Web Development

Graham Breach4-May-14 23:59

Graham Breach

4-May-14 23:59

It's not quite that simple. The href="" link is usually only followed when the user clicks on it, and always uses the GET method, not POST.

You might also need to include any cookies that were received with the page when you make your request.

tiwal5-May-14 0:03

tiwal

5-May-14 0:03

In effect the cookie problem is something I had completely neglected : to include this I guess I should load the "Referer"page first, extract the cookies associated with it and include them in the following GET that simulates the "href" anchor... am I right ?

Graham Breach5-May-14 0:18

Graham Breach

5-May-14 0:18

Whether you should include a cookie or not depends on the domain and path specified in the cookie, the domain and path of the new page you are loading, the cookie lifetime, etc. Here's a link to RFC 6265[^] where you can read all about them.

I don't know how you are dealing with the contents of the href="" attribute, but you will have to cope with absolute links, relative links, <base href="..."> affecting the link location, and also deal with possible non-http links ("javascript:" and "mailto:" are two examples off the top of my head).

tiwal5-May-14 0:31

tiwal

5-May-14 0:31

well I am quite confident that the href attribute of the anchor is always an absolute link.
Anyway I included the cookies and this time it seems I made a small step forward , at least now I'm not getting the http 500 error anymore, and I can get a response too (well it's a null string , but this is a detail .. Smile | :)

))....).
What puzzles me is that if I use the raw href url in a web browser call, for instance using IE, I get the requested page without any error... it doesn't seem to expect any cookies form a previous response .... But I am deeply ignorant as far as the web is concerned , I'm sure there's an answer to this.
What's important for now is that at least I can get past the WebResponse ....
Thanks for the support.

Nico Haegens3-May-14 10:37

Re: login control not redirecting to previous page after login

3-May-14 10:37

So, I have forms authentication setup with Web.config, an asp.net logincontrol, custom membershipprovider, custom roleprovider. Login custom, I used the templates of the logincontrol, but doubt that is the issue.
So here is what happens:
1. I surf to page where I need authorized access. I get redirected to login page, including the redirecturl in the querystring of the login address. So far so good.
2. I log in, my custom membership provider does the ValidateUser perfectly. So far so good.
3. Nothing happens after that. No exception, just nothing. Not so good.

Please help.

Below is relevant part in my Web.config:

XML

<authentication mode="Forms">
  <forms loginUrl="https://localhost:44301/login/Login.aspx" protection="All" timeout="30" name=".ASPXAUTH" path="/" requireSSL="true"
         slidingExpiration="true" defaultUrl="Default.aspx" cookieless="UseDeviceProfile" enableCrossAppRedirects="false"/>
</authentication>
<authorization>
  <deny users="?"/>
</authorization>
<roleManager enabled="true" defaultProvider="KeetingRoleProvider">
  <providers>
    <clear/>
    <add name="KeetingRoleProvider" type="Web.KeetingRoleProvider"/>
  </providers>
</roleManager>
<membership defaultProvider="KeetingMembershipProvider">
  <providers>
    <clear/>
    <add name="KeetingMemberShipProvider" type="Web.KeetingMembershipProvider"/>
  </providers>
</membership>

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter4-May-14 23:44

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

4-May-14 23:44

You have to use FormsAuthentication.RedirectFromLoginPage method upon successful authentication for that...

I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)

Re: login control not redirecting to previous page after login

Nico Haegens5-May-14 0:08

Re: login control not redirecting to previous page after login

5-May-14 0:08

and where do I do this?

Thanks for taking your time to answer my silly(but necesarry) question.

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter5-May-14 0:12

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

5-May-14 0:12

On the login button click handler...

protected void LoginButton_Click ( object sender, EventArgs e ) {
  bool bValid = AuthenticateLoginIdentity( );

  if( bValid ) {
    FormsAuthentication.RedirectFromLoginPage( ); // look for overrides !!!
  }
}

I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)

help with making inner table borders white

Nico Haegens1-May-14 5:34

1-May-14 5:34

Hi, I have a small table generated by a detailsview I would like to format:
there has to be a small white area between the cells in the table. I've tried a dozen things but no matter what I do,
I can't change the size or the color of the borders. They always stay at default border size and in black color.
I have pasted my code below. Please help.

CSS

<style>
    #content_DetailsView{
        position:absolute;
        left:360px;
        top:155px;
        border-collapse:collapse;
        margin-top:20px;
        border-spacing:100px;
        border-color:white;
        border-style:solid;
        border-width:50px;
    }
    content_GridView
    {
        margin-top:20px;
    }
    .gridviewheader th{background-color:blue;}
    .gridviewheader th a{color:white;}
    .gridviewrow{background-color:lightgray;}
    .gridviewaltrow{background-color:darkgray;}
    .gridviewselrow{background-color:blue;}
    .detailsviewrow{background-color:grey;border-collapse:separate}
    .detailsviewrow td{padding:0px;}
    .gridviewpagerrow{background-color:blue;}
    .gridviewpagerrow a{color:white;}
</style>

HTML

<table border="1" cellspacing="20" style="border-color:White;height:50px;width:125px;" id="content_DetailsView" rules="all">
        <tbody><tr class="detailsviewrow">
            <td>name</td><td>Alexandro Alexis</td>
        </tr><tr class="detailsviewrow">
            <td>address</td><td>3711 W Franklin</td>
        </tr><tr class="detailsviewrow">
            <td>email</td><td>alal@mma.yaleindustries.com</td>
        </tr><tr class="detailsviewrow">
            <td>phone</td><td>(559) 555-2993</td>
        </tr><tr class="detailsviewrow">
            <td>zipcode</td><td>93706</td>
        </tr><tr class="detailsviewrow">
            <td>city</td><td>Fresno</td>
        </tr><tr class="detailsviewrow">
            <td>customerid</td><td>1019</td>
        </tr><tr class="detailsviewrow">
            <td>statecode</td><td>
                    <span id="content_DetailsView_Label1">CA</span>
                </td>
        </tr><tr class="detailsviewrow">
            <td colspan="2"><input type="button" onclick="javascript:__doPostBack('ctl00$content$DetailsView','Edit$0')" value="Bewerken">&nbsp;<input type="button" onclick="javascript:__doPostBack('ctl00$content$DetailsView','Delete$0')" value="Verwijderen">&nbsp;<input type="button" onclick="javascript:__doPostBack('ctl00$content$DetailsView','New$0')" value="Nieuw"></td>
        </tr>
    </tbody></table>

Richard Deeming1-May-14 6:00

Richard Deeming

1-May-14 6:00

Nico Haegens wrote:
#content_DetailsView{
border-collapse:collapse;
}

That's the line that's causing the problem. Change it to border-collapse:separate;, and your borders should appear.

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

Nico Haegens1-May-14 6:20

1-May-14 6:20

That fixed halve the problem: there is indeed white space between the cells now, but the borders are still black, can you help me make them white? Already set border-color to white but that didn't help at all.

Richard Deeming1-May-14 6:27

Richard Deeming

1-May-14 6:27

Try:

CSS

.detailsviewrow td{ padding:0px; border-color:white; }

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

Nico Haegens1-May-14 7:00