I'd appreciate some feedback on this. I don't know whether or not to write anything else, since nobody seems to have found it. I was hoping to help somebody but I didn't really advertise it anywhere, I just hoped google would pick it up somehow. ...more >>

Hi, I hv a datagrid and WinForm to enter new records. da = new OleDbDataAdapter("select idno,ename,dob from emp",conn); da.fill(ds,"emp"); BindGrid(); In the button click(AddNew), DataTable dt = new ds.Tables["emp"]; DataRow newrow = dt.NewRow(); newrow["idno"]="XXXXXX"; newrow[...more >>

I am using the following statement in my repeater control. <%# "if(" + int.Parse(Eval("RegistrationID").ToString()) + "!=" + int.Parse(Session["id"].ToString()) + "{<a href=SubscriptionCart.aspx?GroupID=" + Eval("RegistrationID") + ">Subscribe</a>}" %> The problem is it appears as: if(1!...more >>

I am using the following statement in my repeater control. <%# "if(" + int.Parse(Eval("RegistrationID").ToString()) + "!=" + int.Parse(Session["id"].ToString()) + "{<a href=SubscriptionCart.aspx?GroupID=" + Eval("RegistrationID") + ">Subscribe</a>}" %> The problem is it appears as: if(1!...more >>

We have a home grown CMS in our organization that I decided to update at 5pm only to find a gigantic security bug in it. Here's the deal: The original programmer created the security for the CMS. When a person logs in, they're authenticated against the DB and then pertinent info regarding ...more >>

I have a class file in my App_Code folder called "clsBasePage.vb" that looks like this: Public Class clsBasePage Inherits System.Web.UI.Page ...stuff... End Class It's a "page" in that it inherits from ui.page, but has no .aspx file. It's just a class file. In creating ...more >>

Hello, I have a weird problem with one ASP.NET application that I develop using Visual Studio.Net 2003 (VB.Net). When I build an application, I get message "Build failed". When I start an application, I'm getting pop-up message: " There were build errors. Continue?" If I click "No" - I do...more >>

Hello, I am converting some code from VB to C# and ran into a conversion error: Cannot implicitly convert type 'object' to 'System.Web.UI.WebControls.RadioButtonList'. An explicit conversion exists (are you missing a cast?) Any help with this would be appreciated... sck10 VB ...more >>

I am new to the world of Web development - although I have several years in desktop application development (C/C++). I am trying to get my head around key concepts such as authentication, object life cycle etc, and I seem to be going round in circles. Specifically, I am contemplating how t...more >>

Hi, I want to create an 'open file button' using asp control button, which will display open file dialog box for users to choose the location of folders to be read. It might be easy for Windows Application, but i want to do it from web application. Can someone provide me any examples of code ...more >>

Hi, I want to set up the password length to 5 and no non-alphanumeric chararcters required, and obviously change the error text in the CreateUserWizard in case of wrong password, instead of the standard rule (Password length minimum: 7. Non-alphanumeric characters required: 1). Is that possi...more >>

ASP.NET 2.0 aspx page with a FormView bound to an ObjectDataSource to view, add and edit records. Can anyone point me to a sample of how to retain the user entered control values when an insert fails? In other words, when inserting a new record, user enters data in the controls, but the in...more >>

I have a couple of windows I am opening from my .aspx window and want the child windows to close when the browser closes or I change pages. I have the following to open the window: function OpenLogoPreviewWindow() { window.open('logoDisplay.htm','myWindow','menubar=no,toolbar=no,directori...more >>

Hi, I'm certain I'm not the first person to run into this, but here's the scenario: I have a collection of objects say of class 'User' which I want to put as the datasource of a GridView. I can bind to properties of User fine. But suppose I want to bind to a property one level down. (Say ...more >>

I'm trying to use the website configuration tool and it keeps telling me that it is unable to connect the SQL Server Database. I do not have SQL Server Express installed. I have the real deal installed on my development box. Is this the problem or is there someway to tell this tool that I'm...more >>

I have two text boxes. If (and only if) a user enters something in textbox1, I need to validate that they also entered something in Textbox2. IOW, I need to validate that they entered something in textbox1...and if they did...validate that they entered something in textbox2. Is there an easy w...more >>

I did that thing where I need to put ieupdate.js in my web page so that the "click to activate" message won't appear on a mouseover of my flash. But now, the page doesn't seem to fully load. I.e. the progress bar at the bottom seems to hang. Any idea how to fix? Thanks, Ron P.S. He...more >>

I'd like to display a jpeg image sitting on the C: drive of my webserver. The directory the image is under however, isn't beneath inetpub\wwwroot. Is there a way for an aspx page to display an image located on a specific folder on the hard drive? Specifically, it's an <asp:Image> control t...more >>

I have an application that uses the Microsoft.Web.UI.WebControls.TabStrip and Multipage controls. When I test the app on my pc or on my client's development web servers the controls render properly. When I deploy the app to the test environment - supposedly an exact duplicate of the development ...more >>

Can somebody tell me why Jobno and Value BoundFields are not available during the command SaveParm ? i enter text into the box for Value and hit the Save button, but all I see is the Parmvalue. Thanks in advance for any help or information!! <asp:GridView ID="ParmView" runat="serve...more >>

Hi everyone, I'm adding columns to a DataTable, so that I can set it as the DataSource for a DataGrid. How can I go about putting a DIV element inside one of the column headers? I'm fine with taking another approach. Thanks :-) Sean ...more >>

Hi, Is there a way to get a user's profile from within a HTTP handler (ashx)? The code I use to get a profile in a webform (aspx) is: ProfileCommon pc = Profile.GetProfile("johndoe"); context.Response.Write(pc.HomeAddress); so I assumed it would be something like ProfileCommon pc = c...more >>

Hi all, Wonder if someone can help me out. I not so long ago upgraded from Visual Studio 2003 to Visual Studio 2005 - at the time it was a progression from .Net 1.1 to .Net 2.0. So, I'm running Microsoft Update the other day to notice .Net 3.0 - cant say I've really heard much about it -...more >>

hello, i need to do some HTML encoding on some strings. not UrlEncoding, mind you, but HTML encoding. ie: "&" to "&amp;" "<" to "&lt;" ....etc. does anyone know of a good way to do this, other than manual string replacements? what of decoding back into plain text? thanks, m...more >>

I have a relatively simple case where I have a form with two fields (call them A and B) which need to be enabled mutually exclusively depending on the state of a drop down. So if drop down is "A" then field A is populateable and if B then B. This would be relatively simple to do with a CustomV...more >>

Hi all, I've only just started to use ASP.Net 2.0. I'm an experienced ASP.Net developer and had a question regarding master pages. Can you interact with elements that exist on the master page template? For instance, let's say I wanted to show menu items on the master page. Depending on what...more >>

Hello, I am planning to use three databases on the local SQL Server. DB1 will be for App1, DB2 for App2, and DB3 will hold tables, that both, App1 and App2 need to access. With applications I mean ASP.NET applications. Obviously, I need in App1 and App2 at least two SqlConnection...more >>

Hello All! I'm trying to wrestle with what seems to me to be a simple concept but has been frustrating trying to implement. I have asp.net page with 2 listbox controls. The first is populated on page load. I'm using javascript to select items from the first and enter into the second - I do...more >>

I have a GridView that I dynamically add columns to in code. The way that my code is written, everything works properly if I use GridView.Columns.Add to simply add the columns to the end of the collection. However, if I use GridView.Columns.Insert to inject the columns in the middle of the e...more >>

I develop some coding like scenario as following: 1. myAppServer --tcp--> IIS ----> Web Application 2. myAppServer --tcp--> Windows Application I found that Web Application return the results very slow (more than 3-4 times of Windows Application) How can I tuning IIS? ...more >>

Hi I'm pulling my hair out with a problem caused when DataBinding a DataSet to a web control. I first tried using a GridView but when that failed, I tried a Repeater. I'm getting the classic "'System.Data.DataRowView' does not contain a property with the name X" error message which suggests I...more >>

I'm looking to create a small Windows Forms (2.0) application that enables the user to create basic crossword puzzles that are printable (ideally ..PDF). I just spent a bunch of time with Google and it seems that there are a lot of apps for sale (no source), a lot of shareware Java applets - s...more >>

Hi, I have the following bound to a database column and want the URL field to be editable in the GridView control. When the "Edit" link is clicked the field remains readOnly. <asp:HyperLinkField DataTextField="URL" HeaderText="URL" DataNavigateUrlFields="URL" Target="_blank" /> How c...more >>

Hi, The scenario: - A user logs on to web app 1; - The user clicks on a button that redirects him/her to web app 2. The problem: - The user is presented with a login page. The question: - How to programmatically provide the user's credentials to web app 2 before connecting to it? I...more >>

I see that the RTM version of ASP.NET AJAX requires installation of the ASP.NET AJAX assemblies in the GAC. I've been through all the docs, and deployment, per se, is never directly addressed. 1. Is installing System.Web.Extensions to the production server's GAC the only (additional) step r...more >>

Hi, Am trying to access the directory and its files from the ftp path \ \135.51.103.13\ftpshare.But when i try to do it , it is telling Directory not found.What is the reason for this. Is there any secuirty settings that i need to set? Here is the code below: Public spath As String...more >>

Hi. I have files in the "Scorecard Previews" subfolder of the virtual path of my app, the absolute path being C:\Data\Ordering Process\Scorecard Previews\ I have a javascript function which changes the href of an <a> depending on some selection in a combo. If in the javascrip...more >>

Hello, I can't see OnPreInit method for Webcontrols and controls. Why the method is not similarly called for controls as it is done for Page Control ? It is sometime uneasy to initialize SkinID for dynamic controls. In the past we had the OnInit method of the custom control to initialize e...more >>

I'm upgrading and rewriting an old site to asp.net 2.0. Most definately want to replace frames and framesets with Masterpages. There was one and really only one feature of frames that I prefered. It seemed with frames I could much easier limit people to one point of entry to my site. That being...more >>

Is there a way to export data from a control into excel if the control is not server side? Do I have to do it with java script or can I do it inside my VB.NET code? ...more >>

Hi, What is the maximum value I can set to the following web.config property to? <httpRuntime executionTimeout=""> I'm asking, since I'm not sure if there is a setting on my host's shared server (in the machine.config file for example) that can limit this. In ASP.NET 1.0 the executionTim...more >>

I developed an application (asp.net 2.0) and set utf-8 coding for web.config and saved each pages (master pages) with utf-8 encoding. I also change sql server 2005 database table collation to "Turkish_CI_AS" when I open pages i saw all tukish characters (=C3=9C=C4=B0=C5=9E=C4=9E=C3= =96=C3=87=C...more >>

Good day, I would like to execute an external application from a web form created using ASP.Net. I'm using System.Diagnostics.Process. It works fine if it is notepad.exe but it is not able to execute even a simple VB.Net windows application. No error is being returned. The application just ...more >>

Hello everybody, I have a question about the ASP.NET registry account. I'm writing a web application that requires the server's ASP.NET user account to have its decimal separator symbol set to a period. (because a 3rd party component requires so) I have also created a small executable that ...more >>

I can't seem to get selectedrowstyle-backcolor to set the row background color unless I force the selected index in the code behind. When i select the ButtonField Run button it does set the background color for the row. Is there another property I need to set to allow selection for this to...more >>

Hi I am looking to convert a site from HTML to ASP.NET making use of CSS. I have tried various combinations but I can not seem to get the correct combination of div and CSS tag configurations. I have uploaded a screenshot (http://www.bwbfc.com/math/regions.jpg) of how the screen will be...more >>