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Some Projects , Demos and Downloads found @ Microsoft Research(MSR)

The <asp:wizard> control enables us to divide a large form into multiple sub forms.
This is otherwise traditionally done with ASP.NET v1.1 controls using <asp:panel> or <asp:placeholder> on one/multiple pages.

Handling Next/Previous/Finish can be done by setting the properties of the control

Some tags associated with the <asp:wizard> are 

<wizardsteps>
<asp:wizardsteps>
<stepnavigationtemplate>
 

Here is just a sample of how to use the <asp:wizard> control

<asp:wizard id="Wizard1" runat="server" onfinishbuttonclick="FinishbtnClick" 
	nextstepbuttontext="Next"  finishstepbuttontext="Finish" 
	previousstepbuttontext="Previous" sidebarenabled="false">
	<wizardsteps>
	<asp:wizardstep runat="server" steptype="start" title="Name/Password" id="Start">
                        Name: <asp:textbox id="txtName" runat="Server"></asp:textbox>
                        <asp:requiredfieldvalidator runat="server" controltovalidate="txtName" 
		id="RequiredFieldValidator1" errormessage="*">
	</asp:requiredfieldvalidator>
                        <br />
                        Email:<asp:textbox id="txtEmail" runat="server"></asp:textbox>
                        <asp:regularexpressionvalidator id="Regularexpressionvalidator1" runat="server" 
		errormessage="Invalid Email" controltovalidate="txtEmail" 
		validationexpression="\w+([-+.]\w+)*@\w+([-.]\w+)*\.\w+([-.]\w+)*">
                        </asp:regularexpressionvalidator>
	</asp:wizardstep>
	<asp:wizardstep id="step" steptype="step" runat="server" title="Address/City">
                        Address:<asp:textbox id="txtAddress" textmode="multiline" runat="server">
		</asp:textbox>
                        <br />
                        City:<asp:textbox id="txtCity" runat="server"></asp:textbox>
		</asp:wizardstep>
		<asp:wizardstep id="Finish" steptype="finish" runat="server" title="Finish">
                        Description:<asp:textbox id="txtDescription" runat="server">
		</asp:textbox>
                        <br />
                        Comments:<asp:textbox id="txtComments" runat="server" textmode="multiLine">
		</asp:textbox>
	</asp:wizardstep>
	<asp:wizardstep id="Complete" steptype="complete" runat="server" title="Data Entered">
                        <asp:bulletedlist id="Bulletedlist1" runat="server">
                        </asp:bulletedlist>
	</asp:wizardstep>
	</wizardsteps>
</asp:wizard>
 
 
<script runat="server" language="vb">    
    Sub FinishbtnClick(ByVal sender As Object, _
 ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.WizardNavigationEventArgs)
        Bulletedlist1.Items.Add("Name : " & txtName.Text)
        Bulletedlist1.Items.Add("Email : " & txtEmail.Text)
        Bulletedlist1.Items.Add("Address : " & txtAddress.Text)
        Bulletedlist1.Items.Add("City : " & txtCity.Text)
        Bulletedlist1.Items.Add("Description : " & txtDescription.Text)
        Bulletedlist1.Items.Add("Comments : " & txtComments.Text)
    End Sub
</script>
 		

During school days I remember reading each and every line of a books/chapters to search for a specific phrase.
To skip this reading Glosssary/Appendixes.. were lifesaver.

Nowadays just giving Ctrl+F->Search string has made life too simpler.

But still its necessary sometimes to read hard copies
And for fast search I always wish to have Ctrl+F option handy especially when reading newspaper.

I am glad to see "Digital paper makes device debut - Soon you could be reading a book printed on electronic paper."

“Sony, Philips and digital paper pioneer E-Ink have announced an electronic book reader that is due to go on sale in Japan in late April for $375 (£204).
Called Librié, the device will be the size of a paperback book and can hold 500 texts in its onboard memory.
The device will also have a PC connection built in to allow owners to download fresh reading material such as newspapers and comics. ...“

Will they have Ctrl+F option??!!

The training labs in this section step you through the process of creating and working with Microsoft® Office Word 2003 and Microsoft Office Excel 2003 solutions using Microsoft Visual Studio® Tools for the Microsoft Office System. Visual Basic® .NET code is used in all labs except Lab 6, which contains Visual C#® code.

Note   The labs are designed to be completed in order.

Labs

• Lab 1: Creating Projects Using Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System

  Introduces you to creating Word and Excel projects in Visual Studio .NET.

• Lab 2: Adding Functionality to Word Document Solutions in Visual Studio .NET

  Contains exercises that demonstrate how to create a Word Document project, how to handle Word events to initialize, save, and close a document based on a Word template, and how to use ADO.NET to import data.

• Lab 3: Adding functionality to Excel Workbook Solutions in Visual Studio .NET

  Demonstrates how to work with Excel 2003 solutions created with Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System, including how to handle Excel events, and how to access and import data.

• Lab 4: Securing Office Solutions that Use Managed Code Extensions

  Demonstrates how to set up a Visual Studio Tools for Office solution to run from a local computer, a network share, or a Web server.

• Lab 5: Deploying Office Documents that Use Managed Code Extensions

  Introduces some of the methods you can use for deploying your Microsoft Office 2003 managed code solutions and briefly discusses some security issues.

• Lab 6: Using XML and C# in Word Solutions

  Demonstrates how you can populate and retrieve data from XML nodes in a Word document at run time using Visual C# code and Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System.

• Lab 7: Performing Calculations in Excel Solutions

  Demonstrates how to create an Excel solution using an existing workbook, so you can take advantage of the calculation and formatting capabilities available in Excel.

The Datagrid/DataList/Repeater control in ASP.NET had provided the flexibility and ease to show the data in a formatted manner. However sometimes the requirement is to flip the data from conventional horizontal layout to vertical layout and page a single record per page

This is possible using Datalist/Repeater/Datagrid but requires some amount of code (basically its not as easy as drag and drop and setting certain properties).

Some of my samples based on this requirement were as follows:

Building a Navigation System in ASP.NET

Use ViewState to display one record per page and also navigate

DetailsView control in Whidbey is one of the controls which can be used to give this kind of layout without any extra coding required

The code is as below

<asp:detailsview id="Detailsview1" runat="server" datasourceid ="Sqldatasource1" Allowpaging="true">

</asp:detailsview>

<asp:sqldatasource id="Sqldatasource1" runat="server"

selectcommand = "Select * from Employees"

selectcommand = "Select * from Employees"

</asp:detailsview>

<asp:sqldatasource id="Sqldatasource1" runat="server"

selectcommand = "Select * from Employees"

selectcommand = "Select * from Employees"

</asp:sqldatasource>

Simple isnt it!!!! :-)

Simple isnt it!!!! :-)

I did attempt to install Whidbey on my laptop which had VS.NET 2003 ( Operating System Win 2003)
Installation had no problems but an attempt to open existing VS.NET 2003 applications gave following message
"Visual Studio has detected that ASP.NET aplications and services are locked down in IIS. You can run the IIS Security Lockdown Wizard to change lockdown status"

The solution I could think of was aspnet_regiis -i which didnt seem to work :(
Not thinking much on the error message i made a thoughtful decision of keeping VS.NET 2003 and whidbey on different boxes

Though recently I decided to try the same thing again

Not to my surprise I got the same messages when opening the projects developed using VS.NET 2003

This what i had read sometime back
i.e for running .NET Framework side by side one would need to do manual configuration as by default all IIS virtual webs get associated with the newest Framework version

All i could think again was of utility aspnet_regiis

So the steps I tried this time were

Step 1: Go to the folder C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\<latest version folder>

run aspnet_regiis.exe -u

Step 2: Go to the folder C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322

run aspnet_regiis.exe -i

And this worked out just fine

So right now
VS.NET 2003 works without any problem
Whidbey too works without any issues
Has anyone come across issues having VS.NET 2003 and Whidbey on same box
Any views on the above or is what I tried correct?

The VS7 Debugger doesn’t work. What can I do?

How to Debug Script Code Using Visual Studio .NET

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The most Frequently asked question in the forums is

“When I run the .aspx page the server controls wont show up“

or

 “When I run the ASPX file it is shown in the browser as a text“

Solution:

Check the file aspnet_regiis in folder C:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v**\

• use the command: aspnet_regiis.exe -u ---> to uninstall current asp.net version.
• use the command: aspnet_regiis.exe -i ---> to install current asp.net version.