Thanks, I think I now know how to handle my code. Since it's already written for globals I'll use the method approach. Once I have it running I'll rewrite it passing the functions. The irony here is that I was a fortran programmer who had to leardn C to write this code, now I am moving on once again....after this I plan to learn event driven programing. Good grief, I might not survive that! I'm in the market for good reference books. I thought for sure someone would come up with a good book that explains(ilustrates through examples) how to move from c to c#. If there is, I can't find it. Brian

Hi Brian, First of all you have to make your hidden field: <input name="varInfo" id="varInfo" type="hidden"> To write to this field via javascript you can use the following code: document.getElementById("varInfo").value = "something"; or document.all["varInfo"].value = "something"; to get info from this field: alert(document.getElementById("varInfo").value) or alert(document.all["varInfo"].value) And now to read the value in your C# code after postback you simple do: C# string varInfo = Request.Form["varInfo"]; VB.NET dim varInfo as string = Request.Form(“varInfo”) Hope this helps you, Regards, Gidon

I dont think so. as the page on server side knows only the frame from where the data was posted. So no way in my knowledge. if any one else has done this then he has to share with us... :)

You need to tell the bottom frame to reload its content, when you are done in the top frame. This can be done with JavaScript, but unfortunally - I can't remember the excat syntax just at this time. I would think it would be something like "parent.[framename].location.href = [pagename];" --------------------------- 127.0.0.1 - Sweet 127.0.0.1

Selected is the variable I set in the code behind. It is derived from a session variable set in another aspx page... I'm not sure but may be it has something with the scope of the session or page life cycle...The reason being selected is derived from session variable set in another page...Would the session for page containing the selected variable expire if the page containing the session variable is loaded? Not sure this is something you want to look for.. ---------- user9 A student knows little about a lot. A professor knows a lot about little. I know everything about nothing.

OK, NOW I really get..... put the logic in the c# file rather then in the APSX page. I did this and the values are correct. HOWEVER.... the proper page is still not loading. In fact No page is loading. When I right click and try to view the code for that frame I get a blank page. Could this have anything to do with the fact that the compiler complained when I did not put a ; after the method call? When I ran the code like this The compiler complained saying it was expecting ; I put one in ( after the() ), it compiles but I have the above problem. Thanks yet again!

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Brian, Yes, you simply type the keyword debugger on the first line of code in the js file, for example the function btnDivide_Clicked is put in the simple.js file, at runtime you want to debug this function: function btnDivide_Clicked() { debugger ... } brian55 wrote: One more thing. The program I am writing makes use of an active X client that has a lot of objects and methods. Can I get access to these while in VS? Yes, you can. Basically, ActiveX control is an unmanaged code component, so you need to create a runtime-callable wrapper for it to make use of it in your .net application, and there are two ways to do that: you either use the tlbimp.exe tool or simply add reference to it in VS, then VS automatically generate the wrapper for you. At design time, you can use Object Browser to view all methods/properties of the ActiveX component. There are a couple of documents which may give you some good info: HOW TO: Use ActiveX Components in Visual Studio .NET with Visual Basic .NET[^] HOW TO: Host ActiveX Controls in a Web Form[^] Interoperating with Unmanaged Code[^]

The running documents tab only shows up after you start the app with debugging (f5) from visual studio. A new tab called 'Running Documents' shows up in the same area as 'Solution Explorer'. Sometimes I can set a break point in the html view and it will stop there, but most of the time I have to go to the running documents tab. You just double click on the entry on the tab page and it opens an editor where you can set break point like the usual way.

Hi Brian. The code-behind file (and the .aspx file for that matter) is compiled and executed server-side only. You can declare standard <html> controls with the runat="server" attribute to access them server-side. Here's a simple example: <%@ Page Language="C#" %> <script runat="server"> void Page_Load(object o, EventArgs e) { myHeading.InnerHtml = "This is the Heading"; myText.Value = "Default Value"; } </script> <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> <form runat="server"> <h3 id="myHeading" runat="server" /> Here is a standard HTML text box: <input type="text" id="myText" runat="server" /> </form> </body> </html> If you want to manipulate html controls client-side, you'll need to look at javascript for that.

Here's maybe another approach -- http://www.codeproject.com/script/comments/forums.asp?msg=1074708&forumid=12076&Page=2&userid=102321&mode=all#xx1074708xx[^]

You would be answerded if you ask this in the asp.net forums.

I figured it out......Too easy!

Thanks for the response but it is to cripting for me to understand. my program must first ask for a file to retrieve then display it in a frame. I then want to zoom in and out of it. Brian

All you have to do is server up the PDR file, just like any other .JPG, .GIF, or .DOC file. The client will handle the rest provided Acrobat Reader is installed. RageInTheMachine9532 "...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

I am surprised that the previous code didn't work. I tried it using the pubs database and it worked fine. Make sure you close the database after calling DataBind. I tried closing before and got an error. Following is my code: private void BindListToDropDown() { string query = "select * from Authors"; SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(query, conn); //where conn is a SqlConnection to pubs database. conn.Open(); SqlDataReader dr = cmd.ExecuteReader(); this.DropDownList1.DataSource = dr; this.DropDownList1.DataTextField = "au_lname"; this.DropDownList1.DataValueField = "au_id"; this.DropDownList1.DataBind(); conn.Close(); }

Thanks for the response. I took out the line in question. Still no binding. I added code to make sure that the datareader was in fact reading data. It was. I still get the following error Index 0 is not non-negative and below total rows count. Any more suggestions would be helpful.

check the first application which has opened the access file, it should open that file as a shared mode Mhmoud Rawas ------------ Software Eng.