That is by design, removing and deleting are two different things as far as the classifieds system goes.

A regular user can only remove an ad from the category index. (which makes the ad inactive)

An admin however can truly delete an ad from the system.

I wonder what that ENDSQLMail send failure is all about ?
I dont use anything regarding SQLMAIL in the ASPProtect code.

I think I might need to go in so I can debug a bit. Everything seems to work fine with a SQL installation here so I just don't know at the moment.

If that is ok with you I would need ftp access or something so I can trry a few things and hopefully figure it out. Admin access to the aspprotect admin area as well so I can see what you have set up in there.

PM me with that info if you want me to take a look.

Your SQL statement to the database is the key.

You want to change the sortby hyperlink on that page so that it will in turn change the dynamic sql statement to sort the way you want

Find

?SORTBY=Date_Created

change it to

?SORTBY=Date_Created+ASC

or maybe

?SORTBY=Date_Created+DESC

One of them is the default anyway, but I cant remember which is which off hand so just try them both till you get the desired result

near the top you can also change the default sortby when thet page is loaded

SORTBY = Request("SORTBY")
If SORTBY = "" Then
 SORTBY = "Name"
End If

there you would use a space though.. not a "+" sign when adding the ASC or DESC

The + sign is only used in the hyperlinks because it means a space for browsers that can't deal with spaces in links

Aspprotect issue

I need the ability to allow users to view url links on a page, based on the

group(s) they are a member of.  If the user is the member of one group (group 1 in the following example) the code works fine.

<% If Session("GROUPS") = "*1*" then %>  "view link #1"

However, if the user is a member of more than one group (let's say 1 & 5), I cannot make the code work.  

I have tried various versions of wildcards, nothing seems to get me there.

I fairly new at ASP, and I am sure I'm missing something simple.

Any help would be appreciated.

ASPProtect v7 comes with working example code of protecting a file download.

This comes with the system as an example folder with some files in it.

(some of the initial purchaser's of the system might not have that directory.. if that is the case please ask)

Here is how it works...

Basically we protect the file download by only allowing a logged in user to download it. The special ".asp" page we use the stream the file is password protected. It also hides the true location of the file so you can keep your files out of your web or keep them in a folder in your web that does not allow file browsing. Under this scenario even if someone looks at the html source they can not tell where the file really came from and they can only download if they are logged in and you offered them the link to the file.

For the file download protection examples to work you may need to edit some values
in the stream_download.asp file that are valid for your setup.

Look at the source. The values you can edit are commented.

Now, you also need to call a valid "download file name" from the download_link.asp file which is an example of how make a download link to the streamed download.

yes, How can I have fixed size height and width image without distortion. Is there a component that I can use or how can I change the existing code.

yes, unless its ratio matches

how could it not be ?

Please keep questions like this in the forums... thx.
there is no need for this to be a private message

-- Previous Private Message --
Sent by : eeye
Sent : April/29/2005 at 2:19pm


If I choose fixed width and height is the thumbnail image going to be distorted?

-- Previous Private Message --
Sent by : cwilliams
Sent : April/29/2005 at 1:17pm

that is not possible unless you rewrite the code.

You onlyahve the two options we give in the config file for thumbnails

fixed width and height all the time

or

fixed width / dynamic height



-- Previous Private Message --
Sent by : eeye
Sent : April/29/2005 at 1:07pm

Hi William

One more questions for you. is there a way to make sure that all the thumbnails are the same size without distorting the images (in the thumbnails). Or if a picture's height is bigger than its width is there to create the thumbnail such that the height of the orginal becomes the width of the thumbnails and vice versa.

Basically I just want the thumbnail pictures to be in a perfect row with all the picture heights the same and all the pic width the same.

Thanks

Sean

I log all 404 errors on my site and since installing ASPBanner, I get a lot of the following error:

/aspbanner/edit_banner.asp?Banner_ID=11&User_ID=1 contains a broken link:

/aspbanner/right1.gif

ID changes and there are various missing links.  Some missing links include:

/aspbanner/drop2.gif
/aspbanner/left1.gif
/aspbanner/right2.gif
etc.

While not critical, these are filling up my error logs and it takes time for me to sort through them.

I'd say that the vendor is right so I've submitted a work order to
create the *****.com/aspnetprotect directory as an application.
If there are any other directories for which this needs to be done,
please let us know. This particular task always needs to be performed
by our staff.


If you need to follow up on this job with one of our on-line or phone
technicians, you can reference ticket id 11860.

With regards

I am getting closer.

This error actually does not have anything to do with the forgotten password feature or your database.

It has to do with the settings you chose for emailing.

it relates to aspmail and it not liking the remotehost you used, or something like that.... etc etc

You can't do that. ASPProtect 7 does not work with ASP.NET.

It is a classic ASP application. As the web site states it can only be used to protect ".asp" pages written using vbscript.

ASP and ASP.net are completely different animals.

Thats why we have a .NET version.
http://www.aspprotect.com/more_info_net.asp

btw: who is this hosting company anyway ?

and did they give you access to a control panel that lets you manage your site ? sometimes that is where you manage those permissions if their interface supports it

lastly, are frontpage extensions installed in your web so it can be connected to via frontpage ?

To hopefully wrap this thread up...

This user showed me his site and things were working for me as they should.

We came to the conlusion that the weird behavior he was experiencing was because he was using AutoComplete in Internet Explorer....

It was automatically filling in the fields with his username/password that he had autocomplete save.

So it was a web browser usage issue.. not the code.

Hi,

No, only ".asp" files can be protected.  It is the nature of Forms Based Authentication when using web based scripting technologies whether those scripts be ".cgi", ".asp", ".php", or whatever.

To protect entire direcotries at once you really need to run your own webserver and use NTFS permissions and user accounts..... or if something special is installed on the server there may be ways to do it as well. That usually isn't going to happen under a shared hosting account but there are special authentication products for such a thing that some hosting companies do purchase and allow their hosting customers to use.

Using aspprotect we do give working examples of ways to stream and partially protect images and downloads while a user is logged in to an ".asp" page.

Also, any ".htm" pages can simply be renamed to ".asp" if you need to protect them. Links to each other need to be updated of course because of the extension change.

In my opinion the truth of the matter is most high end sites use Forms Based Authentication with scripts. Not directory protection as it is fairly primitive/old school as well as sometimes being confusing for the users of the site because of how the login window from the server often gets stuck behind the browser.. etc etc

If you have a lot of pages in a site that you need to add protection code to then if can often be helpful to use a good Multiple file search and replace program to carefully add the protection code to the top of the source code of the pages. There are even multiple file search and replace programs that can rename extensions which can be helpful for large sites.

For images and graphics you want protect you have to do some work and set up and intelligent system for yourself.

Lastly whether you use https:// or not is no concern to ASPProtect as it works the same under https:// as it does under http://

(User Photo Upload Mod) for ASPProtect Version 7.x

This will allow an individual user to upload a user picture instead of just the admin.

Notes: This is a down and dirty mod. The user upload code was copied from the admin area and there are no safeguards. Meaning there is no limit on the file size a user uploads and there is no confirmation process in case something they upload is inappropriate. etc etc etc

If you want that you will have to work on that on your own.

Directions:
Back up your existing ASPProtect installation.

copy these files into your "users" folder

2006-01-24_111305_User_Upload_Mod.zip

All of the fields with the expected paths show the correct file structure, so now I've put them in them in the boxes

Thank you....  yes it does

Is there a limit in the number of Zones you can have in the database.

thanking you

OK, thanks.

Nick

I have purchased ASPProtect to secure a web site that I administor for a soccer league.  I am having a hard time getting the code to execute.  the instructions are to include this code at the top of the web page under the Language identifier.  Like this I think:

<%@ LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" %>

<!-- Begin ASPProtect Code -->
<!-- Groups with access to this page. ( * Admins * ) -->
<% GROUPACCESS = "4" %>
<!--#INCLUDE FILE="check_user_inc.asp"-->
<!-- End ASPProtect Code -->

However, nothing happens.  I am not sure if I am missing something. 

FYI:  the "Check_user_inc.asp" file is in the root directory of the site which is actually two levels down on the d: drive of the server.
      The web page code is located below.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

<html>
<head>
<title>TeamManagers</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#006600">
<div id="Layer1" style="position:absolute; left:125px; top:109px; width:682px; height:597px; z-index:1">
  <table width="655" border="1" name="teambios" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#FFFFFF" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" height="312">
    <tr bordercolor="#006600">
      <td bgcolor="#006600" width="154" height="33"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FFFFFF">Division
        1</font></b></td>
      <td bgcolor="#006600" width="160" height="33"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FFFFFF">Division
        2</font></b></td>
      <td bgcolor="#006600" width="148" height="33"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FFFFFF">Division
        3</font></b></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="154" height="26">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="160" height="26">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="148" height="26">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="154" height="26"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/TeamManagers/BHawks/BHawks_search.htm">Black
        Hawks</a></font></b></td>
      <td width="160" height="26"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/TeamManagers/Gunners/TFC_search.htm">Gunners</a ></font></b></td>
      <td width="148" height="26"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/TeamManagers/InterFC/InterFC_search.htm">Inter
        FC </a></font></b></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="154" height="26"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/Images/clearpixel.gif" width="1" height="1"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/TeamManagers/DCove/DCove_search.htm">Deep
        Cove Brewers</a></font></b></font></td >
      <td width="160" height="29" valign="top"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/TeamManagers/NSReds/NSReds_search.htm">North
        Shore Reds</a></font></b></td>
      <td width="148" height="26"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/Images/clearpixel.gif" width="1" height="1"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/TeamManagers/BFC%20Blackhawks/BFC_search.htm">LV
        BFC Blackhawks</a></font></b></font>< /td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="154" valign="top" height="28"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/TeamManagers/FatBoys/FatBoys_search.htm">Fat
        Boys</a></font></b></td>
      <td width="160" valign="top" height="28"> <p><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/TeamManagers/NSIndians/NSIndians_search.htm">Squam ish
          Nation United</a></font></b></p></td>
      <td width="148" valign="top" height="28"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/TeamManagers/NSYoungGuns/NSYoungGuns_search.htm">N orth
        Shore Young Guns</a></font></b></font></b> </font></b></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="154" valign="top" height="29"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/TeamManagers/LEI/LEI_search.htm">LEIFC</a>&l t;/font></b></td>
      <td width="160" valign="top" height="29"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/TeamManagers/UFK/UFK_search.htm">UFK
        United</a></font></b></td>
      <td width="148" valign="top" height="29"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/TeamManagers/Saints/Saints_search.htm">Northland
        Saints</a></font></b></font></b&g t;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="160" height="27" valign="top"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/TeamManagers/Lightning/Lightning_search.htm">Light ning</a></font></b></td>
      <td width="160" height="27" valign="top"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/holding/UFK/UFK_search.htm">
        </a><a href="/TeamManagers/Warriors/Warriors_search.htm">Warrior s</a></font></b></td>
      <td width="148" height="29" valign="top"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/TeamManagers/SoccerCityFC/SoccerCityFC_search.htm"> ;Soccer
        City FC</a></font></b> </font></b></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="154" valign="top" height="27"> <p><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/TeamManagers/QCHawks/QCHawks_search.htm">Q.C.
          Hawks</a></font></b></p></td>
      <td width="160" valign="top" height="27">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="148" valign="top" height="27"> <p><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/holding/Cougars/Cougars_search.htm">
          </a></font></b></p></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="154" valign="top" height="32"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/TeamManagers/OdlumBrownFC/OdlumBrownFC_search.htm"> ;Odlum
        Brown </a></font></b></td>
      <td width="160" valign="top" height="32">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="148" valign="top" height="32"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></font></b></font></b> ;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr valign="top">
      <td width="154" height="27"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/TeamManagers/WestwardFC/WestwardFC_search.htm">Wes tward
        Utd F.C.</a></font></b></td>
      <td width="160" height="27">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="148" height="27"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></font></b></td>
    </tr>
  </table>
  <table width="655" border="1" name="teambios" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#FFFFFF" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" height="289" bordercolor="#000000">
    <tr bordercolor="#006600">
      <td bgcolor="#006600" height="29" colspan="2"> <p><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FFFFFF">Over
          30's Division A</font></b></p></td>
      <td bgcolor="#006600" width="349" height="29" colspan="2"> <p><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FFFFFF">Over
          30's Division B</font></b></p></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td height="15" colspan="2"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/Images/clearpixel.gif" width="1" height="1"></font></td>
      <td width="349" height="15" colspan="2"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/Images/clearpixel.gif" width="1" height="1"></font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td valign="top" colspan="2" height="31"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/TeamManagers/BBear/BBear_search.htm">Villa
        Roma FC</a></font></b></td>
      <td width="349" valign="top" colspan="2" height="31"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/TeamManagers/Comrades/Comrades_search.htm">Comrade s</a></font></b></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td valign="top" colspan="2" height="30"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/TeamManagers/JESpurs/JESpurs_search.htm">Maplewood
        Spurs</a></font></b></td>
      <td width="349" valign="top" colspan="2" height="31"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/TeamManagers/NS%20Chiefs/NSChiefs_search.htm">NS
        Chiefs </a></font></b></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td height="29" valign="top" colspan="2"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/TeamManagers/NSRangers/NSRangers_search.htm">N.S.
        Rangers</a></font></b></td>
      <td width="349" valign="top" colspan="2" height="30"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/TeamManagers/SVikings/SVikings_search.htm">Screami ng
        Vikings </a></font></b></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td height="29" valign="top" colspan="2"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/TeamManagers/RGullStrikers/RGullStrikers_search.htm"& gt;Rusty
        Gull Strikers</a></font></b></td>
      <td width="349" height="29" valign="top" colspan="2"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/TeamManagers/Spareboy/Spareboy_search.htm">Sparebo y</a></font></b></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="2" valign="top" height="32"> <p><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/TeamManagers/Shysters/Shysters_search.htm">Shyster s</a></font></b></p></td>
      <td colspan="2" valign="top" height="32" width="349"> <p><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/TeamManagers/Titans/Titans_search.htm">Titans</ a></font></b></p></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td valign="top" colspan="2" height="30"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/TeamManagers/Wanderers/Wanderers_search.htm">Wande rers</a></font></b></td>
      <td width="349" valign="top" colspan="2" height="30"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/TeamManagers/VeniceFC/VeniceFC_search.htm">Venice
        F.C.</a></font></b></td>
    </tr>
    <tr valign="top">
      <td height="30" colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="349" height="30" colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
  </table>
  <h1>Suspended Player Information</h1>
  <table width="650" border="0" height="71">
    <tr>
      <td width="157" height="45">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="148" height="45">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="171" height="45">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="157" height="45">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="157" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="148" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="171" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="157" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="157" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="148" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="171" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="157" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="157" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="148" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="171" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="157" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="157" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="148" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="171" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="157" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="157" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="148" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="171" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="157" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="157" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="148" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="171" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="157" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="157" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="148" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="171" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="157" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="157" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="148" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="171" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="157" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="157" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="148" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="171" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="157" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="157" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="148" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="171" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="157" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="157" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="148" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="171" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="157" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
  </table>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
</div>
<p><img src="/Images/ateammanag.png" width="235" height="46"><img src="/Images/MILLERS5.gif" width="410" height="53"></p>
<p><img src="/Images/Millersmenu5.gif" width="90" height="25">
<p>
<p><a href="/index.html"><img src="/Images/buttonhome.gif" width="93" height="20" border="0"></a></p>
<p><a href="/newLeagueInfo.html"><img src="/Images/button1.gif" width="93" height="29" border="0"></a></p>
<p><a href="/Schedule/SchedulesMain.asp"><img src="/Images/button2.gif" width="93" height="20" border="0"></a></p>
<p><a href="/newFields.html"><img src="/Images/button5.gif" width="93" height="29" border="0"></a></p>
<p><a href="/newTeamContacts.html"><img src="/Images/button6.gif" width="93" height="29" border="0"></a></p>
<p><a href="/newTeamInfo.html"><img src="/Images/button7.gif" width="93" height="29" border="0"></a></p>
<p><a href="/TeamRosters/newTeamRoster.html"><img src="/Images/teamrosterbtn.png" width="93" height="29" border="0"></a></p>
<p><a href="/newStandings.html"><img src="/Images/button3.gif" width="93" height="20" border="0"></a></p>
<p><a href="/Stats/stats_input.asp"><img src="/Images/playerstatbutton.png" width="93" height="29" border="0"></a></p>
<p><a href="/newTeammangers.html"><img src="/Images/Managerbutton.png" width="93" height="29" border="0"></a></p>
<p><a href="/newAdministrators.html"><img src="/Images/adminbutton.png" width="93" height="29" border="0"></a></p>
<p><a href="/newRefs.html"><img src="/Images/refereebutton.png" width="93" height="29" border="0"></a></p>
<p><a href="/newLinks.html"><img src="/Images/soccerlinks.gif" width="86" height="25" border="0"></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
</body>
</html>

I'll give it a shot loading it on the laptop and publishing it, if it doesn't work I'll let you know and you can take a look at it tomorrow afternoon.  Thanks for all the help tonight...

Good luck pouring that concrete!

Chris,

Another question on V7.  I set up all the paths as required for the extras like user pics and exports on my site.  They were working fine.  I created an export, then as you recommend, deleted the file on the site to ensure it doesn't get in the wrong hands.  I did this a few times to test it after a number of people logged in.

About 2 days later, I went to do it again and the system came back with an error saying the directory didn't exist.  I know it did because I created it and it worked fine.  I then created the directory again thinking I was losing it.

Then today, I went to do another export and the directory is gone again!  Can you help me understand why this might be happening?  I am the only one with FTP access to the site so there is no way that it could be someone else doing it.  The error I get is:

Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a004c'

Path not found

/password_admin/export.asp, line 78

Thanks,
Dave

I got ya. Well hey, that's what's great about the iframe right?

The album ID thing is completely normal and by design. Once an ID in the database is used it can not be used again. That is how autonumber fields in a database work.

As far as not being able to delete images... Are you by chance using ASP.NET to show dynamic thumbnails... Because if you are you must turn that feature off and wait 20 minutes or so (maybe more) before you will be able to delete any of the images. It is because the current version of the ASP.NET script used to make the thumbnails locks the images on the server temporarily anytime it creates a thumbnail.

It is a known issue... and there is no fix at the moment other than what I told you above.

it might also be a good idea for you to try a simple text file writing example like this on your server and see if it hangs as well

http://www.devasp.com/samples/writetofile.asp

for troubleshooting sake

this is sounding more and more like the filesystem object is blocked or disabled on your server

SQL Server Datareader Datawriter Permissions..

here is a screenshot that shows how to set datareader and datawriter permissions on a database using "SQL Enterprise Manager"

In this example we are making sure the aspbanneruser has those permissions on the aspbanner database in the SQL Server

Hello,

Unfortuantely I can not help you much regarding the javascript because I am a server side code kinda guy. Client side javascript just isn't my thing. That was free javascript code that I used for that function. I really do not know enough about editing client javascript. Sounds like you might though.

Style 1 is really a relic left over from the standard version. I just left it in in case someone wanted to use it. Like I said because it is javascript making it do more than it does is tricky (at least for me)

Now,, for actually getting description code. The thing to do is check out how that all works in the pic_window.asp file which is what style 2 two uses. Bascially descriptions for an particular album get stored in one text file. We read that test file. Put the lines into an array. Then display the info which gets run through a functions to convert some special characters used when saving back to normal.

I tried to look at your site but it woulnt load for some reason.

I did not make a mistake.. what I typed is what I meant to say. I think maybe you are taking it the opposite way as I explained it.

Regardless,

What you want to do... logging them in under https and then having them continue though the site under http is not possible.

It doesn't work that. way. As far as the webserver is concerned https is a totally different site than http and each have their own unique set of application and session variables.

In a sense no different than www.somesite.com is different then somesite.com (each has their own unique set of application and session variables as well).

Now, because of the nature of Forms Based Authentication session varibles created under one will not carry over to the over and thus no password access if you switch over from a secure url to a non secure url.

If you want them logging in under SSL you need to keep them under SSL.

That is not to say there is some ultra complex scenario to mimic the session variables on the non secure side of things (possible with a complex http post to a non secure page from the scure page telling it what variables to create and set), but doing so means a ton of work and also has security concerns of its own.

This server is sitting in my den on a DSL circuit, so I don't have a hosting company. The install for Windows 2000 server is with default settings for all components installed.

I am not sure what you are referring to when you say:

"Does emailing work under the simplest scenario ? (directly from the users screen"

What user screen?

What settings are you referring to that I may have chosen?

The only reason no one else asked this many questions is possibly because they didnt NEED the functions i am TRYING to do.

We offer tech support for installation of the base application purchased in it's native form.  In other words were not planning on spending weeks holding your hand and teaching you how to build your application or modify the one you bought. Not because anyone wants to make it hard on you but because there is a practically infinite number of things someone could be trying to do and the only way to give you the exact answer would pretty much involve either writing it for you or having a look at your code to see what the heck your doing. Sorry but my time isn’t cheap nor do I have a lot to spare. I already gave you my approach on what to do and what you should be looking at but obviously you’re not catching on. SO ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE LOOK AT THE SOURCE CODE AND DECIDE HOW YOU WANT TO HANDLE YOUR END OF THINGS BASED ON HOW THE APP DOES ITS THING. I really don’t know how I can be more clear that that. I don’t have a crystal ball that can tell me where you’re going with your own code, what the final requirements are... what field you want to add or remove for the database etc. There is a demo up that everyone can look at and play with so they can get a feel for how the things behave and look. It’s not my fault your naivety led you to believe you could do anything with it in ten seconds. I mean if I just add some wings to my car maybe it will fly, and if you just add a shopping cart and a few products maybe you can start your own Amazon.com with that software right? Sounds good to me…

It would take me longer to re-write YOUR code than it would to have LEARNED ASP.NET and made MY OWN.

Well thats one thing we both agree on, I bet it would take you a long time to rewrite the code when you dont know how to write it in the first place. By you own admission you dont know enough about what your doing to be messing with a .NET app at this point. Maybe you should take your own advice and LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT IT. What’s even worse is that application isnt even complicated, its 101 stuff honestly. One class, thats it! Your not looking at thousands and thousands of them that you will have to read and comprehend. If you can actually “read” the code we kept it lean and mean and to the point. Nothing strange or random, no references to a zillion things all sprinkled here and there. Its reads like a book if you know the language. That’s why developers buy these apps all the time. Not because they couldn’t write one themselves, but because they know their time is valuable as well and for $150 which is less than most get paid an hour they couldn’t be bothered. Furthermore we both spend a lot of time making sure these apps are "dumbed down" so that the average programmer without a lot of object oriented background can pick up the coding style tweak it if they need to. Some people do modify things to suite their needs and others are happy with our apps "as is".

Just to recap we already wasted two days yappin about your jacked up servers and after you went through THREE of them and finally got one working you said the code was working. Red lights started flashing in my office by the time you got to the second screwed up machine, but hey weird things happen so at that point I wasn’t 100% concerned. Technically we could have and possible should have cut you off there as the policy in place is pretty clear about us not being your tech support crew when it comes to getting your machine working properly (especially one we cant even look at). Go check those posts again both Chris and I were answering your questions and being as helpful as anyone could possibly expect.

Several more days have been spent answering questions about how to modify your application and again that’s not our responsibility and we don’t support modified versions of the software for all the reasons that should be obvious. No software company does and if I have to explain why that is well this conversation is beyond hope.

Bottom line is the responsibility to support that application ends the moment you get it running the way it was shipped. Were pretty damn decent about going above and beyond and a lot of the time we go into things we shouldn’t have to. If you have well thought out and specific questions by all means ask, this isn’t some sort of thanks for your money now get lost operation. CJWSoft has been around since the beginning of Microsoft’s entrance into the web application market. We have thousands and thousands of happy customers because we are developers and enjoy working with other developers along the way.

You’re not the first N0oB to show up, but you’re the first one I can think of that ever tried to tell us we didn’t write the apps we sell and essentially wanted to argue that we don’t know what were talking about. Meanwhile you should have been done with your thing days and days and days ago, not in here yapping off and showing your ignorance to the other developers that regularly browse these forums. You trying to tell me how CafePress works is a joke, I happened to have been part of the team that worked on the first few revisions of that site and again you really didn’t even understand what I was getting at in that last post. LINK TO LOGIN PAGE not link to every protected page on the site.

If you think I am pissed off at you, your wrong. I'm just irritated with the whining about this and that and rather than admit your over your head you come back with half baked remarks that only make sense to you. If you think you can google a few terms and come back here talking smack like you’re actually someone that knows what you’re talking about your just making a fool of yourself. You sound like a guy from China trying to tell me how to speak English... My advice is get a few books and start learning or try actually reading up and listening to the other bazillion knowledgeable developers out there that do a great job posting articles about the subject. You might just learn something and actually get your project finished before 2010 and when you do please come back and re-read your posts with "enlightened eyes" so you can see what a goofball you are for saying half of the things you have said. I am not in the mood to keep helping you get your project done step by step. I have huge projects of my own going on and if I thought you could actually provide a descent project specification I might offer to make the changes for you at a serious discount so you could go away and everyone would be happy. Problem is I dont get the feeling you could explain your way out of a paper bag let alone provide a group of programmer the techinal specs for your project.

Your best bet is to post a link to the start of this thread at www.AngryCoder.com I'm sure a  few of  people over there would be more than willing to give you a ton of usefull advice

Google 4GuysFromRolla… a great resource site with example, just dont come back here  telling me those guys/ladies posted things that dont work either.

Chris has written hundreds of articles on PowerASP, a great place to start looking as well… www.powerasp.com I've been spitting out code for longer than I can remeber and I still look thing up on this site because its LOADED with great info. That happens to be one of the very first ASP sites that went up on the net so lets just say he knows a bit or two about the subject.

I'm sure your frusturated but your pushing your luck seriously. 38 posts about this subject in a week and your over there hacking away on your virus infested WaReZ machine which isnt exactally the ideal development rig. I mean we provide the code and your supposed to provide at the least a very basic knowlege of what your doing and a production grade platform to test it out on. To me thats like buying a car and then asking how to drive it... then bugging the dealer to teach you and when you smash the thing complaining because no one told you that your not supposed to drive into a wall. I have the same policy as the dealer, show me something wrong with the car from the factory and we will fix it for you NO QUESTIONS at all with our appoligies, but really once you take it off the lot what you do with it is your deal and its not our responsability in the least.

cool.. let see if that works.  This was the command line that I had to enter in order for it to register.  Chris, as you stated before, you can try one of the other emailers, but you need a email server to tie to. 

"regsvr32 cdonts.dll"

it has been 3 days since I logged myself in under Admin, and all the user information on the User Activiy screen seemed to be gone.

is there any specific length of period it refreshes its user information??