Today's little problem is that I am trying to load user controls from my codebehind like so: Dim myControl As UserControl = LoadControl("~\Modules\Cont... Controls.Add(myControl) On running the page myControl is no where to be seen. I wonder why that is? Well after a bit of thought the following come to mind... Am I using the correct code to ......

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I was recently introduced to Microsoft's tool that analyzes managed code assemblies called FxCop. It points out possible design, localization, performance and security improvements against a pre-defined set of rules (and also accepts custom rules). At first I was unsure how to go about using it, as it seems to be aimed at Windows developers (.exe and ......

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Here is the markup for the repeater control and its templates: <asp:Repeater ID="Repeater" runat="server"> <HeaderTemplate> <table> <tr> <td colspan="3"><h2>He... information:</h2><... </tr> </HeaderTemplate> <ItemTemplate> <tr> <td><%#Container.D... ......

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This is the code I use to send an email from an asp.net page: Dim message As New MailMessage() message.IsBodyHtml = False message.From = New MailAddress("foo@foo.com") message.To.Add(New MailAddress("foo@foo.com")) message.Subject = ("Response from form") message.Body = ("Email message here") Dim client As New SmtpClient() client.Host = "email.foo.foo" ......

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I am starting work on some asp.net vb pages to consume and work with web services. Part 1 was to create a web form that posts xml that a dba can paste into a textbox on an aspx page. Here is the code; Imports System.Net Imports System.IO Partial Class _Default Inherits System.Web.UI.Page Protected Sub Submit_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As ......

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Here is my web.config used to login protect a folder called administration; <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <configuration> <system.web> <customErrors mode="Off"> </customErrors> <authentication mode="Forms"> <forms name=".ASPXAUTH" loginUrl="login.aspx" protection="All" timeout="999999"> <credentials ......

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This handy bit of sql code returns the last identity value inserted into an identity column in the current scope and sets its value to the parameter @ID SET @ID = SCOPE_IDENTITY() I found this a very useful thing to get to grips with and start using in my code. For further information on scope identity hit this msdn link ......

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Exposing the property: Public Property stringproperty() As String Get Return _stringproperty End Get Set(ByVal value As String) _stringproperty = String.empty End Set End Property Accessing the property from a content page: You will need to add this line to your .aspx page in order to be able to access the property you just exposed @ MasterType VirtualPath ......

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make sure all queries are parameterised like this: sql = ("select * from contacts where contactid = @id") Dim cmd As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand(sql, conn) cmd.Parameters.Add("@id", SqlDbType.VarChar) cmd.Parameters("@id").Value = id I also include a usercontrol which checks the querystring for bad terms: The list is long but this snippet should give ......

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Here is the code you need to start adding parameters to your sql commands: Add parameter then add value: Dim cmd As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand(s,c) cmd.Parameters.Add("@id", SqlDbType.Int) cmd.Parameters("@id").Value = foo or Add parameter with value: command.Parameters.AddWithV... foo) ......

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