I haven't learned this control yet but I do need to know if it can be configured to drop down instead of fly-out? // Like this... ------------------- Static Root Label ------------------- DropDown Item 1 DropDown Item 2 -- <%= Clinton Gallagher NET csgallagher AT metromi...more >>

Running and debugging a website on http://www.mysite.com instead of http://localhost I need to test and debug a website using the full website name instead of localhost. So, I went and modified the hosts file by adding 127.0.0.1 www.mysite.com and I was able to view the website on my machin...more >>

I have a page that has a button and it exports fine on the laptop but when I drop it on the server and hit it from a client machine on the LAN (https) it gives me an explorer error that it cannot download the page... The server has some certificates needs that my laptop does not, not sure if tha...more >>

Hi, I'm new with ASP.NET 2 so please bear with me. I created a website with VS 2005 and enabled master pages and themes like this in WebConfig: <pages masterPageFile="~/Template.master" theme="DefaultTheme" /> For several days I could edit the CSS file to format Template.master and then...more >>

Hi I've been trying out SqlCacheDependency using the ObjectDataSource and SQL Server 2005. It all works quite well with the minimum of configuration, e.g. <asp:ObjectDataSource ID="odsAccounts" runat="server" ... EnableCaching="true" SqlCacheDependency="CommandNotification"> .... </asp:O...more >>

Hello Is it possible to use the .Net component library "Pdfcreator" ? I'm under framework 1.1 / VB.Net and i work without VS. I have copied the DLL file in my /bin directory : PdfCreatorLib.dll But i don't know the name of the Namespace that i need to import in my application to be abble t...more >>

Hi, I want to have an <object> tag in my .aspx file, so that it is shown as part of my webpage. I want to add data to the "data" attribute using server side code, so I thought I would add the runat="server" attribute. In order for ASP.net to treat this as a generic html control, I have decl...more >>

Environment: Visual Studio 2005 + WinXP Pro SP2 + .NET 2.0 I am new to creating user controls and have a (hopefully) simple question. I have a series of personal questions (first/last name, address, phone number, etc.) that is repeated on several different pages. I pulled these question o...more >>

Hi! I am looking to integrate a bulk emailing system into my web site. I am trying to find a web-based solution but it seems difficult to find anything relevant. There are lot of system available but they are all installable softwares... We are using the dot net nuke framework as our web s...more >>

I have an ASP website that I am converting to aspx. I am getting an error message telling me that the "let and set commands are no longer supported". Apparently this is new to aspx. How do I fix these commands under .net? ...more >>

Hi All, Could you please give me some guidelines on dealing with Base64 encoded string. The actual purpose is to decode Base64 Encoded string and stream the data to a browser so that it can be viewed in a web application Regards, Kuldeep ...more >>

I'm using the old html method of creating timeouts for my asp.net (1.1) pages. This apparently isn't working as well as I'd hoped because it takes a postback to reset the timer. I've had complaints of people typing into a dialog box and having the page time out while they were typing. Anyon...more >>

All, I would be very grateful for any help on this question. I have an application in asp.net 2.0 where I dynamically create a datatable and then bind that to a gridview. Unfortunately, the date column always shows the date and time while I just want the short date. I have tried applyi...more >>

I bound the items of a DropDownList with an ObjectDataSource, but I also want to add a new item at top with an option that would say All, and an emtpy value. I tried this Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load ddl.Items.Insert(0, Ne...more >>

Does anyone know of a good dropdown WebForm control that works like the Windows Forms dropdown control with type ahead feature, Where user can type in a value and it automatically displays the like values in the listbox, or user can click on the down arrow to bring a list of all items? I hav...more >>

If i understand correct? is strong typed DataSet is ORM implementation by Microsoft? Expecting comments .. please Praveen ...more >>

hey all, is it possible in asp.net to check what database role a user is part of? thanks, rodchar...more >>

Ok I think I've almost got my problem solved. I am using this code to send mail. I am simply pasting it into an .ASP page. Why doesn't this code work? I do have ..NET 2.0 installed, but I haven't done any configuration to it. Am I missing something? 'Create a new MailMessage object ...more >>

I have developed in vb6 for many years. I'm working on my first asp.net 2.0 application. I'm really having trouble just trying to layout a web form in the designer - particularly with tables. Sometimes I can change a row height, sometimes I can't. Getting things to align is challenging. It fee...more >>

I found some sample code that instructs me to implement the following code... Does this code go directly inside an ASP file? It looks like it might be something special - I am new to .NET 2.0 but have used 1.1 for a while now. <configuration> <!-- Add the email settings to the <system...more >>

I have inherited from System.Web.UI.WebControls and overrode the OnRender of my new button. In the on render I generate some JavaScript and add it as an attribute as follows: this.Attributes.Add("onclick", javascript); I have the following issues: 1) I have to add to the javascript the ...more >>

Hey guys - I've used the Thread.Sleep(xyz) method before to trigger a pause in a sub or function. I was wondering if anyone knew of a method to have a page autosave itself after X minutes? Here's the situation. I have a form with a lot of multi-line textboxes in a site with the user is ...more >>

Hi, I wanted to know if there is any way to display a user control inside a datagrid, I just need to display products on a website, 2 columns, 2 rows at a time, with a next prev links/buttons, thats why i was thinking about using a datagrid. But I need it formatted a certain way, display Image...more >>

hey all, if my app is using active directory for authentication how do i assign roles to each user? do i need a database table to contain that information? for instance, take a user does she have access to this program/field or not? thanks, rodchar...more >>

Hello, Is there an equivalent to using "Handles" in the codebehind for c#? Or do I have to declare every event in the GridView control like the following: <asp:GridView ID="gvSearchList" runat="server" DataSourceID="dsSearchList" DataKeyNames="ServiceIdea_ID" OnSelectedIndexChanged...more >>

I have a form that has two gridviews for displaying data, two details view are associated with the gridviews. The details views are used for inserting individual records, which are then displayed by the gridviews. The records are inserted by using the auto generated insert buttons in the details...more >>

Hi, I have a url stored in a config file and when I retrieve it and store as a string it does not look like the url (see below). URL in config is: https://test.com/test.cfm Stirng output is: "\https://test.com/test.cfm\" I tried using URLPathEncode and it returns the same string. Wha...more >>

Hi, I have a datagrid whose datasource is a datatable which is saved to viewstate on page_load. I also have a cached string which handles what is shown on the rowfilter of the dataview of this datatable. I also have a cached string that holds the way the dataview is sorted. Now, on my ...more >>

Can someone tell if Sitemap always require a starting root? Can it have more than one root? I am having a problem trying to hide a root node without hiding its children using a Treeview component. I know you can do that if you use sitempadatasource. But instead I am forced to use this tranformat...more >>

A file can be read using only the StreamReader object like this: Dim sReader As StreamReader sReader = New StreamReader(Server.MapPath("File1.txt")) While(sReader.Peek > -1) Response.Write(sReader.ReadLine) End While as well as using the FileStream object along with the StreamReader o...more >>

when binding to a datagrid for example, is it possible to use databinding syntax to bind to a property of a property? Say the datasource="Cars" which is a collection of car classes and the DataValueField = "Driver.Name" which is the Car.Driver property and then the Driver.Name property. tha...more >>

We are trying to limit application access to curtain PCs. We are considering using the IP address, which I know how to get but the MAC address would be ideal. Is there a way to read the client's MAC address? Any help is greatly appreciated. ...more >>

I have an asp.net 2.0 page with a couple of textboxes and a gridview. On postback from a rowcommand from the gridview, the textboxes are clearing out. No other postbacks from the page are causing this. There is NO code whatsoever that deals with these boxes. One of them is just a dummy I s...more >>

Is it possible to popup a messagebox on a web page with .net code?...more >>

I'm trying to run my .NET 1.1 web app and my .NET 2.0 on the same server and I'm getting the following error: "It is not possible to run two different versions of ASP.NET in the same IIS process. Please use the IIS Administration Tool to reconfigure your server now I added another applicati...more >>

Hi all, I have a grid that contains 7 columns from 3 tables (3 unique keys, 4 normal fields). I show this 7 columns on the gridview. I now want to add edit and delete functionality. This should be fairly easy cos it's a build in feature of the gridview but alas... When the user clicks dele...more >>

I have an application that requires the dynamic changing of values in the web.config file, I have code that seems to change the value: WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings("database") = DropDownList1.SelectedValue However this seems to hold the value in IIS memory rather than actually changi...more >>

Hi, What is the difference between Hashing and Encryption ? ...more >>

I have an Add User page where I want to enter details such as password in a text box with textmode set to 'password'. However, one of the fields required to have data entered into it is a dropdown which repopulates other dropdowns on the SelectedIndexChanged event. This event has the effect of...more >>

I am using the following code to cache the page output for 60 seconds: <%@ OutputCache Duration="60" VaryByParam="*" %> <script runat="server"> Sub Page_Load(ByVal obj As Object, ByVal ea As EventArgs) lblOutput.Text = "Welcome, " & Request.Params("id") & " The time now is " & D...more >>

When I access a web page in internet, it is ok. But when my application access webservice, it result in an error message : "Access deny" The port 80 is open in my firewall. What's happen? ...more >>

I have a calendar and i'm getting the first day of the month by doing so below calendarstartdate.SelectedDate = Convert.ToDateTime(String.Format("{0:yyyy/MM/1}",DateTime.Now)); Are there better ways to do this? Any ideas ...more >>

hey asp.net 2.0 (C'#) In the code behind file I have this method: public String AddBR(Object param) { String text = (String) param; return text; } (( I know this method does nothing, but when I've fixed the compile error then I will add more code to this method )) Here I'm ...more >>

Newbie here. I'm hasving trouble with tables in Visual Web Developer Express. I've set cellspacing and cellpadding to zero, but there's spaces around objects in my table. Any idea what's going wrong? ...more >>