After installing Sharepoint Portal Services I am no longer able to see my website. When I try I get Required permissions cannot be acquired. I have tried to put the Trust key in the web.config but that made things worse as the SPS Website became the dominant website and reported an error trying t...more >>

Our company uses the profile feature, then for some reason I screw around with the web.config file and delete one of the profile keys. I then re-add that profile key. Woudn't all that profile information get lost permanently? Then I may get fired. Correct? ...more >>

I have listed the Orders on my page with a datalist. Now I need to append the OrderID onto the URL at this point http://www.microsoft.com/item.asp?orderID How do I get the OrderID out of the datalist. Should I use a datalist or a datagrid or a datarepeater or a datadeleter or a datatweete...more >>

I have an app and on one page I have Link buttons that will fire up a word doc or at least thats my goal. When someone clicks on a link button I need to find a word doc on server where app resides. I was then thinking that I would some how point the link to that word doc and would open that word...more >>

Hello, I have read somewhere that it is possible to add general reference to a project in VS. But I do not remember this article... I would like avoid adding on each page a "Imports myreference". How to do this ? Thanks. Pierre. ...more >>

I have an aspx file loaded in VS 2005. I need to pass the following parameter to my page... "Page=dummy.aspx" how can i do that from visual studio while i am not controling the URL? ...more >>

ASP.NET 2.0..... How do I get all users (in aspnet_Users) that are not in the "member" role (aspnet_Roles)? Thanks. ...more >>

Hello, I am creating an edit template for a FormView control, changing one of the textboxes to a dropdown box. The dropdown will be populated from a simple table with the primary key, and a description (i.e. a colors table, so there is a colors ID and a color description). The data sour...more >>

Earlier this month, there was a posting about this without a definitive answer. If you place a Wizard inside a FormView's EditItemTemplate the bound fields contained within the View will display the data from the fields to which they are bound; yet they will return null values when the 'Upd...more >>

I have 2 ASPX files. One is the main, the other a smaller one which is the center part of the main ASP file. Now, how do I load the 2nd ASP into the first one? ...more >>

I have a grid attached to an objectdatasource from which just one field is editable. For the update method I have a method with two parameters, the key of the record and the column to be updated. However, what's happening is that I am receiving an empty key of the record in my update method. ...more >>

Hi group. I have 2 web applications. I start the first application with a default.aspx page. On a button click, it makes a reference to another application. I want to store 3 variables in the click event of the button and read this 3 variables in the Application_Start event on the second app...more >>

WinXP Pro Let me preface this by saying I have developed with the .NET IDE since its release, and I consider myself reasonably savvy with it. I have a medium sized form with about 120 controls - 60 labels and the rest are DropDownLists and TextBoxes. Almost every TextBox or DropDownList is...more >>

does any body knows how to get the checkbox clicked in a checkboxlist using the SelectedIndexChanged event? The "EventArgs" dont help too much.. thanks, Alex. ...more >>

Hello to all. I'm trying to diplay word, exel and pdf documentes inside the ie window. To show a pdf file i know that i have to set the property ContentType = "application/pdf". But I was unable to find the value to display exel files. Does ny one know what correct value to show this kind of...more >>

In asp , you make a query string with one line. Now you have to click click click, add parameters edit templates dig thru the documentation type bunches and f*&^(cking bunches of code to just come up with item.asp?orderID=xxxx what the F$$cking FD*ck is this F&&ck sh(*********t? ...more >>

Hi all, Here is what I want: when a user clicks a <asp:button>, its event handler will do some server-side processing and then pop up a windows of another page. As far as I know, if no pop-up blocker is disabled, the button event handler can be something like the following to pop-up a windo...more >>

Hello all, Is there a way to change the ItemTemplate based on the data that is being shown? For instance, I have a dataset, contains two fields (NAME, STATE). I want to show all the records from the dataset using a standard item template, but when STATE="TX", I want that row to show up in ...more >>

I have a business component I've built in its .vb file. Compiled the .vb file and copied the outputted dll to the bin directory of my virtual directory. Now in my aspx page when I attempt to utilize the business component, I get this: Compiler Error Message: BC30002: Type 'MyClass' is not d...more >>

Hi, i'm stuck at the point where you click on the row (or button on the row, or better yet just a link on the row) and have it do something. Something like msgbox("you clicked on this") Am I supposed to use a datarepeater, a datadeleter, a gridrepeater a viewgiredeleterRepeater or w...more >>

Hi every one, I am trying to run a batch file using my asp.net application. I am using the Process class to run the batch file. When I run my web application, In the task manager, i could see cmd.exe with ASPNET as a user. But nothing happens. It can't execute the batch file. This is t...more >>

If this is not the most appropriate group for this question, please let me know. I noticed an odd priority difference in resolving names in VS 2005 (VWD Express) vs. the .NET 2.0 compiler (the one accessed from within VS). Let me give an example to clarify things. In a test solution, I cr...more >>

January, 2006. I do not intend to start any kind of flame war, but only to seek advice about different technologies concerning which I am mostly ignorant. I am the database manager for a unit of a major state university. A part of my job includes building database access and web enabled app...more >>

Hello, I'm receiving The state information is invalid for this page and might = be corrupted error message when running code below. This happens on = second post back. Why is it happening? My webpage contains 2 dropdowns controls and I save information entered = by user in ViewState variab...more >>

I create link buttons dynamically in the code and give them IDs through which I can distinguish them.I want to know how to create a single event handler for all the link buttons that I create The event handler should also be able to identify which link button was clicked....(I am using VB as the...more >>

I have a field that I read from my database that is a bit field field into a textbox. The Trace on the variable (MyInfoCreated) shows it as "False" - as you can see from the error. I tried it with: if not MyinfoCreated then as well as what is shown here if (MyInfoCreate...more >>

I have a radioList on my web form that has to be checked based on a data item from my database, how can I check one of the radio buttons in the list? example: my data is returned 1, 2, 3 and in my list I need to one of them checked based on the number returned? how can i do that in .net? ...more >>

Can any one refer me to some good online sample applications in Asp.NET written in C#? I am looking for some huge apps that have lots of features that I can learn from. ...more >>

Hello, How would you recommend embedding an html file in an ASP.NET 2.0 page? Essentially, I'm looking for the simplest & most light weight way to embed the content of an html file (from the file system) inside an ASP.NET 2.0 page. I cannot simply cut & paste the content of the html file...more >>

I have a user control that gets dynamically added to a page. It has a couple of validators that I programmatically set properties for. All of this works, but my problem is: When not in use, I make validators Visible property = False But the validators still take up space on the page, shifting ...more >>

I've been having alot of problems with asp.net 2.0's style sheet. When I apply a style sheet to a webform in the head tag (<link href="Site5.css" rel ="stylesheet" type ="text/css" runat="server" />), the webform does reflect the styles in design mode, but not when I run the project. Sometimes...more >>

I am testing the code snippets of John Peterson ( http://www.asp101.com/articles/john/codebehindnovs/default.asp ). I have WebForm2.vb as follows: Public Class WebForm2 Inherits System.Web.UI.Page Protected WithEvents Button1 As System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button Protected WithEv...more >>

Hello, I use Try Catch statements a lot in my applications so that the app automatically e-mails me with any errors that the users are encountering. I was just wondering if there are any performance issues with using Try Catch statements a lot in an app? Thanks, Dusty Hackney ...more >>

For those of you who are concerned about the HTML output in your ASP.Net pages, the following link is to a new tool that you can add on to IE. It is much like the FireFox Web Developer Extension, and adds a number of tools to your toolbar that help you to diagnose HTML and CSS issues: http:...more >>

Is it possible to extend a Web service proxy so that it understands an HTTP refresh page? Explanation: * The Web service proxy was autogenerated by Visual Studio .NET 2003 from the Web service's WSDL. It inherits from System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol. * The...more >>

Hi Experts, I have been struggling on this problem since last one month. I have a huge Excel sheet (Not well formatted) with around 10000 records or more. with around 60 fields. I want to transfer those rows in sql server as it is. The table in SQL has got diffrenter field names than this ...more >>

Hi, I have a general ASP.NET question. As far as I understand, if I install the Framework 2.0 I also get ASP.NET 2.0. However I don’t want to spent the money to buy VS 2005 right now. Can I write ASP.NET 2.0 Websites in VS 2003? ...more >>

Hello, friends, Help please, this has driven me nuts: I am developing the default.aspx page. In this page, we allow a user to type user name/password, and then click on Submit button to login. <form name="form1" onsubmit="return isValidInput()" action="default.aspx" method="post"> .......more >>

I can keep the session variables across application restarts by storing the session state in StateServer (rather than inprocess). However, the application variables are still lost! Please would someone say if they know how to keep application variables intact when the process restarts?...more >>

Hello, I am trying to localize an existing application (asp.net 2.0). using implicit as well as explicit localization. Asp.net 2.0 uses App_LocalResources folder for implicit localization. When this happens the tag values for Text, ToolTip etc. are not used from the aspx file but read f...more >>

I don't know if anyone noticed yet; but compiling websites in VS 2005 is a DOG!! It literally takes me like 1-2 mins to build a website or even start it with debugging. Is anyone else having this issue and is there any way around it. ...more >>

Hey guys, It appears to be a very simple problem, but I just cannot realize why it is happening. I have a HTMLTable in which I put 10 labels. Now, I'm trying to parse the collection and to put text on labels. Here is my code : Dim ctrlLbl As Control For Each ctrlLbl In M...more >>

..Net Visual Studio Professional 2003 Version 7.1.3088 ..Net Framework 1.1 SP1 Version 1.1.4322 IIS 5.1 Windows XP Professional SP2 Micron T3000 Laptop (1.5 GHz; 1GB RAM; 40GB HD with 17GB Free) I installed FrontPage server extensions to IIS on my computer while following instructions ...more >>

Hi, I've created a web application and through this I want to import Excel data to database. Following is the code that I've written, ******************************************************************* string fileLocation = txtboxFileName.Text.ToString(); string sheetName = "Import"; str...more >>

Hello, I have a client that is feeding PDF files to me. They do not want me to link to their files since that can put a strain on their bandwidth. What they asked I do is download the file and store it on my server. My question is, how do I download a file based on a url at runtime? I...more >>

When create a new directory on a remote machine it works when impersonate="true" credential is given . Is there any other method that a proper access can be given to create a directory . iT would be helpful if i get the steps to do it . expecting the reply soon...more >>

Hi, We have developed an ASP.NET 1.1 application which references strong named assemblies. The assemblies reside in the "bin" folder of the app, not the GAC. We want a way in which whenever we change the version of a strong named assembly, the ASP.NET won´t have to be recompiled. In order...more >>

Hi folks, I'm using VS 2003 with Framework 1.1 I'm writing an intranet application that makes use of Datagrids I will be creating the columns declaratively (and not using autogenerate) I wish to tie various CSS styles with various columns particularly for the purposes of width/height/paddi...more >>

This is my second post now on this subject has I seem to be getting no where and the problem is really starting to bug me now. I can get a datagrid into an editable state but then neither the Update or Cancel events seem to be firing and I am at a lost to explan why. My code is below, if any one...more >>

Hello all, I have a textbox in my asp.net (vb.net) aplicattion, I need to assign it's value to a Variable of type DATE, but it's not a required field, so sometimes I want to send a blank field. I declared a variable as a date datatype and when it=B4s going to receive the content ...more >>

Hi Which IDE is used to develop project using .ASP and global.asa files, Visual Studio 2003 allows creating of C# projects which use .apsx , c# files, i have not been able to see any option to add or create .asp files to .aspx / c# projects in VS 2003. TIA Barry ...more >>

Our web project is used VS2003 and Crystal Reports for Visual Studio.NET. There have reports that directly call to sql server's stored procedure. I also call SetDatabaseLogon method to change user id and password. But I found the crystal reports use ASPNET account to logon SQL Server, not my e...more >>

I have a aspx form with a combobox drop-down to select 1 country from over 120 countries. On the next web page after that, I also have the same combobox so that the user can make a final confirmation of the data entered and also add some other info. I carry through Session("Country") from t...more >>

Hi, I would like to find out how many sessions are currently active for my web site. I can't add any counters to the session start event , is there a way to access the ASP.NET engine and find this information out? Or is there other ways? Kind regards Greg ...more >>

I plan to use ASP.NET to develop a blog or replicator site, I want to use http://www.domainname.com/user1/ http://www.domainname.com/user2/ ....... to represent each user's personal blog. Here the user1, user2 .... mean (1) Virtual directory of IIS (2) Physical folder in file system (3) Fake ...more >>

I've been spending considerable time thinking about the various implications that come into play when building a production-quality web application and this has prompted me to ask whether there are any best practices guidelines on achieving this. Particular questions I have are: 1. Session ...more >>