Hi, I have a windows 2003 server. I am not able to send mails via asp.net applcaition using system.web.mail. I am getting CDO could not send mail. I have tested cdosys.dll by creating a vb6 application and I found Its is working fine. system.web.mail is a just wrapper on cdosys.mail. wha...more >>

Hi I am trying to find a method to set the visible property to a group of controls In VB.NET I would put all the controls in a group/Panel and set the visible property of the group/panel It doesn't seem to work when I use the html controls <DIV> and when I try the panel control I can'...more >>

the msdn documentation says that if we can do application level binding by specifying the masterpagefile attribute in web.config, so that all the pages in the application are bound to a master page. if we do this, we will not be able to add any page in the application with server controls outside...more >>

Hi; In a page, when the user clicks on a button, I want to validate all the controls (in the code behind) and then if they are good, leave that page alone and launch a new window with a new url also. This is what I think is the best approach - please let me know if there is a better one:...more >>

Any suggestion why I added the columns manually at design time then at run time I set the data source and I bind it but the headers don't appear as Hyperlinks Thank you, Samuel ...more >>

Hello, I have a grid view which display and updates the data, however it doesn't work well, I always either get invalid name/number or not all varaibles bound, I am very frustrated at the moment. Thank you very much!! Here is the gridview code: <asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="serve...more >>

If I have text data from a database which will contain NewLine characters because it was entered from a Multi-Line TextBox, and now I want to display the output in a Repeater or other DataBound List Control, how can I set it up so that it'll properly show the text with the paragraph breaks, et...more >>

Hi, I'm looking at adding a discussion forum to our site (C# or VB.NET). Any recommendations for a good discussion forum software? (both free and $$$$). I looked at InstantForum and it seems like no one's there since no one ever replies to your questions (even regarding sales). Thanks MA ...more >>

I'm taking text from a multi-line TextBox into a database. Then, on other pages, I'm displaying that text as read-only. But the problem is, when I set the Text property of a Label control to that text, all the carriage returns and other text-based formatting goes away because it's just dumping...more >>

Hello World, I want to use a web control like an applet. On my Html page, we can see the lines <object id="myID" height="150" width="300" classid="http:bin/release/MyApplet.dll#MyApplet.MyApplet" VIEWASTEXT> In Visual Studio 2005, the token VIEWSTATE is not a good choice in a XHTML ...more >>

I thought that the term, was referring to the browser remembering for example the scroll bar position However my page's SmartNavigation property is set False but the feature seem to work Thank you for your advice, Samuel ...more >>

Hello, I am trying to use a radiobuttonlist with the new multiview control. Am having trouble understanding how to build the radiobuttonlsit just one time, and not many times. In my first view, I select from a list of items, then select "next". Of course, this causes a postback, and disp...more >>

Hi guys, I have a session called for example Portal, like session("Portal") and I want to retrieve that value inside a Class... how can I perfor such task? I thought it would like: Public Class Warranty Dim myPortalClass As Portal = HttpContext.Current.Session("Portal") but ever...more >>

I have a datalist that repeats horizontally by 3. I'm trying to create a header that will be dynamically displayed based on criteria. Let's say we have 3 groups (A, B, C). I want it to do this: ---THIS IS A GROUP------ --------- --------- --------- Item1 Item2 Item3 -...more >>

Hello All, I am trying to obtain an image asynchronously for this I have written code which uses XMLHTTP object to retreive the image. now I have to display this image in an iframe. when I say iframe.contentWindow.document.write(xmlHttp.responseText); I get an text as "JFIF" in my fram...more >>

Hello all, I have a ASP.NET website written using VS 2003. I am in the process of migrating it up to 2005. There is one problem I just can't seem to solve. In my original VS 2003 project I had a few icons and bitmaps included in the project with their build action set as "Embedded Reso...more >>

I'm having trouble with my repeater: I'm binding my Repeater control to an OleDbDataReader object. My ASPX looks like this: <asp:Repeater ID="Rptr" runat="server"> <ItemTemplate> <asp:Label ID="LB" runat="server" Text="" /> <br/> ...more >>

Hi , I have a form with javasript which launches a popup via the showModalDialog() method. I get the dialog to open, now I am trying to first get a reference to the calling form from the popup and then do a refresh of the calling form. Any ideas on how to get a reference to the calling form...more >>

hi guys, because asp.net class has a livetime of a active webpage (soon the user changed the page, all the values saved in the class is lost)... how do you manage to pass this? my idea was in global.asax create an application session like dim myClassVar as myClass Application.unlock...more >>

Hi, Can we have a tab contol on a webform just like windows application? if yes, can you please point me to the article. Thanks, Stephen ...more >>

Having done most of the background sql coding I'm now ready to start designing my asp.net web pages. A basic question though - is there a way of having 'common' elements on pages (e.g. a header)? This used to be done using frames, but I undertand these are now not advised. Basically wha...more >>

I have multiple web sites within a solution. All web sites are on the same server. I can't seem to find a way to navigate between the web sites. Do I have to specifiy the full URL, or can I use a relative path identifier in order to navigate to a page in a different web site in the same s...more >>

Does anyone know how to open and excel spreadsheet on the server and make changes to it and then re-save it? I am trying to do this from an asp.net web page using OWC11. Thanks....more >>

Is there a way to make applications written in VSNET 2005 work in servers that only support dotnet1.1? I upgraded, then found out that the servers I use only support 1.1. Thanks, Gustavo ...more >>

I have a requirement to open a popup window in button click event(after server processing). The way i use is i call Page.RegisterClientScriptBlock to register script for opening popup in the button click event and it works fine. The only problem is when user refreshes the page, the popup opens...more >>

I am learning ASP.NET. In Global.asax file I have such code: .... <%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.Caching" %> .... void Application_Error(object sender, EventArgs e) { Exception ex = (Exception) Server.GetLastError(); if (ex != null) Cache["Problem"] ...more >>

I'm new to RSS and have been tasked to write a spec for an RSS Publishing facility for my client. I'm proposing that the RSS be rendered on-the-fly for the most up to date results and to also support RSS feeds of saved searches. My issue is that any of the stored procedure calls that I have to...more >>

Hi, I have surfed through several posting about exporting gridview to excel and it works great. using the following code... response.Clear() response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel" response.Charset = "" Dim stringWrite As New System.IO...more >>

I am a little confused on how Session Timeout is handled. Does the session timeout counter get reset on each postback or is it always counting down until it expires regardless of postbacks? -- ----------------------------------- Ken Varn Senior Software Engineer Diebold Inc. EmailID = ...more >>

Hi, I have a form with a javacript function that I wish to call before the Page_Load event on the server side. The function is called in the onload of window (ie. window.onload = "myfunction()" Is this possible? If so how, If not is there a workaround ?...more >>

I tried out the new System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient feature of asp.net 2.0 and I love it, but there's just one problem. When it sends an email out, it sends to BOTH the TO and the FROM address. I have the following code which is very simple. ------------------------snip--------------------------...more >>

Hi everyone, I am trying to detect the client browser wether or not it supports javascript. Usually we use Request.Browser.JavaScript but now it has become obsolete in .NET 2.0 any idea? Thanks a lot ...more >>

I'm creating a Excel spreadsheet and I need to add a total of how many lines were added to the spreadsheet. How can I keep a running total and then show the total of how many lines were added to the spreadsheet? ...more >>

I have a web form developed in VS 2005 (VB) which I need to post to a web form developed in VS 2003 (VB) which is on a different server. There is no web farm or cluster involved. There is an html button which calls a javascript function which submits a <form> in the VS2005 web form when cl...more >>

I have a user control with exposed properties. I have about 100 properties. I would like to organize them so they are easier for other programmers to peruse. Is it possible to organize the misc section and add +/- sections to make it easier to read?...more >>

Occasionally I will get this error msg: Type 'ASP.global_asax' is not defined when i compile my web project solution. I have a global.asax file in my project, but i have no code in it. I am however using Forms Auth via separate component to handle the Application_AuthenticateRequest event....more >>

Hi all, Is using ASP.NET with MYSQL a plausible option?? Do you loose a lot of functionality??? Is it combersome?? Buggy?? My company is considering migrating to .NET and MYSQL may very well be the backend they go for, so i am wondering is this combination worth while? I prefer SQL...more >>

I have downloaded freely available express edition of Visual Web Developer for application development. Can I commercially market the product without having any license issues? any information on this will be helpful Thanks ASMJ ...more >>

Found this thread, but code is C# (would rather have VB.NET). http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q306355 Can anyone point me to a simple solution? We don't want the error codes appearing to the end-user, but obviously we want to be able to log and e-mail them, etc. A...more >>

I have downloaded the freely available express edition of Visual Web Developer. If I develop an application using this, will I be able to market my product for commercial purposes without having any license problem?? Any information on this will be helpful ...more >>

I am trying to set a panel (that holds a progress image) to be visible when a long running process is happening. Sounds simple, right :) What happens is the panel never becomes visible. The load and prerender events occur, but it is never displayed. In the super simple example, I use the "hide...more >>

Hi all... I've been training a little on the whole ASP.NET and would like to know how someone would use the data repeater like this: For example, I have some data coming from a table and let's say for some of the rows, I would like to show a website for the company if they had that level of m...more >>

Hi all, Hope this will be useful to someone... I'm working on an open-source event calendar/scheduling control that allows showing calendar entries visually in an Outlook-like view. Recently I finished a release 2.0 that supports multiple-days view (e.g. working week). Homesite: http:/...more >>

Hello All: I am trying to use the Enterprise Libraries created by Microsoft to update a DB2 database and am stuck. I need to be able to Insert, Update and Delete records from the DB2 datbase tables. I can use the UpdateDataSet method to do this, but I am not sure how to use it. I have Go...more >>

I'm having a bit of a weird problem and I've spent the last few hours scouring the web trying to solve this before coming here. Here is the problem: I get 404 errors for all ASP.NET 2.0 content trying to be served from IIS. Setup: IIS 6 (64 bit) Windows Server 2003 64bit ASP.NET 2.0 (64 ...more >>

Hi i have one dll on client site,i want to use it in aspx page, on clinet site Is it possible or not .Please tell me the solution Please email me at indipren@hotmail.com Regarda Indi...more >>

Can someone tell my why my DataReader doesn't read and create the array??? I think it is something to do with the reader = cmd.ExecuteReader line but I'm not sure what it be! Thanks If Request.IsAuthenticated Then Dim objConn Dim cmd As OleDbCommand ...more >>

Hello, I have a HyperLinkColumn in a DataGrid found in a Summary page. When the link is clicked on, I want to get the data for all fields in the database for that record and display this data on a Details page that does not display the data in a DataGrid but instead displays it in a series...more >>

Hi all, Im not too sure if i am posting in the right group but here goes. I have built an asp.net app (vb.net). This has a sql server backend. I have installed this on a server at my clients site and they are logging on via citrix to access this app. When they log on using citrix then whe...more >>

I am attempting to build a web service in .NET 2.0, using Visual Studio 2005. I am able to build it in debug mode, but for deployment, I want to change to release mode. The problem is that there isn't a release mode available. The configuration drop down only has debug in it. I attempted to ...more >>

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Hi, I have one combo box and GO button on the click of GO button page submitted and according to selection of one of the option from combo I want to redirect my page to some new asp page but at the same time in new window of browser. I could have achieved this using window.open() of javascrip...more >>

Hi can someone please tell me why this web.config file doesn't deny access to all for the folder it is in??? I have the web.config file in a folder called contents but for some reason I can still access this folder. I am using Forms authentification and I just can't get it to work! PLEAS...more >>

Hi all, I have written a registration aspx page that I want to "brand" based on a query string parameter passed to me on a redirect. Basically if the Service param in the query string is A I want to apply a stylesheet but if it is B I want to apply a different stylesheet. Is it possible to ...more >>

I would like to call a method of my code from within XSL but it does not seem to like the presence of the '%' character inside the xsl. Basicly the XSL loops through an XML writing url's into links on a menu... I have a method that when passed a URL encrypts the query string portion and spit...more >>

I have some code of my own where I am checking a username/password against a database for login, I am not using any of the login controls etc. What I want to do next is to create a folder for my admin pages and make it only available to administrators. At login I set an int which if an admin l...more >>

Hi All, Came across a post wherin you had helped somebody with a similar problem and was wondering if you could help us out with it. Our problem is , We have a development SQL Server 2000 (running on Win2K SP4) machine that we want to run on a Windows 2003 server machine and access it vi...more >>

Guys, it seems that several people have enquired about how to communicate with Paypal as securely as possible. It is obvious that placing the shopping cart details in the URL is about as insecure as could be. Therefore why not use a POST and hide them in hidden variables? Well I would if I ...more >>

Hello! I have a solution (Studio 2005) that contains a web service project, and when I debug it, the development server starts and works fine. However, I have other projects in the solution, such as console apps, and when I debug them, the server also starts (although the web service projec...more >>

I just upgraded (reinstalled) my system to XP Pro. I set my path to the directory where the vbc.exe is located in the environment variables. The system sees vbc.exe but it doesn't see any imported namespaces or references within the code. I'm getting a lot of not found and not defined error...more >>