Date: 04/13/05     Keywords: asp, web

I'm working on developing custom error pages for a client of ours, and I'm working on trying to have the various errors point to different ASP pages that have scripts that email out to tech support that an error occurred on the website. Obviously the only way (that I know of) to test these error pages is to regenerate the errors. Producing a 404 error is easy, but how would I go about reproducing a 503 (Server Unavailable) error or a 500 (Internal Server Error) error? Also, the way I currently have it set up is that the error pages are all in my /Scripts folder and I was wondering if there was a way to be able to grab the site that the person was trying to go to. So for example someone tries to go to www.fake.com/as9daijoi which doesn't exist. The custom error page comes up, and sends out an email to tech support saying that they were TRYING to navigate to www.fake.com/as9daijoi but couldn't. I have it grabbing their IP address, the time, and any referring pages that there were. Any help would greatly be appreciated.

This is on IIS 5.1 with WinXP SP2, developing in InterDev and using AspMail 4.0 for email.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/aspdotnet/32005.html

Date: 04/08/05     Keywords: database, asp, sql, microsoft

Hello peoples, I am having a bitta trouble with my code and can't seem to find an answer. Im currently running XP Pro with SP2, IIS 5.1, and try to do a simple DSNless SQL Update from a form connecting to a Access 2000 database. The ASP code is as follows.

<% 
	Dim strDataPath, objConnection
	strDataPath = Server.MapPath("rest.mdb")
	Set objConnection = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
	strConnectString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;"_
	+ " Data Source= " & strDataPath & ";"
	objConnection.ConnectionTimeout = 15
	objConnection.CommandTimeout = 10
	objConnection.Mode = 3
	
	if objConnection.State = 0 then
	objConnection.Open strConnectString
	end if
			
	Dim strSQL, objRS
			
	strSQL = "SELECT * FROM food"
	Set objRS = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.RecordSet")
	objRS.Open strSQL, objConnection,3,3
	objRS.AddNew
	objRS("tableno") = Request.Form("tableno")
	tableno = Request.Form("tableno")
	objRS("people") = Request.Form("people")
	people = Request.Form("people")				
	objRS.Update

	Set objRS = Nothing
	objConnection.Close
	Set objConnection = Nothing
			
	Response.Redirect("placeorder2.asp?tableno=") + tableno + "&people=" + people
		
%>

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/aspdotnet/31731.html

Date: 04/06/05     Keywords: browser, asp, java, web

I'm having a problem that I hope someone may be able to help with.
I have some .NET and Javascript code that works in IE, NN, Moz, and Opera BUT it is not working in Safari.


I have a webform called Input.aspx

The Input.aspx.vb page in Page_Load has these two lines:
btnSubmit.Attributes.Add("onClick", "javascript: return Validate(event, this);")
GetPostBackEventReference(Page)

The Input.aspx page has a button btnSubmit and some Javascript
In the javascript I am using a flag called "problem"
When problem is true I return false from the event which stops the further propagation of the btnSubmit's click.
When problem is false I
a. hide a span that encloses btnSubmit
b. show a span that says, "Processing...Please Wait"
c. return true

This works in IE, NN, Mozilla, and Opera.
The problem is Safari.
In Safari, it performs a, b, and c, but the btnSubmit Server Side Click event doesn't happen.

So, I thought, okay I'll just call __doPostBack right after step b. The problem with that is that the Server Side Click happens twice then in IE, NN, etc.

I can't figure out what the hell Safari is doing (or not doing, really) with the __doPostBack?

Here is the Javascript in Input.aspx
//some validating stuff
//assume that at this point problem is either "true" or "false"
function Validate(e,r)
{
if (problem == "true") // problem, cancel event
{
return false;
e.returnValue = false;
}
else // no problem, continue
{
// hide button, show processing gif, continue postback
lbutton.style.display = "none";
lprocessing.style.display = "inline";
return true;
e.returnValue = true;
}
}


All browsers (including Safari) are performing Validate upon btnSubmit onClick event.
All browsers except Safari are continuing on with the Server Side Click event of btnSubmit after returning from the function Validate().

Any ideas why Safari just stops?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/aspdotnet/31454.html

Date: 04/06/05     Keywords: no keywords

I have a user control that is a link button. I want this to be on every page in my app. When I click the link button, I want to run a function that will return to me a dataset. Let's say this function looks for every line of code that starts with "Dim". I want it to do this for the current page only.

How can I get my user control to call this function for only the page the user is on when they click on my user control? I've got the name of the current page already. Is there a way to switch over to that page with my code... and just read all of the code on the page??

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/aspdotnet/31012.html

Date: 04/05/05     Keywords: browser, asp, security, web

I am new to asp.net and i recently bought some new webspace.

when i uploaded the directories from my computer to my webspace they stopped working and i kept getting this error:

"Server Error in '/' Application."

now strangly enough if i upload all of the data without it's own folder into the main directory of my webspace then it works...how would i be able to get it to work by uploading each project in it's own directory?

this is the description of the error:

"Description: An application error occurred on the server. The current custom error settings for this application prevent the details of the application error from being viewed remotely (for security reasons). It could, however, be viewed by browsers running on the local server machine.

Details: To enable the details of this specific error message to be viewable on remote machines, please create a tag within a "web.config" configuration file located in the root directory of the current web application. This tag should then have its "mode" attribute set to "Off"."

I've changed the web.config file in the way in which the error page told me to and i'm still getting the same message.

what's going wrong here then? (I'm still quite new to all of this).

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/aspdotnet/30825.html

Date: 04/05/05     Keywords: asp, jsp, web

Hey everybody, julisana again.

I'm running into a little snag with webforms. I'm a bit more experienced in this area using JSP, as I actually know what the proper command for it is. But anyway. I'm looking for the command/class in C# that would be comporable to the request.getParameter(); function available in JSP (It's used to get form parameters that are submitted across multiple pages using sessions.

But, what I'm trying to do is not exactly that. I've got a web form that has a function attached to the submit button. I'd like that function to be able to pull all the values off of the form and stick them into a session to be retrieved on the next page, and I'm not quite sure how to do it in ASP.NET using C#.

Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated.

Many Thanks!
--Lisa

P.S. if this is a little disjointed, I apologize. I'm running on a poor night's sleep and not functioning quite normally.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/aspdotnet/30663.html

Date: 04/01/05     Keywords: web

Hey everybody. I'm a little new to the C# development, but I'm trying to muddle my way through it for a project I was asked to create (online exams that submit to the instructor via e-mail).

So I was wondering...

I'm trying to use the System.Web.Mail namespace to creat the message that will be submitted, but I've run into a bit of a snag. I'm wondering if it's possible to use this, if the SMTP server is not going to be the same for each person who takes the test.

Again, I'm quite new to C# and I ask that you go easy on me. ^_^

Cheers!
--Lisa

X-posted to csharp

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/aspdotnet/30454.html

Date: 03/30/05     Keywords: web

Hello,
I am trying to build a .msi installer using a web setup project. The dependency checking is causing me major headaches because some of my references have different versions of the same .dll listed as a dependency. Does anyone know of a way to turn off this automatic dependency check?

Thanks

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/aspdotnet/30034.html

Date: 03/27/05     Keywords: html, asp, java, security, web, microsoft

I want to develop the following site over the next few days: http://www.damn-them.com/

The problem that I face is that I have installed a copy of Windows XP Home edition and there is no IIS. Considering that I cannot view (let alone compile) any ASP.Net code the DotNet IDE without IIS, I cannot develop the above site on my current operating system. I wish that I could find an ASP.Net compiler online. As the development of Damn-Them is embryonic, either a VB.Net or C# ASP.Net compiler would suffice. If I do not resolve this problem quickly then I am going to trot to the pub. There is no chance that I will perform any reinstallation.

I found a possible solution (below). However, I do not have those files that it asks for:


General HOWTO for running IIS in Windows XP Home Edition.


by Richard Sandoz - Certified Java Programmer


(1) locate and edit the file C:\WINDOWS\INF\SYSOC.INF


(2) locate a section called [Components]


(3) find a line like this:
iis=iis.dll,OcEntry,iis.inf,hi­de,7


(4) change it to this (the iis cab in the i386 xp home folder looks to
be nothing)
iis=iis2.dll,OcEntry,iis2.inf,­,7


(some sort of ms caching thing keeps sticking back iis.dll when I try
to nuke it. quickly renaming and making hidden dir called iis.dll
seems to thwart, but not worth it, so iis2.dll is good enough)


(5) I grabbed the iis.dl_ and iis.in_ from win2k advanced server cd.


I would guess similar techniques would work from W98, FP, etc.
Use "EXPAND IIS.DL_ IIS2.DLL" from a command prompt
Same for IIS2.INF, place IIS2.INF in C:\WINDOWS\INF and IIS2.DLL in
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SETUP


(6) Now when I did "add windows programs" from the control panel's add
new programs,


I had IIS options and I could even check em off. yippee - could not
check em off from my xppro cd :(((


I just went with the defaulted ones though (all i needed was iis web
server)


(7) It will prompt you for files. Get em from MS XP Home CDs, Adv
Server CDs, C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\INETSRV, C:\WINDOWS\I386, etc. (It will
tell you the file it needs, you just need to have a searcher going,
probably the CDs will have all you need)


(8) You can get to your IIS from Control Panel's Administrative
Programs.
I stuck in an index.html file and reconfigure IIS to work like this.
No go :(((
I right clicked on my inetpub folder and did something with shared
folders. No go :(((
I looked at the event viewer and saw the error of my ways.
Go to IIS and goto Directory Security tab and click Edit button and
Browse for the user setup on my laptop.


(9) Yippee, hello world from http://localhost


I won't support this solution unless paid to. I am an out of work
developer looking for work.


I bought a Toshiba 5005 laptop which came with XP home.
I then bought Win XP Professional.
I have bunches of CDs from when I was a MSDN subscriber.
From a general search on the internet I found contradictions.


Microsoft says you need professional XP to do IIS period.
q310090 was yanked from their site which had the "workaround" for
this.


When I tried to setup XP upgrade to pro, my laptop rebooted and hung
on an xp logo with an animated graphic.
I have verified this to be the case with others as well. Upgrading to
xp pro isn't an option for this laptop.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/aspdotnet/29843.html

Date: 03/24/05     Keywords: database, asp

I'm about to start a new ASP.NET project and one thing I'd like to find is a way to do is automate the export of static constants to a text file. The text will ultimately be used when building the database tables and stored procs. The goal here is to make sure constants get defined in only one place. For example letus say I have a set of classes like

public class FilterTypes {
  public enum Categories { cero, uno, dos, tres, quatro };
}

public class UserModes {
  public static readonly int mask1 = 1;
  public static readonly int mask2 = 2;
  public static readonly int mask3 = 4;
  public static readonly int mask4 = 8;
}

public sealed MyKingdomForAClassName {
  private static int _hidden = 13;

  static public int Hidden {
   get { return _hidden; }
  }
}

Test1.Data.FilterTypes.mask1 = 1 
Test1.Data.UserModes.mask2 = 2 
Test1.Data.UserModes.mask3 = 4 
Test1.Data.UserModes.mask4 = 8 
Test1.Data.MyKingdomForAClassName.Hidden = 13 
Test1.Data.FilterTypes.Categories.cero = 0 
Test1.Data.FilterTypes.Categories.uno = 1 
Test1.Data.FilterTypes.Categories.dos = 2 
Test1.Data.FilterTypes.Categories.tres = 3 
Test1.Data.FilterTypes.Categories.quatro = 4

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/aspdotnet/29556.html