Web Development

30-Nov-06 12:38

I have a popup date-picker in my asp.net application...

..trouble is, ie7 seems to abandon the session whenever the popup window is closed.

tried this in a couple of apps, with different popups. Seems to be a serious bug in ie7. Is it, or is it me...?

cheers
Fred

George L. Jackson30-Nov-06 15:25

30-Nov-06 15:25

IIS/ASP.NET has cookless and cookie-based session state. If the session state is based on cookies and a pop-up appears, it is possible the session cookie is being altered by a 3rd party application (spam/virus). Web servers (e.g. IIS) usually control the duration of a session unless it is told to abandon the session on the server-side. IE7 does not control session duration.

Geo

Fred_Smith30-Nov-06 22:20

30-Nov-06 22:20

Thanks - I know the theory, but I'm telling you it happens: on three different apps on two different servers, on closing a popup window session state is lost when using IE7.
I would be interested to know yours or anyone's experience (as opposed to theory) about this - are you using IE7, and have you encountered this too?
cheers
Fred

George L. Jackson30-Nov-06 22:44

30-Nov-06 22:44

I use IE7. It has never happened to me but I don't allow those annoying pop ups.

Fred_Smith30-Nov-06 23:49

30-Nov-06 23:49

OK, look I'm really sorry if I'm being dense here, but i don't hink so... And it's not just popups, but even pages openeed in a new tab or window (eg target="_blank")

Try this page in if you don't believe me:
http://www.psu-tests.co.uk/a.aspx

try it in IE7 and then in Firefox...
the complete code is shown below:

First page (a.aspx) sets a session variable Session("ok") = "abc"

first link opens a new window (b.aspx) and prints out the value of Session("ok")

close it, and then click second link which opens c.aspx in same tab, and this also (tries to) print out Sesion("ok") - but in IE7 it can't because it's been lost....

What is going on?

a.aspx
------
<%@ Page Language="vb" debug="true" %>
<script runat="server">
Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Session("ok") = "abc"
End Sub
</script>
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<title></title>
</HEAD>
<body >
<form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">
<a href="b.aspx" target="_blank">click me</a>
<br />then, after closing that window,
<a href="c.aspx">click me</a>
</form>
</body>
</HTML>

b.aspx
------
<%@ Page Language="vb" debug="true" %>
<script runat="server">
Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Label1.Text = Session("ok")
End Sub
</script>
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<title></title>
</HEAD>
<body >
<form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">
<input name="btn" type="button" value="Close me" onclick="self.close()" />
<br />
<asp:label runat="server" ID="Label1"></asp:label>
</form>
</body>
</HTML>

c.aspx
------
<%@ Page Language="vb" debug="true" %>
<script runat="server">
Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Label1.Text = Session("ok")
End Sub
</script>
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<title></title>
</HEAD>
<body >
<form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">
<a href="a.aspx">back</a>
<br />
<asp:label runat="server" ID="Label1"></asp:label>
</form>
</body>
</HTML>

Fred_Smith1-Dec-06 0:10

1-Dec-06 0:10

Now it's working. Forget it, I'll just go shoot myself. I have no idea what's going on.
fred

Dominic Pettifer1-Dec-06 14:12

Dominic Pettifer

1-Dec-06 14:12

I can't be 100% sure, but I'm pretty sure IE6 treats different windows as different independent sessions, whereas Firefox and Opera will combine sessions if you, say, have the same website open in different windows. In IE it's possible to have two windows both opened at amazon.com but be logged in as two different users.

Now if this is the case with IE6 it will probably the case with IE7, and right click opening a new window will probably start a new session. Dunno if this helps at all.

Dominic Pettifer

Blog: www.dominicpettifer.co.uk

Fred_Smith2-Dec-06 0:37

2-Dec-06 0:37

thanks - I've never had this problem with IE6, but am having to re-write all my popup date-pickers in order to cope with IE7 (at least, on those sites that rely on session-state.)

Possibly neater anyway, having them inline and using AJAX when necessary, but I could do without the extra work. I'm sure I can't be the only one experiencing such difficulties though, and I find it puzzling I haven't seen more about this elsewhere. There's nothing peculiar about my code - just a simple window.open js call....

ah well..

cheers
Fred

Fred_Smith3-Dec-06 13:18

PERL - reading from a file

3-Dec-06 13:18

Just for the sake of my pride, I'd like to report that I am not totally mad or dumb.. turns out there must be a strange anomaly with my IE7 installation, 'cos the probblem (and solution) are as follows: I do indeed experience the issues mentioned, but only when I only have one tab, or one instance of IE open. When closing the popup (or second tab) I will lose the session state in the remaining window/tab. If I keep a "dummy" window/tab open (on any website, even "about blank") then there is no problem.

Very strange. Only occurs on my "main" computer. Not an issue on my laptop, nor, as far as I can tell, has anyone else experienced this...

Could have done without the wasted hours...

cheers
fred

xoxoxoxoxoxox30-Nov-06 12:19

xoxoxoxoxoxox

30-Nov-06 12:19

How can i read a data file between two comments? For example, i want to read data between start and end. Here is the file..

File.txt:
abc
123
Start
This is the line i want to read
and output on the screen
end
***

output:
This is the line i want to read
and output on the screen

Thanks

Password Expiration in Asp.Net Logins

alyagalal30-Nov-06 3:18

alyagalal

30-Nov-06 3:18

My Login password Expires suddenly with out enforcing any password expiration policies..
if any one know the reason ..i'll be grateful if i recieved a solution..thanks in progress

Alya Galal

Re: Password Expiration in Asp.Net Logins

ed^nrgc5-Dec-06 6:12

ed^nrgc

5-Dec-06 6:12

Are you talking about session timeout?

ASP.net Web Service & InfoPath Forms

lyntonS29-Nov-06 23:01

lyntonS

29-Nov-06 23:01

Ref# Lab 9: ADO.NET DataSets in InfoPath 2003 (MSDN)

I am encountering a troublesome exception:

An unhandled exception of type 'System.Web.HttpException' occurred in WebDev.WebHost.dll

Additional information: '/Service1.asmx?WSDL' is not a valid virtual path.

I am trying to connect to my web service using the data connection wizard of InfoPath. I am using the suggested http://localhost:1484/Service1.asmx?WSDL, but this causes the above exception

Please can someone help Sniff | :^)

Lynton Steyn

Re: ASP.net Web Service & InfoPath Forms

George L. Jackson30-Nov-06 15:34

Drag and drop the contents of a particular column in a table.

30-Nov-06 15:34

You have to create an IIS web site that uses that port, 1484. The default web site has the defaut port of 80, http://localhost:80/.

_______________________29-Nov-06 18:05

_______________________

29-Nov-06 18:05

There are 3 rows in a table. The columns of the last row are filled with alphabets. I should be able to drag any alphabet (from the last row) and drop in in any of the first 2 rows. Undoing of this move should be possible. Can anybody help me out?

Re: Drag and drop the contents of a particular column in a table.

Private_Void1-Dec-06 11:16

Private_Void

1-Dec-06 11:16

Someone may be able to provide assistance if you give some context in which you are speaking. For example drag "alphabet" from last row and drop it in any of the first 2 rows. Where are these rows and from where are you dragging and dropping?

Mapping a network drive over the net

TheJudeDude29-Nov-06 13:03

TheJudeDude

29-Nov-06 13:03

HI all!
I hope someone can point me in the right direction. Here is my delima.
Our company wants two locations to share data. The data will be stored on our web server. The program that needs to access this data will be on the local computers and needs to pointed to a lettered drive. I have a webfolder setup in "My Network Places" but cannot map the drive. Is there a good way to work around this?
Any help will be very much appreciated!

Jude

George L. Jackson29-Nov-06 13:46

29-Nov-06 13:46

You have to create a network share, Network Sharing and Security, (not a "web share") on the server that hosts your web server. Also, you have to set up the proper security access.

TheJudeDude29-Nov-06 14:05

TheJudeDude

29-Nov-06 14:05

OK..I've done that. How do I map it?
EX: When I go to map network drive, you get a chance to input the info. I put in "http://"our IP/the web folder/ the shared folder, but get a "Can not be found" error.

Jude

Dave Kreskowiak29-Nov-06 14:10

Dave Kreskowiak

29-Nov-06 14:10

You can't use http:// to map a drive. You have to specify it in the format as \\ipaddress\shareName

I hope you're security is setup tight and the machine is patched up as current as 1 minute ago because you're doing something that is VERY dangerous over the Internet out in the open.

Depending on how sensitive the data is, you'd probably be better served by setting up a VPN between the two networks.

Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic

George L. Jackson29-Nov-06 14:44

29-Nov-06 14:44

Jude,

I am sorry! I was called away before completing my answer. Dave is right! If you share data via the internet this way, you are exposing your web server to security breaches. As Dave said, VPN will serve you better.