Re: webconfig - ASP.NET Discussion Boards

Not Active18-Feb-10 6:59

18-Feb-10 6:59

The first thing to do is read this, How to get answers to your question[^]

Then read a book. Even a basic ASP.NET book covers web.config file

I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt

Re: webconfig

arkiboys18-Feb-10 7:03

arkiboys

18-Feb-10 7:03

hi,
Please note that I do know how to retrieve values from something like <appsetting> in the web config by referring to the key but I do not know how to retrieve values if there is no key for example:
<LOB></LOB>
<LOB></LOB>
<LOB></LOB>

Then how do I populate a dropdownlist with the values in these pls?
Thanks

Re: webconfig

Rutvik Dave18-Feb-10 7:23

Rutvik Dave

18-Feb-10 7:23

You need to add a appSettings section in your web.config

i.e.

// after < configuration >

<appSettings>
    <add key="variableName"   value="someValue"/>
</appSettings>

Now to read that value.

string x = System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings.Get("variableName");

Hope this helps, its up to you how to use this. Smile | :)

Re: webconfig

arkiboys18-Feb-10 7:32

arkiboys

18-Feb-10 7:32

Hi, At present I do have these settings for other things. But the new requirement is to add something like the example I showed earlier.
So is it possible to add to the appsettings sections several lines with the same key? so that I can loop through that one key to get the values i.e.
<appsetting>
<add key="LOB" value="x"/>
<add key="LOB" value="y"/>
<add key="LOB" value="z"/>
...

Is it possible to just populate a dropdown list with the values of each LOB ?
Thanks

Re: webconfig

Rutvik Dave18-Feb-10 7:36

Rutvik Dave

18-Feb-10 7:36

No, but you can separate the values by comma in the same key. and at the coding side you can read it accordingly.

i.e.

<add key="LOB" value="x,y,z"/>

and when you read the key split the string using comma.

i.e.

string []x = System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings.Get("variableName").Split(",");

// and you have the values in x[0], x[1] ...etc

Re: webconfig

arkiboys18-Feb-10 11:08

arkiboys

18-Feb-10 11:08

What I exactly would like to do is as follows:
On the main page of the site, there will be a dropdown with the names of the databases. On selecting a database name from the drop down list control, then the system will use one of the connectionstring settings which points to the relevant database.
so there are several connectionsettings i.e.
<....connectionstring...database=x..../>
<;....connectionstring...database=b..../>
...

I would like to make sure the correct connectionstring is used.
How can I do this please?
Thanks

Re: webconfig

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.18-Feb-10 8:30

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

18-Feb-10 8:30

Why save them in the web config? only config settings should be there.

How about a separate xml file. You then have total control over the format of the xml and can read it using the XMLDocument object.

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Re: webconfig

arkiboys18-Feb-10 11:09

arkiboys

18-Feb-10 11:09

I am interested in the connectionstrings as there will be several conectionstrings in the web.config i.e. one for each database.
The database is selected on the start page and then the correct connectionstring should be used.
What do you think now?
Thanks

Re: webconfig

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.19-Feb-10 6:24

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

19-Feb-10 6:24

The difference with connection strings is threefold.

Firstly the nodes are distinguised by their name attribute

Secondly they are, or can be secured. Connection strings can be encrypted, stored in the registry and so on

Thirdly, they are easily maintainable in the IIS managment console.

Web,Config is the right place for them.

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Re: webconfig

Not Active18-Feb-10 8:44

Not Active

18-Feb-10 8:44

What you need is a custom configuration section

Creating Custom Configuration Section C#[^]

I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt

Re: webconfig

arkiboys18-Feb-10 19:50

arkiboys

18-Feb-10 19:50

Yes, I do at present have the appsettings for other settings...
In this appsetting each line has a key which allows me to refer to it in code.
For example let's say today I add a setting for a business i.e. <lob>Accounts then next week there will be a new business, so then I will add another line to the setting i.e. <lob>Audits and so forth. So you see, these lines get added to every time.
Somehow I need to retrieve these values and populate a dropdownlist with i.e.Accoounts, Audits, etc...
The question is how do I refer to these settings if there is no key?
Thanks

Re: webconfig

Not Active19-Feb-10 0:30

Not Active

19-Feb-10 0:30

Have you even read the link that was given?

I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt

Multiple Dynamic Control Postback Issue [modified]

smilingeyes7618-Feb-10 4:26

smilingeyes76

18-Feb-10 4:26

Good morning,

I've searched the web for a week to find a solution to a problem, but I can't figure it out, so now I'll try to post directly what the problem is and hope that someone could explain me how to go ahead. I'm new to Asp.Net, and some years have passed since I used to programme in C/C++.

I have an aspx page with two "Controller" textboxes.
If you insert a number X in TB1, on the OnTextChanged event, a Placeholder is populated with X TextBoxes (the number you entered).
If you insert a number H in TB2, on the OnTextChanged event, a Placeholder2 is populated with H TextBoxes (the number you entered).

The problem is that each time you enter a number you have a postback, hence after the first time, you loose all the data and the TextBox Controls in the PlaceHolder already populated. I cannot use Ajax UPdatePanel, so I know I should save the user data with the viewstate or Session, but i don't have idea of how to recall them to repopulate the PlaceHolder after Postback.

Here is my code ~~C++~~C#(I tried to leave just the interesting parts).

<table>
    <tr><td valign="middle"></td>
             <td><asp:TextBox ID="cldtb" runat="server" OnTextChanged="cldtb_OnTextChanged" AutoPostBack="true"></asp:TextBox></td>
        <td valign="middle"><asp:Panel id="pnlEnterNumbers" runat="server">
           <asp:PlaceHolder id="myPlaceHolder" runat="server" /></asp:Panel> </td> </tr>

</table>

  protected void cldtb_OnTextChanged(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
  {
      int I, intNumberCount;

          // Get number of items to be entered.
          intNumberCount = System.Convert.ToInt16(cldtb.Text);

          if (intNumberCount > 0)
          {
              //Add one textbox to enter each item.
              System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox txtNumber;
              for (I = 1; I <= intNumberCount; I++)
              {
                  txtNumber = new System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox();
                  txtNumber.ID = "birthdate" + I;
                  txtNumber.MaxLength = 8;
                  myPlaceHolder.Controls.Add(txtNumber);

              }

              // Add number of items to viewstate
              ViewState["NumberCount"] = (I - 1);
              //Session["holdMe"] = myPlaceHolder;
          }
}

modified on Monday, February 22, 2010 5:52 AM

Re: Multiple Dynamic Control Postback Issue

Not Active18-Feb-10 7:07

Not Active

18-Feb-10 7:07

smilingeyes76 wrote:
Here is my code C++

This is C#, not C++. You don't even know what language you are using OMG | :OMG:

smilingeyes76 wrote:
(I tried to leave just the interesting parts).

Still way to much, but it does show that you have no idea what you are doing.

Why are you creating the controls dynamically in the first place?

smilingeyes76 wrote:
I've searched the web for a week

Try searching for the proper way to create custom controls and supporting postback

I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt

Re: Multiple Dynamic Control Postback Issue

smilingeyes7620-Feb-10 7:13

smilingeyes76

20-Feb-10 7:13

Thank you Mark.

Yes, I made a mistake in writing, I know it is C#.
I need dynamic controls because their number depends on the value of a static control.
I solved my problem with javascript.

I'm studying tutorials, and I'm learning step by step while practicing, also thanks to experts like you, that explain newbies how to proceed...

Using textbox with AJAX toolkit autocomplete control

Danpeking18-Feb-10 3:31

Danpeking

18-Feb-10 3:31

Hi, I have hooked up a textbox to an autocomplete extender control and it seems to work fine with me restricting what is displayed as the user types via a web method in the code behind. I am using the CreateAutoCompleteItem key value pairs method. I have also created an OnClientItemSelected event which can update the value of a hidden field.

The problem I have is when the user might want to retrieve a record and I want the textbox to display the correct value when the page loads. If possible making my textbox have key value pairs, etc.

Can anybody please suggest a way?
Thanks

checkboxs problem

test-0918-Feb-10 1:36

test-09

18-Feb-10 1:36

this is code i wrote to check check boxes in datalist control
but if i checked all checkboxes only it is returning true not for one or multiple checkboxes
help me... Confused | :confused:

foreach (DataListItem dli in DataList1.Items)
        {
            CheckBox Chk = (CheckBox)dli.FindControl("CheckBox1");
            if (Chk.Checked)
            {
                str13 = "cheked";
            }
            else
            {
                str13 = "you need to check";
            }
        }
        LblErr.Visible = true;
        LblErr.Text = str13;

Re: checkboxs problem

Anurag Gandhi18-Feb-10 2:29

Anurag Gandhi

18-Feb-10 2:29

If you are talking about the value of LblErr.Text, it will always be according to the checked state of your last item in DataList1.
I am sure you can easily guess why is it so.

If you want your str13 to have "cheked" for one or multiple checkbox checked, just add a break statement just after the statement str13 = "cheked";

foreach (DataListItem dli in DataList1.Items)        
{
        CheckBox Chk = (CheckBox)dli.FindControl("CheckBox1");
        if (Chk.Checked)
        {
            str13 = "cheked";
            break;
        }
        else
        {
            str13 = "you need to check";
        }
}
LblErr.Visible = true;
LblErr.Text = str13;

This should solve your problem.

Anurag Gandhi.
http://www.gandhisoft.com
Life is a computer program and every one is the programmer of his own life.

Re: checkboxs problem

test-0918-Feb-10 17:29

test-09

18-Feb-10 17:29

thank you bro.. Rose | [Rose]

need date format in "dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm" [modified]

Karan_TN18-Feb-10 1:16

Karan_TN

18-Feb-10 1:16

hi.
currently i m using asp.net 2.0...
i need the date format in gridview as "dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm"
Note : i dont need seconds. time should be in 24hours format
help me plz

modified on Thursday, February 18, 2010 7:27 AM

Re: need date format in "dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm"

sashidhar18-Feb-10 1:31

sashidhar

18-Feb-10 1:31

AFAIK there is no support for tht format so ,
convert the date time format into string and do string manipulation..!

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Re: need date format in "dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm"

Karan_TN18-Feb-10 1:35

Karan_TN

18-Feb-10 1:35

oh..

want to inform to MICROSOFT?
anyway, thanks for reply pal.

Re: need date format in "dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm"

farogh haider18-Feb-10 1:49

farogh haider

18-Feb-10 1:49

hi,
Use DataFormatString property in gridview

Farogh Haider
Web developer

Re: need date format in "dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm"

Karan_TN18-Feb-10 2:37

Karan_TN

18-Feb-10 2:37

i have applied all types of DataFormatString property in gridview. but i cant get what i expect. help me plz

Re: need date format in "dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm"

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.18-Feb-10 8:33

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

18-Feb-10 8:33

Your format should be dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm

Check out MSDN[^] for more details on the format strings available.

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