Web Development

1-Oct-02 3:39

Hello ppl,

Just help me out. Am verrry new to ASP. Need to know what/how to install in my PC (mine is windows 2000). After that, how do I proceed creating my files?? What should I do??

Am I sounding funny?? Please help me out....

Thanks and regards,
SPS

Michael P Butler1-Oct-02 3:43

Michael P Butler

1-Oct-02 3:43

I've always found this site very useful,

http://www.learnasp.com/learn/index.asp[^]

Michael

"Time and tide melts the snowman."
-- The Doctor (Doctor Who: Time and the Rani

Sarvesvara (BVKS) Dasa1-Oct-02 3:53

1-Oct-02 3:53

Thanks.... but lotsa to read online.... u have any utility top download the bok into my PC??

Jeremy Falcon1-Oct-02 3:50

Jeremy Falcon

1-Oct-02 3:50

Pull out your Windows 2000 CD and stick it in the CD-ROM (or DVD-ROM) drive. Open the control panel and go to "Add/Remove Programs." Once there, click the button on the left saying "Add/Remove Windows Components." Another dialog will pop up with a check for "Internet Information Services (IIS)." Click it and hit next. Go through the install and restart your machine.

IIS will now be running in the background. All your ASP pages will be in C:\inetpub\wwwroot by default. And, there will be a new control panel applet under "Administrative Tools" called the IIS Console Manager that will allow you to configure IIS as you see fit.

You can see the local webpages in your browser by typing in http://localhost.

Jeremy Falcon
Imputek

<nobr>"Oh no there was a knife in that kitchen drawer and I cut myself - please remove the kitchen." - David Wulff

Sarvesvara (BVKS) Dasa1-Oct-02 3:56

1-Oct-02 3:56

I did that. And an icon is in the bottom telling that "Internt Information Servieces are running". What do I do next. Where is the code?? Where do I put it??

Paul Watson1-Oct-02 4:37

1-Oct-02 4:37

SPS wrote:
What do I do next. Where is the code?? Where do I put it??

Ok next step is to go to your c:\inetpub\wwwroot and create a new file in there called test.asp

Inside that you put your ASP code. e.g. Response.Write "SPS Loves ASP".

Then in your web browser type http://localhost/test.asp and your ASP page should load.

Your next step would be to create a sub-folder under c:\inetpub\wwwroot, e.g. c:\inetpub\wwwroot\SPS

Then of course the web browser URL would be http://localhost/SPS/

That wwwroot folder is, as the name suggest, the root folder of your webserver. Any folders and files under it will be accesible via HTTP.

Try 4guysfromrolla.com for some good ASP tuts.

Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa

Sarvesvara (BVKS) Dasa1-Oct-02 22:53

1-Oct-02 22:53

Okie.... I installed the IIS. I made sure that the IIS is running by seeing into the servieces. NOW, I tried just to type as http://localhost in my IE6. But it says as if there is no file on the server .. like that. I tried putting a Default.htm.. also Default.asp... none worked. What do I do now?? Reply please...

- SPS

Paul Watson1-Oct-02 23:00

1-Oct-02 23:00

SPS wrote:
But it says as if there is no file on the server

Could you list the actual error please, then I can help you more Smile | :)

Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa

Sarvesvara (BVKS) Dasa2-Oct-02 0:55

2-Oct-02 0:55

Thanks Mr. Paul. But, I had tried and solved the problem. Actually, I use proxy server to connect to the internet. I also didnt check the "bypass proxy for local server" option. This had confused the access to the IIS in the PC. Noe its working finr and all are alright.

Another help... do you have any IDE for ASP. Editing using the notepad seems not ok for me....

Paul Watson2-Oct-02 1:09

2-Oct-02 1:09

SPS wrote:
Another help... do you have any IDE for ASP. Editing using the notepad seems not ok for me....

Well Visual Studio.NET (which you can buy from CodeProject for a very good price) is good and you of course get a lot more with it.

Otherwise you can try Dreamweaver, Homesite or 1stPage2000 (1stPage2000 is free, the others are not.)

SPS wrote:
I also didnt check the "bypass proxy for local server" option.

LOL that one had me flumoxed for ages when I first started ASP as well, damned annoying.

Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa

Sarvesvara (BVKS) Dasa2-Oct-02 1:17

Write XML to the file on the server?

2-Oct-02 1:17

Thanks for the help...

Dearmweaver.... ok I will give a try for it.

I also downloaded the book from the site w3schools.com. What do you think about it. You have any other book (online, downloadable) for ASP??

- SPS

Trapping Time out error

Hitu1-Oct-02 1:50

Hitu

1-Oct-02 1:50

Hello,

When I am executing my ASP page, I sometimes get the following error:

Problem Report
There was a communication problem.

Message ID
TCP_ERROR

Problem Description
The system was unable to communicate with the server.

Possible Problem Cause

The Web server may be down.
The Web server may be too busy.
The Web server may be experiencing other problems, preventing it from
responding to clients.
The communication path may be experiencing problems.

Possible Solution
Try connecting to this server later.

How to trap this error from the ASP page?

Thanks
Hitesh

OnClick

jerry0davis30-Sep-02 5:45

jerry0davis

30-Sep-02 5:45

I'm using...

<a onclick="fn1"><br />
<table><tr><td> etc etc <br />
<button onclick="fn2">Button</button><br />
</td></tr></table>

If the button is pressed fn2 is called, then fn1 is called.

I would like JUST fn2 to be called. Is there any way I can stop fn1 from being called please?

Thanks in advance.

I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe

Jeremy Davis
http://www.astad.org
http://www.jvf.co.uk

Re: onclick

Richard Deeming30-Sep-02 6:12

Richard Deeming

30-Sep-02 6:12

If fn1 is called from the onclick handler of a parent element of the button, you need to set event.cancelBubble = true from within fn2:

<html>
<head>
<script language="javascript">
<!--
function fn1() {
    writeMsg('fn1()');
}

function fn2() {
    writeMsg('fn2()');
    event.cancelBubble = true;
}

function writeMsg(Text) {
    txt.insertAdjacentText('beforeEnd', Text + '\n');
}
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body>

<div onclick="fn1()">
    <button onclick="fn2()">Test</button>
</div>

<textarea id="txt" rows="10" cols="50"></textarea>

</body>
</html>

Re: onclick

jerry0davis30-Sep-02 22:03

jerry0davis

30-Sep-02 22:03

Ah, cheers I'll try that. Thanks! Smile | :)

I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe

Jeremy Davis
http://www.astad.org
http://www.jvf.co.uk

Rickard Andersson²⁰30-Sep-02 2:19

Rickard Andersson²⁰

30-Sep-02 2:19

Can I just call...

myDataSet.SaveXml(Server.MapPath(filepah));

...on my ASP.NET webpage to save a DataSet to a XML file on the server?

(Of course the server needs to have write access)

Rickard Andersson@Suza Computing
C# and C++ programmer from SWEDEN!
UIN: 50302279
E-Mail: nikado@pc.nu
Speciality: I love C#, ASP.NET and C++!

Paul Watson1-Oct-02 0:07

1-Oct-02 0:07

Rickard Andersson wrote:
Can I just call...

myDataSet.SaveXml(Server.MapPath(filepah));

...on my ASP.NET webpage to save a DataSet to a XML file on the server?

LOL I love these type of questions: Why don't you just try it Rickard?

It does work and works quite well, but please just try things, you won't break anything if you do. Push buttons! That is how I learnt Smile | :)

Oh and you need to put in a filename as well, not just the filepath. e.g. myDataSet.SaveXml(Server.MapPath(".") + "\myfile.xml");

Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa

Rickard Andersson²⁰1-Oct-02 2:01

Rickard Andersson²⁰

1-Oct-02 2:01

Well, why I asked was: if DotNetPlayGround doesn't had write access I couldn't find out if it was possible or not.. if you know what I mean!?

So then I asked this to be sure it was possible! Smile | :)

Well I used to try things before... but I can't get IIIs to run and the WebMatrix server is not a server with many conigurations possibilities! Smile | :)

Rickard Andersson@Suza Computing
C# and C++ programmer from SWEDEN!
UIN: 50302279
E-Mail: nikado@pc.nu
Speciality: I love C#, ASP.NET and C++!

Paul Watson1-Oct-02 4:54

1-Oct-02 4:54

Rickard Andersson wrote:
Well, why I asked was: if DotNetPlayGround doesn't had write access I couldn't find out if it was possible or not.. if you know what I mean!?

Yeah sorry I snapped at you. I was on the phone to a PC-illeterate while typing my reply to your post and I was getting annoyed because she was SO SCARED to do anything. In all my years of using computers the worst thing that has happened is I lost a hard drive, and that was simply hardware failure. So I try to stress to people that the only way to learn is just to click, press buttons, try things and don't be scared. Sure there are times to be careful, but most of the time it is far better to go wild.

Rickard Andersson wrote:
but I can't get IIIs to run

How come? What OS are you running?

I guess I am quite spoilt in having proper hosting servers (not live of course) which I am free to play around with and if something goes wrong I have a guy I just call up and he fixes my "performance tinkering." Big Grin | :-D

Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa