Master Page, Content Page display

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I am working with Visual Studio 2008, and I am having a problem with the display of the Content page that I'm trying to build.

When I display the content page in the Design tab, the master page is not loaded. I just get a blank page.

In visual studio 2010, I don't have the problem.
Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

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Don Diston
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Posted 16-Aug-10 6:45am

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Updated 16-Aug-10 12:22pm

Dalek Dave

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Sandeep Mewara 16-Aug-10 13:33pm

You don't need to post your emailid like this. It will just attract spam. Once someone replies you, automatically an email would be sent to your registered email-id with CodeProject.

Dalek Dave 16-Aug-10 18:23pm

Minor Edit for spelling.

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Solution 5

Perhaps I should explain,,, the Application works fine, it's just that when I bring up the order.aspx in Design mode, there is just a blank screen. It does not display "Loading the Master Page", as it does in Visual Studio 2010. I can't see any visual representation of the order.aspx or the masterpage that it's inherited from.

Posted 16-Aug-10 15:40pm

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Solution 4

MSIL

I have a version of Visual Studio 2008 Sp1 that is program VS90sp1-KB945140-ENU.exe.
I have already applied that patch.

Where are you seeing the version Version 9.0.30729.1 SP ?

Posted 16-Aug-10 15:25pm

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AspDotNetDev 16-Aug-10 23:02pm

In the about dialog for Visual Studio.

Solution 2

As I said before,,, this works fine in Visual Studio 2010.
I am using Visual Studio Web Application.

Master Page:

XML

<%@ Master Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="MasterPage.master.cs" Inherits="MasterPage" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Chapter 9: Master Page</title>
    <style type="text/css">
        .Row1Column1
        {
            width: 160px;
            height: 400px;
            border-color: Red;
            background-color: Red;
        }
        .Row1Column2
        {
            width: 10px;
            height: 400px;
        }
        .Row1Column3
        {
            width: 520px;
            height: 400px;
        }
        .Row2Column1
        {
            width: 160px;
            height: 25px;
            border-color: Red;
            background-color: Red;
        }
        .Row2Column2
        {
            width: 10;
            height: 25;
        }
        .Row2Column3
        {
            width: 520px;
            height: 25;
        }
    </style>
    <asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="head" runat="server">
    </asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <asp:Image ID="Image1" runat="server" ImageUrl="~/Images/banner.jpg" />
        <br />
        <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
            <tr>
                <td class="Row1Column1" valign="top">
                    <br />
                    <asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink1" runat="server"
                        ForeColor="White"
                        NavigateUrl="~/Order.aspx">Home</asp:HyperLink>
                    <br />
                    <br />
                    <asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink2" runat="server"
                        ForeColor="White" NavigateUrl="~/Cart.aspx">
                        Your Shopping Cart</asp:HyperLink>
                    <br />
                    <br />
                    <asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink3" runat="server"
                        ForeColor="White" NavigateUrl="~/Service.aspx">
                        Customer Service</asp:HyperLink>
                    <br />
                    <br />
                    <asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink4" runat="server"
                        ForeColor="White"
                        NavigateUrl="~/About.aspx">About Us</asp:HyperLink>
                </td>
                <td class="Row1Column2"></td>
                <td class="Row1Column3" valign="top">
                   <asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="Main" runat="server"></asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td class="Row2Column1"></td>
                <td class="Row2Column2"></td>
                <td class="Row2Column3">
                    <asp:Label ID="lblMessage" runat="server"></asp:Label>
                </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Code Behind:

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Data;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Xml.Linq;
public partial class MasterPage : System.Web.UI.MasterPage
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
int daysUntil = DaysUntilHalloween();
if (daysUntil == 0)
lblMessage.Text = "Happy Halloween!";
else if (daysUntil == 1)
lblMessage.Text = "Tomorrow is Halloween!";
else
lblMessage.Text = "There are only " + daysUntil
+ " days left until Halloween!";
}
private int DaysUntilHalloween()
{
DateTime halloween = new DateTime(DateTime.Today.Year, 10, 31);
if (DateTime.Today > halloween)
halloween = halloween.AddYears(1);
TimeSpan ts = halloween - DateTime.Today;
return ts.Days;
}
}

ORDER.ASPX

XML

<%@ Page Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/MasterPage.master" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Order.aspx.cs" Inherits="Order" %>

<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="head" runat="server">
    <style type="text/css">
        .style1
        {
            width: 250px;
        }
        .style2
        {
            width: 20px;
        }
    </style>
</asp:Content>
<asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="Main" Runat="Server">
    <br />
    <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server"
        Text="Please select a product:"></asp:Label>&nbsp;
    <asp:DropDownList ID="ddlProducts" runat="server"
        DataSourceID="AccessDataSource1" DataTextField="Name"
        DataValueField="ProductID" Width="150px" AutoPostBack="True">
    </asp:DropDownList>
    <asp:AccessDataSource ID="AccessDataSource1" runat="server"
        DataFile="~/App_Data/Halloween.mdb"
        SelectCommand="SELECT [ProductID], [Name], [ShortDescription],
            [LongDescription], [ImageFile], [UnitPrice]
            FROM [Products] ORDER BY [Name]">
    </asp:AccessDataSource>
    <br />
    <table>
        <tr>
            <td class="style1">
                <asp:Label ID="lblName" runat="server"
                    style="font-weight: 700; font-size: larger">
                </asp:Label>
            </td>
            <td class="style2" rowspan="4">
            </td>
            <td rowspan="4" valign="top">
                <asp:Image ID="imgProduct" runat="server" Height="200px" />
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="style1">
                <asp:Label ID="lblShortDescription" runat="server">
                </asp:Label>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="style1">
                <asp:Label ID="lblLongDescription" runat="server">
                </asp:Label>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="style1">
                <asp:Label ID="lblUnitPrice" runat="server"
                    style="font-weight: 700; font-size: larger">
                </asp:Label>
                <asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server" Text="each"
                    style="font-weight: 700; font-size: larger">
                </asp:Label>
            </td>
        </tr>
    </table>
    <br />
    <asp:Label ID="Label3" runat="server" Text="Quantity:"
        Width="80px"></asp:Label>
    <asp:TextBox ID="txtQuantity" runat="server" Width="80px">
    </asp:TextBox>
    <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator1"
        runat="server" ControlToValidate="txtQuantity" Display="Dynamic"
        ErrorMessage="Quantity is a required field.">
    </asp:RequiredFieldValidator>
    <asp:RangeValidator ID="RangeValidator1" runat="server"
        ControlToValidate="txtQuantity" Display="Dynamic"
        ErrorMessage="Quantity must range from 1 to 500."
        MaximumValue="500" MinimumValue="1" Type="Integer">
    </asp:RangeValidator><br /><br />
    <asp:Button ID="btnAdd" runat="server" Text="Add to Cart"
        OnClick="btnAdd_Click" />&nbsp;
    <asp:Button ID="btnCart" runat="server" CausesValidation="False"
        PostBackUrl="~/Cart.aspx" Text="Go to Cart" />
</asp:Content>

CODE BEHIND
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Data;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Xml.Linq;
public partial class Order : System.Web.UI.Page
{
private Product selectedProduct;
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!IsPostBack)
ddlProducts.DataBind();
selectedProduct = this.GetSelectedProduct();
lblName.Text = selectedProduct.Name;
lblShortDescription.Text = selectedProduct.ShortDescription;
lblLongDescription.Text = selectedProduct.LongDescription;
lblUnitPrice.Text = selectedProduct.UnitPrice.ToString("c");
imgProduct.ImageUrl = "Images/Products/" + selectedProduct.ImageFile;
}
private Product GetSelectedProduct()
{
DataView productsTable = (DataView)
AccessDataSource1.Select(DataSourceSelectArguments.Empty);
productsTable.RowFilter =
"ProductID = '" + ddlProducts.SelectedValue + "'";
DataRowView row = (DataRowView) productsTable[0];
Product p = new Product();
p.ProductID = row["ProductID"].ToString();
p.Name = row["Name"].ToString();
p.ShortDescription = row["ShortDescription"].ToString();
p.LongDescription = row["LongDescription"].ToString();
p.UnitPrice = (decimal) row["UnitPrice"];
p.ImageFile = row["ImageFile"].ToString();
return p;
}
protected void btnAdd_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (Page.IsValid)
{
CartItem item = new CartItem();
item.Product = selectedProduct;
item.Quantity = Convert.ToInt32(txtQuantity.Text);
this.AddToCart(item);
Response.Redirect("Cart.aspx");
}
}
private void AddToCart(CartItem item)
{
SortedList cart = this.GetCart();
string productID = selectedProduct.ProductID;
if (cart.ContainsKey(productID))
{
CartItem existingItem = (CartItem) cart[productID];
existingItem.Quantity += item.Quantity;
}
else
cart.Add(productID, item);
}
private SortedList GetCart()
{
if (Session["Cart"] == null)
Session.Add("Cart", new SortedList());
return (SortedList) Session["Cart"];
}
}

Posted 16-Aug-10 12:13pm

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AspDotNetDev 16-Aug-10 18:32pm

This works fine for me in Visual Studio 2008 (I only pasted in the markup, as your code behind should not matter unless you've done something special to the inheritance hierarchy, which it appears you have not done). Perhaps you don't have a service pack installed? My installation says:

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
Version 9.0.30729.1 SP

I'm pretty sure I had to download and install a service pack at some point or another.

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**Dalek Dave** · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-16T12:24:00

Solution 3

Odd, 2008 is usually more stable than 2010.

Posted 16-Aug-10 12:24pm

Dalek Dave

Updated 16-Aug-10 12:58pm

v2

AspDotNetDev · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-16T07:51:00

Solution 1

Works fine for me in 2008. As my programming teacher used to say, "you spelled it wrong". Perhaps you could post the markup for your (master)pages so we can give it a try?

Also, are you working with an ASP.Net Web Application or an ASP.Net Website (there's a difference in Visual Studio)?

Posted 16-Aug-10 7:51am

AspDotNetDev