control stored in the root directory containing an image like: <IMG height="84" alt="" src="images/image1.gif" width="120" border="0"> This works fine on .aspx pages that are in the same directory as the ..ascx file, but when I call the user control from an .aspx page in a...more >>

Hi, I have an ASP.NET 2.0 application. I need to generate some documents (reports) like invoices, orders, etc. Users need them to preview and print. Which of methods is the best for doing it: 1. Creating HTML page containing data (problems with rendering and unexpected behavior when dynamic...more >>

I'm developing a ASP.NET 2.0 web application which exports and imports Word documents. The functionality is implemented in a DLL project which is referenced by the web application. In the DLL I've added a reference to the COM Microsoft.Word 11 Object library and set the property Copy Local ...more >>

I want to pop open a new window from my asp.net 2.0 web page. I want it to pass or submit the current viewstate to the new window. Does anyone know how to do that? Thanks....more >>

How can I strip out unwanted characters in a string before updating the database? For instance, in names & addresses in our client table, we want only letters and numbers, no punctuation. Is there a way to do this? ...more >>

Hi there, I'm searching a possible way to do something like this, but in .aspx: VBscript <% Dim startTime, abc startTime = timer() abc = Round((timer - StartTime)*1000) Response.write ("This page was generated in "&abc&" seconds.") %> How can I do this in .aspx ??? Thanks, Jonadabe...more >>

I have a site that has multiple web site projects. I got it working on my windows xp sp2 computer in pre-compiled mode. I created a new site on a windows 2003 server and copied the pre-compiled site up to this server. Now I am getting the following error: Server Error in '/' Applicati...more >>

I have broken up my web site into smaller web site projects. When I look at the precompiled files, it always has the virtual directory in them ie: <preserve resultType="3" virtualPath="/Security/DefaultLogin.aspx" hash="fde4916e6" filehash="ffffe84d717a4765" flags="110000" assembly="App_We...more >>

1.) i want to open a browser when click a button the browser can only be open ONE only, no TWO can be open! ...more >>

how ASP.NET to generate excel report(office 2003) to client what component i need to reference into the asp.net application and what component i need to install to the server? Moreover, does it free?...more >>

I use the following code in OnRowDataBound for getting the column sum in a GridView: Protected Sub dg(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewRowEventArgs) If e.Row.RowType = DataControlRowType.DataRow Then Session("intAccountGroup") = Dat...more >>

I have a public class in a vb file placed in the app_code directory where I would like to put generic db functions. I was hoping to get the connection string from web.config with the following code but it doesn't work: Public Shared ConnectionString As String = ConfigurationSettings.AppSett...more >>

Hi, I'm new to ASP .NET, working on a school project, which i need to find out the client's MAC address. However in my search on the web, i have not find any method available, and some mention that it is not possible. I hope someone will be able to help me out about this! Thanks! Regar...more >>

The connections to IIS of XP is limited below 10. When the 11th user want to connection to IIS, the system will refuse. He must wait until one of the connections is disconnected. I use the login controls of VS 2005. but I found that when a user press logout, the 11th user still can't login, ...more >>

Hi Grp, Please suggest a best method ( in terms of performance )to read the document hosted on web server. Like in our case, we are using sharepoint server for document hosting and these documents are of type pdf,word,txt,html. Please do let me know the standard way to read any type of docum...more >>

Hi everyone, i would like to store the time when something happened, to be entered manually by a user. What would be the best way to enter this information and then to store it in an MSSQL database? I.e. 4.05 pm ? Im unsure if there are some inbuild classes to handle such events in c#. ...more >>