We have several different MVC2 projects on the go and I would like to be able to share a single master page between them.
Is there an easy way to do this without recreating the same master page in each project?
We have a solution with multiple web projects, and there are some pages that should be present in several of them. So we'd need some sort of a shared project which contains aspx files, and which can be referenced by other web projects.
Now there are a few implementations out there:
One implementation described by ScottGu which involves building the shared project, and than copying the output aspx into the host project, and referencing the dll of the aspx. This method has the disadvantage that if the apsx gets modified it must been recopied.
Another option, based on David Ebbo's post would be to convert the aspx into ascx-es which can be referenced as custom controls, and than include those custom control aspx-es into the host project inside of some placeholder pages. (This solution seems to be the most promising) But the concerns are: can all apsx pages transformed into an ascx? I mean there's no Page.LoadComplete to give an example.
And yet another option is to use virtual directories that map into the shared webproject, as described in a Microsoft KB article. The problem again with this method is that the shared aspx-es must be in predefined directories(that is the virtual directory). If the name of virtual directory overlaps a physical directory, the virtual overrides it and no pages from the latter can be used. Is it perhaps possible to merge these two together?
I have created two websites ,such as [URL] and [URL]; The two websites both use SQL Sever Session Mode and they use the same database for sessionstate management.
in [URL],I have a controller as below:
public class HomeController : Controller
{
public ActionResult Index()
{
ViewBag.Message = "Welcome to A Site!";
Session["User"] = 123;
return View();
}
}
[URL] I have a controller as below:
public class HomeController : Controller
{
public ActionResult Index()
{
if (Session["User"] != null)
{
ViewBag.Message = "Welcome to B Site!" + Session["User"].ToString();
return View();
}
else
{
ViewBag.Message = "Welcome to B Site!" ;
return View();
}
}
}
if I access [URL] first ,then access [URL], I will get the response :Welcome to B Site!123 if I access [URL] first,then access [URL] then access [URL],I will get the response:Welcome to B Site.
I am creating a asp.net project that have one master page for all pages?Why my object's name for example my div with ID="div1" is changed to ctl00_ div1 when this object is in master page?
View 1 RepliesI'm searching an answer to this question on the web for 2 weeks unsuccessfully.I'm sure I'm not the only one to wondering about that! I have two web projects MVC2: a FrontOffice and a BackOffice.
The user has to be able to upload some image in the BackOffice, which will be display on the FrontOffice and vice versa. How can I share an image folder between these two projects? Has the folder to be necessary in the solution or can it be somewhere else on the server? My team and I are working with TFS.
I want to create an image folder in which we can write and read from frontoffice and backoffice. But I don't want to have to do a "get latest version" everytime someone is adding an image in the folder. I would like to create a folder on the server we can access from the backoffice AND the frontoffice with reading and writing rights in real time. I'm not sure to be very clear.
I have a master Page A and another master Page B.
I have a couple of pages inside both these master pages.
Now I want a page (freshly created one), to be shared by both of these master pages.
i.e. How do i dynamically say, if the condition is so and so, the master page loaded should be A, else it should be master Page B.
Now, I've refactored my code to have a data layer, business layer and the main project as the view layer. Next I'd like to split this big project smaller projects based on discrete functionality. As I understand it, one way to handle a shared masterpage is to copy it into each project, that's not the worst thing, it hasn't changed in over a year and if it does it's easy enough to propagate the changes out to the other projects.
I was also reading that I could create an assembly from my master page and share it that way. My masterpage.aspx has a reference to a asp.net sitemap, Unlike the masterpage I'd like to maintain only one site map if possible.
I had two seperated projects that used the same database, similar methods, etc. So i've created a new solution and added those two projects.I've created an C# Class Library project and i've writed there all the methods from the other two. I've also created an edmx file for DAL layer. I've added the reference of the C# Class Library projects to others two but now i'm having an problem.When i try to connect to database i get the error message: "The connection specified wasn't founded in aplication, doesn't destinate to be used with the EntityClient or isnt't valid" (i've translated this from Portuguese, so it's 100% correct).
[code]....
I just moved to a new PC and installed VS 2010. I copied all of my websites over from the old machine and now when I open the old websites on the new machine, they do not show up in my recent projects list on the start page. New websites that I make do show up there but the old ones do not. This is very inconvenient. Is there a way to make old projects that I open show up in the list?
This brings up another question. Is there a way to make a shortcut that will open VS2010 up with a website already loaded so that I don't have to go through the file open dialog every time?
We are developing a framework which will be shared accross applications. What is the best way to share master pages, user controls accross applications by preventing other developers to modify the master pages and the user controls ?
Is the following way suitable one ? Embedding masterpages and the user controls in a dll and using VirtualPathProvider to load the master pages and user controls dynamically.
But in this approach developers can not view the design. Is there any other way to convert master pages and user controls to a different format as developers can able to view design?
I've seen some teams that start breaking into multiple projects from the beginning and others build behemoth single projects. The large project teams say that one massive project is easier to maintain than multiple smaller projects.
View 4 RepliesI need to create a sample project (for educational purposes) and I'm faced with the choice between Web Site Projects or Web Application Projects. This feels similar to the choice between C# and VB. My question isn't about the differences between these 2 choices, but rather which is more popular (relevant, recognizable) to the general ASP.NET community.Has anyone seen any statistics in terms of adoption/usage of these 2 different project types? What project type should I use to reach the widest audience?Update: I created a poll on this subject - http://poll.fm/2e6cy
View 4 RepliesI have a multi-tiered application. I would like to publish the class libraries to UI developers to let them add to their web or windows projects to add all the functionality.
I would like to restrict access so only a certain project can be referenced. The reason is so that they do not refer to the data access layer directly and start making calls that would bypass the business logic built into the business tier.
UI->>Business Logic->>Data Access
So in other words, BL and DA are deployed as compiled assemblies. BL references DA. UI will reference BL, but I would like to strictly prevent any other project from referencing DA directly.
I need a code to have the ability to share my news on social networks.My site structure is in Asp.net and vb.net.
View 1 RepliesI am showing thumbnail images in dataList on a page of my website. When i click on any image they open in big size. How i will share(Facebook). that particular big size image. My code is given below:
<script type="text/javascript">
var CurrentPage = 1;
function GetImageIndex(obj) {
while (obj.parentNode.tagName != "TD")
obj = obj.parentNode;
var td = obj.parentNode;
[CODE]..
I have a master page containing a tree and 3 dropdown lists. I am populating a context menu on right click of each node, and when clicked on any item of the context menu, it navigates to required pages.
My problem is after navigating to the required page, the selected values from the drop down lists and the selected node from the tree are getting cleared.
I can set the selected values for the dropdown lists by making some properties in master page.
But how do i maintain the selected node?
In my content page, i have got the valuepath of the right clicked node.
Or is there any other way than setting the properties in master page?
My Project is a normal web site, not a Web Project, and I am using VS 2005.
I am trying to define common Master Page Type in app_code which has an area to display error messages and the like. Very simple.
I added the following in app_code:
[Code]....
Also, I added the following in Master Page Source Declaration:
[Code]....
Also, I added the controls tblrowErrMsg and lblErrMsg as server controls to the Master Page.
Why I am doing this ?
This will allow me to display error messages from nearly any where inside the code in code-behined, app_code, and other core Class Projects (DLL).
I am using vs2008
I am having one solutions with Mutiple Projects
Example
1.PayRoll [ Project 1 ]
2.Employee Portal [ Project 2 ]
MyWorkPlace[Folder Name]
BasicInfo.aspx
LeaveInfo.aspx .....Etc
these two Projects run SeparateURL
Database is Common for Both Project
In Both Project i am Generating Dynamic Menu Only..
in DB ///
Forms URL
Leave ../../MyWorkPlace/LeaveInfo.aspx
Profile ../../MyWorkPlace/BasicInfo.aspx
Like this only Menu url wil be Given in Database.
Menu Wil come i Both Application..
But Pages are in Project 2[ Employee Portal Only ] but i have to access this Pages in
Project 1 [Payroll]
I have a master page setup that is used throughout my site that is basically a header with a menu. I recently added a textbox and a button to this master page which is to be a quick search box that is available anywhere in the site. When a user enters text into the search box and hits the button, I need to load the actual content page which is used to search and show search results (which also uses this same master page), and have the text entered available so the search can be triggered automatically. Again, this search text box and button is now in my master page so it could be triggered from anywhere in the app... it serves as a convenient way to do a basic search from anywhere in my app, without having to first navigate to the actual 'search page' that already exists. You can also navigate to the actual search page, which uses the same master page, where there is many more search options.I'm thrown off by the master page arrangement, which I have not used until this project. What do I do?
View 4 RepliesIs it possible to inherit a sharepoint master page(as a parent) in another application's master page which will be treated as child (i.e. after integrating that standalone application with the sharepoint application)? I am totally new to Sharepoint..
View 2 RepliesI have a nested master page that has its own master page. The parent master page has a property defined in its code behind.
Public ReadOnly Property SelectedPage() As String
Get
Return _selectedPage
End Get
End Property
How can I reference the parent master page's property from within either the child master page's code behind Page_Load or aspx template page?
Here is what I'm trying to do :
The user accesses a web page (asp.net web application), makes his selections and applies filters to render the screen. Now I'm looking for a way to share this view with somebody else who also has access to the application.
Although in a simple scenario this can achieved through query strings and sharing the URL, how can this be achieved in a more complicated scenario where a bunch of selections / filters are applied to render a view ?
To start with, I implemented a basic framework. A datastructure will hold key value pairs which represents the controls and the values associated with it. I persist this to a database and the page will be responsible to parse the key-value collection and render itself but I think this may not be practical when there are complex controls like a grid with features such as grouping, filtering etc.
Most importantly, it would be great if the solution does'nt force the aspx to be implemented in a certain way for them to be persisted.
My application is simple, I have 2 pages:
RSSProducer.aspx: A page that generates RSS (XML) feeds
RssConsumer.aspx: A page that retrieves the RSS feeds and displays it to the user in a repeater control. To do this I am using the System.Xml.XmlTextReader to fill a DataSet with tables based on the RSS-XML retrieved from the RSSProducePage. A table within the DataSet is bound to the repeater control.
For example, this is what I have in my RssConsumer.aspx page:
Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
Session("permittedToViewSomeDetail") = True
Dim url = "http://localhost/DevSite/RSSProducer.aspx"
Dim reader As New System.Xml.XmlTextReader(url)
Dim ds As New DataSet()
ds.ReadXml(reader)
myRssRepeater.DataSource = ds.Tables(2)
myRssRepeater.DataBind()
End Sub
My problem is that user-authorization details are stored in Session in the RssConsumer page that need to be accessed in the RSSProducer page (in this example it would be Session("permittedToViewSomeDetail") that I need to access in the RSSProducer page); however, the Session identifier is not common between the two. This means that I cannot access the authorization details in the RSSProducer page.
The reason for why is fairly clear to me:
User's browser makes a request to the RssConsumer page Server generates a Session ID (which is stored in a cookie) if there is no existing Session Identifer The RSSConsumer requests the RSSProducer page...which generates a new Session ID every time because no session identifier is ever going to be found.
I tried using cookieless session so that I could pass the SessionID via the URL to the RSSProducer page as an experiment but for some reason the XmlTextReader doesn't work well with this method (but the desired shared session does work). I've hit a brick wall here. Does anyone know how to share session between pages when one page makes a request to the other?
I'm trying to dynamically change the look of my main master page depending on what nested master page that the current content page is using .
So for example.
Main master page = main.master
My nested page = nested.master (uses main.master)
content page = content.aspx (uses nested.master)
So in the Page_Load event of main.master I want to add a switch statement that will check to see what nested master page is currently being used by content.aspx, or whatever content page is loaded.
So far I have got
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string nMaster = //This is the line of code that I am looking for.
switch(master)
{
case "nested.master":
//all my logic here.
break;
}
}
I have a 3 level nested master pages and a content page. parent1 is the top parent, parent2 is parent of parent3 and parent3 is the parent of the content page.
I get an error 'Cannot find ContentPlaceHolder xxx...' where xxx is a ContentPlaceholder. It resides in parent2 and content page is trying to fill it.
Can content pages only use their direct parent ContentPlaceHolders or can they also use any of the higher master pages?