In VS 2003, I was able to exclude full folders from a project but I can't do the same in VS 2005. I can exclude files but not folders. I prefer to exclude at the folder level because the folder icon has visual indicator. John Dalberg...more >>

I'm running into a repeatable oddity in porting a bunch of ASPNET1.1 websites to ASPNET2. Calls like this: MapPath("/path/fromroot") result in exceptions under ASPNET2, but worked fine under ASPNET1.1. Changing the calls to: MapPath("~/path/fromroot") makes them work again under ASPNE...more >>

Can anyone recommend any good controls to implement animated buttons. I want something that can perform the following: - Must initially display a static image - When clicked the button must seamlessly display an animated GIF while waiting for the postback to return The idea is to provide ...more >>

I downloaded the Web Deployment Project at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/reference/infrastructure/wdp/default.aspx This is supposed to integrate with VS.net, adding some new configuration options for web apps assuming you have .net framework 2.0 installed. I have the .net framework 2....more >>

Sigh. Every other ftp client I've used lets me enter the path to the site, the user id and password, and connects.. but not the one in VS2005. Why does MS have to do everything differently? Here's the problem: when I try to connect (through Copy Web Site) via FTP, I get the error message "The ~/...more >>

HI all, I'm returning a dataset to a gridview control. When the gridview asp.net control is populated from the returning dataset some of the cells remain empty. This is expected as some data in the dataset is empty. The cells that are empty, in the gridview control, I would like to have the...more >>

When I create a web site (or personal web site starter kit) I don't see a "release" version in the configuation manager like a default Winforms application has. Does it not apply for Asp.net? ...more >>

VS 2005 / .NET 2.0 Windows 2000 Server sp4 (on development as well as testing server) Using Web Deployment Project to build assemblies for testing and production servers. I added a Global.asax file to my web site so I could implement a Application_Error() handler. The handler works fine on m...more >>

Hi All, I've created a Crystal Report using Visual Studio.NET 2003 that I'm trying to display in an HTML table in a webpage (i.e. I've placed the report viewer control within a table cell). The report itself displays fine, however, the problem is that first, the report is too large for the t...more >>

i wrote an app using ajax.net and i'm told that the hosting outfit wants $10 to set up the dll PLUS $10 every month to 'maintain it because it's a custom dll'. i've stated to look at atlas, but it looks like it's still in beta. can anybody confirm this? ...more >>

Sorry if this is a stupid question. I'm learning with Visual Web Developer 2005. I've read and watched many videos on how to connect to SQL and getting the information in details view and grid view. Can someone point me in the right directions on where I might be able to learn how to pul...more >>

Our company is making the switch from ASP to ASP.net, but we've noticed a significant problem. With ASP, developers could check out individual pages, make changes and check those pages back in without affecting other developers. With ASP.net, developers can check out individual pages, but ...more >>

hi, i get a list of IDs from a sqlcommand. With each of this IDs i create an object of a class "XY". Each object and its properties should now be displayed in an asp:repeater. How can I make this? Alex ...more >>

Well I have been using the new Microsoft asp.net 2.0 TreeView Control in my application. I need to provide some kind of "Expand All" and "Collapse All" button. This button should not post the form back to the server but should work by Javascript only. Any suggestion is welcome. Thanks Vive...more >>

Hello, Is it possible to write a script using CONDTS object to read all emails from the SMTP IIS "Drop" folder without changing the username and email address in LogonSMTP? or is there completely another way to do it. Here is what I want exactly the program to do: I just want to have one sc...more >>

Is there a reason for which using the MasterType directive to use the typed struct of a master page conflict with the @Page Theme directive? Thanks Andrea ...more >>

I am new to ASP.NET, but have been programming for about 14 years (C# about 2 years). My manager asked me to develop a web application that would allow employees to view a spreadsheet that is used to manage resources (projects, employees, hours, dates, etc). The employee should only be a...more >>

I am trying to run ASP.Net 2.0 pages within a ASP.Net 1.1 application. The 2.0 pages are located in a sub-directory of the 1.1 application. Once I create a new web.config file in the 2.0 folder the 1.1 applcation fails. I cannot set up a second application for the 2.0 pages due to sharing ap...more >>

I have created a master page with a single asp:button that posts the page without page validation. On the content page, I have a variety of asp controls including text box, drop down list controls and user controls. I also have a single button that posts the page with page validation. D...more >>

Hi Does anyone know of an 'out of the box' forum software, similar to that of vBulletin which is unedr PHP? Thanks ...more >>

I currently have a web application with hundreds of pages and controls. There currently is no HTML Encoding done anywhere. Data to the application come from all different places such as UI, WebServices, Remoting and listeners that log data. All this data needs to be shown to the user at some poi...more >>

My application has a subfolder where I put and change many files at runtime. On asp.net 1.1 it works very well, but on 2.0 the application is restarted when I change many files. How can I configure the asp.net to avoid monitor my subfolder? I cannot believe that there's not a way to make th...more >>

Problems streaming PDF back to Internet Explorer are well-described here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q305153 The solution, however, is elusive. I thought I was supplying all the required info with my code*, but it still doesn't work. Any help would be much app...more >>

I would like to add a WebUserControl control at runtime in the CreateChildControls() method, but it's not working like I had hoped. This technique works fine for WebControls: protected override void CreateChildControls() { Header hdr = new Header(); Footer ftr = new Footer(); ...more >>

I use a dataadapter to create a datatable and retrieve/update data in SQL Server database. But the datatable does not receive the default values from a server table and the new records don't receive the defaults values. What may be wrong here? Thanks. ...more >>

Ideally, someone with lots of .NET - Omaha, Nebrsaka-Full Time Salary/ Compensation Range: $70 to 75K plus benefits Hi Hope this mail finds you in the best of Health and Cheer. Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Balu, working as Lead-Recruiter with a Woodbridge, New Jersey Head ...more >>

Hello, When my users logs in to my site, an MD5 hashed value of the password is sent to the server, and there the value is validated against a database. What if someone catchs my hash value and also send it to my server. Will that form manipulation succeed? Many thansk in advance ...more >>

I need to call an exe that resides on a server on the network from a ASP.NET page. first, is this possible, and if so who would I go about doing it? What is need to do this and have the exe run when its called?...more >>

We have an webservice application that has a memory leak when the application is compiled release mode. However, when the application is compiled in debug mode it does not exhibit a memory leak. We are running .net 1.1 compiled with VS 2003. The application does reference an unmanaged dll...more >>

Hi all, I don't know what the exact meaning in my case for this exception to be thrown. When my program execute the following statement: item.NumPersonsOnTrxn = GetNumofPeoplePerTrxn(orderID, sProduct) The system.stackoverflowexception was thrown. The getNumberofPeoperPerTrxn is just a fu...more >>

When I have an exception I use try { } catch(Exception e) { print e.Message (for example) } Now, I want to catch the error message and the line number of the error. How can I do that, I have to put numbers to lines???. Thanks for Your help. ...more >>

Ideally, someone with lots of .NET - Omaha, Nebrsaka-Full Time Salary/ Compensation Range: $70 to 75K plus benefits Hi Hope this mail finds you in the best of Health and Cheer. Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Balu, working as Lead-Recruiter with a Woodbridge, New Jersey Head ...more >>

I have an item in the aspx part of my page: <a id="PreviousPageNav" runat="server" > <asp:Image runat=server ID="PreviousImage" ImageUrl="~/Images/Nav/previous.gif" /> </a> that I put in the header of a DataList. When it was outside of the Datalist, on the Code Behind, I accessed i...more >>

Is it possible if I can call server side code without the page refreshing? Thanks, Sean ...more >>

So I used the code directly from the msdn site at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.reporting.webforms.serverreport.setparameters.aspx here is my exact code --code-- Private Sub SetReportParameters() Dim p As New ReportParameter("userid", Security.GetUserID().T...more >>

Hi all I have a table with 1 row and 2 cells - in each cell is a hyperlink, what I want is when the user hovers over the hyperlink the current cell's background colour will change. Thanks Kev ...more >>

I have a datagrid with four columns defined. First Name Last Name Phone Select(This is a template column) At runtime I create a datatable and populate it. aTbl.Columns.Add("First Name", TypeOf(String)); .... Then I add the table to a DataView, which is used for the DataGrids da...more >>

Hi all, I am stuck with this problem. the code is like this: Dim sqlreader As SqlDataReader = myCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.CloseConnection) sqlreader.GetValue(sqlreader.GetOrdinal(columnname) give me the following in the watch window: sqlreader.GetValue(sqlreader.GetOrdinal(...more >>

Hi all, i am creating an ASP.net web appln which was working fine till now but suddenly I developed a new problem. when i am trying to insert data in a new row in one of my tables,it gave an error. the table has 1 column called question description which stores the questions.When i reduced the ...more >>

What's a good one? thanks ...more >>

I have an ImageButton in a Repeater, and in the Repeater's OnItemDataBound event, I'd like to add some code that will let the ImageButton open a URL in a new window. This is what I have in my Repeater's OnItemDataBound event: ImageButton oImageButton = ((ImageButton)e.Item.FindControl("ibtn...more >>

Hi, We have a web site which needs user to login. After login, there are = some files available for download on some pages. A typical link of such = file is like this one: https://www.ourdomain.com/docs/contracts/c_02102006.pdf I noticed that any one could get this file if the person knows ...more >>

How do you retrieve the streaming 'parts' of a multipart message from a WebRequest? Here is the situation. A WebRequest is submitted to a server (http://TheServer:80/GetMedia?ID=1). This causes the server to push/stream a multipart message back to the client in the following format: ...more >>

OK -- I've basically completed my development of my ASP.NET 2.0 website. Unfortunately, it looks like crap. What is the best way for me to add some professionalism to my page? Just having a form and some buttons and a hyperlink looks too much like a rookie. I need graphics and a nice la...more >>

How would I do that? Thanks ...more >>

Hello all, Background: Using .NET 2.0, Sql Server 2005, SqlCacheDependency is utilized successfully against SqlCommand objects elsewhere in the code (in other words I have successful instances of using SqlCacheDependency). ASP.NET website built in 3 separate tiers: Presentation, Business Log...more >>

I'd like to add the following attributes to the Login control's Login Button to create a CSS rollover effect. How can I access the control's login button from the page's code-behind? LoginButton.Attributes.Add("onmouseover", "this.className = 'buttonsmallover'"); LoginButton.Attributes.Add...more >>

How do I get a class to persist from page to page? ...more >>

I have an asp.net page with client side javascript. In the script I can get a control and read its properties by using document.getElementById('txtDBName'). But if I try to set any of the properties of this control it doesn't work; for example the code line document.getElementById('txtDBNa...more >>

I have a module that handles creating a sql connection object as per below code. What do you think, is there a better way to do this? Imports System.Data Imports System.Data.SqlClient Imports System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager Public Module DBConnections 'Handles Opening and Cl...more >>

I'm trying to transform an XML document via XSL and getting the following exception (which Google has never heard of): "Extension function parameters or return values which have Clr type 'ConcatString' are not supported." It's entirely possible I have a dumb typo in there, but both the XML ...more >>

I need to show 1 lakh record in my gridview.... If i use data adapter it will take more time to fill the dataset itself.... What will be the best way... I dont think so only with paging we can solve this performance issue... Tell me the best way of doing this.... Thanks ...more >>

I am just starting developing with .Net(Have used asp for years). I have created a very simple upload page which once uploaded opens the file(excel) and displays the data. If I Attempt to re-run using the same file I get the message 'Error: The process cannot access the file because it is bein...more >>

Hi all, I have developed an application in VS .NET 2003 (framework 1.1) on a XP platform. It is working fine in that PC. Now, I setup new PC with same configuration for another develper. Whenever I execute the application it gives, Unauthorize Exception error and it's not execting the appli...more >>

Hello to all, I have a problem which could be trivial to you guys. This concerns opening several crystal reports on the a crystal viewer on an ASPX page by calling window.open. My application. 1.) 2 webforms - 1 main web form that filters that dataset - 1 reportviewer web form ...more >>

According to some old MSDN article is *should* be possible to install ASP.Net 1.1 (32bit only), ASP.Net 2 (32bit) and ASP.Net 2 (64bit) on a 64bit Win2k3 box and run either both 32bit frameworks on the server, or just the 64 bit one. I want to run the 2x 32bit frameworks on various websites...more >>

Hello, I have copied my web site to a test server(W2K3), this web site is using a reference to an assembly that wraps all the calls to 2 web services (MS CRM 3.0). This runs perfectly on my dev environement, but when I copy the web site using VS2005, I get the following error when trying t...more >>

hai, i am developing search engine in asp.net , so how can i start the search engine and how can write code for search engine, it is like goole search engine, it is very urgent, warm regards jaffar s/w engineer ...more >>

Hello everybody, I got a aspx which have several user controls on it. My question is that what is the order of ASP.NET execute the page and user control ? does it like this : Page Init -> User Control Init -> Page Load -> User Control Load ? Thx Tony ...more >>

I have 4 textbox which in turn has 4 required validator associated with them. I want to make two separate login section in one page, how do I do that ? Problem is that the validator control fires the event when i press the submit button, so.......how do I group 2 textbox in diff <form> ta...more >>