I just installed VS Web Dev. Express 2005.  I have used 2003 for a while.
1.)  What is in the normal version that is missing from the express version?
Any links to this would be fine. I found none.
2.)   How does the group feel about this 2005 product as compared to 2003?

Sorry for cross posting the query. But I need a resolution as early as
possible.
I have developed an application to authenticate the user based on LDAP
Search and authentication.

I haven't made it very far into my first 2.0 project.
In the past, to connect to a DB, I'd store the connection string in
web.config and just grab it from my codebehind page:
connectionString = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("dbConnection")

I'm trying to use the Office XP PIA in an ASP.NET application.  It's working
fine on my workstation and I can manipulate a Workbook using
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.  
When I try to deploy the application to a server, I get:

 I am opening new window using HyperLinkField  as below.
                   <asp:HyperLinkField HeaderText="Process"
Target="_blank" DataTextFormatString="Process me"
DataTextField="doc_name"  DataNavigateUrlFields="doc_name"

I just opened up a Web Project Setup as i followed instructions given
in an article about how to deploy web applications.
so i opened up a web project set up and in solution explorer i right
clicked on project name then click Add->Project Output.

Yesterday I installed VS.net 2005, but I still need to maintain a
asp.net 1.1 application that I've been developing in vs.net 2003.
I'm guessing that installing 2005 did something to my system because now
I get the following if I try to run my application on a server with only

I have made an ASP.NET 1.1 application on windows 2000 advanced server.
In the application, i have saved the file using the following code
string str;
str="this is my data";

There are a couple posts about this here, but no answers.  The problem is
when you attempt to use the style builder for a page element in VS 2k5, the
form appears and then immediately disappears.  If you try again ten or so
times, the whole IDE freezes up.  Do any of the MVPs ...

I'm having a problem trying to get the program to execute the
SelectedIndexChanged event for a Dropdownlist (Combobox). I double clicked
the control to get the event in the Code-Behind file. I have the following
declare :

We have a web app that has some data access code that will need to be used by
another process that will load data into the database from behind the scenes.
How can I "extract" just this piece of data access code from my project into
a seperate DLL so it can used by the other ...

I have a web application that I want to run using the "ASP.NET
Development Server" when I am working locally.
When I go to do this however, I don't see an option to set the Virtual
Path.  By default it creates a virtual path that is the same name as

I am using freetextbox control and getting an error when using Image
Gallery.
Every time I am trying to upload image it throws an exception
"No file was uploaded!! "

I am using a  System.Web.UI.WebControls.Table control on a screen. (Dot Net
1.1)
My problem is this: The table is programmatically reconstructed on every
postback.   Each table row contains two textboxes that are intially set from

Just want to comment on this thread.
Seems like every discussion about this matter (setting up DB provider for membership) and all the samples/references given by some MVPs always refering to LOCALHOST in their solution. Aren't they all forget that people build an ASP.NET appl are ...