asp.net

How to select a TreeNode by Javascript?

Hi all. I've a TreeView that displays hierarchical data, while I select a TreeNode, I generate a series of links that map the path from selected node till root node Say: Root Node --> ChildNode --> SelectedNode What I need is, while clicking any of these links, select required node in TreeView? I know that selecting a TreeNode is d...

Integrated Windows Authentication

We're experiencing some really strange problems with Integrated Windows Authentication with IIS and I'm not sure if I can see a pattern or not. We have a DNS-Cname record called Fred. We have an IIS website with Fred set as the host header. When I connect to this site I get prompted with a credential challenge. I would expect my credent...

DB Connections in ASP.NET, MySQL vs. SQL Server

I'm using MySQL in an ASP.NET project I'm currently working on, I did some tests to test the performance of the MySQL .NET provider but unfortunately I'm not very pleased with the results. A very simple loop that only opens the connection was 10x faster in SQL Server: // MySQL const string CONNECTION_STRING = "server=localhost;databa...

How can i filter out a comma in a TextBoxExtender in ASP.NET AJAX Toolkit ?

Hi, I want my TextBoxExtender to NOT allow a comma and a slash. How do I set it ? Using an escape sequence ? Thanks. ...

Nested Repeaters and SqlDataSource Parameters.

I am using nested repeaters to build a table for reasons I won't discuss here, but what I'm looking to do is have two datasources, one for the top level repeater that will correspond to the rows, and one for the second level repeater that will return cells within a row. What I'm wondering, however, is if I can somehow specify a paramete...

How can I detect the Java runtime installed on a client from an ASP .NET website?

I have an ASP .NET website that hosts a Java applet. The Java applet requires version 1.6 Update 11 of the Java runtime. How can I detect that a client has the appropriate runtime installed so that I can display an informative message if they do not? Thanks, Carl. EDIT: The solution must be platform independant. ...

How can I easily view the contents of a datatable or dataview in the immediate window

Sometimes I will be at a breakpoint in my code and I want to view the contents of a datatable variable (or a datatable in a dataset). The quick watch doesn't give you a very clear view of the contents. How can I view them easily? ...

Extend LDAP Membership to append a prefix/sufix to the username

Our web applications are using LDAP Membership Provider to authenticate and register users in Active Directory. In order to allow users to provide usernames that exist in other applications, we need to add a prefix in its username and it should be as transparent and painless as possible. What I need is a way to extend the LDAP Membershi...

Why Encrypt Query Strings in ASP.NET?

I work on a web-application that is written in C#/ASP.NET. The original framers of this application chose to use encrypted query strings and Viewstate to control the 'security' and 'state' of the application. Having come from a GET/POST world before this, I don't have a good basis for understanding why people would go through the troub...

Hide authorized menu item in asp.net web.sitemap

I have a web.sitemap with security trimming enabled, however I need to hide a menu item based on a role to a page that has no access rules in the web.config. i.e I have a Campaign page that is used to view existing campaigns as well as to add new campaigns, but I want the "New Campaigns" menu item to be hidden for anonymous users. I tri...

Best way to create a default Database setup via an .aspx page?

We are going to be selling a service that will be hosted by us, and each client we host will have their own database, but there will be one centralized website. I currently have a blank database with the few things that a new client will need. What is the best way to copy this database so I can setup another client? I want to be able ...

Should I consider using a VPS to host my web application?

What are the disadvantages (if any) of using a virtual private server instead of a dedicated server to host my web application? I launching my first web application in a couple of months and I'm trying to wonder what's the best way to host it at an affordable price. It's built in ASP.Net and uses SQL Server Express. My point is, since...

Solution for: Element <element> is not a known element warning in vs2008 when using User controls

I had a VS2008 project that was showing this warning, and I couldn't find a solution anywhere - perhaps my google-fu is weak. In any case, the apparent solution to this is to make sure that the TagName is the name of control class. So for my example, the following displayed the warning: <%@ Register Src="~/path/to/Control.ascx" TagNam...

Data cache vs session object in ASP.Net

Should dynamic business objects for a site be stored in the users session or use ASP.Net caching (objects such as orders, profile information etc)? I have worked with sites that used sessions to store business objects, but I was wondering...What are the advantages or disadvantages of caching? ...

Multiple UpdatePanels and state

I have a user control that has multiple update panels On Page Load, I load a child user control dynamically onto the PlaceHolder (I do this everytime and don't check for postback) I want to be able to maintain the state of the changes that a user makes in the Child user control. (The ch...

asp.net mvc framwork information propagation

I have an asp page containing a form with two fields where the client is supposed to write his/her information. <td><%=Html.TextBox("Date")%></td> <td><%=Html.TextBox("City")%></td> My action's signature looks (at the moment) like this: public ActionResult XXX(string Date, string City) {...} The problem is that I want to propagate...

ASP.net drop down dynamically styling and then remembering the styles on aborted submit

So, I've got an ASP drop down list (this is .net 2.0). I'm binding it with data. Basically, when the page loads and it's not a post back we'll fetch record data, bind all the drop downs, and set them to their appropriate values (strictly speaking we: initialize page with basic set of data from DB, bind drop downs from DB, fetch actual ...

Exception error message with incorrect line number

When an exception occurs to in an Asp.Net web page, an error message is displayed with the complete stack trace. Example below: Stack Trace: IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside the bounds of the array. MyNameSpace.SPAPP.ViewDetailsCodeBehind.LoadView() +5112 MyNameSpace.SPAPP.ViewDetailsCodeBehind.Page_Load(Obj...

ASP.NET MVC and httpRuntime executionTimeout

I would like to increase the httpruntime executionTimeout for a subsection of an ASP.NET MVC application. In a regular Web App, you could use <configuration> <location path="UploadPage.aspx"> <httpRuntime executionTimeout="600"/> </location> </configuration> however there really is not the idea of "Folders" in ASP.NET MVC, so how wo...

Recommend a good ADO.NET book?

Any good books on ADO.NET out there? Please let me know. Thanks. ...