I asked this a while ago but got sidetracked and now have finally gotten back to it. Karl wrote a nice (and easy to read) article here: http://codebetter.com/blogs/karlseguin/archive/2006/04/05/142355.aspx I've given it a once through, and, while it made sense, I know I'm still missing ...more >>

I would like the opinions of those who actually use Ajax libraries and maybe tried various APIs before settling on the one you currently use. I would like to know what libraries (that are free) would people recommend using for a site. ...more >>

I am starting work on a website that uses Ajax heavily. I have never developed an Ajax app before and am currently evaluating the various libraries. Are there any articles that discuss best practices for Ajax in a ..NET world? ...more >>

Hi, I recently upgraded my web app from 1.1 to 2.0 and SQL Server 2005. After the upgrade, I am seeing random appdomain restarts. It was not even logging any information untill I turned on logging all events in the healthmonitor section. The appdomain restart is logged as an info event. The e...more >>

Hi, After dynamically generating an aspx page I need to email what is being displayed by the browser. I have looked at System.Web.Mail but it looks like you have to generate the body of the message as one long string. Can anyone point me in the right direction. I am using VS2003 ASP ...more >>

Hello, I'd used before methods like RegisterStartupScript with ASP.NET, but this problem I was unable to solve yet using this method. I have a web form with a few web controls - textbox, dropdown lists, calendar control. If the textbox has a value- I need to disable all other controls when ...more >>

Hello, friends, I am implementing a role based authentication (Forms authentication) for our web app using .net 1.1. I read the paper: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetsec/html/SecNetHT04.asp However, what I could not understand was: After adding a new ...more >>

Is there a way in asp.net to delete the temporary internet files from IE? Thanks. ...more >>

Is there a way to prohibit images from being viewed (linked directly to) unless they are loaded from a page in my application? I'm working on a project where one can create galleries of images. Some of these galleries can be PWD protected. Of course, it's easy to protect the ASPX files, but...more >>

Hi, I am a bit confused about the inline source code compilation (or code beside model) in ASP.NET 2.0 My understanding was that anything in App_Code folder will be compiled at the 1st request time. Today I created a Default.aspx file in VS2005 IDE. The IDE also created the...more >>

Hi, I've a big trouble with an asp.net page. Basically, the page has an swf that starts and downloads some data from an other asp.net page. The application works well on my testing IIS 6, but when I upload it on production server (an other IIS6), it cannot download anything. The application...more >>

I have been following several threads between David Thielen and Luke Zhang [MSFT] regarding the ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider as used for ASP.NET 2.0 Forms authentication, but I receive a slighly different error. I consistently receive the following message after submitting credentials fr...more >>

I want to break up development of my codebehind file to allow developers to work on them independently without worrying about merging the files. Each references objects from the aspx file. Any suggestions? -- Tim...more >>

Hi all I'm completely new to ASP.Net and need some help please. I'm doing some client side validation using Javascript. The relevant code is below: <input type="button" value="submit" onclick='return checkDetails();' /> formObj = document.forms[0]; //refers to the current form. formObj....more >>

Hi, I want to store a refferer id in the ASP.NET 2.0 Profile. I have read, that you shouldn't store sensitive data in the Profile without encryption. Is it because it is stored as clear text in the database or are there other reasons? When I set the refferer id on the server side, can I rel...more >>

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Hi: The new databound controls (GridView, DetailsView, ect.) use declaritive syntax (i.e, setup in HTML at design time). However, at times sql statements and parameters may need to be derived at runtime. In ASP 1.0 we could do this in code behind, but how do we do it in ASP 2.0? The exa...more >>

I made a UserControl in VB.NET and uploaded it to the webserver, my problem is that the dll dont register in the registy at the client registry. I think it do How should i do? here is my code from the website. <html> <body color=white> <hr> <font face=arial size=1> <object id="myControl...more >>

I need to send an email from a page's code behind. I wondered if I can use SendAsynch and then response.redirect to a confirmation page without having to worry about the message.Dispose() method. Is this bad practice?...more >>

I have a problem with a Visual Studio 2005 web project. I have two pages. SelectProject.aspx and ShowProject.aspx The first page ( SelectProject.aspx) has two drop down lists. After the user selects the value in the first drop list the second filters. That works fine. But when I click t...more >>

I posted a question about atlas twice now and it never showed up, did anyone see it? i posted one last night and one today ...more >>

I'm using 2.0 and am opening a popup window in javascript. All works fine including the Calendar popup window and the select function. When it gets to the last line which is to process the client script to return the value to the window.opener it just keeps the popup window open. I tried test...more >>

Somethinng odd is happening. I have a form button and on page load, I add a javascript "back" function to this button. Like so: btnCancel.Attributes.Add("onclick", "javascript:window.history.go(-1);") <asp:Button ID="btnCancel" runat="server" Text="Cancel and go back." /> This g...more >>

Hi, Sorry for the stupid question but :- Am I correct in thinking that a CSS style sheet file only affects HTML elements and not asp.net controls and that the skin file is used for this? I am trying to set up a theme and no matter what I put in the CSS file, it doesn't seem to have any ...more >>

I need the browser to scroll my asp.net page to the bottom when the user clicks on a server-side link or button at the top of the page. I added an anchor tag <a name=#bottom> to the html and tried to attach javascript to the click event of the button that creates <a href=#bottom>, but it won'...more >>

is it possible that pressing "previous page"(back) button of web browser by code ? ...more >>

Using VB 2005 and ASP.Net 2.0. I have a Image control on my page that gets updated when you click on an item in a list box. This works without any problems. Now I want to be able to use the same value that is in the list box and have the user click on the image control and open a new window...more >>

http://blogs.msdn.com/danielfe/archive/2006/04/19/579109.aspx ...more >>

Using Visual Studio.Net 2005, Asp.Net 2.0, and trying to use technique shown in the Programming Asp.Net 3rd Edition by O'Reily, page 257. On the first page, this would become the previous page, I have 2 dropdowns. According to their technique, I should create a public property on my pre...more >>

I get javascript errors on the page when I try to display SQL Report using Report viewer in ASP.NET 2.0 (VS 2005). Even the images are not displayed. Please advise. Thanks. ...more >>

I have all HTML in my Database.. and I need to have a search capability in my site.. I can't search using SQL Select statment because of html tags may give undesired result... So I thought about to way to implement search 1- render html to get the text and search in it.. 2- search the html...more >>

Can anyone recommend a good, free ASP.NET forum? I'm experienced in classic ASP, and I want to learn ASP.NET. I'm looking for a free VBScript ASP.NET forum who's code I can learn from. I've been searching the web & so far have come up with nothing substantial. Thanks! ...more >>

I'm using ReportViewer in VS2005 to generate local reports, i.e. the report is in the project, not in Report Server, and it works great. Problem is, when the user wants to print, the report has to be exported to PDF and then printed. There is a property on the ReportViewer named ShowPrintButto...more >>

I have a Datagridview. I only edit couple of columns. No new rows are added. I need to know the count of "rows" that were modified. how do I acheive this?...more >>

My Delete and select commands work like a charm, but Update won't work!! Can someone help?? <asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AllowSorting="True" AutoGenerateColumns="False" CellPadding="4" DataSourceID="concept" ForeColor="#333333" GridLines...more >>

Hi Folks Is there any tool currently available that can tell me execution time for each of my Methods & Functions within my .NET Application. What I'm trying to achieve is, identifying the culprit methos who consume more memory + execution time. If this is a wrong discussion group/board, th...more >>

Hi there, My ASP.NET 2.0 app uses an external assembly that calls methods like Trace.Write() and Trace.TraceError() of namespace System.Diagnostics. I need to enable tracing in my web app so that I could see the trace messages from the component. Here's what I've added to web.config so far:...more >>

I am using the loginview control on my pages where a logged in user gets a different nav control than a non logged in user. The problem is, that if the client's IE page caching is set to automatic, the non-logged in view is shown to a logged in user if they had previously hit the page logged ...more >>

Friends, Every time I go to design mode of ASPX page, and add a control to the form my HTML is getting changed and adds un-necessary tbody tags and other junk code. As a result of this screws up whole design, how can I stop this from happening, is there any setting to lock the HTML code? ...more >>

Using VisualStudio 2005, asp.net 2.0: What do I put in my Web.Config to avoid hard coding the: myserveraddress.com? The following shows how I have hard coded it without having the value in the we.config, and it works. However, I would like to place it in my web.config file, and then just...more >>

Quick 2.0 question. I have this script in my <HEAD> tag: <script TYPE="text/javascript" src="js/myscripts.js"></script> I'm using the callback functionality of 2.0 and the page doesn't work correctly because the javascript file is clearly being loaded at some time that is incompatible with t...more >>

I need to perform url rewriting to convert this (for example): /blogs/feeds/popular/posts/ to this: /blogs/feeds.aspx?type=popular&type2=posts What I did was the following: 1. Created an http handler that parses the url and based on it will execute another aspx page using Server.Execute...more >>

Hello, I never had to do anything with office tools programmatically till now(I guess there is first time for everything), so this might be a very silly and simple question for some of you. Any way, the new system that I am programming will need to be feeded daily with an excel file. So I...more >>

I have a webform (frmMain) which contains an iframe. In this iframe I display another webform (frmSub). I needed to submit frmSub from frmMain client-side, so used the following javascript: myIframe.document.forms[0].submit( ); It submits frmSub in the iframe, but the behaviour is not what...more >>

I have a problem with getting my aspx-pages with a master page to understand that I have written something in my controls in the Page_Load-event of the content-page. I have a simple page with a textbox and a button. I write something in the field and click the button. In the Page_Load it seems...more >>

Hi Everyone, I've been having a problem with the Gridview control. I have posted a few messages relating to the issues, but I have a general question. Does the Dataview control have to be bound to a datasource that also contains the update/delete Sql statements? The resaon I ask is that I've ...more >>

Hi guys, I have 2 fields and a button where users have to enter a username and password. How do I set it so that my page gets submitted anywhere the user clicks enter while filling out those forms? Right now you have to click the button using your mouse or using TAB to bring it in focus. But ...more >>

In windows forms textbox1.focus() textbox1.SelectAll() makes the text in the textbox selected when the above is run What is the ASP.NET version of the same task becuase Texboxes do not have ..SelectAll() Thanks...more >>

Hello, I made a page that used for import data from .xls files. At this page, users upload the .xls file to the server, then the app uses an OleDB connection and the Jet provider to read the data using the OleDB DataAdapter, then I bind it to a datagrid. It works fine, but occationally some ...more >>

I am tryng to load a Crystal Report in Visual Studio 2005 but I'll get "Load report failed"... I have tryed to load the file with a FileStream and it works without error so I can load the file as I have understand it... My simple code to test report loading: string reportPath = Serv...more >>

hi how can I add 1000 users (user_name, password) from txt, csv file to aspnetdb.mdf database??? thanks eresz ...more >>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <configuration> <system.web> <identity impersonate="true"/> </system.web> <location path="~/Maintenance"> <system.web> <identity impersonate="false"/> </system.web> </location> </configuration> the above is...more >>

Im trying to setup impersonation in the root directory and turn it off ( false ) in another directory. im doing to allow my crystal reports to work ( as i get the login failed message ) and also ensure that only certain people has access to the maintenance folder ( impersonation = true ). H...more >>

Hi group, my setup: I have a GridView that extracts data from my table (a SqlDataSource). For each row, I have an 'edit' button and a 'delete' button. The 'edit' button opens a popup, through which one can insert and edit the table. The 'delete' button deletes the row. my problem: Th...more >>

Hi Is there any way to have the status bar showing a custom text (such as a description) when hovering over an asp.net menu menuitem? We are using our own custom sitemap provider and it would be great if we could have the status bar show a unique description for each menuitem instead of ...more >>

Hi all, A quick question on Cache. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I'm testing out two pages. Page1 and Page2. Page1 click a button, redirect to page 2. on both page, i have <%@ OutputCache Duration="1" Location="None" VaryByParam="none" %> and on both page_load, I try to do print ...more >>

Hi All, Below is my SQL Statement, Select Text, Value, Status from Tables I want to mark as a checked when the Status is true, how do I achieve this during databinding? Thank you very much. Regards, Oshiko ...more >>

Hi all This has been driving me nuts for months now, if I access my site from IE https://db.cornwall.gov.uk/PlanningApplications and then hover over one of the 2-level menus it comes up with the message: "This page contains both secure and nonsecure items. Do you want to display the nonsec...more >>

I have a gridview: <asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AllowPaging="True" AllowSorting="True" AutoGenerateColumns="False" CellPadding="4" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1" ForeColor="#333333" GridLines="None" DataKeyNames="ADid"> and it is my update query: UPDATE tblAds SET ADName ...more >>