Server Application Error: 2012

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Sending/Receiving data from remote app

What is the best / easiest way to send small (<1Kb) data packets to a remote application (known IP address) from an ASP.NET driven web site? The remote app will then send a similar reply packet. It is not a database that is being accessed but a custom application that can be modified to receive and send this data.
Anyone done something similar?how is the remote app usually contacted. Does it send back a httpresponse. or is it some service that returns a stream of characters.
HTTPResponse object if it's replying in http
probably SOCKETS if it's returning data ( like telnet)
I have no experience doing this - but hope that points you in right direction

SendingEMail

I have an ASP.NET web app that I am trying to sens an email from. I use
the code below to send it.
mailMsg := MailMessage.Create;
mailMsg.From := self.Session['SMTPADDRESS'].ToString;
mailMsg.&To := aEMail;
mailMsg.BCC := aAdminEMail;
mailMsg.Subject := 'Your LoginID and Password';
mailMsg.BodyFormat := MailFormat.Text;
mailMsg.Body := 'Your LoginID is '''+aLogin+''' and Password
'''+aPassword+'''';
SmtpMail.SmtpServer := aSMTPServer;
SmtpMail.Send(mailMsg);
My mail server requires password authentication. Where do I assign the
password?
TIAThe following solution is officially unsupported - but it works (you
otherwise need to use CDO or something else to authenticate).
Add these lines to your code before you call SmtpMail.Send()
mailMsg.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpauthe
nticate",
"1"); //basic authentication
mailMsg.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusern
ame",
myLoginID); //set your username here
mailMsg.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendpassw
ord",
myPassword); //set your password here
-HTH
"gh" <gh@.at.ne> wrote in message
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>I have an ASP.NET web app that I am trying to sens an email from. I use
>the code below to send it.
> mailMsg := MailMessage.Create;
> mailMsg.From := self.Session['SMTPADDRESS'].ToString;
> mailMsg.&To := aEMail;
> mailMsg.BCC := aAdminEMail;
> mailMsg.Subject := 'Your LoginID and Password';
> mailMsg.BodyFormat := MailFormat.Text;
> mailMsg.Body := 'Your LoginID is '''+aLogin+''' and Password
> '''+aPassword+'''';
> SmtpMail.SmtpServer := aSMTPServer;
> SmtpMail.Send(mailMsg);
> My mail server requires password authentication. Where do I assign the
> password?
> TIA
Check this out
http://www.systemwebmail.com/faq/3.8.aspx
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"gh" <gh@.at.ne> wrote in message
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> I have an ASP.NET web app that I am trying to sens an email from. I use
> the code below to send it.
> mailMsg := MailMessage.Create;
> mailMsg.From := self.Session['SMTPADDRESS'].ToString;
> mailMsg.&To := aEMail;
> mailMsg.BCC := aAdminEMail;
> mailMsg.Subject := 'Your LoginID and Password';
> mailMsg.BodyFormat := MailFormat.Text;
> mailMsg.Body := 'Your LoginID is '''+aLogin+''' and Password
> '''+aPassword+'''';
> SmtpMail.SmtpServer := aSMTPServer;
> SmtpMail.Send(mailMsg);
> My mail server requires password authentication. Where do I assign the
> password?
> TIA

SendKeys

Hi,

I want to create a simle Exe Or Dll file which just execute some keys. I do not want to create a form. What kind of project I have to create?

Thanks
ShafiqConsole Application (creates an EXE without forms)

Sendkeys not declared?

I just downloaded ASP.Net Web Matrix and I'm really enjoying using it, even though I only know what I am doing about 10% of the time. The one problem I've encountered is that I can't get a VB "SendKeys" statement to work in an ASPX page. I have a really simple script written. Here it is:
Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
Shell ("notepad", 1)
SendKeys ("%", True)
End Sub
The button code is:
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<asp:Button id="Button1" onclick="Button1_Click" runat="server" Text="Button"></asp:Button>
</form>
When I run the page, it returns an error that states: "SendKeys statement not declared." Originally, I had no parentheses around "%, True," but ASP.NET demanded it so I put it in. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am SendKeys-dependent.

Hi,

In .NET SendKey is a class declared in System.Windows.Forms namespace. You can use it as follows:

SendKeys.SendWait("%")

But... It is really not a good idea to open notepad at server from ASP.NET application. Is this what you intend to do?

Thank you so very much for your response. I am continuing to get the same error message, even after adaptation of the command to Sendkeys.Sendwait:

"Compiler Error Message:BC30451: Name 'SendKeys' is not declared."

I had previously located Sendkeys as an identified namespace within System.Windows.Forms, but I am not sure what to do with that information beyond that. Is there something I need to do to get the page to "talk" with that class or namespace?

As for your caution, I appreciate it. Have read the warnings. The application is going to run only on my PC. Does that minimize the concern?
Again, thank you for your time.

Hi,
You have to reference System.Windows.Forms.dll to use this method.
I think what you want to do is to open notepad from client script and not from server side code. You can use scripting host to do it. In vbscript it will look like this:
Dim WshSHell
set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run("notepad")
WScript.Sleep(100)
WshShell.AppActivate("Notepad")
WScript.Sleep(100)
WshShell.SendKeys("abc")

SendKeys In A Webform

I have a button to insert text into a field, after inserting the text i would like to set the cursor at the end of that text to then complete the entry
I can set the text and the focus
txtNewPrice.Text ="$"
txtNewPrice.Focus()

But how can i use the send keys to move to the end of that text
In a Windows world i would do this but i dont seem to have that function in the web world
SendKeys.Send("{END}")

you can try using javascript for that

Could you give me an example

I needed something similar this weekend. Found this and it works fine.

http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t70952-set-focus-and-cursor-at-end-of-text.html

SendMail ASP.NET 2.0: Multiple To's

Hello,
I am trying to send email to 4 people (str01 =
"p1.mysite.com,p2.mysite.com,p3.mysite.com") using the following:
Dim addrFrom As New MailAddress(str00)
Dim addrTo As New MailAddress(str01)
My problem is that only the first person receives the email. When I check
the variable addrTo the value is "p1.mysite.com". Any help with this would
be appreciated.
--
Thanks in advance,
sck10A mailAddress is used for a single person, the To property of the
MailMessage is actually a collection...
ur supposed to do:
myMessage.To.Add(new MailAddress("email1'))
myMessage.To.Add(new MailAddress("email2'))
myMessage.To.Add(new MailAddress("email3'))
Karl
http://www.openmymind.net/
http://www.fuelindustries.com/
"sck10" <sck10@.online.nospam> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I am trying to send email to 4 people (str01 =
> "p1.mysite.com,p2.mysite.com,p3.mysite.com") using the following:
> Dim addrFrom As New MailAddress(str00)
> Dim addrTo As New MailAddress(str01)
> My problem is that only the first person receives the email. When I check
> the variable addrTo the value is "p1.mysite.com". Any help with this
> would
> be appreciated.
> --
> Thanks in advance,
> sck10
>
Mail recipients can also be added using the cc and bcc attributes.
static void MultipleRecipients()
{
//create the mail message
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
//set the addresses
//to specify a friendly 'from' name, we use a different ctor
mail.From = new MailAddress("me@.company.com", "Me");
//since the To,Cc, and Bcc accept addresses,
//we can use the same technique as the From address
//since the To, Cc, and Bcc properties are collections,
//to add multiple addreses, we simply call .Add(...) multple times
mail.To.Add("you@.yourcompany.com");
mail.To.Add("you2@.yourcompany.com");
mail.CC.Add("cc1@.yourcompany.com");
mail.CC.Add("cc2@.yourcompany.com");
mail.Bcc.Add("blindcc1@.yourcompany.com");
mail.Bcc.Add("blindcc2@.yourcompany.com");
//set the content
mail.Subject = "This is an email";
mail.Body = "this is the body content of the email.";
//send the message
SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient("127.0.0.1");
smtp.Send(mail);
}
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"Karl Seguin [MVP]" <karl REMOVE @. REMOVE openmymind REMOVEMETOO . ANDME net> wro
te in message
news:eN2MefOWGHA.924@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>A mailAddress is used for a single person, the To property of the MailMessa
ge is actually a
>collection...
> ur supposed to do:
> myMessage.To.Add(new MailAddress("email1'))
> myMessage.To.Add(new MailAddress("email2'))
> myMessage.To.Add(new MailAddress("email3'))
> Karl
> --
> http://www.openmymind.net/
> http://www.fuelindustries.com/
>
> "sck10" <sck10@.online.nospam> wrote in message news:eyEDvZOWGHA.4924@.TK2MS
FTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>
OT: Can you retrieve your email address from the smtp web.config?
"Juan T. Llibre" <nomailreplies@.nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:uFZL2pOWGHA.752@.TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Mail recipients can also be added using the cc and bcc attributes.
> static void MultipleRecipients()
> {
> //create the mail message
> MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
> //set the addresses
> //to specify a friendly 'from' name, we use a different ctor
> mail.From = new MailAddress("me@.company.com", "Me");
> //since the To,Cc, and Bcc accept addresses,
> //we can use the same technique as the From address
> //since the To, Cc, and Bcc properties are collections,
> //to add multiple addreses, we simply call .Add(...) multple times
> mail.To.Add("you@.yourcompany.com");
> mail.To.Add("you2@.yourcompany.com");
> mail.CC.Add("cc1@.yourcompany.com");
> mail.CC.Add("cc2@.yourcompany.com");
> mail.Bcc.Add("blindcc1@.yourcompany.com");
> mail.Bcc.Add("blindcc2@.yourcompany.com");
> //set the content
> mail.Subject = "This is an email";
> mail.Body = "this is the body content of the email.";
> //send the message
> SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient("127.0.0.1");
> smtp.Send(mail);
> }
>
>
> Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
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> ===================================
> "Karl Seguin [MVP]" <karl REMOVE @. REMOVE openmymind REMOVEMETOO . ANDME
> net> wrote in message news:eN2MefOWGHA.924@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>
Hello, VickZaro.
The pattern to follow is this one :
<myGroup>
<nestedGroup>
<mySection>
<add key="key_one" value="1"/>
<add key="key_two" value="2"/>
</mySection>
</nestedGroup>
</myGroup>
</configuration>
You can read the value of the configuration section defined in the preceding
example as follows:
Dim config As NameValueCollection=ConfigurationSetting
s.GetConfig("myGroup/n
estedGroup/mySection")
Response.Write("The value of key_one is " & Server.HtmlEncode(config("key_on
e")) & "<br>")
Response.Write("The value of key_two is " & Server.HtmlEncode(config("key_tw
o")) )
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"VickZaro" <VickZaro2112@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> OT: Can you retrieve your email address from the smtp web.config?
> "Juan T. Llibre" <nomailreplies@.nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:uFZL2pOWGHA.752@.TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>

SendMail ASP.NET 2.0: Multiple Tos

Hello,

I am trying to send email to 4 people (str01 =
"p1.mysite.com,p2.mysite.com,p3.mysite.com") using the following:

Dim addrFrom As New MailAddress(str00)
Dim addrTo As New MailAddress(str01)

My problem is that only the first person receives the email. When I check
the variable addrTo the value is "p1.mysite.com". Any help with this would
be appreciated.
--
Thanks in advance,

sck10A mailAddress is used for a single person, the To property of the
MailMessage is actually a collection...

ur supposed to do:

myMessage.To.Add(new MailAddress("email1'))
myMessage.To.Add(new MailAddress("email2'))
myMessage.To.Add(new MailAddress("email3'))

Karl

--
http://www.openmymind.net/
http://www.fuelindustries.com/

"sck10" <sck10@.online.nospam> wrote in message
news:eyEDvZOWGHA.4924@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Hello,
> I am trying to send email to 4 people (str01 =
> "p1.mysite.com,p2.mysite.com,p3.mysite.com") using the following:
> Dim addrFrom As New MailAddress(str00)
> Dim addrTo As New MailAddress(str01)
> My problem is that only the first person receives the email. When I check
> the variable addrTo the value is "p1.mysite.com". Any help with this
> would
> be appreciated.
> --
> Thanks in advance,
> sck10
Mail recipients can also be added using the cc and bcc attributes.

static void MultipleRecipients()
{
//create the mail message
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();

//set the addresses
//to specify a friendly 'from' name, we use a different ctor
mail.From = new MailAddress("me@.company.com", "Me");

//since the To,Cc, and Bcc accept addresses,
//we can use the same technique as the From address
//since the To, Cc, and Bcc properties are collections,
//to add multiple addreses, we simply call .Add(...) multple times

mail.To.Add("you@.yourcompany.com");
mail.To.Add("you2@.yourcompany.com");
mail.CC.Add("cc1@.yourcompany.com");
mail.CC.Add("cc2@.yourcompany.com");
mail.Bcc.Add("blindcc1@.yourcompany.com");
mail.Bcc.Add("blindcc2@.yourcompany.com");

//set the content
mail.Subject = "This is an email";
mail.Body = "this is the body content of the email.";

//send the message
SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient("127.0.0.1");
smtp.Send(mail);
}

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"Karl Seguin [MVP]" <karl REMOVE @. REMOVE openmymind REMOVEMETOO . ANDME net> wrote in message
news:eN2MefOWGHA.924@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>A mailAddress is used for a single person, the To property of the MailMessage is actually a
>collection...
> ur supposed to do:
> myMessage.To.Add(new MailAddress("email1'))
> myMessage.To.Add(new MailAddress("email2'))
> myMessage.To.Add(new MailAddress("email3'))
> Karl
> --
> http://www.openmymind.net/
> http://www.fuelindustries.com/
>
> "sck10" <sck10@.online.nospam> wrote in message news:eyEDvZOWGHA.4924@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am trying to send email to 4 people (str01 =
>> "p1.mysite.com,p2.mysite.com,p3.mysite.com") using the following:
>>
>> Dim addrFrom As New MailAddress(str00)
>> Dim addrTo As New MailAddress(str01)
>>
>> My problem is that only the first person receives the email. When I check
>> the variable addrTo the value is "p1.mysite.com". Any help with this would
>> be appreciated.
>> --
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> sck10
>>
>>
OT: Can you retrieve your email address from the smtp web.config?

"Juan T. Llibre" <nomailreplies@.nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:uFZL2pOWGHA.752@.TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Mail recipients can also be added using the cc and bcc attributes.
> static void MultipleRecipients()
> {
> //create the mail message
> MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
> //set the addresses
> //to specify a friendly 'from' name, we use a different ctor
> mail.From = new MailAddress("me@.company.com", "Me");
> //since the To,Cc, and Bcc accept addresses,
> //we can use the same technique as the From address
> //since the To, Cc, and Bcc properties are collections,
> //to add multiple addreses, we simply call .Add(...) multple times
> mail.To.Add("you@.yourcompany.com");
> mail.To.Add("you2@.yourcompany.com");
> mail.CC.Add("cc1@.yourcompany.com");
> mail.CC.Add("cc2@.yourcompany.com");
> mail.Bcc.Add("blindcc1@.yourcompany.com");
> mail.Bcc.Add("blindcc2@.yourcompany.com");
> //set the content
> mail.Subject = "This is an email";
> mail.Body = "this is the body content of the email.";
> //send the message
> SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient("127.0.0.1");
> smtp.Send(mail);
> }
>
>
> Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
> aspnetfaq.com : http://www.aspnetfaq.com/
> asp.net faq : http://asp.net.do/faq/
> foros de asp.net, en espaol : http://asp.net.do/foros/
> ===================================
> "Karl Seguin [MVP]" <karl REMOVE @. REMOVE openmymind REMOVEMETOO . ANDME
> net> wrote in message news:eN2MefOWGHA.924@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>A mailAddress is used for a single person, the To property of the
>>MailMessage is actually a collection...
>>
>> ur supposed to do:
>>
>> myMessage.To.Add(new MailAddress("email1'))
>> myMessage.To.Add(new MailAddress("email2'))
>> myMessage.To.Add(new MailAddress("email3'))
>>
>> Karl
>>
>> --
>> http://www.openmymind.net/
>> http://www.fuelindustries.com/
>>
>>
>> "sck10" <sck10@.online.nospam> wrote in message
>> news:eyEDvZOWGHA.4924@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am trying to send email to 4 people (str01 =
>>> "p1.mysite.com,p2.mysite.com,p3.mysite.com") using the following:
>>>
>>> Dim addrFrom As New MailAddress(str00)
>>> Dim addrTo As New MailAddress(str01)
>>>
>>> My problem is that only the first person receives the email. When I
>>> check
>>> the variable addrTo the value is "p1.mysite.com". Any help with this
>>> would
>>> be appreciated.
>>> --
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>
>>> sck10
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
Hello, VickZaro.

The pattern to follow is this one :

<myGroup>
<nestedGroup>
<mySection>
<add key="key_one" value="1"/>
<add key="key_two" value="2"/>
</mySection>
</nestedGroup>
</myGroup>
</configuration
You can read the value of the configuration section defined in the preceding example as follows:

Dim config As NameValueCollection=ConfigurationSettings.GetConfi g("myGroup/nestedGroup/mySection")
Response.Write("The value of key_one is " & Server.HtmlEncode(config("key_one")) & "<br>")
Response.Write("The value of key_two is " & Server.HtmlEncode(config("key_two")) )

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===================================
"VickZaro" <VickZaro2112@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:LzXYf.94692$6Q2.1609125@.weber.videotron.net.. .
> OT: Can you retrieve your email address from the smtp web.config?
> "Juan T. Llibre" <nomailreplies@.nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:uFZL2pOWGHA.752@.TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Mail recipients can also be added using the cc and bcc attributes.
>>
>> static void MultipleRecipients()
>> {
>> //create the mail message
>> MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
>>
>> //set the addresses
>> //to specify a friendly 'from' name, we use a different ctor
>> mail.From = new MailAddress("me@.company.com", "Me");
>>
>> //since the To,Cc, and Bcc accept addresses,
>> //we can use the same technique as the From address
>> //since the To, Cc, and Bcc properties are collections,
>> //to add multiple addreses, we simply call .Add(...) multple times
>>
>> mail.To.Add("you@.yourcompany.com");
>> mail.To.Add("you2@.yourcompany.com");
>> mail.CC.Add("cc1@.yourcompany.com");
>> mail.CC.Add("cc2@.yourcompany.com");
>> mail.Bcc.Add("blindcc1@.yourcompany.com");
>> mail.Bcc.Add("blindcc2@.yourcompany.com");
>>
>> //set the content
>> mail.Subject = "This is an email";
>> mail.Body = "this is the body content of the email.";
>>
>> //send the message
>> SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient("127.0.0.1");
>> smtp.Send(mail);
>> }
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
>> aspnetfaq.com : http://www.aspnetfaq.com/
>> asp.net faq : http://asp.net.do/faq/
>> foros de asp.net, en espaol : http://asp.net.do/foros/
>> ===================================
>> "Karl Seguin [MVP]" <karl REMOVE @. REMOVE openmymind REMOVEMETOO . ANDME net> wrote in message
>> news:eN2MefOWGHA.924@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>A mailAddress is used for a single person, the To property of the MailMessage is actually a
>>>collection...
>>>
>>> ur supposed to do:
>>>
>>> myMessage.To.Add(new MailAddress("email1'))
>>> myMessage.To.Add(new MailAddress("email2'))
>>> myMessage.To.Add(new MailAddress("email3'))
>>>
>>> Karl
>>>
>>> --
>>> http://www.openmymind.net/
>>> http://www.fuelindustries.com/
>>>
>>>
>>> "sck10" <sck10@.online.nospam> wrote in message news:eyEDvZOWGHA.4924@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to send email to 4 people (str01 =
>>>> "p1.mysite.com,p2.mysite.com,p3.mysite.com") using the following:
>>>>
>>>> Dim addrFrom As New MailAddress(str00)
>>>> Dim addrTo As New MailAddress(str01)
>>>>
>>>> My problem is that only the first person receives the email. When I check
>>>> the variable addrTo the value is "p1.mysite.com". Any help with this would
>>>> be appreciated.
>>>> --
>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>
>>>> sck10
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>

SendMail

I am using SendMail to send email. I am using following code.

SmtpMail.SmtpServer = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["smtp_Server_Name"];
string strTo = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["contact_To"];
MailMessage msg = new MailMessage();

msg.To = strTo;
msg.From = txtFrom.Text;
msg.Subject = txtSubject.Text;
msg.Body = txtContent.Text;

lblStatus.Text = "Sending...";
SmtpMail.Send(msg);
lblStatus.Text = "Your Message send successfully.";

******************************************
It works great. But it sends email twice to the same address.

I am not sure why it is doing that?

Thanks
Jijo.Um, i got one suggestion and one comment here.

Suggestion:
Make sure your email is only entered once in your web config for ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["contact_To"];

Comment:
Otherwise it's not a coding problem, as I am having a similar scenario. The code used to work, however i believe there has been changes recently to many servers in schemas against spam and viruses; Ever since those changes about a week (or two) ago the double recieving of emails have started for me, but only in the coding aspect. If i recieve emails from someone else its all fine.

What servers are you on ?

sendmail error

Hi there.

I am trying to send an email to a specified valid email address within my asp.net application

I am using the System.web.mail class.

problem is, when it sending the mail using System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail.Send(theEmailObjectHere) it throws me this exception:

"Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation"

any ideas?

my smtp server does work (using a web smtp provided by a test email address I have made with that service... and they do support smtp!)

exact error message:

System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. --> System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x8007007F): The specified procedure could not be found. -- End of inner exception stack trace -- at System.RuntimeType.InvokeDispMethod(String name, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Object target, Object[] args, Boolean[] byrefModifiers, Int32 culture, String[] namedParameters) at System.RuntimeType.InvokeMember(String name, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object target, Object[] args, ParameterModifier[] modifiers, CultureInfo culture, String[] namedParameters) at System.Type.InvokeMember(String name, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object target, Object[] args) at System.Web.Mail.LateBoundAccessHelper.SetProp(Type type, Object obj, String propName, Object propKey, Object propValue) at System.Web.Mail.LateBoundAccessHelper.SetPropStatic(Object obj, String propName, Object propKey, Object propValue) at System.Web.Mail.CdoSysHelper.Send(MailMessage message) at System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail.Send(MailMessage message) at PFTP.createuser.SendEmailRegisterThanks() in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\pftp\createuser.aspx.cs:line 196anyone?
without seeing any code I am going to take a guess - do you have relaying switched on for the virtual smtp server - its on the Access tab under Relay (i think the default is to only allow relaying from certain Ip addresses and there is nothing fiilled in by default).. just pop the IP address of the webserver into the box

Sendmail config

I've been given the following template code:

// Generic method for sending emails

publicstaticvoid SendMail(string from,string to,string subject,string body)

{

// Configure mail client (may need additional// code for authenticated SMTP servers)SmtpClient mailClient =newSmtpClient

(

GuitarShackConfiguration.MailServer);// Create the mail message//MailMessage mailMessage = new MailMessage(from, to, subject, body);/*

// For SMTP servers that require authentication

message.Fields.Add

("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpauthenticate", 1);

message.Fields.Add

("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusername",

"SmtpHostUserName");

message.Fields.Add

("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendpassword",

"SmtpHostPassword");

// Send mail//mailClient.Send(mailMessage);

}

but i can't seem to get it to work with any mailhosts. Could someone kindly show me how to make this work with someone like hotmail or gmail or even a regular pop3 mail provider?

First of all be aware that most of the mail server requires you to authenticate before sending emails. I'v attached a code where you can use to send emails below.

Dim MailObjAs New System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient MailObj.Host ="smtp server goes here"Dim credAs New Net.NetworkCredential("username","password")' authentication MailObj.Credentials = cred MailObj.DeliveryMethod = Net.Mail.SmtpDeliveryMethod.NetworkDim msgAs New System.Net.Mail.MailMessageWith msg .Body ="Body goes here" .From =New System.Net.Mail.MailAddress("from email","from name") .To.Add("destination email address") .Subject ="subject goes here"End With MailObj.Send(msg)

Regards

First of all be aware that most of the mail server requires you to authenticate before sending emails. I'v attached a code where you can use to send emails below.

Dim MailObjAs New System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient
 MailObj.Host ="smtp server goes here"
Dim credAs New Net.NetworkCredential("username","password")' authentication
 MailObj.Credentials = cred
 MailObj.DeliveryMethod = Net.Mail.SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network
Dim msgAs New System.Net.Mail.MailMessage
With msg
 .Body ="Body goes here"
 .From =New System.Net.Mail.MailAddress("from email","from name")
 .To.Add("destination email address")
 .Subject ="subject goes here"
End With MailObj.Send(msg)

Regards

Hi,

Any question about Sending Mail may be answered at this website:

http://www.systemnetmail.com/

Good luck!

SendUsing configuration value is invalid

We are documenting and configuring our email solution.
Our applications will be created with ASP.NET running on Windows 2003
servers using Framework 1.1
To minimize the administrative effort of configuring developer workstations
and servers, we want developers not to specify a value for
System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail.SmtpServer.
We also have a requirement that on the servers the Application Pools in IIS
run under domain accounts maintained by our Windows Server Administration
group. These accounts are not allowed to be Administrators on the servers.
This domain user has been added to the IIS_WPG group and IIS_WPG has been
added as an operator of the Default SMTP Virtual Server.
Scenarios of sending out emails
1)
- Our user is a non-Administrator
- System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail.SmtpServer = ""
- Result: Error: The "SendUsing" configuration value is invalid.
2)
- Our user is a non-Administrator
- System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail.SmtpServer = "localhost"
- Result: Email is successfully sent.
3)
- We make our user an Administrator (which is not allowed as a solution)
- System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail.SmtpServer = ""
- Result: Email is successfully sent.
We want scenario 1 to work. By the results of scenario 3 it looks like a
permission issue for our non-Admin user. I scoured REGMON and FILEMON findin
g
no hints.
So outside of being an operator for SMTP, what permissions is our user
missing?
Thanks,
fmHi Fm,
From your description, you're using the System.Web.Mail to send mail and
the smtpserver is the local IIS smtp server(on W2K3 IIS6). However you
found that if you specify the SmtpMail.SmtpServer as "localhost", it work
well. If is assigned "", it only works when the asp.net's process identity
is a domain accoutn which has administrator privilege, yes?
Based on this, I've also performed some tests and did find the same
behaviors. I test the same code in Console application,asp.net(with LOCAL
SYSTEM process account) asp.net (default workerprocess account ),
asp.net(with admin domain worker process account). All of them excepet
using the default workprocess work well. So from a general view, this is
likely a permission issue and I'm also not sure the definite permission we
need. Currently I'm consulting some further experts on this behavior and
I'll update you as soon as I've got any update.
Thanks for your understanding.
Regards,
Steven Cheng
Microsoft Online Support
Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
(This posting is provided "AS IS", with no warranties, and confers no
rights.)
Steven,
You've produced exactly the problem we are having. I await your findings.
Thanks,
Fm
"Steven Cheng[MSFT]" wrote:

> Hi Fm,
> From your description, you're using the System.Web.Mail to send mail and
> the smtpserver is the local IIS smtp server(on W2K3 IIS6). However you
> found that if you specify the SmtpMail.SmtpServer as "localhost", it work
> well. If is assigned "", it only works when the asp.net's process identit
y
> is a domain accoutn which has administrator privilege, yes?
> Based on this, I've also performed some tests and did find the same
> behaviors. I test the same code in Console application,asp.net(with LOCAL
> SYSTEM process account) asp.net (default workerprocess account ),
> asp.net(with admin domain worker process account). All of them excepet
> using the default workprocess work well. So from a general view, this is
> likely a permission issue and I'm also not sure the definite permission we
> need. Currently I'm consulting some further experts on this behavior and
> I'll update you as soon as I've got any update.
> Thanks for your understanding.
> Regards,
> Steven Cheng
> Microsoft Online Support
> Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
> (This posting is provided "AS IS", with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.)
>
Hi Fm,
Sorry for keeping you waiting. After some further consultant, I think the
following information maybe helpful:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...-us/e2k3/e2k3/_
techsel_tech_1.asp
=========================
Run-Time Permissions
No special permissions are required to run interactive applications or ASP
pages to enable use of CDOSYS. In applications that use the SMTP or NNTP
drop-directory, the application or user must have permission to write into
that directory. When running an application that sends e-mail, the user
will require either write access to the pick-up directory, or read access
to the IIS metabase so the application can determine the SMTP port used for
sending mail.
==========================
So I think when we dont specify an smtpserver (or leave a required field
null), cdo tries to get configuration settings from outlook express or
from metabase. Administrator has access to metabase and thus operation
succeeds. Other users dont so they get sendusing configuration is invalid.
#816789 Read Access to the Everyone Group Is Removed After You Install
Exchange
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=816789
In addition, it is recommended that we always specify the definite
smtpserver names for when calling the System.Web.Mail components or CDO.
Thanks.
Regards,
Steven Cheng
Microsoft Online Support
Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
(This posting is provided "AS IS", with no warranties, and confers no
rights.)
Sorry it took so long for me to get back to you. We will make it part of our
architecture to have a SMTP server set on the object.
"Steven Cheng[MSFT]" wrote:

> Hi Fm,
> Sorry for keeping you waiting. After some further consultant, I think the
> following information maybe helpful:
> > Exchange
> [url]http://support.microsoft.com/?id=816789" target="_blank">http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...com/?id=816789
> In addition, it is recommended that we always specify the definite
> smtpserver names for when calling the System.Web.Mail components or CDO.
> Thanks.
> Regards,
> Steven Cheng
> Microsoft Online Support
> Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
> (This posting is provided "AS IS", with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.)
>
>
Hi Fm,
Thanks for your followup.
Good luck!
Regards,
Steven Cheng
Microsoft Online Support
Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
(This posting is provided "AS IS", with no warranties, and confers no
rights.)

SendUsing configuration value is invalid

We are documenting and configuring our email solution.

Our applications will be created with ASP.NET running on Windows 2003
servers using Framework 1.1

To minimize the administrative effort of configuring developer workstations
and servers, we want developers not to specify a value for
System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail.SmtpServer.

We also have a requirement that on the servers the Application Pools in IIS
run under domain accounts maintained by our Windows Server Administration
group. These accounts are not allowed to be Administrators on the servers.

This domain user has been added to the IIS_WPG group and IIS_WPG has been
added as an operator of the Default SMTP Virtual Server.

Scenarios of sending out emails
1)
- Our user is a non-Administrator
- System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail.SmtpServer = ""
- Result: Error: The "SendUsing" configuration value is invalid.

2)
- Our user is a non-Administrator
- System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail.SmtpServer = "localhost"
- Result: Email is successfully sent.

3)
- We make our user an Administrator (which is not allowed as a solution)
- System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail.SmtpServer = ""
- Result: Email is successfully sent.

We want scenario 1 to work. By the results of scenario 3 it looks like a
permission issue for our non-Admin user. I scoured REGMON and FILEMON finding
no hints.

So outside of being an operator for SMTP, what permissions is our user
missing?

Thanks,
fmHi Fm,

From your description, you're using the System.Web.Mail to send mail and
the smtpserver is the local IIS smtp server(on W2K3 IIS6). However you
found that if you specify the SmtpMail.SmtpServer as "localhost", it work
well. If is assigned "", it only works when the asp.net's process identity
is a domain accoutn which has administrator privilege, yes?

Based on this, I've also performed some tests and did find the same
behaviors. I test the same code in Console application,asp.net(with LOCAL
SYSTEM process account) asp.net (default workerprocess account ),
asp.net(with admin domain worker process account). All of them excepet
using the default workprocess work well. So from a general view, this is
likely a permission issue and I'm also not sure the definite permission we
need. Currently I'm consulting some further experts on this behavior and
I'll update you as soon as I've got any update.

Thanks for your understanding.

Regards,

Steven Cheng
Microsoft Online Support

Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
(This posting is provided "AS IS", with no warranties, and confers no
rights.)
Steven,

You've produced exactly the problem we are having. I await your findings.

Thanks,
Fm

"Steven Cheng[MSFT]" wrote:

> Hi Fm,
> From your description, you're using the System.Web.Mail to send mail and
> the smtpserver is the local IIS smtp server(on W2K3 IIS6). However you
> found that if you specify the SmtpMail.SmtpServer as "localhost", it work
> well. If is assigned "", it only works when the asp.net's process identity
> is a domain accoutn which has administrator privilege, yes?
> Based on this, I've also performed some tests and did find the same
> behaviors. I test the same code in Console application,asp.net(with LOCAL
> SYSTEM process account) asp.net (default workerprocess account ),
> asp.net(with admin domain worker process account). All of them excepet
> using the default workprocess work well. So from a general view, this is
> likely a permission issue and I'm also not sure the definite permission we
> need. Currently I'm consulting some further experts on this behavior and
> I'll update you as soon as I've got any update.
> Thanks for your understanding.
> Regards,
> Steven Cheng
> Microsoft Online Support
> Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
> (This posting is provided "AS IS", with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.)
>
Hi Fm,

Sorry for keeping you waiting. After some further consultant, I think the
following information maybe helpful:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...-us/e2k3/e2k3/_
techsel_tech_1.asp
=========================
Run-Time Permissions
No special permissions are required to run interactive applications or ASP
pages to enable use of CDOSYS. In applications that use the SMTP or NNTP
drop-directory, the application or user must have permission to write into
that directory. When running an application that sends e-mail, the user
will require either write access to the pick-up directory, or read access
to the IIS metabase so the application can determine the SMTP port used for
sending mail.
==========================

So I think when we dont specify an smtpserver (or leave a required field
null), cdo tries to get configuration settings from outlook express or
from metabase. Administrator has access to metabase and thus operation
succeeds. Other users dont so they get sendusing configuration is invalid.

#816789 Read Access to the Everyone Group Is Removed After You Install
Exchange
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=816789

In addition, it is recommended that we always specify the definite
smtpserver names for when calling the System.Web.Mail components or CDO.

Thanks.

Regards,

Steven Cheng
Microsoft Online Support

Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
(This posting is provided "AS IS", with no warranties, and confers no
rights.)
Sorry it took so long for me to get back to you. We will make it part of our
architecture to have a SMTP server set on the object.

"Steven Cheng[MSFT]" wrote:

> Hi Fm,
> Sorry for keeping you waiting. After some further consultant, I think the
> following information maybe helpful:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...-us/e2k3/e2k3/_
> techsel_tech_1.asp
> =========================
> Run-Time Permissions
> No special permissions are required to run interactive applications or ASP
> pages to enable use of CDOSYS. In applications that use the SMTP or NNTP
> drop-directory, the application or user must have permission to write into
> that directory. When running an application that sends e-mail, the user
> will require either write access to the pick-up directory, or read access
> to the IIS metabase so the application can determine the SMTP port used for
> sending mail.
> ==========================
> So I think when we don?ˉt specify an smtpserver (or leave a required field
> null), cdo tries to get configuration settings from outlook express or
> from metabase. Administrator has access to metabase and thus operation
> succeeds. Other users don?ˉt so they get sendusing configuration is invalid.
> #816789 Read Access to the Everyone Group Is Removed After You Install
> Exchange
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=816789
> In addition, it is recommended that we always specify the definite
> smtpserver names for when calling the System.Web.Mail components or CDO.
> Thanks.
> Regards,
> Steven Cheng
> Microsoft Online Support
> Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
> (This posting is provided "AS IS", with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.)
>
Hi Fm,

Thanks for your followup.
Good luck!

Regards,

Steven Cheng
Microsoft Online Support

Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
(This posting is provided "AS IS", with no warranties, and confers no
rights.)

SendUsing configuration is invalid.

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Senior Applications Developer Springfield, MA

Senior Applications Developer
Save this job | Email this job | Printer-Friendly Version
Location: US-MA-Springfield
Base Pay: $60,000.00 - $80,000.00/Year
Employee Type: Full-Time Employee
Industry: Internet - ECommerce
Manages Others: No
Job Type: Information Technology
Req'd Education: Not Specified
Req'd Experience: More than 5 Years
Req'd Travel: Not Specified
Relocation Covered: No
Contact: Ronella Norris
Phone: 773-527-2414
Must call by 5:00 CST September 30, 2005
DESCRIPTION
Our client is a developer of technologies and applications for the
medical transcription industry. Our principal application is a web
based workflow platform used by more than 100 companies to manage their
transcription business operations. In business since 1990, we have
delivered patented technology and applications to the health care
industry and medical transcription for 15 years.
This candidate would join the IT Department under the Senior
Applications Team and work closely in a team environment in the
development of new applications and technologies and maintenance of the
existing application base under the supervision of the Director of IT.
Work would include development of web applications and services as well
as the development of server side applications. As an example, current
and future development areas of concentration:
Development of Next Gen dictation server applications, incorporating
IVR, speech to text, and TAPI controls for Intel Dialogic telephony
cards
Integration of Speech Recognition Processing and workflow into existing
web application
Development of .NET client/server application utilizing web services
for transcription operations
Conversion of legacy ASP web applications to ASP.NET
REQUIREMENTS
THIS COMPANY IS WILLING TO SPONSOR
A qualified candidate should have 5 to 7 years of experience in
developing web and client/server applications using Microsoft
technologies. Additionally, a Senior Application Developer would be
expected to have experience in the formal software design process,
including functional modeling, technical modeling, UI modeling, and
development process, analysis and strategies.
An in depth understanding of .NET, ASP, SQL, VB, XML/XSLT and web
services is required. A qualified candidate should have a very strong
knowledge of SQL, including query optimization and stored procedures.
The ability to create and work with custom controls is required. A
thorough understanding of Microsoft Office, IIS, VS.NET, and SQL Server
2000 is recommended.
A candidate should be a strong communicator, able to work well with
people regardless of their technical ability. This position will
involve taking on leadership roles for various initiatives and
projects, and thus a qualified individual should be able to keep focus
and achieve business objectives while being able to multitask on daily
operations. Candidates should also be able to effectively mentor and
train others while at the same time demonstrate the ability to develop
and grow their skill set. Should be able to hold self and inspire
others to meet and exceed expectations.Ronella wrote:
> Senior Applications Developer
> Save this job | Email this job | Printer-Friendly Version
> Location: US-MA-Springfield
> Base Pay: $60,000.00 - $80,000.00/Year
> Employee Type: Full-Time Employee
> Industry: Internet - ECommerce
> Manages Others: No
> Job Type: Information Technology
> Req'd Education: Not Specified
> Req'd Experience: More than 5 Years
> Req'd Travel: Not Specified
> Relocation Covered: No
>
>
> Contact: Ronella Norris
> Phone: 773-527-2414
> Must call by 5:00 CST September 30, 2005
>
>
> DESCRIPTION
> Our client is a developer of technologies and applications for the
> medical transcription industry. Our principal application is a web
> based workflow platform used by more than 100 companies to manage their
> transcription business operations. In business since 1990, we have
> delivered patented technology and applications to the health care
> industry and medical transcription for 15 years.
>
> This candidate would join the IT Department under the Senior
> Applications Team and work closely in a team environment in the
> development of new applications and technologies and maintenance of the
> existing application base under the supervision of the Director of IT.
> Work would include development of web applications and services as well
> as the development of server side applications. As an example, current
> and future development areas of concentration:
> Development of Next Gen dictation server applications, incorporating
> IVR, speech to text, and TAPI controls for Intel Dialogic telephony
> cards
> Integration of Speech Recognition Processing and workflow into existing
> web application
> Development of .NET client/server application utilizing web services
> for transcription operations
> Conversion of legacy ASP web applications to ASP.NET
>
> REQUIREMENTS
> THIS COMPANY IS WILLING TO SPONSOR
>
> A qualified candidate should have 5 to 7 years of experience in
> developing web and client/server applications using Microsoft
> technologies. Additionally, a Senior Application Developer would be
> expected to have experience in the formal software design process,
> including functional modeling, technical modeling, UI modeling, and
> development process, analysis and strategies.
> An in depth understanding of .NET, ASP, SQL, VB, XML/XSLT and web
> services is required. A qualified candidate should have a very strong
> knowledge of SQL, including query optimization and stored procedures.
> The ability to create and work with custom controls is required. A
> thorough understanding of Microsoft Office, IIS, VS.NET, and SQL Server
> 2000 is recommended.
> A candidate should be a strong communicator, able to work well with
> people regardless of their technical ability. This position will
> involve taking on leadership roles for various initiatives and
> projects, and thus a qualified individual should be able to keep focus
> and achieve business objectives while being able to multitask on daily
> operations. Candidates should also be able to effectively mentor and
> train others while at the same time demonstrate the ability to develop
> and grow their skill set. Should be able to hold self and inspire
> others to meet and exceed expectations.
>
Please stop spamming the board with Job Postings
thanks
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Senior Applications Developer Springfield, MA

Senior Applications Developer

Save this job | Email this job | Printer-Friendly Version

Location: US-MA-Springfield
Base Pay: $60,000.00 - $80,000.00/Year
Employee Type: Full-Time Employee
Industry: Internet - ECommerce
Manages Others: No
Job Type: Information Technology
Req'd Education: Not Specified
Req'd Experience: More than 5 Years
Req'd Travel: Not Specified
Relocation Covered: No

Contact: Ronella Norris
Phone: 773-527-2414
Must call by 5:00 CST September 30, 2005

DESCRIPTION
Our client is a developer of technologies and applications for the
medical transcription industry. Our principal application is a web
based workflow platform used by more than 100 companies to manage their
transcription business operations. In business since 1990, we have
delivered patented technology and applications to the health care
industry and medical transcription for 15 years.

This candidate would join the IT Department under the Senior
Applications Team and work closely in a team environment in the
development of new applications and technologies and maintenance of the
existing application base under the supervision of the Director of IT.
Work would include development of web applications and services as well
as the development of server side applications. As an example, current
and future development areas of concentration:
Development of Next Gen dictation server applications, incorporating
IVR, speech to text, and TAPI controls for Intel Dialogic telephony
cards
Integration of Speech Recognition Processing and workflow into existing
web application
Development of .NET client/server application utilizing web services
for transcription operations
Conversion of legacy ASP web applications to ASP.NET

REQUIREMENTS
THIS COMPANY IS WILLING TO SPONSOR

A qualified candidate should have 5 to 7 years of experience in
developing web and client/server applications using Microsoft
technologies. Additionally, a Senior Application Developer would be
expected to have experience in the formal software design process,
including functional modeling, technical modeling, UI modeling, and
development process, analysis and strategies.

An in depth understanding of .NET, ASP, SQL, VB, XML/XSLT and web
services is required. A qualified candidate should have a very strong
knowledge of SQL, including query optimization and stored procedures.
The ability to create and work with custom controls is required. A
thorough understanding of Microsoft Office, IIS, VS.NET, and SQL Server
2000 is recommended.

A candidate should be a strong communicator, able to work well with
people regardless of their technical ability. This position will
involve taking on leadership roles for various initiatives and
projects, and thus a qualified individual should be able to keep focus
and achieve business objectives while being able to multitask on daily
operations. Candidates should also be able to effectively mentor and
train others while at the same time demonstrate the ability to develop
and grow their skill set. Should be able to hold self and inspire
others to meet and exceed expectations.Ronella wrote:
> Senior Applications Developer
> Save this job | Email this job | Printer-Friendly Version
> Location: US-MA-Springfield
> Base Pay: $60,000.00 - $80,000.00/Year
> Employee Type: Full-Time Employee
> Industry: Internet - ECommerce
> Manages Others: No
> Job Type: Information Technology
> Req'd Education: Not Specified
> Req'd Experience: More than 5 Years
> Req'd Travel: Not Specified
> Relocation Covered: No
>
>
> Contact: Ronella Norris
> Phone: 773-527-2414
> Must call by 5:00 CST September 30, 2005
>
>
> DESCRIPTION
> Our client is a developer of technologies and applications for the
> medical transcription industry. Our principal application is a web
> based workflow platform used by more than 100 companies to manage their
> transcription business operations. In business since 1990, we have
> delivered patented technology and applications to the health care
> industry and medical transcription for 15 years.
>
> This candidate would join the IT Department under the Senior
> Applications Team and work closely in a team environment in the
> development of new applications and technologies and maintenance of the
> existing application base under the supervision of the Director of IT.
> Work would include development of web applications and services as well
> as the development of server side applications. As an example, current
> and future development areas of concentration:
> Development of Next Gen dictation server applications, incorporating
> IVR, speech to text, and TAPI controls for Intel Dialogic telephony
> cards
> Integration of Speech Recognition Processing and workflow into existing
> web application
> Development of .NET client/server application utilizing web services
> for transcription operations
> Conversion of legacy ASP web applications to ASP.NET
>
> REQUIREMENTS
> THIS COMPANY IS WILLING TO SPONSOR
>
> A qualified candidate should have 5 to 7 years of experience in
> developing web and client/server applications using Microsoft
> technologies. Additionally, a Senior Application Developer would be
> expected to have experience in the formal software design process,
> including functional modeling, technical modeling, UI modeling, and
> development process, analysis and strategies.
> An in depth understanding of .NET, ASP, SQL, VB, XML/XSLT and web
> services is required. A qualified candidate should have a very strong
> knowledge of SQL, including query optimization and stored procedures.
> The ability to create and work with custom controls is required. A
> thorough understanding of Microsoft Office, IIS, VS.NET, and SQL Server
> 2000 is recommended.
> A candidate should be a strong communicator, able to work well with
> people regardless of their technical ability. This position will
> involve taking on leadership roles for various initiatives and
> projects, and thus a qualified individual should be able to keep focus
> and achieve business objectives while being able to multitask on daily
> operations. Candidates should also be able to effectively mentor and
> train others while at the same time demonstrate the ability to develop
> and grow their skill set. Should be able to hold self and inspire
> others to meet and exceed expectations.

Please stop spamming the board with Job Postings
thanks

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Senility Setting In?

I've been working on some differnt projects for a while and I just got back to an ASP.NET 2.0 (VB) project and I seem to have forgotten (screwed up?) some basics. I created a new form (using a master page) and I simply want to read and use an integer value from a SQL Table (see code below). In this code, "conn" gets flagged as "Declaration expected" in the Open and Close statements (but it is OK in the Dim cmd1... statement?). I want to retrieve the residentid integer value from the table and pass it as a query parameter in the link to residentfeature.aspx - I can't find the correct syntax to accomplish that either.

I know I must be missing something very basic here but I can't see it?

================ Code ================

@dotnet.itags.org.ImportNamespace="System.Data" %>

@dotnet.itags.org.ImportNamespace="System.Data.SQLClient" %>

<%@dotnet.itags.org. Page Language="VB" MasterPageFile="~/Default.master" Title="Untitled Page" %>

<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="ContentPlaceHolder1" Runat="Server">
Dim residentid As Integer
<script runat="server">
Dim conn As New SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("GoodSamSiteDB").ConnectionString)
Dim cmd1 As New SqlCommand("SELECT resident From Features", conn)
conn.Open()
residentid = cmd1.ExecuteScalar()
conn.Close()
</script>
<div id="body">
<div class="fullwidth">
<h2>Weekly Features</h2>
<h3>Featured Resident</h3>
<a href="http://links.10026.com/?link=residentfeature.aspx?id=" + residentid + >Meet Mary Jones</a>
</div>
</div>
</asp:Content>

I am no VB expert (hence the vcs in my name) but I think this will remedy the problem:

Dim connAs SqlConnection =New SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("GoodSamSiteDB").ConnectionString)Dim cmd1As SqlCommand =New SqlCommand("SELECT resident From Features", conn)

Also, ExecuteScalar returns object, so to assign it as an Integer, you would need to cast it or use Int32.Parse() or Int32.TryParse()

Kevin;

Thanks for the response but that change had no effect?

try this
<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="ContentPlaceHolder1" Runat="Server">
<script runat="server">
Dim residentid As Integer
Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Dim conn As New SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("GoodSamSiteDB").ConnectionString)
Dim cmd1 As New SqlCommand("SELECT resident From Features", conn)
conn.Open()
residentid = cmd1.ExecuteScalar()
conn.Close()
End Sub
</script>
<a href="http://links.10026.com/?link=residentfeature.aspx?id=<%= residentid %>">Meet Mary Jones</a>
or

<asp:HyperLink id=HyperLink1 Text="Meet Mary Jones" NavigateUrl='<%# "detailspage_vb.aspx?id=" + residentid%>' runat="server"/>

you needed to wrap the code in an event

SendUsing" configuration value is invalid.

hello every body

SendUsing" configuration value is invalid. this is error is on my forgotpassword.aspx page it is working very well on localhost after creating virtual directory

but when ever it is upload on server then give this types of error my code is given bellow--

Imports System.Configuration

Imports System.Web.Mail

If Email = txtEmail.TextThen

Dim MAILMSGAs MailMessage =New MailMessage()

MAILMSG.To = Email

MAILMSG.From ="jmorris@dotnet.itags.org.Onlinecatalog.com"

MAILMSG.Body ="Dear " + FName +" " + LName +"<br><br>"

MAILMSG.Body +="Here's your UserName and password:<br>"

MAILMSG.Body +="<b>UserName:</b> " + UserName +"<br><b>Password:</b> " + Password +""

MAILMSG.Body +="<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>"

MAILMSG.Body +="Onlinecatelog.com"

MAILMSG.Subject ="Account Password of Onlinecalalog "

MAILMSG.BodyFormat = MailFormat.Html

SmtpMail.Send(MAILMSG)

Else

Label3.Text ="Enter your proper E-Mail ID."

EndIf'-----------Send E-mail to New User ----------//

EndIf

so if any body have any solution regarding this then plz inform me as soon as its too urgent for me..................

thanks in advance

Running ASP.NET 1.1? Did you look atwww.systemwebmail.com?

Jeff

Senior Developer Position in Philly area.

Position:
Senior Developer ASP.NET\C#
Description
The senior developer will be responsible for designing and developing n-tier
ASP.Net architectures in C#. Candidate must be self-motivated, posses exce
llent communication skills, and be able to meet deadlines and work in a team
and solo environments.
Minimum qualifications:
Minimum 5 years experience developing applications in VB, ASP, or C#.
Working knowledge of VB, Crystal Reports, SourceSafe, Access, SQL Server, an
d Oracle.
Four year college degree or equivalent experience.
Essential Functions (Responsibilities):
Develop a web based treasury workstation application using ASP.NET, C#, SQL
Server, Oracle, and Crystal Reports.
Speak with clients to develop functional specifications.
Mentor junior developers.
Desired:
Knowledge of foreign exchange, cash management, accounting, or debt products
.
Please email me your resume and salary requirements.Hi,
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newsgroup so I can't see you e-mail address. If you want e-mail me to
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Senior Developer Position in Philly area.

Position
Senior Developer ASP.NET\C

Descriptio
The senior developer will be responsible for designing and developing n-tier ASP.Net architectures in C#. Candidate must be self-motivated, posses excellent communication skills, and be able to meet deadlines and work in a team and solo environments

Minimum qualifications
Minimum 5 years experience developing applications in VB, ASP, or C#
Working knowledge of VB, Crystal Reports, SourceSafe, Access, SQL Server, and Oracle.
Four year college degree or equivalent experience

Essential Functions (Responsibilities)
Develop a web based treasury workstation application using ASP.NET, C#, SQL Server, Oracle, and Crystal Reports
Speak with clients to develop functional specifications
Mentor junior developers

Desired
Knowledge of foreign exchange, cash management, accounting, or debt products

Please email me your resume and salary requirements.Hi,

I'm interesting but I need visa sponsorship. I use browser to view
newsgroup so I can't see you e-mail address. If you want e-mail me to
natty-at-dao2com-dot-com and I'll replay.

Natty Gur[MVP]

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Senior Developer looking for your asst in employmt issue (not job seeking!)

Community,

I am dealing with a tough employment issue in which a supervisor - who is
not a developer - is insisting that I am incompetent as a basis for my
dismissal from a public entity (a California school district). Wondering if
you'd mind sharing any thoughts you might have as a basis for my argument?
There are no other developers in the midst who can substantiate what I have
to say vs. my supervisor.

I've been working professionally as a developer since 1993. I have advanced
experience with Visual Basic versions 3 through 6, Access versions 1.1 to
2000, SQL Server versions 4 to 2000, the .NET platform, Sybase, ASP 3 and 4.
I have consulted for the United States Navy, Bankamerica Mortgage,
Neutrogena, express.com, SunAmerica. In 2000 I even marketed a shareware
product developed in VB, called Acidizer. I am no longer marketing or even
distributing it, but there are still links for it all over the Web.

I began employment in my current situation on June 25, 2003. Prior to
starting, I interviewed with my supervisor in April, who told me then that
he had an Access application that he needed to rid himself of, and that
whichever new platform could be used wasn't important to him as long as it
was a Microsoft tool and worked successfully.

I learned immediately that this conversion project needed to take place by
August 1, 2003 - a mere five weeks. As it turned out, it was an Access
front end linked to a SQL Server database. It was shared on the local area
network by about twelve people. There were no written technical
specifications or user manual. The SQL Server database consisted of about
forty tables with foreign key relationships.

I proposed to rebuild the front end as an ASP.NET application, mainly to
reap in the benefits of a thin client. I sought to mirror the existing
design to lower the learning curve. The existing design consisted of one
form with a tab control containing several tab pages (maybe 8) and those
pages containing maybe 15 controls each, all data bound to ODBC linked
tables (this was not an Access ADP project) and a gaggle of slow-running
local queries. My liason for usability testing was a novice user in another
department who still, at this point, had a lot of trouble understanding
things like data relationships.

I made assurances to my supervisor to meet the deadline, sink or swim. I
set to meet my deadline by developing an ASP.NET object class to mirror
Access data binding. I developed ASP.NET containers and controls with the
same properties and functions as the Access object model. Subforms!!!
Figured out ways to make data binding and error reporting work with so many
controls and subforms in an ASP.NET page all at once.

I didn't make the deadline, despite working plenty of unpaid overtime. I
hadn't had much time to understand how the current application was used -
basically, the users were used to having eight full tabs of data available
to them at all times without any refreshing, and I couldn't incorporate this
into a web interface without lots of changes. About three weeks later, I
ended up just stabilizing the Access application (after all that) and it's
been purring ever since.

My questions, if you please:

1) Could this have been accomplished using any Microsoft development
platform in just five weeks, without me having any familiarity with the user
base, the data relationships on the back end, the idiosyncracies of the
front end; also short of testing, training, and user acceptance?

2) My supervisor's experience is in network technologies and not
development. He's a director, but has limited management training and no
exposure to the "developer community." What is the likelihood that he could
really understand the ramifications of converting (porting) a client-server
application?

3) My supervisor has offered that he could have re-built the entire
application -by himself - in Filemaker Pro over the course of a weekend.
Based on what you've read, what would be the likelihood of such, even for an
experienced developer?

4) Did I act in good faith, or would you say that I am incompetent?

If you choose to give your frank response, please share a name and telephone
number if that's okay. I just want to make sure that management knows that
there are real people connected to my evidence.

Thanks and best wishes. My hearing's on May 13, 2004.

Xavier Jefferson
Hit reply, or respond to [x](a)[v]{i}(e)[r]{j} at yahoo.dot.comOks, first of all, we can't (or atleast, I can't) say whether you acted in
good faith or not, nor whether you are incompetent or not. Only yourself and
your employer can judge that.

As for #1 and #2, if you did not do what you were paid to do (i.e. getting
rid of Access) then your employer has a right to complain.

As for re-building the entire app in FM Pro over the course of a weekend, if
he could have done that, would he really have needed to employ you? (not
saying he couldn't have, just suggesting that it's unlikely)

Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!

"Xavier Jefferson" <suggestion@.x2sw.com> wrote in message
news:eKQxY64MEHA.3348@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Community,
> I am dealing with a tough employment issue in which a supervisor - who is
> not a developer - is insisting that I am incompetent as a basis for my
> dismissal from a public entity (a California school district). Wondering
if
> you'd mind sharing any thoughts you might have as a basis for my argument?
> There are no other developers in the midst who can substantiate what I
have
> to say vs. my supervisor.
> I've been working professionally as a developer since 1993. I have
advanced
> experience with Visual Basic versions 3 through 6, Access versions 1.1 to
> 2000, SQL Server versions 4 to 2000, the .NET platform, Sybase, ASP 3 and
4.
> I have consulted for the United States Navy, Bankamerica Mortgage,
> Neutrogena, express.com, SunAmerica. In 2000 I even marketed a shareware
> product developed in VB, called Acidizer. I am no longer marketing or
even
> distributing it, but there are still links for it all over the Web.
> I began employment in my current situation on June 25, 2003. Prior to
> starting, I interviewed with my supervisor in April, who told me then that
> he had an Access application that he needed to rid himself of, and that
> whichever new platform could be used wasn't important to him as long as it
> was a Microsoft tool and worked successfully.
> I learned immediately that this conversion project needed to take place by
> August 1, 2003 - a mere five weeks. As it turned out, it was an Access
> front end linked to a SQL Server database. It was shared on the local
area
> network by about twelve people. There were no written technical
> specifications or user manual. The SQL Server database consisted of about
> forty tables with foreign key relationships.
> I proposed to rebuild the front end as an ASP.NET application, mainly to
> reap in the benefits of a thin client. I sought to mirror the existing
> design to lower the learning curve. The existing design consisted of one
> form with a tab control containing several tab pages (maybe 8) and those
> pages containing maybe 15 controls each, all data bound to ODBC linked
> tables (this was not an Access ADP project) and a gaggle of slow-running
> local queries. My liason for usability testing was a novice user in
another
> department who still, at this point, had a lot of trouble understanding
> things like data relationships.
> I made assurances to my supervisor to meet the deadline, sink or swim. I
> set to meet my deadline by developing an ASP.NET object class to mirror
> Access data binding. I developed ASP.NET containers and controls with the
> same properties and functions as the Access object model. Subforms!!!
> Figured out ways to make data binding and error reporting work with so
many
> controls and subforms in an ASP.NET page all at once.
> I didn't make the deadline, despite working plenty of unpaid overtime. I
> hadn't had much time to understand how the current application was used -
> basically, the users were used to having eight full tabs of data available
> to them at all times without any refreshing, and I couldn't incorporate
this
> into a web interface without lots of changes. About three weeks later, I
> ended up just stabilizing the Access application (after all that) and it's
> been purring ever since.
> My questions, if you please:
> 1) Could this have been accomplished using any Microsoft development
> platform in just five weeks, without me having any familiarity with the
user
> base, the data relationships on the back end, the idiosyncracies of the
> front end; also short of testing, training, and user acceptance?
> 2) My supervisor's experience is in network technologies and not
> development. He's a director, but has limited management training and no
> exposure to the "developer community." What is the likelihood that he
could
> really understand the ramifications of converting (porting) a
client-server
> application?
> 3) My supervisor has offered that he could have re-built the entire
> application -by himself - in Filemaker Pro over the course of a weekend.
> Based on what you've read, what would be the likelihood of such, even for
an
> experienced developer?
> 4) Did I act in good faith, or would you say that I am incompetent?
> If you choose to give your frank response, please share a name and
telephone
> number if that's okay. I just want to make sure that management knows
that
> there are real people connected to my evidence.
> Thanks and best wishes. My hearing's on May 13, 2004.
>
> Xavier Jefferson
> Hit reply, or respond to [x](a)[v]{i}(e)[r]{j} at yahoo.dot.com
Well,

It sounds like you gave it the ole college try and without seeing the Access
database, I really can't answer your questions.

I do have a question however. A person your position must also run as the
project manager. Did you set the expectations? I think you were over
enthusiatic and didn't take the opportunity to really scope out the effort
to determine if it shoudl have taken 5 weeks. Also, it appears that you
were not truely familiar with what ASP.NET (Web applications in general) are
set up for and how they do what they do. This lead you down a few blind
alleys and ate time. I'm not saying you are incompetent because I've done
this many times myself early in my career. If you are wearing a project
manager hat, you must manage expectations.

I wish you luck. Wish I could see the actual database to answer your
questions and see a functionality sheet on what you needed to deliver based
on that database. Then I can make a real judgement as to whether you are
"compentent". I do think that your manager probably needs a reality check
though.

Al Manint, MCSD (VB5, VB6), MCSD.NET (C#), MCDBA

I will tackle your questions in order, followed by my general thoughts:

> 1) Could this have been accomplished using any Microsoft development
> platform in just five weeks, without me having any familiarity with the
user
> base, the data relationships on the back end, the idiosyncracies of the
> front end; also short of testing, training, and user acceptance?

The answer to the question (accomplish x, y, and z in 5 weeks?) is not
knowable. As an experienced developer, I can say from my own projects as
well as projects I have participated in as a team member that it is
literally impossible to say with certainty how long *any* project will take.
Development is necessarily a cyclical process in which requirements are
defined and then implemented; then the requirements are further clarified,
and then re-implemented. Put another way, development is a *process of
discovery* for both the developer(s) and the user(s). Frequently the users
say "I need X and Y". And you as a developer say, "sure - 5 weeks, no
problem". Then as you implement X and Y, you make discoveries about what X
and Y really are or what it takes to make them happen - and go back to the
user for further clarification. Often times the user will respond something
like "oh, yes, of course - it's not Y that I need, it's Z. Well at that
point, your origina ("5 weeks - sure") response is no longer valid because
you're now dealing with the need to implement X and Z - or X, Y and X, or X
and some combination of Y and Z. You get the idea. The requirements evolved
as a result of both the developer and/or the users discovering (1) what is
really needed, or (2) what it actually takes to implement the original
requirements. This abstracted scenario can be seen in real-life projects all
the time. It is the norm. The exception is the project for which the
requirements are (1) prefectly understood by the user/requester, (2)
perfectly communicated to the developer, and (3) implemented perfectly by
the developer - after which the user (4) accepts the project as it is, with
no additional requirements. I've never seen or heard of this happening in
over 10 years of consulting for dozens of large and small companies, the US
government, and non profits.

Additionally, even on an apparently trivial "mini requirement" (forget an
entire project) it is difficult to predict with certainty how long it will
take to implement. Take, for example the requirement to "Add one new column
to an existing table in an MS Access mdb database". The knee-jerk response
is "10 minutes max" - including time to locate the mdb file on the network,
open it up, open the table in design view, add the column, specify the
column name, data type, and close the mdb file). Well, what if your table
has 254 columns in it already. Adding the additional column is not possible.
Suddenly your 10-minute "mini requirement" just got really big, as you'll
have to now (1) create a 2nd table (2) add any necessary key columns to the
new 2nd table, (3) possibly move some columns from the orignial first table
over to the new table in order to make room for new key columns in the first
table so that you can join the two tables together logically (and
physically). Then because you've had to reorganize the table structures,
you've just broken all the queries that referenced the original table, and
you'd have to rebuild all of those, and on and on it goes. You get the
point. Even for a "mini requirement" it can sometimes legitimately take far
longer than originally estimated. Note that this scenario says nothing about
the competence of the developer who is doing the work. The developer could
be the best in the world, and the mini-requirement could still take far
longer than initially estimated.

There are a number of ligitimate reasons why a project may take longer than
estimated. An incompetent developer is one of the more unlikely reasons.
Imperfectly understood and/or communicated requirements are the most common
reason (at least from my observations and experience).

I suspect that the original 5-week estimate in your situation was a pretty
good guess givent the facts *as they were presented to you*. Then, as you
got into the project, the facts were discovered to be something more complex
than originally presented to you.

Are you to blame for any of this? Perhaps you could have sought further
clarification - but even if you sought it, was anyone there who could really
present you with the clarification you needed? If not, then you were the
only one in the entire world who could possible discover the true state of
the system and the requriements.

Is your manager to blame for any of this? Perhaps he could have presented
the facts as they really were to you. If he did not, then your 5-week
estimate had no chance of being accurate (beyond good luck - which you
cannot count on). If he did not present the facts as they really were, then
we need to under why: perhaps he was not in a position to know; perhaps he
did know but did not tell you the complete picture; in any case, the problem
is a lack of clarity. In either case, it is not fair (nor accurate) to
simply blame the programmer for being incompetent when a deadline is not met
(even if it is overshot by a long time).

> 2) My supervisor's experience is in network technologies and not
> development. He's a director, but has limited management training and no
> exposure to the "developer community." What is the likelihood that he
could
> really understand the ramifications of converting (porting) a
client-server
> application?

The likelihood is "minimal". Unless you've been there, you cannot possibly
know what it really takes. You can THINK you know - but unless you've
actually done it, you don't really know.

You, as a legitimate developer, who has been immersed in the "developer
community" for some time have a better idea - but even then, you are dealing
with a unique system, with unique issues. So, even you are not in a position
to really know what it takes until you jump in and actually get into the
system. As someone who has been involved in the development scene, you are
(or should be) well aware that it would not be a trivial undertaking. The
manager would be in less of a position than you. His lack of expertise or
experience *as a developer* means that his expectations may be unrealistic
(because he has little or no familiarity with what it takes).

Many network engineers I have worked with over the past 10 years (and there
have been dozens) all believe that they understand the development game even
though they have never written code (or have only written trivial code or
played with File Maker Pro). This "hobbyist experience" provides them with
the *illusion* that they actually know how to write code and develop. Not
true. Only after undertaning a substantial project would someone even begin
to gain an understanding of what it takes to be a developer and what it
takes to complete non trivial projects - such as your porting project.

> 3) My supervisor has offered that he could have re-built the entire
> application -by himself - in Filemaker Pro over the course of a weekend.
> Based on what you've read, what would be the likelihood of such, even for
an
> experienced developer?

His claim is the kind of naive and arrogant commentary we'd expect from
someone who doesn't know what it actually takes to complete a non trivial
development project. Second, even if it was true that he could have done it
in a weekend - then why did he bother to hire a developer? If it were truly
the trivial undertaking he is making it out to be, then there would be no
need to hire someone for it. His arrogant comments serve to raise more
questions: If File Maker were the platform of choice, then why did he ask
you to do it in something else? All this calls into question his competence
as a manager (hiring someone to do something so trivial that could have been
done over a weekend... and asking the developer to use a different platform
than the claimed "faster/RAD File Maker").

> 4) Did I act in good faith, or would you say that I am incompetent?
Given what I know about your situation from your original post, and having
dealt with and observed similar situations; and given the fact that you
apparently care about this so much as to pursue it with your peers in the
development community, I suspect that you not only acted in good faith in
your initial estimate and other dealings with this manager, but I'd also
suspect that you are the *kind of person* who acts in good faith in general.
Are you incompetent? I doubt it. Does every developer (including you and me)
have room to grow in terms of technical proficience? You bet. There's always
more to know - and no one can know it all.

So, it's not a question of competence/incompetence - it's a question of
intent given the facts + how clear the facts were presented + how knowable
the facts were, and by whom, etc...

An incompetent programmer cannot get the job done - or requires constant
supervision and assistance to get anything done. Another hallmark of what
I'd call an incompetent programmer is someone who builds solutions that are
not maintainable or unnecessarily difficult to understand or have
unnecessarily poor runtime performance.

A good programmer can be easily made to appear incompetent when the
requirements are changed. It's like saying a sharp-shooter is incompetent
when the target is constantly being moved. Imagine a high-jumper at the
olympics going for the world record. If the bar were to be moved as the
jumper was running toward it or in the act of jumping, then he'd land on his
rear and appear to be incompetent. How about a Pinata example: We all think
it's funny to blind-fold someone, give them a stick, and then ask them to
hit a hanging box full of candy that is being constantly moved. We laugh and
laugh and laugh. But we don't say that the blind-folded person swinging at
the moving box is incompetent when they don't hit the target.

Can a case be made that the manager is incompetent? I think so.

First, he hired someone for a project that he, himself claims to believe
could have been done over a weekend.

Second, he claims that the project could have been completed much faster
using one product (File Maker) than the one he actually requested you use
("anything on the Microsoft Platform").

Third, he is attempting to diffuse responsibility for something of which he
is an integral part. He definitely has a significant role in the fact that
the project was not completed when expected (I believe he is the one who set
the unrealistic expectation; if he did not actually set the deadline, he did
not apparently work to manage the expectations of those who did have the
unrealistic expectation).

Fourth - he apparently changed requirements mid-stream; the ASP.NET
front-end wasn't going to happen by the deadline, so switch back to patching
the Access front end.

Can a case be made that no one here is incompetent? Sure
Like presented above, the development process is a process of discovery for
both parties (the business users and the developers). As discovery proceeds,
initial estimates must be revised.

Should you be fired because (1) requirements changed; (2) he didn't have
complete and accurate information upon which to base his initial estimates;
(3) was doomed from the start with an unrealistic deadline; (4) he
obviously does not have a supporting manager?

This is like asking if a blind-folded child should be punished for not
hitting a swinging Pinata. Rediculous.

Good Luck

Jeff Schaefer
MCSD, MCDBA, MCSA, MCSE
Jeff,

I am in total awe of your response.

Debbie

"Jeff Schaefer" <nospam@.nospam.com> wrote in message
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Xavier,