| Howdy! It's Dr. Dotnetsky,
back again for some fun and cool ideas! I've collected a few unusual
ones this time around, so I hope you like 'em.
WebServices giving you the Blues under .NET Framework
1.1?
Support for various protocols such as "GET" are disabled
by default under .NET Framework 1.1. So any of your webservice calls
that relied on the simplified "GET" call mechanism are mysteriously going
to stop working when you upgrade your server. You can restore them, along
with other specific configuration options, in the <webservices> node
of your individual web.config files:
<webServices>
<protocols>
<add name="HttpSoap"/>
<add name="HttpPost"/>
<add name="HttpGet"/>
<add name="Documentation"/>
<add name="HttpPostLocalhost"/>
</protocols>
< /webServices>
By the way , using "add" or "remove" with the "Documentation"
element adds or removes the service help page.
Dynamically Embed ASP or other page into an ASP.NET Page
It's very easy to add the content from a Classic ASP page (or a PHP
or CFM page) into your ASP.NET pages at the exact place where you want
it by combining the WebRequest method with judicious use of controls
such as the PlaceHolder control. The following code explains all:
<%@ Page language="C#" %>
<%@ Import namespace="System.Net" %>
<%@ Import namespace="System.IO" %>
<script language="C#" runat="server">
private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
mainStuff.Text=
"This is the main part of your content. Below will appear the \"PageEmbed.GetPageContent\" results.";
content.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl(PageEmbed.GetPageContent("http://www.yahoo.com")));
}
public class PageEmbed
{
public static string GetPageContent(string TargetPage)
{
try
{
//is page supplied a URL?
Regex objRegex = new Regex(@"^http\://[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+[a-zA-Z]{2,3}(/\S*)?$");
string strPath=String.Empty;
if(objRegex.IsMatch(TargetPage))
{
strPath = TargetPage;
}
// if not URL treat it as resource
else
{
Uri RequestURI = HttpContext.Current.Request.Url;
strPath = RequestURI.Scheme + "://" + RequestURI.Host +
HttpContext.Current.Request.ApplicationPath + "/";
strPath += TargetPage;
}
// Request the page
WebRequest req = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(strPath);
// Process Response
WebResponse res = req.GetResponse();
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(res.GetResponseStream());
return sr.ReadToEnd();
}
catch(WebException Ex)
{
return Ex.Message;
}
}
}
</script>
<body>
<asp:Label id=mainStuff runat="server" /><HR>
<asp:Placeholder id=content runat="server" />
</body>
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How to delete Keys and Values from the Registry in a .REG Script
To delete a key from the Registry:
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SomeKey] (Note the hyphen appears before the name
of the KEY)
When double clicking this .reg file the key "SomeKey" will
be deleted along with all string, binary or Dword values in that key.
You can delete a value from the Registry, leaving the parent KEY and
all other data intact, in a .REG batch file with the following syntax:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\YourCompany\YourKey]
"
valueName"=- (note the hyphen appears after the equals sign)
How to open a Modal Dialog from a parent page and bring back the entered
result:
Parent.aspx:
<script language="C#" runat="server">
private void Page_Load(object sender , System.EventArgs e){
btnOpen.Attributes.Add("onclick", "var strReturn=window.showModalDialog('child.aspx',null,'status:no;
dialogWidth:300px;dialogHeight:150px;dialogHide:true;help:no;scroll:no');
if (strReturn != null) document.getElementById('txtValue').value=strReturn;");
}
</script>
<body MS_POSITIONING="GridLayout">
<form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">
<asp:TextBox id="txtValue" style="Z-INDEX: 101; LEFT: 16px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 24px"
runat="server">
</asp:TextBox>
<asp:Button id="btnOpen" style="Z-INDEX: 102; LEFT: 176px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 24px"
runat="server" Text="Open ">
</asp:Button>
</form>
</body> | Child.aspx:
<script language="C#" runat="server">
private void Page_Load(object sender , System.EventArgs e){
btnOK.Attributes.Add("onclick", "window.returnValue = document.getElementById('txtValue').value;
window.close();");
btnCancel.Attributes.Add("onclick", " window.opener.focus();window.close();");
}
</script>
<body MS_POSITIONING="GridLayout" onload="document.all.txtValue.focus();">
<form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">
<asp:TextBox id="txtValue" style="Z-INDEX: 101; LEFT: 16px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 24px"
runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
<asp:Button id="btnOK" style="Z-INDEX: 103; LEFT: 48px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 56px"
runat="server" Text="Ok" Width="56px"></asp:Button>
<asp:Button id="btnCancel" style="Z-INDEX: 102; LEFT: 112px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 56px"
runat="server" Text="Cancel"></asp:Button>
</form>
</body> |
When you click on the "OPEN" button in the parent.aspx
page, a Modal Dialog ("Web Page Dialog") will come up with an input
field and a button. The focus will be set on the input field. Upon closing
the dialog, the value the user has entered is transferred to the text box
in the main page.
Well, that's it for this time. Gotta catch a train, and I've
got an extra large Absolut Martini (up, with two olives, thank you ) that's
starting to get warm...
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