http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/__site/132ASPFriends.com 'aspngibuyspy' list on .NET 247..NET 247/WinFX 247 RSS Generator132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136078.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136078.aspx20 Aug 2002 03:36:48This is definitely a newbie question, but being a newbie to .net, I'm probably in good company. (grin) I installed the ibuyspy portal successfully on my development server, and everything seems to work wonderfully, unitl I attempt to edit or add a user in the Admin Tab. When I do, I receive the following error message: ************* Begin Paste ************************ Server Error in '/PortalVB' ...136078132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136074.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136074.aspx20 Aug 2002 03:36:39Has anyone tried to modify the IBS portal to use NT Groups for access control? We have over 24,000 users and to have to create groups in the portal and then add all the users manually would be a nightmare. Jason Snipes This electronic message may contain confidential or privileged information and is intended for the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware ...136074132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136070.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136070.aspx20 Aug 2002 03:36:34I am having trouble getting my CodeBehind page to work for a module I am developing. Here is the module code: %@ Control Inherits "ASPNetPortal.PortalModuleControl" Language "vb" CodeBehind "ap6PhoneList.ascx.vb" AutoEventWireup "false" % %@ Register TagPrefix "Portal" TagName "Title" Src "~/DesktopModuleTitle.ascx" % portal:title runat "server" /portal:title br / asp:DataGrid id "grid1" runat "se...136070132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136062.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136062.aspx20 Aug 2002 03:36:32I am trying to create a new DesktopModule .ascx page programmatically from another but I keep getting "A control cannot modify its parent's control collections" server errors. I have added a property NewPollModuleId to the source PollUserControl.ascx file with the code: Public NewPollModuleId As Integer The fault occurs in the line: Page.Controls.Add(uc) in a block of code in the parent control th...136062132Truehttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/24/123347.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/24/123347.aspx20 Aug 2002 03:36:14There's been some talk in the past of coming up with a standard and/or some code to handle inter module communication. Does anyone have any further information or updates? Thanks, Rick This message may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. It is intended only to be read by the individual or entity named above or its designee. If the reader of this message is not the ...123347132Truehttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136049.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136049.aspx20 Aug 2002 03:36:06From a user control ...how can you open a new window I have a simple IbuySpy portal module that is accessed by a Tab .the purpose of this is that the clicking on the Tab would execute the Module which intern is to Open a URL in a New Window? Any body have a solution.... Is there a way to use the redirect function or some other method to open a URL in a new window ? from a User Control. script runa...136049132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136076.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136076.aspx16 Aug 2002 20:56:00Has anyone tried to create a module to retrieve email from an MS Exchange server? This electronic message may contain confidential or privileged information and is intended for the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this electronic...136076132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136075.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136075.aspx16 Aug 2002 16:09:00Has anyone developed a sitemap module for the portal? And has anyone created an tab and module administration that you can move modules between tabs without deleting them first? George Apostolakis 136075132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136073.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136073.aspx15 Aug 2002 04:11:00I based my forms authentication code on IBuySpy (and only modified it to always use persistent cookies), but although it works perfectly in IE 6 and Opera 6, it only partially works in Netscape 6. Whenever I login with NS, it only stays logged in for the duration of the session. Next time I visit the site I have to login again. Is this a known problem? How should I debug this? James Shaw http://Co...136073132Truehttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136072.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136072.aspx14 Aug 2002 11:41:00hi guys, I have plans to write an IBS admin module EM like (SQL Server Enterprise Manager), using SQL DMO and c#. I wonder if anybody out there would like to participate on this, with ideas or code writting. If we'll reach something usable we can donate to IBS community... Petroniu 136072132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136066.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136066.aspx08 Aug 2002 13:21:00Can anyone help find out why the content og the authorized roles field in the tabs database uses a string (admin;press) to register what roles are authorized to view the different tabs. Wouldnt it be much better to use the Roleid (creating a string like 7;5 instead of admin;press ). That way you would be able to change the name of a role without having to change it for every tab. Or is there a goo...136066132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136065.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136065.aspx08 Aug 2002 12:02:00In my Visual studio Solution I have two Portal Applications and I am having namespace problem i would like to to isolate the two from seeing each others namespace which are the same Imports ASPNetPortal seems to be the major culprit. How would you go about renaming the Namespace. or how to change ASPNetPortal to be different in each. http://aspalliance.com/dotnetsolutions/ Dennis West West Design ...136065132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136064.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136064.aspx08 Aug 2002 12:02:00Hi, I was wondering if anybody had developed a footer control. I thought about just including an extra row in desktopdefault.aspx but I want the option of displaying it (i.e. on certain pages and not on others). If I develop it as a control is there a way of getting it to appear always a certain distance from the bottom of any other control on the page. For example I may have a control that only t...136064132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136061.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136061.aspx06 Aug 2002 18:38:00Does anyone know where I can get the source code for the IBuySpySetup.exe? I'd like to modify for an application I've developed. Thanks, Rich 136061132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136060.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136060.aspx06 Aug 2002 14:43:00Can anyone recommend examples of portals driven by mutli level tabs and/or menus? Are there any for sale? Jesse 136060132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136059.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136059.aspx06 Aug 2002 11:49:00Working through the portal application I see that several of the modeles are controls ascx and some are pages, aspx Why, what's the difference and when should I use one rather than another is there an article on this. Is there source code for the milestones page available Phil 136059132Truehttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136055.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136055.aspx05 Aug 2002 16:57:00I am using the ibuyspy portal on our intranet. The portal is running on Win2k SP2 with IIS 5. Integrated Windows Authentication is the only authentication method. Every two weeks people start getting the signon dialog box as if they are not authenticated (Integrated Authentication seems to start failing). The only fix I've found thus far is to reboot the server, which will fix the issue for about ...136055132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136054.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136054.aspx03 Aug 2002 18:59:00I hope someone can help me here. My install of IBS (PortalVB VS 0204.exe) fails with the message: The IBuySpy samples are written in ASP.Net and require the.NET Framework, SQL Server or MDSE, and IIS . Please install the missing components before installing this sample. I don't believe anything is missing, however. I am running: WinXP Pro IIS 5.1 which came with WinXP Pro VS.NET Pro MSDE which cam...136054132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136053.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136053.aspx01 Aug 2002 19:18:00Moved from [aspngfreeforall] to [aspngibuyspy] by Alex Lowe webmaster@asp grandrapids.net Does anyone know how to make the IBuySpy's mobile part work? Thank you in advance. David Horizon Software Technologies http://hst.dynip.com Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com 136053132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136051.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136051.aspx31 Jul 2002 20:57:00Hello, if I make changes to the source of the portal and the shop and I want to install the customized version to a customer, is there any possibility that I can install the portal or the shop on a webserver without copying the complete sourcefiles to the webserver? I think all the .vb files in the folder components will be compiled to the dll. So can I remove the components folder completely afte...136051132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136050.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/27/136050.aspx31 Jul 2002 20:51:00How much interest is there in a stand alone Admin program for the IBUYSPY Store? I am creating such a tool as an exercise in advanced .NET programming. If there is enough interest, I will make the UI more "user friendly" (user selectable SQL Server settings and such) and post it. It will use the basic site SQL database and will be AS IS and I don't plan to release the source, as yet. I should be d...136050132Truehttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/26/131073.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/26/131073.aspx29 Jul 2002 00:37:35Hi to all off you, Can someone tell me : How to tell CachedPortalModuleControl that a Module content has changed ? or In other words How to delete the cache for a specified module ? Kind regards Uwe Lesta@SBS Softwaresysteme.de 131073132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/26/131075.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/26/131075.aspx29 Jul 2002 00:37:35I am trying to hide some tabs in my poratl application in a VB Portal can some one help me on this and or do you have another means to hide poratl tabs I am grttong the following error : E:\PortalVBVS\PortalVBVS\DesktopPortalBanner.ascx.vb(39): 'TabName' is not a member of 'Microsoft.VisualBasic.TabInfo'. For If ShowTabs True and tab.TabName.IndexOf("#") 0 Then the C# version of this code is If Sh...131075132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/26/131074.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/26/131074.aspx29 Jul 2002 00:37:34Hi there, How can I access session variables in one of the compnent vb files? Thanks, Kevin131074132Truehttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/25/127258.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/25/127258.aspx29 Jul 2002 00:37:32I have a basic database module. Nothing sophisticated. This module contains a datagrid. All I want to do is implement paging on the datagrid. When I change the AllowPaging Property to "True" then render the module, I get the page number links just fine. when I click on the page number link I receive the error message... Server Error in '/dotnetportal' Application. The View State is invalid for thi...127258132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/26/131067.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/26/131067.aspx29 Jul 2002 00:37:30Hi list, I keep getting this error with the portal, what is happening to Request.UrlReferrer ? why is it not being received. I seen others on the list with the same problem but no resolution. I added the page URL as a parameter in the DesktopModuleTitle.aspx.cs but there must be a way of doing this properly. Thanks Alan Server Error in '/PortalCSVS' Application. Object reference not set to an inst...131067132Truehttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/26/131068.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/26/131068.aspx29 Jul 2002 00:37:29Hi, Seems to me there is some problem with the PortalSecurity as shown in this code. Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Source Error: Line 33: Line 34: ' Ensure that the visiting user has access to the current page Line 35: If PortalSecurity.IsInRoles( portalSettings.ActiveTab.AuthorizedRoles) False Then Line 36: Response.Redirec...131068132Truehttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/25/127257.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/25/127257.aspx29 Jul 2002 00:37:24I'm hosting with compay who stipulates only one application per account. The application is also the root folder. I would like to install the portal in a subdirectory (/portalsdk) I have changed all references from Request.ApplicationPath and "~" to PortalSettings.Application Path. I then added the following sub to the configuration.vb file: Public Shared ReadOnly Property ApplicationPath() As Str...127257132Truehttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/26/131077.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/26/131077.aspx26 Jul 2002 03:56:00Hi guys, Anyone know how to easily install multiple portals on the same machine ? Regards, John Colling Systems Administrator Tonto Home Loans PH: (07) 3017 8823 FX: (07) 3017 8800 MB: 0410 454 565 johnc@tonto.com.au 131077132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/26/131071.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/26/131071.aspx24 Jul 2002 00:57:00I want to load a very large number of users manually into the portal user table, however I do not want everyone to have the same user role setting. Since these are two separate tables it is tricky to batch import into the Users table while also assigning appropriate UserRoles id setting. I was wondering if anyone here has done the same and how it was achieved. So far all I could think of was to pr...131071132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/26/131070.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/26/131070.aspx23 Jul 2002 04:31:00Hi, A little while ago I posted a query regarding the fact that I'd added a webform textbox to the menu ascx (IBS Store application) and then got a problem in that you can't have two form runat server tags on the same page. Andre Colbiornsen kindly pointed out that if you place the form tag in what is effectively the container page and then remove all other form tags in the user controls, that wou...131070132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/26/131066.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/26/131066.aspx19 Jul 2002 19:26:00Hope you forgive these newbie questions but can anyone provide some advice on these two? how do you set the portal up to use integrated windows authentication instead of sql authentication to connect to the database? how do you have the login on a different tab? Many thanks for any advice Ian Ground131066132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/26/131064.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/26/131064.aspx19 Jul 2002 16:20:00I have created a couple new portal modules. One is a Menu'ish kinda of module. In essence, you register the name of the module, it's source, what pane to display in, ... Then when the link is created, I dynamically create the control & add it to the correct pane. The problem exists when the user clicks on something in the dynamically module that causes a postback. Then when the page makes the roun...131064132Truehttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/26/131055.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/26/131055.aspx17 Jul 2002 13:58:00Yes and it has been recently updated to add not only keyword search of the portal but it all has advance search list by table category to search on. For 2002 ASP.NET Solutions & Articles goto: http://aspalliance.com/dotnetsolutions/ Dennis West West Design MS .NET Developer www. westontheweb.net westdh@attbi.com131055132Truehttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/26/131051.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/26/131051.aspx17 Jul 2002 12:49:00Ok, what could have happened here... Now that I've uploaded everything to my web hosting service my main page is fine, but when I click on any links the URL is incomplete. For example, I click on the first tab and instead of http://www.myserver.com/desktopdefault.aspx?tabindex 1&tabid 8 I get http://desktopdefault.aspx/?tabindex 1&tabid 8 How did I do that? Thanks for your help! John W. Nelson 131051132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/26/131050.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/26/131050.aspx16 Jul 2002 21:23:00Any ideas or pointers on how to build a Stock Quote module that will update every 20minutes. Thanks, Jason Williamson 131050132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/26/131049.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/26/131049.aspx16 Jul 2002 19:39:00Has anybody considered making a Flash module for the IBuySpy portal? Thank you! Jesse Murray Senior Applications Developer 131049132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/25/127256.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/25/127256.aspx13 Jul 2002 02:24:00Does anyone have any recommendations for an email server? We are mostly a 2000 network however we are not using AD MS Exchange is not really an option. Ideally I would like to be able to pass the IBS login info to the email server thus only requiring a one time login. Thus far I am looking at the ipswitch Imail server however I feel as though I have not looked into this enough. The only requiremen...127256132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/20/104977.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/20/104977.aspx12 Jul 2002 04:10:21Here is my error message when there are no mobile modules to display in the IBuySpy portal. I like to see a blank page if there are no mobile modules to display. Is there a way to change this? Boah Server Error in '/PortalCSVS' Application. Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please revi...104977132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/25/126235.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/25/126235.aspx12 Jul 2002 03:21:00When I uploaded to an ISP (who does support .NET and SQL) I had to create a DB, a DBUsername and it's Password. All of these are different than whatever the version is that was on my local machine using the default setup. So, where do I need to go to specify the SQL login information? DBName, DBUsername and DBPassword? Thanks! John W. Nelson 126235132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/25/126234.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/25/126234.aspx12 Jul 2002 03:20:00Hi, I've just completed a multi currency version of the Store and am manually picking off the exchange rates from the net. Anyone know of a method that will enable me to schedule and access an exchange rate webserver?? regards, Duncan. 126234132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/25/125349.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/25/125349.aspx10 Jul 2002 11:36:00Would it be possible to take the information for the tabs and output an xml file instead of the tablist that could inturn populate a true hierarchical menu such as asp.net menu? This is just a thought and not something I've looked into properly yet, I wondered if anyone else had, or knew of reasons why it could not be done before I wile away an afternoon: ) John.125349132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/25/125347.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/25/125347.aspx10 Jul 2002 02:05:00Hi, I'm in the process of trying to start my own web development business. I've decided to use my adaptation of the portal as what I sell. I think my package will consist of the portal with customizations to the style sheet for color, font, etc, one graphic for the banner, consulting on the initial layout of their portal (what tabs should they have... how should they organize their information), s...125347132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/25/125346.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/25/125346.aspx09 Jul 2002 23:02:00Would any body have any idea on the amount of IBuySpy Portals are in use today. For 2002 ASP.NET Solutions & Articles goto: http://aspalliance.com/dotnetsolutions/ Dennis West West Design 20 MS .NET Developer www. westontheweb.net westdh@attbi.com125346132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/25/125345.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/25/125345.aspx09 Jul 2002 22:59:00Has any wrote any code for handling Tabs beyond what is standard in the base portal. Like tabs that would run at a level off of a single tab. Like Hierarchical Tabs. For 2002 ASP.NET Solutions & Articles goto: http://aspalliance.com/dotnetsolutions/ Dennis West West Design MS .NET Developer www. westontheweb.net westdh@attbi.com125345132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/25/125344.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/25/125344.aspx09 Jul 2002 22:50:00Has anyone coded the portal to allow deletion of threaded discussions with c#. Thanks, Jason 125344132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/25/125343.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/25/125343.aspx09 Jul 2002 22:50:00Has anyone added a "daily planner or similar page into the portal that displays information based on an individual's UserID? 125343132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/25/125342.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/25/125342.aspx09 Jul 2002 20:58:00Would any body have any idea on the amount of IBuySpy Portals are in use today. For 2002 ASP.NET Solutions & Articles goto: http://aspalliance.com/dotnetsolutions/ Dennis West West Design MS .NET Developer www. westontheweb.net westdh@attbi.com125342132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/25/125341.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/25/125341.aspx09 Jul 2002 20:31:00The quicklaunch does not includ ethe Target attribute when generating the HTML. I want the link to open in a new window. I set the target to blank but it still jumps in the current window. I then looked at the html source and the target attribute is not there? Any ideas? 125341132http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/25/125340.aspxhttp://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/25/125340.aspx09 Jul 2002 20:17:00I understand the code and database of the portal fairly well. What I am having trouble with is the cascading style sheet. I missed this somewhere in my trainings. How do I modify the style sheet in such a way that menu items are controlled by the style sheet. I've checked the buttons to see where the setting for using the css is but have had no luck. I apologize if this is too much of a novice que...125340132