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Score ASP/SQL Connundrum (kinda long)
Tim Feeley - 15 Oct 2005 9:30 PM - 2 messages
Hey guys, I currently have a giant client editor form in ASP/SQL. The form is fine. The problem is that there are several sub-forms that store their data in other tables. Which gets cluttered. For example, I can't let ...
Score Time Function returns Wrong Time
RICHARD BROMBERG - 15 Oct 2005 12:14 PM - 5 messages
I am writing an ASP program that includes a Form. When the Form is submitted I use the Date() and Time() functions to put the date and time into the Body part of the e-mail. The time reported is three hours earlier than the time at which the Form is ...
Score Can perform task from a .vbs file but not from an .asp file! Why?
Leo - 14 Oct 2005 4:48 PM - 2 messages
Hi I had asekd previously a question qith regards to running a DLL file from ASP. It was not running for me. Bo error returned, nothing, Just an empty string (when it should have not been empty). I created a .vbs file and put ...
Score response.redirect within frame set
Griff - 14 Oct 2005 3:52 PM - 3 messages
I've inherited a web application that uses frames :-( I have an ASP page (within the frame set) that I want to refresh the WHOLE frame set Response.redirect just launches the frame set again but within the current frame, not as a top level item, so I end up with a frame set within a ...
Score DetailsView & FormView controls using drop down lists
Paul Eastabrook - 14 Oct 2005 9:31 AM - 2 messages
Hi, FormView & DetailsView are great controls in the new version of ASP.Net, but I am finding it tricky to display more than the record that either control is bound to at the time.  For these controls to be useful in any mode other than ...
Score Pages times out regardless of settings
Sean S - Perth, WA - 14 Oct 2005 8:48 AM - 3 messages
Hi all, I've written a page that uses a emailer component and it keeps timing out. It takes 2-3 seconds to send each mail, gets part way through the list of recipients and dies. I have tried changing the Script Timeout setting in IIS to some huge number ...
Score how to redirect 404 error to custom error page?
apngss - 14 Oct 2005 5:53 AM - 2 messages
I want to know how to redirect 404 error to custom error page? For example, if test.html doesn't exist and the user type [link], it will show my custom error page, ...
Score Start/End Dates for a Week
Bullschmidt - 14 Oct 2005 4:52 AM - 6 messages
If I know the week number and the year, how can I calc the beginning and ending dates of the week? For background I'm going to do some grouping by week but don't just want to call the weeks Week 25, Week 26, Week 27, etc. ...
Score Password Encryptor/Decryptor for ASP 3.0?
M P - 14 Oct 2005 3:36 AM - 3 messages
Hi! Im planning to encrypt the password that was stored on msaccess database and also the text inputed from a password textbox. Also, if I want to get the password from the database, I need to decrypt it so it can be comparable to ...
Score Triggering automated Emails
Benny - 14 Oct 2005 2:05 AM - 10 messages
Dear All, I need to send a set of Emails from my application (reminders) each month 1st. Is there anyway in ASP scripts to trigger an event to run automatically? I have no dedicated server, so no DLLs or Scheduler scripts ...
Score text file
Gary - 13 Oct 2005 7:28 PM - 4 messages
Hello, I am using asp classical and connection to SQL 2000 on a Windows 2000 machine. I am using this code to generate a text file when the user clicks on the link. This is so the user can download the file on an as needed basis. ...
Score javascript calling asp function
Sehboo - 13 Oct 2005 7:20 PM - 3 messages
How can I call asp function from javascript? ...
Score making a session-less app
bajopalabra - 13 Oct 2005 7:15 PM - 2 messages
hi if i disable session state... how can i identify the user session ??? and, assuming that i generate my own "session id" for each login carrying it along the requests... how can i, latter, release the session ? remember that Session_OnEnd( ) don't work well all the time ... ...
Score Rotating pictures
Sehboo - 13 Oct 2005 4:47 PM - 10 messages
Hi, I am looking for code which can rotate pictures without refreshing the page.  I want to read randomly selected 5 images from database and then keep on rotating them every 5 seconds. Any help is appreciated. ...
Score Finding the maximum value in a recordset column
Roger Withnell - 13 Oct 2005 4:40 PM - 3 messages
How do I find the maximum value of a recordset column?  I'd rather do it this way than open a new recordset with Max(column). Thanks in anticipation. Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ----------------------------------------------------------     ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ...
Score Unable to read files in directory
Kay - 13 Oct 2005 3:14 PM - 4 messages
IIS cannot read files in a directory reporting that : Microsoft VBScript runtime (0x800A01B6) Object doesn't support this property or method: 'Fso.GetFolder' This has to do with Scripting.FileSystemObject. I make sure the scrrun.dll is properly registered with regsvr32. ...
Score Which CDO.Message Charset Should I Use?
Chris - 13 Oct 2005 3:03 PM - 1 message
Hi, I am relatively new to using CDO.Message, and I desperately need some help! I have an ASP 3.0 application that uses CDO to send automatic alerts through Exchange 2003. How do I determine which charset to use for the ...
Score FileSystemObject security
Andrew - 13 Oct 2005 1:49 PM - 3 messages
Hi expert, By using FileSystemObject, I want a specific user from the server to write and delete folders, and not allow the IUSER_<server> to do that. Is it possible? If yes, how I can do that? thanks ...
Score Formatting a HtmlBody email string to include variables
Tom Petersen - 13 Oct 2005 1:09 PM - 6 messages
I have this: 1     emailBody = "<html>" & vbCrLf _ 2                       & "<head>" & vbCrLf _ ...
Score ASP and Excel
Paxton - 13 Oct 2005 12:48 PM - 5 messages
I can connect to an Excel worksheet and get records with no problem, if I know the worksheet's name.  However, when my users upload their excel files, I don't know what the active sheet they want to work from is ...
Score SoftArtisans SMTPMail and XP
gregfocker - 13 Oct 2005 7:02 AM - 2 messages
Has anyone tried using SMTPMail on a Windows XP Pro machine?  The sys. reqs. on their site only says W2K (and prior). I've successfully registered SASMTP.dll, and simply trying to instantiate it in Classic ASP with:         Dim objMailer ...
Score Test database connection failed via hostname in ASP Page.
Microlong® - 13 Oct 2005 4:01 AM - 2 messages
I have a problem in the ASP Page. I use the ASP page to test whether the connection of SQL Server is fine. I use windows authentication. I get fail when I attempt to use hostname of the destination server. Contrary, I get ...
Score how much traffic can an ASP application handle
eddiekwang - 12 Oct 2005 9:52 PM - 3 messages
I am an ASP newbie. I inherited an ASP app at my new job. One of our potential customer would like to purchase it. He asked me if I know how much traffic can our ASP app handle. He also asked me if I can give him ...
Score form validation javascript inside ASP ?
megabyte - 12 Oct 2005 8:16 PM - 3 messages
Hello; I have an ASP application which gathers information to put in a database via some forms - I would like to do the form validation (making sure some fields are not empty) with a Javascript script inside the ASP file - what is the syntax for doing this? Usually I would place ...
Score problem: Stream XLS to user via ASP page
CJM - 12 Oct 2005 10:46 AM - 3 messages
I have a page which streams an Excel spreadsheet to the user. It has worked fine for 12mths or more, but recently I found out that it wasn't working. I suspect the problem lies with IIS, but I'm not sure... ...
Score ASPX Post to another page
Mark - 12 Oct 2005 9:47 AM - 2 messages
I have created the following code to post data from a textbox to another page (post.aspx).  I created the lblResponse to prove to myself that something was actually getting posted, and that works.  However when you click the button ...
Score How to get IP address from giving hostname in ASP?
Microlong® - 12 Oct 2005 8:05 AM - 4 messages
Currently, I want to get the IP address from giving hostname in the Active Server Page. I know the hostname, I want to get the IP address via hostname in an ASP page. ...
Score help on ASP.NEt and IIS 6.0 on server 2003 ?
serge calderara - 12 Oct 2005 7:04 AM - 2 messages
Dear all, I do not know if I am in the right place to post that message so lets try. I have build a simple application using ASP.NET. If I run my application from my own system (W2000 Sp4, IIs 6.0) configured as a web server, it works ...
Score Reusing FileSystemObject Object
Sean S - Perth, WA - 12 Oct 2005 6:15 AM - 3 messages
Hi all, If I create a FileSystemObject Object is it appropriate to reuse it to perform operations on different files/folders? Or should I create a new FileSystemObject Object for each file and folder? ...
Score Type mismatch error when accessing an array
leslie_tighe - 12 Oct 2005 12:44 AM - 5 messages
Hello, I have a method on a com+ object that is returning an array of objects. I know the array is popluated as calls to check the ubound and lbound show valid values. However, any calls to get the value of a cell in the ...
Score Dinamically creating controls
Daniel - 11 Oct 2005 10:18 PM - 3 messages
Hello!!! I'm creating controls dinamically in ASP.NET using VB. The problem is that i don't know how to catch the event of each button that i've create (the buttons are created dinamically). Any ideas?? Thanks!!! ...
Score Update File | Summary | Attributes
Michael Reynolds - 11 Oct 2005 8:11 PM - 2 messages
I can read file attributes just fine (author, title, etc,) But there's no way to update them.  I know windows application can do it, but can a web application update these files? Here's the code I'm using: ...
Score How to list the contents of a folder on an ASP page and make the list clickable.
mallyonline - 11 Oct 2005 7:24 PM - 4 messages
Thank you for your previous help. I posted regarding listing the names of files held in a folder on the server and making the list appear clickable. This has now been accomplished. The files are listed - The files are clickable - ...
Score Session Timeout
Mike - 11 Oct 2005 6:05 PM - 2 messages
My session keeps timing out on a Windows 2003 server running my ASP.net app.  WHen running the same app on a windows 2000 server it follows the timeout parameter in the web.config file.  Any ideas why this isn't working? ...
Score How Do I approach?
Prabhat - 11 Oct 2005 2:27 PM - 8 messages
Hi All, I have provision for Live Demo in my website. The user has to select the date and time for the Live demo in my website. My problem is all the users are selecting the 1st available date & time. ...
Score SQL server table date?
MVM - 11 Oct 2005 2:01 PM - 2 messages
Hi, Is there a way to find and display the creation or last modified date for a SQL server table?  I want to put a date on my site of when the table was last updated.  I am using ASP. ...
Score asp to excel number formatting
Mike - 11 Oct 2005 1:20 PM - 6 messages
I am trying to save a number to excel using the correct number of digits.  In asp I write a number out to HTML formated as "4.50".  I now want run that page and save the results as an excel page.  ...
Score cookies
Hugh Welford - 11 Oct 2005 11:55 AM - 2 messages
Hi trying to delete a cookie, without success it seems. The following code to delete and check a cookie produces "yes" where I expected "no" Anyone tell me how to delete a cookie if this code is wrong. response.cookies("savedforum").expires = date - 1 ...
Score Dynamically Creating RadioButtonList
Tapi - 11 Oct 2005 8:48 AM - 4 messages
Hello there, I am new to ASP .NET and am tryimg to create a RadioButtonList dynamically. My code below gives an "Index was out of range" error. Where am I going wrong? Sub CreateRadioButtons(ByVal dr) ' Instantiate RadioButtonList Dim DynamicRadioButtonList As New RadioButtonList ...
Score How the Global.asa file changes will take effect?
Prabhat - 11 Oct 2005 8:21 AM - 6 messages
Hi All, My website is hosted with the ISP and recently I have modified my Global.asa file for the ASP application. So I think we need to restart the World Wide Web Publishing Service so that the changes in the Global.asa will take effect. I think it will be difficult ...
Score IUSR_xxx doesn't have permissions to run ASP pages
Brian Bischof - 11 Oct 2005 2:59 AM - 3 messages
I've spent the past three hours struggling with this one and Googled the hell out of it. Please help! I ran IISLockdown for another problem and it trashed IIS. ASP pages wouldn't run at all. So I Googled it forever to no avail. So I unsintalled IIS and ...
Score Date comparison quirk?
Byron - 10 Oct 2005 10:52 PM - 4 messages
Hi, I had a script set up to create a redirect until a certain date, and I left the script in there after that date thinking it would just be dormant until I changed the date parameters. To my surprise, it started redirecting again. I must not be clear on how ...
Score Saving word document to web server using macro?
andrewwebley - 10 Oct 2005 6:03 PM - 1 message
I have a web application that enables a user to download a word or excel file. I want them to be able to edit the file and then when they close the file I then update the image that contains the file in the ...
Score Hiding/Showing controls w/ VBScript during Page Load.
MN - 10 Oct 2005 3:19 PM - 2 messages
Greetings to all - I'm having some fits with getting this to work but I'm near the end and I'm hoping this one obstacle is not a huge one to get past.  Here's my scenario: I have a page where when someone clicks on a dropdown and selects an item, ...
Score Hitting Oracle from an ASP page
curious_Lee - 10 Oct 2005 3:12 PM - 4 messages
An error keeps popping up on my ASP application connecting to an Oracle 9i database via a SELECT statement: Item cannot be found in the collection corresponding to the requested name or ordinal. However, if I put it an "On Error Resume Next", it works fine, and is able ...
Score Buffer overflow prevention in ASP app
dw - 10 Oct 2005 1:19 PM - 4 messages
Hi, all. Are there specific security precautions (input validations for example) that are documented somewhere to prevent hackers from compromising a credit card ASP application? In particular, can we prevent a buffer overflow by using the LEFT function to grab only the necessary characters ...
Score post data
tony wong - 10 Oct 2005 10:56 AM - 2 messages
in past, i learnt from the book to post data by action=post & input type=text now the post data is not from user input it is from a table which is generated by asp script i wish to generate a table with a check box at each row. ...
Score tracking emails?
mark | r - 10 Oct 2005 10:08 AM - 2 messages
anyone know a good way of tracking an email so that i know if theyve been opened? and preferably somethign where i can identify the recipient (matching with our crm)? thanks mark ...
Score How to generate Word Document using ASP on server side?
Brian Kwan - 10 Oct 2005 5:29 AM - 4 messages
Project Description: Develop a web application to help manage sale operations. There is a function that to generate a report using data in database, which is a Word document on server and let user to download and print it out. ...
Score vb dll instancing in Session variables
KyleC - 10 Oct 2005 12:51 AM - 3 messages
Disclaimer: I'm fully aware that the following is not the proper way to do things, and that one should never, ever create objects in Session scope, but it's all I've got to work with until the next version of the ...
Score Textobject hangs IIS server
Rolf Rosenquist - 9 Oct 2005 12:33 PM - 4 messages
This code works fine local with PWS on win98 and also on the Internet:     Set emailLog = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") But on a local XP computer, the IIS hangs. The message is that too many are trying to access the page. ...
Score multiple file
yomnafouad - 9 Oct 2005 9:28 AM - 2 messages
hi i was search on download multiple file at the same time and the answer i got is to zip these files my Question is :Is there sny way to unzip these file on client machine? ...
Score Sending dynamic html email
tim - 9 Oct 2005 7:23 AM - 3 messages
I hoping someone will be so kind as to help me with this little problem. I am currently building an emailing system into our asp management system. From this we will be able to setup mail templates (html stored in mssql database) and select who we want to send them to. ...
Score Sending dynamic html email
tim - 9 Oct 2005 7:08 AM - 1 message
I hoping someone will be so kind as to help me with this little problem. I am currently building an emailing system into our asp management system. From this we will be able to setup mail templates (html stored in mssql database) and select who we want to send them to. ...
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