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Project runing on IIS

Hi All, I have a web application that configured to run using IIS , but I don't have IIS currently installed on my machine and i don't want to change it so can any one tell me how to change the .csproj file to run on the development server Please help me as son as you can Thanks in Advance ...

Pro ASP.net MVC Framework sample code not working

Hi, This is from a very good book by Steven Sanderson I am trying to follow the chapter 4 and trying to setup IOC on my mvc code from the code sample of the book but its not working. I follow the code from page 97 to page 101 where I set up Inversion of Control and run the code but I get the following error. A dialog box opens tryin...

Find control in RoleGroup of LoginView

I have some textboxes and checkboxes inside a RoleGroup of a LoginView. How can I access these controls in my code-behind? <asp:LoginView ID="lgvAdmin" runat="server"> <RoleGroups> <asp:RoleGroup Roles="Administrator"> <ContentTemplate> <div class="floatL"> ...

Display message to user when forms authentication session expires

This seems simple and I remember doing it a couple of years ago. I simply want to display a message on the login page when the user is automatically redirected there after requesting a page that they were logged in for but their session has now expired. So essentially if the user was working but stepped away for a lunch break without l...

Fill in a textbox when other textbox get filled.

Hi, I have a form with a few textboxes which are used for calculations. When I enter a value in one textbox, I want the other textboxes to get filled immediately when a value is entered. I want to use JavaScript for this. How can I do this when my textboxes are server-side? ...

Simulate retrieving Excel file from Sharepoint

When I open an Excel file stored on Sharepoint, I have the option to open it Read Only or in Edit mode. If I open it Read Only, Excel opens up and I see "Server Workbook To modify this workbook, click Edit Workbook". I need to retrieve this Excel file through an ASP.NET application, yet still have this Server Workbook functionality. I...

Deleting History pages in ASP.net

How to delete the history pages in ASP.net? In my application when the user logs out, i delete the session variables and expire the cookie(aspxauth and asp_net_sessionId) but however when user clicks on the back button of the browser, user could still see the pages with all the user information on it. However the page cannot interact the...

Entity Framework NoTracking not working

I'm trying to run a no tracking query on my entities so that I can update them outside of the context. However, when the no tracking is not working and I get an exception stating "The ObjectContext instance has been disposed and can no longer be used for operations that require a connection." This exception is thrown by a property wh...

class variable losing value

This is how my code looks like. I want to kno why is the value in the label coming as blank or null. I want to assign the value to username at get data and use it at the button click event. Can some1 guide me with this and why is it happening and how to solve this issue I don't want to use a session and static. namespace GUI { p...

Are there alternatives to ASP.NET for C# web development?

Lately, I've been thinking that I'd like to try some new ideas and a new approach to web application design. I'm mostly used to using ASP.NET (.NET 2.0) but I've toyed with the ASP.NET MVC library a little bit as well. While both are powerful and interesting, I'd really like something more... basic. Is there anything like that out the...

What is the best way to persist login and password SQL Server when used from ASP.NET app that uses SMO?

I am creating a simple web management studio using SMO. Is it secure enough to persist/store user information (login and password for database) using ASP.NET mechanism (e.g. formsauthentication, cookies, etc.). What will be the best practice to do this? thanks ...

Facebook Canvas Iframe App Extended Permissions failing

I am attempting to create a Facebook IFrame Application using the Facebook Developer's Toolkit (language I'm using is VB). No matter what I do, I cannot get past this error message from Facebook. App may not request permissions that do not apply to all profiles in the selector I have tried dropping a CanvasIFrameLoginControl w...

What advantages does PHP have over ASP.NET?

I have opened a large web project on elance for a social network. I got over 30 bids on my project and many of the providers recommended php even though they had .net knowledge. many have said that php with drupal has many advanteges over the .NET framework but did not say what they were. Its hard to believe that a scripting language has...

IIS7 overwriting defined HTTP header values

I am attempting to set the content-type of an asp.net .ashx file to text/plain. When I run this through the ASP.NET Development Server, the content-type is properly set. When I serve it through IIS7, however, the content-type (and any other header values I set) don't come through (it came through as text/html). The only value set in ...

Capture ASP.NET Session Timeout in a GeneXus Application

I need to capture an ASP.NET Session Tiemout in a GeneXus X application generated in C#. When a user stay away from keyboard more than N minutes, I would like to request User/password once again without loosing data's changes in webform ...

How do you call master page methods from a content page when the button is inside an update panel?

I have a masterpage and a content page. In the content page I have a script manager and an update panel. In the update panel I want to be able to click a button which would hit a public method on the master page to show a message. This works if I don't have an update panel on the content page but is there a way to get it to work when th...

What is the best way to get only certain properties using reflection?

I am trying to come up with the best way to get only certain properties from a type using reflection. How can I differentiate the properties from each other? Let me add this to help clarify my question. I understand that I can use binding flags or name. But say I want only a certain four properties. Would the best way be to create a...

Validating textbox content on blur by calling server-side method without affecting page behaviour

I have a textbox in one grid-view column where upon entering a particular value and losing focus of the textbox, should post to the server to get the text validated through a server-side method. If the entry is valid, a result set to fill rest of row cells would be returned, else the bgcolor of the textbox needs to be changed to Red. I ...

ScriptControl inside UpdatePanel

I have a ScriptControl (requires ScriptManager) with JavaScript to handle client-side interactions and ICallbackEventHandler to communicate back and forth. Everything works perfectly with one or multiple instances of the control on a page. I placed the control inside a GridView with sorting and it still works. However, I place the Gri...

PostBackTrigger control id

Hi, I have an button ("export") to export data from grid to excel. But it's inside an update panel. So I'm registering postback trigger. What should I assign to PostBackTrigger.ControlId ??? Thanks! ...