Ok, so I've written the entire thing... it accesses my previously built database... if there is anyone out there who would like to see the process from beginning to end, let me know and I will post an easy to use article...

I'm sure this has been brought up before, but I just can't seem to locate the answer. I have an internal application that needs to allow access to an admin to manage roles and users on the ASP.Net 2 Website Administration Tool that we all love so much :sigh: My question is, is there a way to provide access to this "site" area to someone who is NOT on the local server? Any help is much appreciated... thanks

Yes, I see regarding the membership, roles, etc... however it's tough to re-write your database when everything centers around it, you know? I did find out late last night that it seems to be the best route to write a custom provider. I can't believe how long it took me to find out this information... I would think this was a more common problem..? Oh well, thank you so much for replying.

Ok, perhaps I just don't get it. I'm an old asp developer... I've been using .net 1.1 for some time now. Now I'm tasked with implementing a new asp.net 2 site on top of an older sql 2000 db. This is where things get whacked for me: every article I can find wants me to use the aspnetdb (whether in sql Express or by porting it over to an existing sql database). But the database I have already contains the username and password stuff. DOes this mean I must re-write all of the logic to look this information up in other tables across databases? Does this mean I must re-code my object model? Help me obi wan... isn't there a better way? -- modified at 1:35 Wednesday 16th August, 2006

Hung, I'm guessing that no one is replying to this because it's hard to follow. Do you want your web service to simply return HTML and Javascript? What is this HTML and Javascript?

Ok, if I understand this, what you're saying is that you have three values... the ID, the name and the Department. And now based upon which one they select, you need to populate another area with the department value. I would create a Javascript array on the page populated when the SQL populates the dropdown. The array would contain the IDs of each dropdown associated with DEPARTMENT. On the OnChange, have the script look up the value of the selected item in the dropdown, get the department value, and populate the other area. Make sense?

More information required here.. Are you saying that you already have the listbox populated, and that when a users selects one of the items in the dropdown that you want that item's text data to be populated in a separate text box?

See http://www.webdevelopersnotes.com/tips/html/transparent_hidden_scrollbar_code.php3[^]

I'm looking for a quick template or sample code to write a quick "installer" type program in (not managed) C++ to install items to the PROGRAMS folder that simply are links to a website. For example, START / ALL PROGRAMS / MY FOLDER / Link 1, Link 2, etc. Does anyone have anything like this?

This is bizarre.. I'm trying to install VS.Net 2003 ENT ARCH from MSDN DVD. When I do, I keep getting this dialog box saying: Command line parameters: /L language ID /S Hide initialization dialog. For silent mode use: /S /v/qn /V parameters to MsiExec.exe /UA<url to InstMsiA.exe> /UW<url to InstMsiW.exe> /UM<url to msi package> clicking OK ends the install. Any clues? I have found SOME postings on this problem, but the only solution is "Install it from the original CDs. But I'm installing it from the MSDN DVD! PLEASE HELP! -- modified at 14:12 Tuesday 6th December, 2005

I'm SURE this has been answered here before, but I cannot find it. I'm looking for a way (or a user control button) that someone might've implemented where if the user clicks the button it disables itself to prevent clicking twice. It must also pay attention to validators and act accordingly. Has anyone seen this?

Well, I do now have the activeX control showing the picture on the webpage without a warning, HOWEVER, if I script ANYTHING to it (even just getting a true / false property value) it triggers the stupid SP2 stuff. So here's my question: CAN I through javascript detect if this object exists? I know I can do a Javascript attempt such as var myClient = new ActiveXObject("Project.ClassName"); within a try catch, however even though this OCX is SIGNED, it says that it cannot create the object? Although putting the OBJECT tag with the classid shows up just fine. Is this more SP2 B.S.?

Not embedded within IE control which is in a winforms control, no. The mediaplayer is hosted just within the app. But remember, due to the nature of the transparency of the borders, etc. (odd shaped windows form), THAT portion cannot operate as touchless deployment either (or as Mark always called it "dynamic winforms"). Although I would like to see how you got the AxHosted media control through the security? That would be interesting to review. Aside from this though, you wrote this "If you read the linked page, it states that ActiveX controls that are yet installed will invoke the information bar." What do you mean by those that are 'yet installed'? - Also very funny: I'm a former MS employee myself. :-D

I know what you're saying with the touchless deployment, however I cannot do this because of the fact that I am embedding the Windows Media player within the app itself and the security sandbox won't allow for the dynamic winforms. I've had this discussion with Mark Boulter who actually created the concept. Unless you're him? :confused: So the security sandbox will NOT let me deploy my app this way. However, it must be possible since there are many objects that can be instantiated within IE without that security bar popping up.??? I really really appreciate your help here. I should also add that there are other things that won't let me deploy in the touchless manner such as odd shaped forms without the borders,... etc. In other words, it's not just the media player.

See that's what I thought, however, I've code signed the ocx, and Windows XP SP2 still brings up that stupid bar at the top indicating that there's unsafe code trying to run in the browser? Any way around that? There MUST be.

I'm not sure I understand your response... what I'm trying to do, is detect on a webpage if the client has installed this rich client application or not. If yes, proceed to a different area. If no, proceed to download page.

Wow, here's a tough one for the gurus out there. I have a C# application that works wonderfully. However, I'd like to determine on a web page whether or not the user has it installed or not. I have tried mime types, but they don't always work for some reason. I was thinking about code signing a VB6 ocx, but Windows XP SP2 blocks all the ocx's now? Or is there a way around THAT one. And even if I DID do that, do I code sign the ocx THEN package/deploy it into the setup? WOW... HELP!?!??

Yes, unfortunately with the security changes in .NET 1.1 this is no longer allowed since the following error occurs... Because of security restrictions, the type System.Runtime.Remoting.ObjRef cannot be accessed

I have a serious problem. I only want ONE instance of my application running. So in the Main, I have Process aProcess = Process.GetCurrentProcess(); string aProcName = aProcess.ProcessName; if (Process.GetProcessesByName(aProcName).Length > 1) { Application.ExitThread(); } which may not be the most effecient means, but it works. Now the problem is, I have an associated extension (let's say .xyz) that brings up the application whenever someone clicks on a file with this extension. This works fine as well. The PROBLEM is, if an instance of the application is already open, and someone clicks on an .xyz extension, a new instance of the application is attempted and the code above stops it from running. What I WANT to do, is to either A) Somehow have the new instance pass the args from the .xyz file to any CURRENT running instance of the application and then shut itself down as in above OR B) Don't even open up a new instance at all, but rather have it so that somehow something checks first to see if there IS an instance running. There HAS to be some way to do this? HELP?

I have a C# application. This C# application also has file types associated with it (in my case, the extenion is .drb). I want to have a DIFFERENT icon compiled within my .exe that these file extensions use, however, I cannot figure out HOW to add additional icons to be compiled within my application for use by these extensions? Am I making sense?