I found this code in a website and wondered whtat it does. <A href="http://webmail.ibew103.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://news.bostonherald.com/search/?searchSite=true%26keyword=Mitt%2BRomney%26mode=all%26sorting=pubdate" target=_blank> Why not just use the link to the Boston Herald ...more >>

HI is it possible to preload images to client browser directly from sql server without storing them on server space Have a nice day thanks in advance ks. ...more >>

Consider the following code which retrieves data from a SQL Server 2005 DB table & displays it in a DataGrid: <script runat="server"> Sub Page_Load(ByVal obj As Object, ByVal ea As EventArgs) Dim dSet As DataSet Dim sqlConn As SqlConnection Dim sqlDapter As SqlDat...more >>

Both the Hyperlink web server control & the LinkButton web server control display text as links; so what are the differences between the 2 web server controls? Thanks, Arpan ...more >>

How do I tell which service pack I am for asp.net? I am running asp.net 1.1, but not sure which service pack I am on. Thanks, Tom ...more >>

I have a DataSet that I need to export to Excel. The dataset has multiple tables. I need a way to export the complete dataset to a single Excel Workbook with sheets for each table in the dataset. Is that possible ? I have seen solutions that export a single table to an Excel file. Openin...more >>

Hi everyone, I would like to be able to send updates to my web page from the server. = If I understood correctly, this is not possible to achieve in a web = environment, unless some sort of polling mechanism is used. I read a few = articles and some of them suggest using some Javascript, whi...more >>

I do not have any membership provider information specified in my ASP.NET 2.0 web.config file. After digest authentication, the site "hangs" for 20 seconds and then gives a SQL Server error, I think because it is trying to set up default membership for my site. I do not want any membership i...more >>

The output of a DataGrid is nothing but a HTML table. To color or change the width of the outer 4 borders of a DataGrid, one can use the properties "BorderColor" & "BorderWidth" respectively but how does one change the border color & width of the 4 borders surrounding each cell? There are 4 ot...more >>

Is there a reason to use session.remove over session.contents.remove? Don't they both remove the key and data from the contents collection? I assume that session(x) = nothing does essentially the same thing but is actually deleted later by the GC. Thanks, Tom ...more >>

The firewall at work is blocking some technical blogs that I need to read. I have a personal server connected to the web. I was thinking of putting up a web app on it which allows me to view these pages. It would function like services like anonycat.com and anonymizer.com (these are blocked too...more >>

I have a radioButtonList. It is AutoPostBack Enabled. And on every postBack the selected item stays there. I want on every page_load no item in the RadioButtonList to be selected. How can I do this? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

hey asp.net 2.0 If I have a plain html table in my asp.net 2.0 webpage, and later decide to add this property: runat="server" to the table. Does this turn the table into a asp.net table (<asp:Table ID="Table1" runat="server">)??? Jeff ...more >>

Hello, I have an objectDateSource. But sometime there might not be any data for my application. So how can I know if the objectDataSource has no data? I binded a dropdownlist to this objectDataSource and I want to set the dropdownlist.visible = False, if there is no data. Thank You, ...more >>

Hello, I need to pass the username to object data source. But I failed. As a parameter I passed Profile("UserName"), but it doesnt work. At the moment I am passing it via a control (HiddenField), but I know it is unsecure. I read somewhere that I need to add some code in web.config. But the...more >>

Hi, When you set a textbox's TextMode to password, does this just stop the password being displayed on the client machine or does it send the data to the server encrypted. Cheers gwc ...more >>

What are the pitfalls of passing a token in the url once a user is logged on so I can remember who they are? I can easily implement this by adding &token=abcdefghijklmnop123 to each internal link on my web pages once the user is logged on. I won't be passing the username or password in the u...more >>

I have some controls that I am creating dynamically. After the user finishes entering their answers in these controls, I would like to iterate through these controls and get the answers out. I have tried a couple of ways, but do not see those controls there. Can someone please help? Below is s...more >>

I have an ASP.NET 1.4 app running on W2003 IIS6. I created a new site (e.g. on port 85) where I want to run ASP.NET 2.0. When I set Asp.Net to 2.O on new site properties, the old site would give me a "SERVER ERROR". When I reset the old site to 1.4 the new one does not work. Is there a way...more >>

I've followed the directions in ms-help://MS.VSCC.v80/MS.MSDN.v80/MS.VisualStudio.v80.en/dv_aspnetcon/html/18b560f6-120b-462d-8e9f-0baf34c4919d.htm but am not able to get trace output from the business object to the trace displayed in the web page . It shows up in the vs2005 output window bu...more >>

We suddenly got a mysterious error message on our Windows Server 2003 (SP1) after rolling out a bug fix on a web services application this morning. The application compiles and runs fine on the development workstation (from vs 2005 on Windows XP Pro), but when I run "Copy Web Site..." to ...more >>

Hi, I am using Divs with CSS to setup a layout for a site. I am using the <Div>s and style sheets below. I want the TopMenu to go across the entire top of the browser. It does go across the entire top, but let say my screen resolution is 800x600 and the "Content" Div forces scroll bars for...more >>

Is there a current converter web service available? Currency rates are to be as per latest exchange rates. Raj. ...more >>

I have a chunk of code I'm writing in a C# code behind. Not sure if this is the right place to post, but I'm hoping someone has come across this before... I have on a page a pair of drop down boxes. Based on the selection made in one drop down, the second is enabled or disabled. The code ...more >>

Hi. Two questions about "RegisterClientScriptBlock": 1. I want to be able to insert a script block without having to worry about whether the "key" is unique. As it turns out, if a script block with that key has already been registered, I can't register another block with the same key. So th...more >>

[sorry for the multipost but I got no response in m.p.d.f.a.webcontrols] If I have a dropdown list ddl, and the following code appears in Page_Load, then on each postback the rows previously added persist and I wind up with more and more copies of the same rows. To avoid this, I have to wra...more >>

How do the Application methods like protected void Application_Start get called? They aren't base class overrides and they aren't implementing interface methods. What mechanism does the system use to call them? In a Web form, a similar handler like private void Page_Load gets cal...more >>

Hi! I am only asking for username, mail, password and security question in my CreateUserWizard control with the LoginCreatedUser=false. I am doing this because I amd sending an email for email address confirmation. The question is, How can I assign or init values to the rest of Profile ...more >>

I have a user control that is loading and prerendering before the parent page is loaded. The user control needs a value from the parent page before the control gets pre rendered. I have tried calling the OnPreRender: protected override void OnPreRender(System.EventArgs e) { fillImageTable(Co...more >>

I am working on a complex server control that dynamically creates an HtmlInputHidden control that stores its value. As far as the postback process is concerned, this hidden input acts as the control itself. So when I render, I generate a proxy HtmlInputHidden like so: protected virtual void ...more >>

Hi everyone, I'm noodling over the best way to construct a URL with a new querystring variable. Let's say I want to take my existing page's URL and append a new variable with accompanying value, then redirect, but I don't know up front whether the URL already has any variables defined. Is...more >>

Im using the following code for downloading attachments in web page, however I get the error "the file is damaged etc". But when I open directly from the folder it opens, *********** Dim myFileInfo As New FileInfo(sender.CommandArgument) Dim myFilePath As String = System.Configuration...more >>

I've created a user control that I then place in a panel. The reason it's in a panel is that it's part of search criteria that I hide/show panels based on the type of search begin done. I can place a label next to this control in the IDE and it looks fine but when I run the app, the label is o...more >>

Hello, I have rented an asp.net hosting site on Godaddy.com. The site has a URL which for the sake of this question, I will call http://www.mysite.com. I created a directory which I will call 'NewDirectory' and designated it as a root directory. I have forwarded another Domain name to thi...more >>

Hi I need to be able to handle the following ASP programming in pure C# code: <asp:TemplateColumn HeaderText="Customer Information"> <ItemTemplate> <table border="0"> <tr> <td align="right"><b>Name:</b></td> <td><%# DataBinder.Eval(Conta...more >>

I have a situation where I have 2 tables - NODES and TAGS. Nodes is the main table and contains various columns one of which is tagID. Tags contains a list of tag names and tagIDs. When a user adds an entry to the Nodes table they can specify one or more tags for the entry. Then when the form i...more >>

Hi All, I am working on ASP.NET. I am using frames. The top frame will be common where as the bottom frame changes. Now my problem is I want the top frame also change for some web pages which come in bottom frame. Is this possible. You can visit Smartmuve.net for further clarificatio...more >>

please help me as i have to validate a text box for date.... ...more >>

Hello all, We have a strange problem with our app. If the database table to which the app is writing is open, the app hangs and just takes ages. Why would this be so? Thanks, Jon...more >>

Hi, I want to hide a column in the asp:GridView, say one of the column of asp:BoundField. But it is not allowed to put <div> inside for setting it display:none. What can I do? Thanks in millions. ...more >>

Hi have a webpage with some controls at the top and a Table control at the bottom. programmatically add the table header and Data rows using TableRow() and Cells using Cell(), the Table is populated when page is NOT PostBack. have a button to save data, when i click on the save button, ro...more >>

I use vs2005 to develop web application. I have used the new feature of master page of VS2005, and I have put some <style> in the master page. But I want to override some Style sheet in the content page. Where to put the <style> in the content page ? ...more >>

Hi, I m looking for a good upload component with a progress bar (or code) that works with asp.net 2 Any idea ? stan ...more >>

I use a pre-defined CSS to my webpage. There are many class in the CSS. The header of my GridView will be affected by the CSS, but I can't find the class which affect the header of the GridView. What class in CSS affect the head of GridView? ...more >>