Yes, you are right.

We have now tested it using the DSN less connection with Access 2002 and it works fine. We have also tested it again with a DSN using 2002 and this also seems to work.

The comment about speed is a consideration although I have not noticed any differences. ( we only have a few database entries at this time).

Thanks for your help

you dont want to use the virtual smtp virtual server method... you want to use a real remote email server with valid MX records..

ultimately though after all that is going is it is out of the hands of the asp code and it becomes issues other then the code sending the email... regarding to whether or not emails get blocked by certain organizations

For example:
I have many aol users sign up for various systems I have running without issue. I use CDOSYS with my own server mail.cjwsoft.com which has proper MX records set up.

I would also try to determine the difference between blocking and spam/junk email filtering. It is impoirtant to truly know what is going on.
Sometimes adding more information to the body of the emails going out will eliminate the junk mail filters from gettings the emails.

Then you have the various open relay lists that places like AOL use. If your email server or IP sending the email is on those lists for spamming you do not stand a chance. That is all out of the hands of the ASP code.

dsn-less is the way to go..
http://support.cjwsoft.com/code/moreinfo9-2.htm

you also need to use newer versions of the database as the odbc drivers on the server are sometimes very new and no longer work with access 97 databases

Hello,

1.)

I dont really have any ideas about the japanese characters. I also don't have any ideas about changing settings in the database. Your going to have to do some research on all of that.

Perhaps try pasting the text into a text document 1st.. then copy/paste them into the application. Perhaps that will eliminate any unseen weird characters. I do it sometimes when pasting things from word to my html editors and it works great.


2.)

I dont/cant support custimization to the code but here are some tips to get you started.

edit "items_inc.asp" carefully with a text editor
(back it up before you begin so you can revert back)

change this anywhere you see it

?SORTBY=Name

to

?SORTBY=Name+Asc

or

?SORTBY=Name+Desc

Expiriment to see which gives you the desired sorting.
Do the same process for the price.
The + Sign just passes a "space" back to the page in the proper format if you are wondering.

3.)

The items for page setting is easy. Just go to the settings page when logged in as the admin. Edit this field.   "ResultPageSize"

Running in parallel for testing is actually a smart way to do it, but the truth is you don't use anything from version 6 except the upgraded database (we have a tutorial on how to upgrade the database)

Version 7 was a drastic change /rewrite to all of the asp files that come with the application. So you will be starting out with fresh version 7 ".asp" files and folders... You will also find that once you get version 7 running that editing certain things like the look of the users area and the login screens is much easier to do.

That being said any of your own ".asp" pages that you protect use the same protection code they always did, so there will be no drastic changes needed there when you do finalize the upgrade.



If using MSACCESS as the database I suggest installing the application somewhere in your web and using a fresh ASPProtect 7 database. Once you are familiar with the setup and everything is working fine. Attempt the database conversion and when your done stick your converted database in there and see if everything is ok.

Also, if you already purchased the application download the latest version before doing the install. It's the same download URL. If you don't have it email me and I can hook you up. I have added some new features and fixed a couple minor things since it's release.

So far the feedback on version 7 has been awesome..

This is great FREE SQL Server Web Data Administrator App from Microsoft..

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=C03 9A798-C57A-419E-ACBC-2A332CB7F959&displaylang=en

It is an ASP.NET web application that you install locally on your development server and then use to connect to a SQL database whether remote or local.

It can do nearly everything enterprise manager can do.

I have tested it and it works great for me.

I assume that if I am using this product, search engines such as Google cannot access and index my content. Can somebody confirm that; I want to be 100% sure.

In case it matters, I am using a basic, cheap ISP setup where my site is on a shared server.

Thanks in advance.

Your probably talking about "Session.Timeout" which is a feature of the IIS webserver. Please do a google search on it for more information.

In the meatime if you look at the top of the "check_user_inc.asp" file you should see a section like this where you can try to change the value.

' Minutes you want before the session times out.
' This is set on the server to be default to 15 or 20 minutes depending on the server version
' You can change it there or override it here.
Session.Timeout = 30

Specifying it like that is supposed to overwrite the value for your web in the IIS console which is usualy 20 minutes.

Thanks very much for the quick reply.

That sets my mind at ease

I was just worried if users would see warnings in their firewall software too.

I realize that the admin would have to have to go through some errors...

And since we are throwing things in here... Definately, if you have your own server you need a Hardware Firewall and a Managed one at that. The internet can be pretty dangerous for business if you don't.

Plus, I agree Black Ice although in it's heyday a few years ago was considered great. It is not suitable for todays standards alone even for the normal user (But, it is required by the company I work with for VPN. I think it's stupid too using old technology. I have 2 more firewalls setup besides that just so that I do have some security. And, that's just for my PC)...

Thanks 

Hi,

I am using the upload_post_VBSCRIPT.asp to upload the pictures. My concern is the security of this. For instance I've seen some sites get hacked by a user uploading a file (going through the same process) and ending up crashing the entire server.

I tried adding .jpeg to the end of a text file (filename.vbs.jpeg) and then uploading it, and the file was actually uploaded. Is this a potential problem?

Thanks

S

ok, PM me some additional info so I can go look around.

I dont quite understand everything going on.

Let me know what to do exactly to be successful logging in and also...

Let me know what to do exactly to reproduce the issue and I will tell you what I think.

Yeah, its a win2k server.

Im up and running now (my guess is ASP wasnt installed, but he did not say), but am not having luck with any of the email.  I contacted my host to see what is available and have yet to hear back.  Do you generally recommend people to run CDOSYS?

Ive been reading through the docs, and the users and protection seems to be pretty straightforward.   Nice!

The only other real question I have (and cant find in the docs) is how to remove the self registration option all togehter.  My client wants to add its users manually, and not give the option for them to sign up themselves.  Do I just find any remove any code that references it?

Hello -

Believe it or not I finally can access the photogallery. You were right Chris regarding the unzipping of the files.

Now onto the next challenge! I have set up three categories and proceeded to create a test album. I uploaded a couple of pictures (yeah that worked!!!) but the album does not show up on the default.asp page under the category.

Please advise -
Rhona (rookie)

actually  I just went to it again and it was somewhat slow coming up this time..

perhaps you have some issues with the sql database.

it should be instant.. like this one I run on my server
http://banserver.powerasp.com/aspbanner/

I suppose it could also have something to do with sql server resources but its hard to say..

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>

Hi,

I only just purchased the product and I would be very keen to

a) is the upgrade available very soon as I don't want to spend the time developing one and than find the other released shortly & 

b) would I only need to pay the difference for the upgrade or have I already downloaded the upgrade already.

I cant see what version I current have.

I look forward to your response.

Sounds to me like you got some bad databases or something. Or your trying to open a database with too old of a version of msaccess.. not sure

Everything is stored in one database. And yes there is more than just the users table.

Also,  removing the "temp" password should be a piece of cake.

Email me for a new copy of the download file ? Use the contact from on the cjwsoft site. Please tell me your order details as well so I know who you are.

ok, I moved this thread..

The code in the ASP application handles all encryption and un-encrpytion of passwords in the database. I uses the vbscript RC4 function and the password encryption key specific to your installation to do this.

The whole idea is that if someone gets your database and opens it up that they will not get the passwords (utilitiies to crack access databases are common and work well so they can easily get by the main password)

That being said when you open the database manually your not supposed to see clear text passwords. Your also not supposed to have an easy way to make them clear text. It's a security thing. 

Though I am not officially supporting it I will tell you what I think would be the easisest way to make an export file with clear text passwords in it.

Use the export fire creator in the admin area of aspprotect.
Mosdify "export.asp"

change

Password = CmdDataExport("Password")

to

Password = RC4(CmdDataExport("Password"), PasswordEncryptionKey)

Then make an export file and see if that worked.
you can then import the export file into and access database or do whatever you like with it.

so you are using the subscriptions signup directory right ?
"paypal_signup2" ?

1st.. I would check that the xml parser is working.

It is required for making the post back to paypal.
It is installed on windows 2000 and 2003 and XP by default.

http://support.cjwsoft.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=134& ; ; ; ; ; ;PN=1


Then I would check the actual form page to paypal to make sure it is generating a valid IPN url as a hidden form value.  It's the payment page you actually click on that actually takes you to paypal. For the subscription signup system that page is called "paypal1.asp"


You'll want to go through the process starting with the default.asp of the signup folder untill you get to that page. Then you want to look at the html source of that page in Internet Explorer. Your looking for something like this in the source code and you want to make sure it is valid.

<input type="hidden" name="notify_url" value=http://www.mysite.com/aspprotect/paypal_sub_signup/ipn.asp>

It also has to a url on the internet that paypals server can see. It can not be a local url for your machine. Also: If it is not valid we can try hard coding it.


If all of these things are good I'll have to take a look. I have some text file logging I can do when paypal hits your IPN url that can tell us if it is actually hitting that page like it is supposed to. And I can test the system for you by making some 1 cent payments using my own paypal account until we find out what is going wrong.

This article from my old powerasp.com site explains what Server.MapPath is and also why you can't use it to specify the data connection in any of the CJWSoft applications.

Use ASP to determine the Physical Path Of Your Virtual Website

As this article mentions you can still use it to determine the path, but you can't use it in our data connection strings because the data connection page is an include file and server.mappath will report back different paths for the different directories....... meaning it will work in one directory level but not another as the path will be different.

humm, did you edit any of the registration code ?
this is not something anyone has ever mentioned and the aspprotect 6 code has not been changed in over a year ?

can I see where there is happening ?
I may need ftp or frontpage access to the server in order to troubleshoot unless you can provide me with more details here.

thx..

I think you may be using old code where that was an issue... I am going to PM you the latest version..

to be safe upgrade all the ASP files except the dataconn_inc.asp files and your config_inc.asp files

"be real careful not to lose your current encryption keys in the "config_inc.asp" file or you will be in real trouble

You can use your existing database

yes, admins have access to absolutely anything...

as for the other question what you should do is only show links to people logged in that they have access to.. then they wont get logged out when they go to a page they do not have access to

for example if someone doesn't have access to a level 4 page dont give them a link to go there... you can do that by checking the session variables and creating your hyperlink html code accordingly .. using simple if-else logic... you could even make a hyperlink non-clickable and add some text to it like (no access)

it's all about taking the time to intelligently designing the different areas of your web site. It takes a bit of time and work to really make a system flow the way you want it to.

other than that it becomes extremely complicated to not grant them access when they go to a page they dont have access to but also keep them logged in. It is just not designed to flow that way. If someone goes to a page they do have access to they get logged out. It sort of has to be that way because of the ways things flow.

more info on accessing user info after login so you can do that
http://support.cjwsoft.com/code/moreinfo198-1.htm

another good thing to check out is the provided examples for mutliple access levels. You can see that if you log into the default page for that that it only shows you links to pages you have access to. Done with simple if-else logic around the html links. It is using groups but you can do the same sort of concept using groups.

Thank you so much that works great.

I will test with the other settings on the email server again thanks for the advice,

best regards

Hi - When I try the mass email feature, I get an error that says:

ODBC Microsoft access driver) too few parameters expected 1

/aspprotect/password/admin/send_mass_email.asp line 280

Oddly...this feature works fine when I use the original admin user that you setup. 

But I setup another one with my username and password (not test) - because I was afraid anything with "test" could get deleted. 

Any ideas on why the new admin userid would not work?  Note: I have not change any code from the original installation.

The problem was that I did not have

ConnectionString = "Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}.... in the connection string.

Thank You.

New Version 8.1 Released

Whats new..
http://www.aspbanner.com/v8_notes.asp

Upgrade Instructions...

Upgrade at your own risk. Though we try new versions are not always perfect due to minor bugs we may miss.

Back up your old setup so you can revert back if necessary..!!!
Save your data connection string info in a text file so you have it.
You can get that by viewing the system info page in the admin area.

Carefully copy all the ".asp" files from the new version to the old.
Your going to want all the .asp files in the aspbanner folder.
Your going to want all the .asp files in the aspbanner/scripts folder

Copy the aspbanner/images folder because there are some new images

Be sure to also copy the "data/config" folder files.folders as well as a lot of that is new including the actual config file. If you dont get the new config file copied in there you will have problems later on with some of the new features.

Be sure to create a new folder in the "data" folder called "tempstats"
Make sure it has proper permissions if you plan on using the delayed stats feature as the stats gets temporarily stored there. 

Go back to the area where you originally setup the data connection and do that again...

From the web browser run the following URL

http://yoursite/data/config/aspbanner_unlimited.asp

Replace "yoursite" with the proper url info relevant to your web site location.

When run via the web server that page will ask for a password. By default it is "temp". You should change it later on for security reasons. That page tells you how.

Now... moving on..

There were no changes to the database except for SQL Server users so you can use your existing database.

SQL Server users that want to use the new stored procedures feature (it's optional) will need to update their SQL database with the stored procedures.

Scripts to do that are provided.


ALSO: I have been running this new version using SQL Server Stored Procedure mode for a 1 week on a special banner server that serves banners to many of my own sites. I have also been using the new Delayed Stats feature.

All I can say is it is running like a champ and the SQL server is using less memory than it ever did before.

What other information do you have ?

Details are very important.

Info on situations where it works... like OS, browser version.. etc etc

Info on situations where it does not work... same stuff

size of the PDF files ?

server info ?

Maybe protect a page and offer a PDF file so myself and some of the forum users can try it and report back what happens.

Also, Many people zip up PDF files when letting people download them as browsers can act pretty odd at times with them. Perhaps that is an option.

I dont understand why I would get an error? -- I'm not sending the email from internal - so why would it try to validate?

I'm trying to send an email to an independent place - just like I would send an email to you

Am I using the wrong email setting - should I be doing something other than using "remote server"

Another good tip is to make a copy of the "password_admin/default.asp" named whatever you like..

"default2.asp" would work...

then maybe add a link to it from the header_inc.asp file

then you can modify that one all you want and your will still have the original around.



That concept works for a lot of things.. for example you could make a copy of the "users" folder and call it "users2"  granted a few paths might need to be changed here and there but really not a lot. (how do you think the paypal signup folders were created, they started as a copy of the "users" folder of course)

You can even make a copy of the "check_users_inc,asp" file if you like. Then make a copy of the "scripts/login_form_inc.asp" file... then make your new "check_user_inc.asp" file reference it.

Then you can password protect pages using different versions of the "check_user_inc.asp" file. Why ? well maybe you want different looking logn forms for different parts of your website or you want to make a lot of changes to the "check_user_inc.asp" file and want to leave the original alone.

The sky is the limit really. When it comes down to it besides the actual guts of the "check_user_inc.asp" file ASPProtect is nothing but html tags and chunks of simple server side code that produce more html dynamically. What your browser ends up with is basic html. (some client side javascript in certain cases, but that is pretty basic stuff too.)

Thanks.

clark

Is there a way to upload photos to individual user directories? I don't want all the picture files in a single directory.

Thanks,

Steve

When that link is clicked on it will then track the click and redirect the user to the “link url” specified for that banner. 

The system actually generates the necessary ASPBanner URL for you. That link is shown on the banner edit screen.(you must save the banner at least once and come back to that screen to see the link though) 

Really the best way to show it is with an example as seen below.

Basically the flash banner file "powerasp.swf" highlighted in green needs to be edited to link to the banner redirect url which is highlighted in red.... the banner redirect url will then track the click and ultimately send the user to the Link_URL highligthed in blue.

All banners systems work this way when it comes to flash files.
It’s the nature of flash and the web browser, 

The flash source code must be edited to link to the redirect url in the ASPBanner system. There is no possible way any banner system can track a flash click unless the flash file links to the banner system 1st.... because that click is handled by Flash and the web browser. 

In some cases if you do have the original source file for the flash banner then you are out of luck as far as tracking clicks goes.



On a side note... if you create flash banners the way this article says you can actually feed a .swf flash file a link for it to click to. Instead of it being hardcoded.

http://www.macromedia.com/resources/richmedia/tracking/desig ners_guide/index.html

This is really the way everyone should design their flash banners from now on because the url it links to can be easily changed at any time without editing the flash file source code. 

Hi, its just not something i can suppport as I do not support custmizations to the code epecially when dealing with an image component that is not supported by the application.

Sorry, its something you have to figure out. Bascially I would suggest looking at the existing asp image resizing code and using that as a guide.

Have you considered just buying a license of ASPImage and asking the host if they will install it after you purchase it. It sounds like it may save you a lot of time.

If you are ever looking for a good host for ASP. www.alentus.com is one of the best. There 9.95 plan gives you access to 3000.00 of commercial quaility asp components also which is nice.