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Notification of Silverlight Applications about Database State Changes

by Max Paulousky

This article presents the techniques and caveats of building Silverlight applications that can be notified about database state changes via polling duplex. WSHttp binding and CLR triggers are used to implement the solution as well.

Using .NET and PHP to create an extensible WebDAV server

by Bill Seddon

Shows how a .NET based WebDAV server can be created by combining two Open Source projects. The example implementation returns files from a file system, but you can extend it to return resources from any repository.

How to Create SSL Secure Server (HTTPS) in Local IIS?

by Bikash Prakash Dash

This tip is helpful to create and manage self-signed SSL certificate for local IIS.

Salient.Web.Security.AccessControlModule

by Sky Sanders

AccessControlModule can impart a greater consistency and usability upon the default behaviour of FormsAuthentication and allow any client script code to leverage FormsAuthentication in a straight forward manner.

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Using HttpModules with URL Re-writing to Handle Fake Directory Requests

by Terrence Sheflin

Explains how to use HttpModule in conjunction with IIS to handle requests to fake directories

How to Validate ASP.NET and MVC Web Forms Using Business Rules Engine

by Misha1964

Learn how to validate complex web forms using business rules engine

Deploy MVC2 Application in IIS 5.1 (Windows XP)

by Sadeque Sharif

How to deploy MVC2 application at IIS 5.1 (Windows XP)

Enhancing Church Worship With The Cloud

by Stan Bice

Imagine connecting church worship attenders with real-time content.

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IIS 5.1

"There is insufficient memory or disk space. Save the document now" - Opening MS Word from ASP.NET

5 Oct 2005 by Sadish Kumar.V

This article will help you to open an MS-Word Document (Document or Document template) or MS-Excel sheet from server side code (ASP.NET) with minimum configuration efforts.

29 May 2005 by Taha Elsayed

Web twain.

A beginner’s guide to WCF in XBAP

9 Feb 2009 by Rahman Masudur

This article shows how to use a WCF service in XBAP or a WPF browser application.

A C# Serviced Component for Websphere MQ 5.3

29 Oct 2004 by eleung

A C# .NET serviced component that encapsulates MQ PUT and MQ GET.

A Simple PHP Polling/Voting System

11 Dec 2006 by DreamInHex

Create an IP-logging PHP Polling or Voting System in PHP 5.0

A small C# Class for impersonating a User

11 Apr 2005 by Uwe Keim

Introduced a class that simplifies Windows Impersonation in C#.

Add an extra header to an ASP.NET DataGrid

9 Dec 2005 by Gabriel Sirbu

This article explains how to add an extra header item to a standard ASP.NET DataGrid.

Adding a zip filter to web services

16 May 2006 by DaberElay

Passing large amounts of data through web services can become a huge bottle-neck in a WAN application architecture (i.e., server is on the web), and in any case, a real load on the network traffic. This is one solution for downsizing the network costs.

AJAX Demystified - Part Three - An AJAX Color Picker using Anthem

26 Sep 2006 by DreamInHex

Create an AJAX Color Picker for your website with the power of Anthem.

An AJAX image list control to manage lists of items displayed with icons

18 Dec 2007 by jlchereau

An ASP.NET server control inspired from WinForms’ ListView and implementing ASP.NET AJAX Extensions 1.0.

An Extensible Master-Page Framework for ASP.NET 1.1 Using Pattern Oriented Design

30 Jun 2004 by Shams Mukhtar

Development of a framework for master-pages using ASP.NET and C#.

An information box control to display messages using AJAX

19 Dec 2007 by jlchereau

An alternative to message boxes, implementing ASP.NET AJAX Extensions 1.0.

Applying Robustness Analysis on the Model–View–Controller (MVC) Architecture in ASP.NET Framework, using UML

22 Aug 2004 by Shams Mukhtar

This article will enhance your vision on the usage of Robustness Analysis in conjunction with Model View Controller, using UML with application in ASP.NET. This article is a sequel to my articles on Architecture and Design with ASP.NET.

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Applying Security to Server controls

11 Jan 2008 by Makesh Sanwal

You may have to give access or hide controls based on the user logged in. This article would help you write custom code to show/hide or enable/disable controls

Architectural Best Practices - Automating SQL Parameter Creation and Assignment

18 Jul 2007 by Anton Pious Alfred

Most systems that use Stored Procedures make use of SQL parameters to send and receive information from the database. The code to create these SQL parameters and then populating them is repeated throughout the system. This article describes how to automate this code.

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ASCII Art Generator

28 May 2007 by Sau Fan Lee

ASCII Art generator in ASP.NET.

ASP Code Analyzer

6 Dec 2006 by fschudel

A simple tool to find unused subs, functions and variables in your ASP code.

ASP TreeView (Version 2.0)

28 Mar 2005 by simonchen.net

ASP TreeView is a advanced ASP control that's base on Server side / Client side technique. server side: Asp + JScript, client side: Jscript + HTML.

asp.net configurations

16 Jul 2010 by md afzal

what are the configuration settings in asp.net config file if we have a password format 256 bits and configurations when asp.net data is merged with local database

ASP.NET IIS Chameleon Tool

15 Feb 2006 by joaoPaulo

A tool to set one specific IIS Virtual Directory for a lot versions of the same web project.

ASP.NET Menu Parent Menuitem Highlighting

17 Jan 2008 by Rolf Szomor

A work-around for ASP.NET menu parent menuitem highlighting.

ASP.NET Reports Starter Kits Porting from Windows to Linux (Race to Linux)

30 Sep 2005 by Abi Bellamkonda

ASP.NET Reports Starter Kit Porting from Windows to Linux using Mainsoft's Grasshopper

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ASP.NET Zip Entry Handler

8 May 2008 by Jake Morgan

Deploy zip files to your web application and serve compressed files directly out of the zip file.

authorization to launch an executable from global.asax.cs in wcf application (hosted by iis web)

24 Apr 2013 by hemigueti

Hi,I want to know how to configure my application in iis(5.1/6.0) to launch an executable in parallel from the application_start function in the global.axa.cs file?With the integreted web server in visual studio, it works but not in iis : the executable start but it dies after and i...

authorization to launch an executable from global.asax.cs in wcf application (hosted by iis web)

24 Apr 2013 by Bernhard Hiller

Who is running what? That's the question to ask here.It's not you to run IIS. IIS uses a different user, Local System or Network System or something like that. And it is a service. It runs in Session 0 which is not your user session and cannot interact with it (session isolation). And IIS need...

authorization to launch an executable from global.asax.cs in wcf application (hosted by iis web)

26 Apr 2013 by hemigueti

You say that i have to solve the problem from the config file.Well as i said from the beginning that i don't have the source code and the config file has just some keys/values informations who the native dll reads(no directory is configurable in that file).The definition of the path to this...

authorization to launch an executable from global.asax.cs in wcf application (hosted by iis web)

29 Apr 2013 by hemigueti

http://forums.asp.net/post/5377467.aspx

Bind Data's to Table Using JSON with Webservice.

23 Nov 2007 by justindhas

Create JSON Application With WebServices

Binding Menu Control With Database

28 Jun 2008 by Ravi Selvaraj

Bind the menu control with list of Category and Sub Categories

Bitsup - Server Upload Utility Using BITS

25 Jun 2005 by wduros1

A file upload utility that uses BITS as the transfer engine.

BooProd.BMail - Sending dynamically generated emails

22 Aug 2011 by Boo!

This package will help you send all kinds of emails like account creation, order, mailing, reports, ... everything containing dynamic fields. You can configure your own SMTP server, use notification, and add attachments.

BooProd.Core - Context sensitive URL

22 Dec 2004 by Boo!

Helps you create context sensitive dynamic URLs: dynamically computed URLs, depending on which server the page is generated on.

Browsing Via Directories or HTTP, with ASP.NET

14 Jul 2004 by Bobby Ryzhy

An article on browsing via directories or HTTP, with ASP.NET.

Building Blocks For ASP.NET Applicationa: Part 1

30 Jan 2006 by Agha.net

This is a series of articles providing Building Blocks for any ASP.NET application.

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Cell Merging of DataGrid in ASP.NET

10 Oct 2007 by Deepthi Viswanathan Nair

This article depicts how to merge cells in the DataGrid control in ASP.NET, hence gains better look and clarity.

Class implementation for using webservices in ASP

14 Jun 2005 by asanoguera

With that class you only have to set a few properties and you can access to the webservices, only need know the URL of webservice, the method to invoke, and parameters.

configure 3 tier apsp.net application in iis5.1

21 Jul 2011 by bhargavpp

hello i want to run my asp.net 3 tier application from iis 5.1 (localhost) i had create virtual direcotry but it gives error of master page but same project working from visual studio .so want how to create virtual directory for asp.net 3 tier application with screen shot reply asap thanks in...

configure 3 tier apsp.net application in iis5.1

7 Nov 2011 by P.Salini

Specify error to get appropriate solution.This may help youhttp://forums.iis.net/t/1146459.aspx[^]

configure 3 tier apsp.net application in iis5.1

7 Nov 2011 by sravani.v

See this:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/172138[^]

Configure DIME with WSE 2.0

25 Apr 2005 by Nirosh

This article focuses on demonstrating the usage of DIME (Direct Internet Message Encapsulation) with Web Services. Here, you will have two applications, one is a Web Serivice that uses DIME technology to send an attachment (of different types) to a client side, other is a Windows Forms application.

Context Sensitive Help using Client Callbacks - AJAX Style

25 Sep 2006 by Mahi2407

This article is all about providing Context Sensitive Help in a web page, asynchronously or AJAX style, using Client Callbacks in .NET 2.0.

Create Sample Application Using Entity Objects In C#.Net

15 Oct 2007 by justindhas

Create Sample Application Using Entity Objects Using C#.Net

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Creating FTP and Web IIS virtual directories

5 Feb 2006 by Palwinder Singh

Creating FTP and Web IIS virtual directories programatically, using C#.

Creating a WebDav to RSS adapter

28 Feb 2006 by Diego Mijelshon

How to develop a handler that reads Exchange WebDAV folders and returns RSS.

Creating an HTML Attribute Plug-in Framework

16 May 2007 by RayLouw

This article explains how to create your own HTML attributes using a plug-in framework.

Creating Pivot Tables and Charts Using ActiveX

20 Jan 2008 by Sushant Joshi

This article describes how to generate Excel at client side and embedd "Pivot Tables" and "Charts" into the Excel.

Customary Functions of GridView in ASP.NET 3.5

25 Mar 2009 by Behrouz Rad

The most advanced things which you can do with GridView in ASP.NET 3.5

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DataGrid's ViewState optimization

11 Apr 2005 by Daniel Fruzynski

How to reduce DataGrid's ViewState size, while maintaining all DataGrid's functionalities.

Date control with support for languages and different date formats

31 May 2005 by i386.com

Using .NET's System.Globalization class for retrieving month names in forgein lanaguages, and the DateTimeFormatInfo for keeping your dates the correct way around.

Deploy MVC2 Application in IIS 5.1 (Windows XP)

10 Nov 2013 by Sadeque Sharif

How to deploy MVC2 application at IIS 5.1 (Windows XP)

Deployment of MVC3 with IIS 5.1

12 May 2011 by Varun Thakur

HI AllI am working on production which is created on ASP.NET 4.0 and hosted on IIS 5.1.I need to implement new feature in it and for this new feature I need to use MVC3.I have successfully implemented it and also deployed it as suggested by Microsoft in their MVC deploment with diff...

Deployment of MVC3 with IIS 5.1

14 Jun 2011 by Peace ON

I have found some useful links.http://itscommonsensestupid.blogspot.com/2008/11/deploy-aspnet-mvc-app-on-windows-xp-iis.htmlhttp://stackoverflow.com/questions/57712/asp-net-mvc-and-iis-5HTH

Development of web application using MVC II design pattern or why following MVC II will help me

4 Dec 2004 by Natty Gur

MVC infrastructure that dosen't harm ASP.NET mechanism.

DPAPI and Triple DES: A powerful combination to secure connection strings and other application settings

26 Aug 2005 by Hannes Foulds

This article shows how DPAPI and Triple DES can be used to encrypt connection strings and other sensitive strings for storage in the ASP.NET web.config file.

Dynamic connection string

9 Aug 2004 by x_scripterx

Creating dynamic connection string on a remote site.

Dynamic ToolTip

10 Sep 2007 by drgbg

Dynamically toggle ToolTip messages from the client side.

Dynamically adjusting the size of a drop-down list and adding color to the back-ground and fore-ground of the list items

11 Mar 2008 by Sushant Joshi

To adjust the size of the drop-down list dynamically at the client-side and adding back-ground and fore-ground color to the drop-down list.

Easy Guestbook with ASP

11 Jul 2004 by aa2max

Easy Guestbook with ASP and MS Access

Email Notification Framework

4 Oct 2009 by gaurav_verma_mca

A .NET managed framework to send template emails in HTML or plain text

Encryption of Connection Strings Inside the Web.config in ASP.NET 2.0

1 Feb 2009 by Manish K Gupta

Encryption & Decryption of Connection Strings inside the Web.config in ASP.NET 2.0

Enhancing Church Worship With The Cloud

9 Jun 2013 by Stan Bice

Imagine connecting church worship attenders with real-time content.

error 404. IIS is not connected or something

6 Mar 2011 by mhh12

2 Mar 2011IIS ConfusionHardware/software equipment Windows XP Professional including sp3 IIS version 5.1 Visual Web Developer Express 2010 SQL Server 2008 R2I have come up with the 404 error.Apparently, I have to get my site Pwr03, which is a project in VWD 2010 Express,...

Error Handling in ASP.NET

5 Jun 2005 by Rakesh Rajan

Starts with user redirection settings with customErrors section; then moves to exception handling in different scopes. Explains how to prevent recursive loops, hande parser errors, base class error handling with internals as appropriate. Source code demonstrates the concepts illustrated.

Exact Phrase Website Live Search Script .NET 3.5

18 Aug 2010 by Tushar Arora

This script can be used in an ASP.NET 3.5 website. It can search out exact phrases and keywords live from all HTML pages and text files on the website.

Extending IIS 5.x and IIS6 with Managed Filters

17 Sep 2007 by Tiago Halm

An overview on Filter.NET as a framework designed to expose the ISAPI Filters API to .NET while maintaining the power, flexibility and efficiency of the IIS platform

Extending the ASP.NET multiline TextBox control to limit the number of characters entered

16 Nov 2007 by blogging developer

Developers use multiline TextBox controls in almost all web projects. Since the MaxLength property of a TextBox control does not work when the TextMode property is set to Multiline, we usually use Validator controls to validate the length.

Find "Leaked" Database Connections in ASP.NET Web Applications

9 Dec 2005 by Todd Denlinger

Presents a method for monitoring the amount of time database connections stay open in ASP.NET applications.

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Generate a Google Site Map Using the HTTP 404 Handler

24 Nov 2007 by W. Kevin Hazzard

Site maps make your websites search engine friendly. Learn how to generate them dynamically using your site's HTTP 404 error handler page.

Google Earth Network Link

27 Dec 2007 by robertosari

This article aims to show the creation of Network Links for Google Earth.

HomeLinks: What it is and how to implement it

19 Jun 2007 by dimpant

How to implement a mechanism to provide links to your web shared local files using XML, AJAX, and Web Services.

Hosting WCF Rest in IIS 5.1

18 Sep 2012 by aidin Tajadod

Hi Guys,I have a WCF rest which is working fine in my development machine (Visual Studio web server). But I can not make it work in my QA server which is windows XP with IIS 5.1 (SSL enabled). ("Bad Request" or "not found")If I go to the IIS and set the mapping ".*" to "aspnet_isapi.dll",...

Hosting WCF Rest in IIS 5.1

19 Sep 2012 by aidin Tajadod

OK, I think there is no way to do that! But at least I have found why I could not make a call directly to the .svc/... for the other peaoples who may have the same problem:I had my service in a folder (WCF) inside my asp.net site which is a normal directory and not a "virtual directory"....

How can i manually configure my web site for ASP.Net 2.0 in order to run correctly ?

19 Jun 2010 by nav234

Hi all , Im using VS2008 and IIS 5.1 .I have an ASP.net web application ,which is configured to IIS of another system.So i have copied that web application and trying to debug in another system.After installing IIS ,i re-opened my website (ASP.net app) ,But it throws error like"Creation...

How can i manually configure my web site for ASP.Net 2.0 in order to run correctly ?

21 Jun 2010 by Jitendra-Web-Developer

run again aspnet_regiis it will solve your problem.C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\ aspnet_regiis.exe -uthen used C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\ aspnet_regiis.exe -i

how to access a website using IP of hosted system in LAN

2 Dec 2013 by Member 9822231

i have hosted a website locally in IIS and this computer is connected to a LAN. Its IP is 192.168.1.122 how to access my website from another computer.when i access it using localhost it is accessible.http://localhost:1437/CallLog/Home.aspx

How to call exe file in IIS ?

24 Feb 2012 by SrivaniS

I am running exe file through process creation, it is working fine in source code, but not in IIS. How to call exe file in IIS ?

How to call exe file in IIS ?

24 Feb 2012 by #realJSOP

Its an IIS security thing. The web applicaion on IIS has to be configured to be able to run executables. If that's not possible, try it this way:0) Make your web site write a file that indicates the process needs to be run.1) Write a Windows ervice that runs on the web server that...

How to call exe file in IIS ?

30 Jun 2021 by Tomer W

It is probably due to IIS running in "Session0" and not allowing any UI to be utilized. (if you didn't do that already in the last 10 years :) you can see more info and ways to resolve @ c# - Run a process/URI from IIS in a desktop session -...

How to chage the Website Domain Name?

12 Oct 2015 by Member 11889799

Dear all, I am using Asp.Net and C# language i developed the web page and it's host the LAN it's working fine but i need to change the domain name .i given following address to browser for open my page its opened in my local http://10.0.0.138/myapplication/LoginPage.aspx#[^])...

How to chage the Website Domain Name?

12 Oct 2015 by PANKAJMAURYA

Please see below link https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/1162/10/how-can-i-point-my-domain-name-to-my-home-servers-ip[^]

How to create a SSl certificate in local IIS

14 Feb 2013 by Manikandan Sekar

I tried creating a ssl certificate bur after creating text file in c:\ and i saved as certificate.cer and when i tried to import that .cer file in IIS to create a key its shows unrecognised file(but when i browse to open the cer file in bottom file types it shows as *.cer only) but even though...

How to create a SSl certificate in local IIS

14 Feb 2013 by Sandeep Mewara

Looks like following should get you going: Tip/Trick: Enabling SSL on IIS 7.0 Using Self-Signed Certificates [^]One more: How to Set Up SSL on IIS 7 [^]

How to create a SSl certificate in local IIS

19 Mar 2013 by Kevin Johnson SSL

Here is the link from Microsoft website which provide full information about How to create SSL certificate on IIS. Visit: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324069[^]

How to create a SSl certificate in local IIS

7 May 2013 by Bikash Prakash Dash

Follow thisHow to Create SSL Secure Server (HTTPS) in Local IIS?[^]

How to Create SSL Secure Server (HTTPS) in Local IIS?

4 May 2013 by Bikash Prakash Dash

This tip is helpful to create and manage self-signed SSL certificate for local IIS.

How to enable ASP .NET in IIS 5.1

13 Dec 2010 by Maran135

I have developed a login page using .NET framework 3.5. When I host the application in IIS 5.1 the login control is not in visible, but all other HTML controls are showing properly. I don't why. Can anybody please give me a solution?Thanks in advance for any reply.

How to enable ASP .NET in IIS 5.1

17 Dec 2010 by Imran Saiyed

Hope this link will help you, http://forums.asp.net/t/1062570.aspx

How to get the path from another computer 2 when web application is published on computer 1

26 Dec 2017 by Akshada Sane

I Publish(Deployed) My website on IIS Everything is working Fine But i am generating Word using Find And Replace (Mail Merge) Method, From Visual Studio its Working But When i open project from another computer using http://192.168.0.101/Electro/SalesInvoice.aspx it's Not Generating Word...

How to get the path from another computer 2 when web application is published on computer 1

26 Dec 2017 by OriginalGriff

First off, why are you hardcoding paths in any application, much less a web app? What if the computer you try to load this on doesn't have a D drive, or it's not accessible to your application? What if it doesn't have Word installed? I suspect this "From Visual Studio its Working" because...

How to host a asp.net website with framework 4.0 in IIS 6.0?

30 Oct 2014 by Kandiya

How to host a asp.net website with framework 4.0 in IIS 5.1 and IIS 6.0 ? I checked the Application Pools where the option of setting framework isn't seen. With IIS 7 its possible via changing the Basic settings of the Application Pool.

how to host wcf service in iis 7

10 Dec 2014 by vishalkamble8055

help me to host wcf service on iis7 and iis 5.1

how to host wcf service in iis 7

10 Dec 2014 by TheRealSteveJudge

Please read this:http://dotnetmentors.com/how-to-host-wcf-service-in-iis-7.aspx[^]

how to hosting the Website?

15 Oct 2015 by Member 11889799

Dear All, I am change the domain name in my system with the help of the following linkUsing http://www.yourname.com instead of http://localhost/[^]it's working fine in my system only. It's not working in some other system in LAN.I need to access my website in some other...

how to hosting the Website?

25 Oct 2015 by AdamASPGeek

The easiest way is 1. Register your domain name2. Find hosting provider such as asphostportal.com, hostforlife.eu, Vidahost, DASP3. Then upload all your files to your root folder. Then, you will be able to browse your site.

How to Install and Run ASP.NET Applications on Systems That Don't Have IIS

24 Dec 2005 by Vlad Hrybok

The article describes creating a Visual Studio .NET Setup Project that allows ASP.NET applications to be deployed on boxes that don't have IIS installed. Some familiarity with Visual Studio .NET Setup Projects will help better understand the material in this article.

How to Protect from SQL Injection in PhP based website

20 Jun 2012 by chetan dudhagara

How to Protect from SQL Injection in PhP based website

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How to read properties of a virtual directory of IIS 5.1 from remote system

14 Jan 2014 by senproin.k

I want to access the properties of a virtual directory in IIS 5.1 from a remote system. For example, "ASP.NET version" in "ASP.NET" tab. So, I wrote a code initially to read the properties from my system.DirectoryEntry w3svc = new DirectoryEntry("IIS://LocalHost/W3SVC/1/ROOT");foreach...

how to solve error "Server does not support debugging of ASP.NET or ATL server applications" ?

26 Jun 2010 by nav234

hi allFirst i installed all VS2008 components ,then i copied web applicationwhich was configured to other machine IIS .But NO IIS in my system.Solater i installed IIS 5.1 in my system,then Opened that Web App andtry to configure virtual directory manually and debugged that solution in...

how to solve error "Server does not support debugging of ASP.NET or ATL server applications" ?

26 Jun 2010 by #realJSOP

Did you make sure the server has the correct mime types specified?

how to solve error "Server does not support debugging of ASP.NET or ATL server applications" ?

26 Jun 2010 by nav234

hi John Simmons,I dot jnow what your saying about mime type specification in server.I hope i have given all details i knowCan u help me out on this issueThanks in advanceNaveen...