asp.net

How to let the user to download an xml file

What i want to do is that the user selects some fields on a grid and according to these datas i create an xml file on the web server and then i want user to download it like downloading a any file. But the problem is, i cant use this code: Response.ContentType = "APPLICATION/OCTET-STREAM"; // initialize the http content-disposi...

Stacked Chart using MSChart

I am attempting to create a stacked chart using the relatively new Microsoft Chart Controls. I am sure that I am missing something obvious but a bit of help will go a long way. The below code creates a chart with two columns. I'd like the columns to be stacked on top of each other. Further, I'd like the total of the two to be displayed...

lightbox effect/control for C# with ASP.NET

Update:OK about ThickBox, I found the version that supports button but I get a message saying "Operation could not be completed" when I try to use the controls and add them in design mode. Not sure what else to do :( Any idea why I get this message? I already found the Ajax Control Toolkit, but I can't install it for some reason (with...

How do I set access permissions for the search web service in Search Server 2008 Express?

I have installed Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express on a Windows 2003 server and created a search content source (our corporate website) for testing. I can search this source just fine from the Search Centre. From an ASP.NET web application I am trying to query the provided web service as described here I am using impersonation sett...

Alternatives to System.web.ui.page

I have an ASP.Net application and I've noticed through using profilers that there is a sizable amount of processing that happens before my page even runs. In my application, we don't used viewstate, asp.Net session, and we probably don't require most of the overhead that comes of a consequence of using the asp.net page lifecycle. Is the...

Monitoring ASP.NET application memory from within the application

I'm looking for a way for the application itself to monitor the amount of memory it is using, so I can record it in a log file every hour or so and keep an eye on the applications usage. Its all hosted so we can make changes to the system to see what is going on so the solution will have to be from within the application code. We may i...

Adding a textbox dynamically

Hi, In my aspx page,when a user clicks on a Location "LinkButton", a new textbox should be dynamically added in the page.User can add a maximum of 10 textboxes. Also, user can navigate to another page B from this page A.When he comes back to page A, all his textboxes should be persisted. How do I achieve this functionality? Thanks. ...

urlrewriting.net not accepting arabic query string

hi, i am going crazy, i have tried everything, urlencode, html encode, but urlrewriting.net is reading Arabic querystring as ?? charecters totally appreciate the help ...

How can I export trace.axd to a file

Hey, This probably has an easy answer, but I haven't been able to find one yet. I was wondering if there was a simple solution to exporting the page-level trace results of trace.axd to a log file of some sort. Thanks ...

Obtaining selected item, value or index from drop down list in formview after button press

I have a formview with an insertion template. In this template there is a drop down list with a number of items I want users to be able to select from. Beside the drop down list there is a button which I am using to add the selected item from the drop down list to a gridview which also exists in the insertion template. My problem is t...

Defining tagPrefixes in Web.config help

I am having a little bit of trouble getting my aspx pages to recognize my tagPrefixes. I have the standard ASP ones defined... <add tagPrefix="asp" namespace="System.Web.UI" assembly="System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"/> <add tagPrefix="asp" namespace="System.Web.UI.WebControls" as...

How can page events be handled from a usercontrol? (VB.net)

I would like some code to execute at the "preload" stage of my usercontrol's lifecycle. However the preload event is only available on the Page object. So, I added the following method to my usercontrol: Private Sub Page_PreLoad(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Page.PreLoad However, I know get the compile...

Eliminating temporary ASP.Net Files

How do you prevent ASP.NET from creating too many temporary files? My website creates gigabytes of temporary files, and that overflows the main partition on the server. How do I prevent this from happening? ...

Cons of external JavaScript file over inline JavaScript

What are some of the disadvantages of using an external JS file over including the JS as a part of the ASPX page? I need to make an architectural decision and heard from coworkers that external JS does not play nice sometimes. ...

Create nested checkboxes in asp.net 2.0

Whats is the best method to create nested checkboxlists in ASP.net? Should I be using a datagrid? Should I be using a treeview with checkboxes enabled? I have the data I need in a datatable, and would like to loop through through it to create a checkboxlist with a nested chechboxlist for each parent checkbox. Cheers! ...

StringLengthValidator - localization not working

I am validating input to my ASP.NET application using StringLengthValidators, and using the ValidationSummary control to display the error messages. To localize the application, the StringLengthValidators have the MessageTemplateResourceName and MessageTemplateResourceType attributes set. The first time the validator runs, it picks up...

VS Builtin web server sends images as octet-stream

I am debugging an ASP.NET website which has a lot of javascripts and images using Visual Studio 2008 development web server. One of the many scripts try to create an <img> tag on the fly and supply it with a proper src attribute. However, none of the images are loaded and instead alt text are displayed in Firefox, IE and Opera. Digging...

Specify the assembly explicitly?

I am getting this ambiguous reference error with some software that came from a vendor. The problem is, I need to keep both DLLs in my project, because various parts of it use code from both. So... I need to know the syntax for explicitly specifying the assembly. In other words, I want to do exactly what the error message is telling me t...

Linq To Objects Auto Increment Number

This feels like a completely basic question, but, for the life of me, I can't seem to work out an elegant solution. Basically, I am doing a Linq Query creating a new object from the query. In the new object, I want to generate a auto-incremented number to allow me to keep a selection order for later use (named Iter in my example). ...

SMTPClient Half Working \ Half Not

I am using Microsoft's membership framework on a website. I am able to send password retrieval e-mails, but am unable to send e-mails myself using SMTPClient. When you configure the SMTP settings in the Web Site Administration Tool, what are the settings that this application give it's SMTPclient? If I know this, I can duplicate it and...