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How to add a property to a Table Adapter that can be bound to?

I have a database table TravelRequest that contains, amongst other things, the fields SignOffName and SignOffDate. I have a table adapter TravelRequestTable based on this table. I have a DetailsView control which uses this via an ObjectDataSource. Should be all fairly standard stuff. What I want to do is add a property called SignOffNam...

Get Session to expire gracefully in ASP.NET

I need a way to tell ASP.NET "Kill the current session and start over with a brand new one" before/after a redirect to a page. Here's what I'm trying to do: 1) Detect when a session is expired in the master page (or Global.asax) of an ASP.NET application. 2) If the session is expired, redirect the user to a page telling them that thei...

System.Web.Routing with WebForms - picking up variables in the target page

I have the pattern User/{domain}/{username} set up via Routing. Everything works except for one thing. I can't figure out how to get the domain and username variables passed to my redirected page. Below is my GetHttpHandler method from my IRouteHandler implementation. public IHttpHandler GetHttpHandler(RequestContext requestContext)...

How often do you use custom events?

I've been learning some new features of ASP.NET beyond my current level of comfort, and I'm trying to figure out exactly how custom events can fit in, from a design standpoint. I know how they work, and the observer/subscriber pattern, but it seems that custom events aren't talked about much. It seems like an entire app could be built fr...

Page_Load Is not Hit in SubFolder Default.aspx after Redirect to that Page

I have a page that sites in a first level folder from my root called default.aspx. I'm redirected to that page like as so: I have an initial root Default.aspx that holds a login button User clicks the login button and it redirects to Facebook Login After logging in, Facebook redirects back to my first level Default.aspx (sits inside r...

Ajax.BeginForm refresh partial..?

Okay so, I have a form that is posting using ajax... <% using(Ajax.BeginForm(new AjaxOptions() { OnBegin="onBegin", OnSuccess = "onSuccess", OnFailure="onFailure" })) { %> On the server side I am passing back from the controller a Json object. Now, when the OnSuccess event fires I can get to the Json object by using "result.get_respo...

Does an ASP.NET Web Service Namespace subdomain matter?

meaning is there a difference between <WebService(Namespace:="http://theurl.com/")&gt; and <WebService(Namespace:="http://www.theurl.com/")&gt; ? ...

Master Details using jQuery Tabs

Hello, I am trying to implement a master details solution using the jQuery Tabs. Two tabs, first tab contains Northwind Customers, selecting customer command should display tab2 with the orders for the customer. So far, I have come to the conclusion that it cannot be done without using some sort of Ajax. Am I correct? I got some point...

ASP.NET: Password Recovery link on a LogIn control requires a user to login

I'm trying to test this out on my site but it doesn't quite work because I have to be logged in to go to this page. Is there a configuration setting that I haven't set or set incorrectly? EDIT: rm's answer led me to this link from Microsoft. ...

Update ControlState from client script?

Hi I have an IScriptControl that needs to persist data from the user across postbacks. Currently I'm writing the data to a hidden field, but I'd like to switch to ControlState. So my question is: Is it possible to update ControlState data from client script? Thanks, Aleko ...

Quickest and easiest way to set up a web page to search an SQL database?

I usually only work on system admin projects and software packaging and have little knowledge of web technologies, but I've been given the task of building a simple website that searches an SQL 2005 database from the users input and lists the results. That's it. Can anybody help me out with some sample code or some such? Since we're a p...

Is it possible to have arbitrary XML in a custom configuration section?

Suppose I define a configuration section in an ASP.NET web.config like: <?xml version="1.0"?> <configuration> <configSections> <sectionGroup name="system.web"> <section name="MySettings" type="MyCompany.MyProject.Configuration.MySettings" allowLocation="true" allowDefinition="Everywhere" restartOnExternalChanges="false" /> ...

ASP.NET "Reference required to assembly" error.

I have an ASP.NET page A that uses a data layer assembly DAL. I reference the DAL assembly with a <%@ Assembly Name="NGC.DAL" %> tag since there is no project to add the reference to. The assembly itself I copied to the pages' bin folder. The assembly DAL is a project that references System and System.Data. Now when A calls a method in...

Difference between VB.Net and C# "As New WebControl"

I was refactoring some code, and part of it included moving it from VB.Net to C#. The old code declared a member like this: Protected viewMode As New WebControl The new code, I eventually got working, like this: protected WebControl _viewMode = new WebControl(HtmlTextWriterTag.Span); I can presume that the "New" keyword mean...

IIS Permissions for Saving Word Documents

Our ASP.NET/C# lets users edit and manage Word (OpenXML) documents that are hosted on a server. I am using client-side VBScript functions to handle some of the editing functions including saving the document to a folder on the server. For the save functionality, I am using the following function call : Document.SaveAs "http://server/sav...

ASP.NET connectionStringName and MemberShip Provider name

"apparently it works" Can you name reasons beyond good practices not to give these two: connectionStringName and Membership Provider name the same string value? could this be an issue? as in: <membership defaultProvider="MySqlConnection" userIsOnlineTimeWindow="45"> <providers> <clear /> <add name...

How to detect mouse moving while left button down

I want to use javascript to detect the mouse position once the mousedown event has fired. It appears I am not getting an onmousemove event when the left button is held down. The cursor is changing to some circle with a cross through it. My whole goal is to detect the start position of the cursor on mousedown and change the top left st...

What ways can I hide the WSDL from end users that have the service URL

I have a .NET web service which is publically accessible since it needs to be accessible via Flex. It currently only has read operations. http://www.example.com/webservices/weather.asmx?wsdl I want to add some admin only web methods to the same webservice such as UpdateWeather and StartRainstorm. Obviously I don't want my end user ...

Something faster than HttpHandlers?

What is the fastest way to execute a method on an ASP.NET website? The scenario is pretty simple: I have a method which should be executed when a web page is hit. Nothing else is happening on the page, the only rendered output is a "done" message. I want the processing to be as fast as possible. Every single hit is unique, so caching i...

Telerik Controls with ASP.NET MVC: Does this violate the MVC model?

Will using MVC enabled Telerik controls with ASP.NET MVC violate the MVC model? And if not, what kind of performance hit (versus features and development speed) will there be with using Telerik controls over manually coding the HTML? ...