hi all, my problem is the following: i have a custom webcontrol in a file named PK_LanguagePicker.ascx, that is in a custom created namespace named HMC.CustomControls. Now in my masterpage, in code behind, i can reach the control through the namespace fine. But when i try on my Default.aspx page, in code behind, i cannot see the namespace and control :( how can that be? hope that you can help /Christian

i had not thought about the security issue of using a xml file, so thanks alot for bringing it to my attention. I have changed the file extention to .config now -- Christian

okay, i'll try that insteed :) thx -- Christian

N a v a n e e t h wrote:

I mean a separate XML file

Okay, i am gonna try it out as soon as i have the time. Thank you very much for trying to help me out. But one thing that i do not understand is this: if updating the config file doing runtime is so bad ( i have hearded it many times asking questions that i should not do so ), why does microsoft ship the framework with classes for making speciel config sections for programmers to use? I thought that one smart thing would be that we programmers could store app settings and change then when needed? -- Christian

no problem, please consider rating my answer if you think that it helped you :) Regards Christian

hi, thank you for trying to help out. to the And check whether your stylesheets coding are closed while executing the application or building the application. i don't see how it should be possible for the styles to change in any way doing execution of the application? Or by closed did you mean something else? Like finished loading? -- Christian

hi Navaneeth, first of, thank you for trying to help me out. I know that altering the web.config file will reset the application, but i figured that in this scenario where an administrator would most likely use it to make the site public the first time, it would not madder because outside users whould not be able to see the site yet, and therefore not be logged in. having one separate XML configuration file By this do you mean one more web.config file or just an simpler xml file that i use as a config file To how i refer to the stylesheets: I use themes so i have my admin styles in a theme folder and reference it in my default side (i am using masterpages) hoping that you can help me out :) -- Christian

What kind of passwordformat have you chosen for your membership provider? clear (plaintext), encrypted, or hashed? This could give you problems if you have chosen hashed because those password can not be retrieved. -- Christian

Would it be a solution for you to do this with ajax insteed? So that while the user is writing in the textbox they would instantly get a response from the server showing the people with the specific postal code? You could code it so that the event did not fire until a specific amount of characters where typed, for instance 4 ... -- Christian

"then the password control displays failure msg as well as its also executing" what is the failure msg that you get? -- Christian

My i ask you why you want this functionality? my reason for asking is to best help you find the best solution. -- Christian

Hi, my problem is this: In this cms that i have created, the administrator has an admin zone where he/she can alter setting for the given homepage. One function that i am working on is the ability to make the site eather public or private to the public. It is meant to be used before publishing the site to the public, so that the administrator can create all the content for the website and then afterwards make it public for any interested viewers. I alter the web.config bye code, inserting and deleting and respectively. The bug i get is than every second time i do so, i lose all css styles in the administration! my question to you is: How can this be?? -- Christian

Hi all, i have the stranges problem. I have this website running in a cms that i made myself. In the administration the adminuser can save settings that are writen and saved to the web.config file. And all of this have been working fine .... until now. Now when the user tryes to save changes, the browser prompt the user for login credentials again. Does any of you have any idea why this is? I am pretty sure that i havent made any changes to generate this problem. I am totally lost here ... so hope that you can help? Christian

thx alot for the reply ... both of you. One problem for me is that the website is in a hosted enviroment so i don't have the possibility of altering the ISS. I do know that changing the web.config will restart the application, and that is a sideeffect that i can live with. Then its up to the end-user to make the change at a suitable time. But i am still very much interested in a solution? -- Christian

Hi Ben First off, i'd like to thank you for trying to help me out with my problem. I am not sure if i made it clear enough what i want to do. I know how to create an entry in the web.config, as you showed in your reply. What i want to do is to edit it "on-the-fly" from a web administration. e.g., ticking a checkbox should make it say and ticking it again, make it: i hope that i have maded myself more clear now, and hope that yout can help? -- Christian

Hi all. I was wondering how to dynamicly change the web.config file to allow or deny users of a website. Here i'm thinking of the: <[allow|deny] users roles verbs /> The reason for wanting to do this, is that i have coded a CMS System, and i want to give the administrator the possibility of making the website private while constructing content. Does anyone know how to do this? Regards Christian