ASP.NET

Re: Access input hidden value of a usercontrol in another usercontrol

23-Apr-09 4:18

ok. Are you able to execute the events in your user controls?

If not, then you need to do something like this.
EventInfo SomeEvent = AnyControlInYourUserControl.GetType ().GetEvent("Click");
SomeEvent .AddEventHandler(AnyControlInYourUserControl, new EventHandler( this.AnyControlInYourUserControl_Click));
Write a handler for this.

But I think, you are already executing postback, however, since the page is dynamically being created, on post back you are loosing the value of the hidden variable. So in the event handler function above you can store the value of the variable in the session and then can access it.

I am sorry, if I misunderstood anything. I will post the code tonight if you want.

Thanks,
Nyoti

Technobizz23-Apr-09 8:36

Technobizz

23-Apr-09 8:36

Hi Nyoti,
No no you've been of grr8 help but actually i'm not able to get the usercontrol

i mean the page is dynamic and controls in it are dynamic.
Ok i'll explain it ..
I've a dynamic page which has a 2 panels in each panel there are usercontrols 1 control shows the articles and other has a review
for every article user can post review and that review details are stored in database now problem is when i'm saving the details i need the article id so that i can link the reviews with the articles. i've already taken a input hidden value in which i'm storing articleid in codebehind
now i want that article id in the review usercontrol so on submit button click i can save the article id (uniquidentifier) into database along with review details.

Hope now you can get exactly what i'm trying to do...

Now i want the usercontrol id so i can findcontrol inside it and can find the htmlinputhidden value..

thanks in advance.
I'm sure you'll be ready with solution to this problem.
Sorry to trouble you so much but really stuck with this problem so favour needed.

Paritosh Tripathi
B.Tech. (C.S.)

Develop Library like SCRIBD or Google Books

abthea22-Apr-09 23:27

abthea

22-Apr-09 23:27

Dear All,

I need some advise how to make a website like SCRIBD or Google Books, what tools I need.

Thanks

Re: Develop Library like SCRIBD or Google Books

Ashfield23-Apr-09 1:52

Ashfield

23-Apr-09 1:52

I suspect from your question this project is doomed. If you don't even know what tools you need then how do you expect to have the knowledge to use them in a complex project?

Aim lower to start with, then build up to more complicated things.

Bob
Ashfield Consultants Ltd
Proud to be a 2009 Code Project MVP

Get online users count and registered users count ( How wrong is my logic ? #1 )

Hristiyan22-Apr-09 23:06

Hristiyan

22-Apr-09 23:06

Good day!
I read several acticles about getting the "users online count" and "registered users count". However most of them were not full or lack performance. So i decided to make my own logic and i would like to share it with you. Can you please comment on it ? Is my logic wrong ?
Get registered users count:
DB logic:
- Store the count in a special table on the SQL server as a parameter. Increment the count when a new user is created. Decrement count when user is deleted ( or expired ). There is an alternative to SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Users...... but i discarded it. I don't think it's the best way to achieve my goal.

Get online users count:
DB logic:
- Store session information in a special table on the SQL server. Update the table whenever an activity is idicated ( the important here is the LastActiveDate and ExpirationDate ... which determine if the session is expired ).
- Logic for purging expired sessions and return the online users count after the purging.

ASP.NET
Web Server logic:
Web the application is started ( Application_Start Global.asax ) i start a System.TIMERS.TIMER with interval of 10 minutes. Every 10 minutes i get the registered users count, purge the expired sessions , get online users count and keep the stored data as static. On Application_End i dispose the timer.
However all my web forms are inherited by a base form in which "Page_Load" handler i idicate an activity and update the session information table on the sql server.
I'm not quite sure if my logic is right about all those steps. Please comment.
Best wishesh , Hristiyan

Re: Get online users count and registered users count ( How wrong is my logic ? #1 )

SeMartens23-Apr-09 0:33

Re: Get online users count and registered users count ( How wrong is my logic ? #1 )

23-Apr-09 0:33

Hi,

1. Why do you store the user count separately? What is wrong with count(*)? You have to write much more code (possible point of bugs etc.) when you store the count in an extra table.

2. Why do you store the session information within a table? You could use a static dataobject (could be a simple int) within your ASP.NET application. Just increment/decrement the counter whenever a session ends (use Global.asax for this)

3. To update the visible count on your site just query the static dataobject to get the active users. To get all registered users use the sql-query. You could do something like "Store the value for one hour. After one hour ask query the registered users again" You don't need a timer for this, just do it in a master page whenever you get a postback. To update the site you could use a little JavaScript that will force the client to update in an interval.

Hope this helps you a bit.

Regards
Sebastian

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Hristiyan23-Apr-09 1:43

Hristiyan

23-Apr-09 1:43

Thank you for your answer !
My oppinion (I'm not saying it's correct.... it's just what i think) :

1. Assume i have 100 000 users. SELECT COUNT(*) "count every time all the users when that statement is executed". Thats some really big unnecessary weight over the SQL server. I don't think thats the right approach.

2. I think that logic is incorrect. You don't increment and decrement the the online users when the Session_Start and Session_End. Assume that the user closes the browser. The logic fails there - it will actually count that user as online.

3. I think that logic is incorrect. You cannot query the database with that unnecessary logic weight every time there is a postback. That will make a segnificant performance loss.

I store the session info in the database, because it's needed for other purposes too. However i update it every time a user makes a postback and purge the expired data every 10 minutes.

Please give advices.
Best wishes , Hristiyan !

Re: Get online users count and registered users count ( How wrong is my logic ? #1 )

SeMartens23-Apr-09 2:53

Re: Get online users count and registered users count ( How wrong is my logic ? #1 )

23-Apr-09 2:53

1.+3. Well that's why I said you could store it in a variable that will be update every hour or so...

2. The problem is that you can't get the event if the user closes the browser. What you will get is a session end, when the timeout expires... so the mechanism implemented with the session object (timeout etc.) is the same as you have written by yourself (as you explained in your first message).

Every I/O action takes time. If you have 10.000 users online you will have at approx. 1.000 sql inserts/updates every minute when you update the session data within your sql server. Using a select count(*) every hour seems a blink of an eye to me then.

Regards
Sebastian

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Hristiyan23-Apr-09 3:28

Hristiyan

23-Apr-09 3:28

However , since i've already implemented my logic ( now i'm testing it ), i'm going to ask you in general: Do you strong disagree with my logic ?
Do you see a reasonable point to delete my current implementation and "make it the easy way" ?
Regards , Hristiyan

Re: Get online users count and registered users count ( How wrong is my logic ? #1 )

SeMartens23-Apr-09 3:33

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23-Apr-09 3:33

If you already implemented it and it is working I wouldn't throw away the logic. But if you encouter any problems at a later point I would think about refactoring.

Regards
Sebastian

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Check out my CodeProject article Permission-by-aspect.

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Nadia Monalisa22-Apr-09 22:44

Nadia Monalisa

22-Apr-09 22:44

Hello,
I have an ecommerce website where I have a page named "buynow.aspx". In this page's code behind file, (buynow.aspx.cs) I have referenced many classes which are available in App_Code folder. Also this page calls many classes whose dlls are in Bin folder of the Web application.

Now, I want to accept credit card payments in buynow.aspx page and so I will need to place this page in the httpsdocs folder of my web server. Now, my question is, will I need to create Bin folder, App_Code folder, etc all in the httdocs folder ? Or, is there any smart way so that I can place some information in Web.Config file so that, only buynow.aspx page is treated as SSL page but I dont need to create a duplicate Web application in the httpsdocs folder of my hosting ?

NB:I searched in google about this specific tutorial but did not find any (may be I dont know the right keyword). If you have any article link, please let me know too.

Regards

How to ReFresh a user Control

Vimalsoft(Pty) Ltd22-Apr-09 22:26

22-Apr-09 22:26

i have a userControl and am using it in a aspx page, now i have expose the Following Method that reside in the usercontrol like this

public void load_Again()
{
    string clientscript = "";

    // make available to all subcontrols a variable with the client ID of the textbox in which to store the selected activity IDs
    clientscript = "var txtbxActvClientID = '" + txtbxActvs.ClientID.ToString() + "'; ";
    // assign the current list of selected activities to the list for JavaScript here
    //clientscript += "var ActivityList = String(\"" + txtbxActvs.Text + "\"); ";
    ClientScriptManager cs = Page.ClientScript;
    cs.RegisterClientScriptBlock(this.GetType(), "txtbxlookupid", clientscript, true);
    HighlightSelectedActvs();
}

and am calling it on my aspx page like this

ActivityCtrl1.load_Again();

i have Copied the code you see in the method load_Again() from the page load event of the Control. I want refresh or load the page again after i click a button in my aspx page.

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Deshbir Singh22-Apr-09 23:14

Deshbir Singh

22-Apr-09 23:14

use button as asp:button and it will do a postback call where you can do whatever you want.

Prince
www.imaginethinkact.com

Vimalsoft(Pty) Ltd22-Apr-09 23:35

22-Apr-09 23:35

I really don't understand what you just wrote , can you please explain clearer ? Smile | :)

Nyoti Rukadikar23-Apr-09 0:20

23-Apr-09 0:20

ActivityCtrl1.load_Again();

Is this written on Page_Load of your aspx page?

Vimalsoft(Pty) Ltd23-Apr-09 0:23

23-Apr-09 0:23

Yes and declared Public in the User Control

Nyoti Rukadikar23-Apr-09 1:42

23-Apr-09 1:42

Can you put this code (for LoadAgain()) inside the page load event of user control?
If it is a dynamic user control, it needs to be regenerated on post back of page.

Thanks & Regards,
Nyoti

Vimalsoft(Pty) Ltd23-Apr-09 1:55

23-Apr-09 1:55

After the button has been clicked i have Forced a Postback by doing this

response.redirect("Subjectscruct.aspx",false");

and it worked, is this an efficient way ?

Thank you

Nyoti Rukadikar23-Apr-09 2:05

ajax tab panel validation

23-Apr-09 2:05

If the button is in the page, I am not sure why it was needed to execute Postback forcefully?
Did you try debugging on the page load on the click of button to check if the control comes there?

Thanks,
Nyoti

billcodes22-Apr-09 21:34

billcodes

22-Apr-09 21:34

hi,
I am trying to use ajax tab panels to gather information from a user. I have controls in the first tab which I would like to vaildate before moving to the second tab. Is there a way I can force the user to stay in the 1st tab if they havent satisied the validation? how to stop the user from moving to the next tab?
regards,
Bill

Re: ajax tab panel validation

SayreCC22-Apr-09 22:19

SayreCC

22-Apr-09 22:19

Hi, I think you must set the properties of your tab panel to autopostback=true

and then in your tabpanel

If tabs.ActiveTabIndex = 1 Then
textbox1.Text = "sayre"
End If

Hope this one can help.

Thanks

Importing contacts from hotmail and aol

Prashant B. Lavate22-Apr-09 20:56

Prashant B. Lavate

22-Apr-09 20:56

Hi i am trying to import contacts from AOL and hotmail

i have done it in Gmail and yahoo but not able to do for Hotmail and AOL

will anybody send me some help.

Thanks & Regards,
Prashant B. Lavate
Software Engineer
Mobile : +919423872257
Pune(India)

Re: Importing contacts from hotmail and aol

SeMartens22-Apr-09 21:15

Re: Importing contacts from hotmail and aol

22-Apr-09 21:15

What kind of problem are you facing when you try it for hotmail or AOL? Do you get some kind of error?

It's not a bug, it's a feature!

Check out my CodeProject article Permission-by-aspect.

Me in Softwareland.

Prashant B. Lavate22-Apr-09 21:57

Prashant B. Lavate

22-Apr-09 21:57

in hotmil it is not giving location so null is coming

Thanks & Regards,
Prashant B. Lavate
Software Engineer
Mobile : +919423872257
Pune(India)

Re: Importing contacts from hotmail and aol

SeMartens22-Apr-09 22:19