It seems whenever I create new Web Site projects in VS2008, there is only a Debug configuration available, not Release. Is this a bug or by design? Upgraded Web Sites (from 2005) show both. So do "Web Application" projects (I still don't really understand the pros and cons of using one over th...more >>

Just out of curiosity, I don't suppose ASP.NET provides any tools to make it easier to read a table from a database and convert it to a class object, does it? As it is, I need to create a class for each table type, manually type in all the members, and then write code to read the database, ...more >>

I am trying to shutdown a database server in the Application_End event handler on the Global.asax page. So far I am trying this only on the development server that comes with Visual Studio 2005. When I close the browser, this does not cause the Application_End event to trigger. It also will not ...more >>

We have a page that contains an .ascx user control. That control has an image button that when clicked fires a JavaScript function on the container page. The JavaScript function finds an <asp: button > on the container page using. var btn = document.getElementById('<%= MyButton.ClientID %>')...more >>

Hi I have some areas of my website I want to make available to other site owners to include in their website (for example, Top 10 list, etc) What's the best way to generate something that can be used by any site owner, no matter what language they use, but that I can control the way the ...more >>

For ASP.Net 2.0, if using HttpUtilities.Urlencode, it will encode spaces as '+' rather than %20, is this a known issue or something expected. ...more >>

I have a DataList control that displays file names from a directory. I would like to conditionally add a string to the DataNavigateUrlFormatString in a HyperlInk column before it is displayed. Where is the best place to do that? Currently the DataNavigateUrlFormatString="ShowDocs.aspx?doc={...more >>

Hi, I am a beginner in .NET. I have been coding in plain asp before, using VBScript, and now when i'm migrating to .NET, i obviously chosed VB.NET. But.... when i see code samples on net, they are mostly in C#, i also saw a post in this newsgroup where someone mentioned that it was a very ...more >>

I have some Calendar controls on my asp.net page. My computer (localhost) and my server is in Croatia, Europe. So calendar control have day in week and month caption on Croatian language. I want to set up these controls on English language. How to do that? ...more >>

Hi Group I'm working on file upload and download. Right now I'm using the file system, next SQL Server. I have most everthing working except for providing a way to allow users to browse for a server directory to select the needed download document. Environment is C#/ASP.Net 2.0 and my files...more >>

I'm trying to put some code in my asp.net 1.1 application that checks some dependencies. I want to alert the user if something is missing or a component version is out of sync. I've been able to do the checking logic, but can't do what I want from the application_start event. What I fist inte...more >>

VS2005, Win XP, IE 6.0 Who ever would have thought. My menu looks better in firefox than IE6.0 !! If I create a site menu on a regular webForm it displays ok. Menu is only 2 levels deep (not counting hidden "home" level 0) But if I create it on a Master page (which I need to do), when I r...more >>

I created two base page class and a webform to inherit them as blow. Public Class BasePage:System.Web.UI.Page { protected override void OnPreInit(EventArgs e) { base.OnPreInit(e); } } Public Class ContentPage : BasePage { protected override void OnPreInit(EventArgs e) ...more >>

In all of my cases, the DataItem property of DataGridItem, RepeaterItem, DataListItem,GridViewRow contain a DataRowView. When will they contain a different type, and what types can they be? ...more >>

Hi Group, Is there any way to find out what is the exact syntax that VS2003 is using when compiling/starting a asp.net application ? I'm looking for all the parameters needed for issuing a vbc command at the command prompt. We have a quite large application, with lots of projects in the s...more >>

Will ASP.NET 1.1 application work perfectly on .Net Framework 2.0 without upgrading to 2.0. The reason I am asking is that we would like to use mirroring feature of SQL2005 but <Failover Partner> keyword is not supported by .NET Framework version 1.0 or 1.1 Thanks DNB ...more >>

Hi all, I've been given an old asp.net project to update. The project uses its own authentication system and small session object to maintain state - it's running off a mysql server. One issue with this is session timeout occuring for logged in users. Currently, session timeout is set at 20. ...more >>

Hi all VS 2005 I added a menu with a siteMapDataSource control as its source. It appears to read the Web.sitemap file because all the items listed in the file are shown. Problem is that allthe items in the file are shown on one line. It is not distinguishing the sub levels. Here is the sitem...more >>

I have a class with properties that correspond to the columns in a database table. So for example the column BookTitle in table Books will have a corresponding property BookTitle in the class Books. I am writing a data access layer that creates a list of Book objects and so I have to read ...more >>

Hello, I have the following control tree: Panel A > Panel B > Panel C > Literal How can I, in my literal DataBind event, get 3 controls "up" in the control tree, i.e. Panel A Thanks, Miguel...more >>

Hallo! I know, that I can run an ActiveX Control in a Webpage. I have seen that its possible to run a .NET-"Control" in a webpage at the client too. (Client needs framwork) Any sample, how to do this? Thanks aaapaul...more >>

So far, I know that there are some example which uses javascript and iframe to do this. But may I know what is the best way to do this wiht ASPNET? I don't mind sacrify cross browser compatibility. TIA...more >>

After logging into my web site, it seems that I time out at around 10~15 minutes. What setting should be changed in web.config to increase the timeout to say, 3 hours? Can this value be set programmatically? What is the maximum value allowed ? Thanks for any direction, Mort ...more >>