I installed the VS2005 and the IIS on the same machine. Then I have
created a new ASP.NET project with a simple page and attempted to
debug it. VS fails with this message: "Unable to start debugging on
the web server. The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected

I've come across numerous mobile phones with which ASP.NET pages can
be accessed on the Internet. Then why has Microsoft developed a
separate programming model to create ASP.NET apps for mobile devices
when regular ASP.NET pages can be accessed from mobile devices?

I am trying to make my website produce a podcast for itunes with a number of
item entries and I could really do with help with the following
practicalities.
1) How can I determine from my webpage if a particular file exists on the

Anyone know how to generate those graphicised passwords to get ppl to enter
before they submit a form to prevent spam submissions.
Cheers

I have a small GridView about max 10 rows and few columns. The columns are
simple just a checkbox and a textbox and a bound name.
The users don’t want to click “edit” button to edit and save each row one by
one. They want to edit multiple rows and save once.

Is there a slick way to add rollover info popup when someone rolls
over a particular column for a particular row in a GridView?
For example, I have a "status" column, which ranges 1-5.  I don't want
to put the status desc in the column, just the number, but I want the

I am working with a FormView Control
<asp:FormView ID="FormView1"  DataKeyNames="Id,Date" runat="server"/>
In the FormView1_PageIndexChanging(object sender, FormViewPageEventArgs e)
How do I get the DataKeys for the New Page Index Selected ?

Why is that none of the image components have a target property?
I want to use an image instead of text to open a page in the search pane,
but I can't access the target property of the button, linkbutton or
imagebutton.

Hi! I have some code within the Application_Start event in Global.asax
that runs a sqlscript against my sql server to check the
databasversion. My problem is that sometimes the Application_Start
event doesnt fire, it skips it and goes directly to my default.aspx

Not sure if this is the proper group to post this but its worth a shot:
Is there a project property setting that gives hyperlinks and linkButtons
the "rollover" effect with underlining?
Right now, it is somehow defaulted to an automatic underline which I only

I have just noticed that when I choose to add a new item in VS2005,
there's no option to add a .cs file to the web site. It doesn't metter
which folder is selected when I click Ctrl-N, there's no option for
adding a class file.

Has anyone any experience using either of these web hosts??
http://www.re-invent.com/
http://www.webhostforasp.net/
I'm looking for a good package with SQL Server support.

I have a gridview that has a button in the last cell of each row. I want to get the text from cell 1 for that row the button was clicked on.
So if my gridview looks like this:
N-12   BMW               [select]
N-35   Mercedes        [select]

VS2005, XPSP2, 2Gb Ram
When working on the default.aspx in a web app intellisense intermittently
stops working
Also If i do a build the build succeeds even when there are major errors

Hello, recently I was working on a project where I needed to automate
PDF generation. I found two open source libraries that I liked, but
the best one required the Windows.Forms class to be used in the C#
code-behind. When I tested the library, this worked fine in Visual