Beg ASP.NET 1.1 Chap 3 help

mar0364 · August 22nd, 2004, 10:15 AM

I have been over this for an hour and can't figure out why it does not work. Even though I get this error:
C:\begaspnet11\ch03\tio-variablescope1.aspx(7) : error BC30205: End of statement expected.

        Dim strMyBlockVariableUsedInside.Text = "Block VariableUsed In Block"
                                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
C:\begaspnet11\ch03\tio-variablescope1.aspx(9) : error BC30451: Name 'strMyBlockVariableUsedInside' is not declared.

        lblMessageBlockInBlock.Text = strMyBlockVariableUsedInside
                                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
C:\begaspnet11\ch03\tio-variablescope1.aspx(10) : error BC30451: Name 'strProcVariable' is not declared.

        lblMessageProcedure.Text = strProcVariable
Now this is my code and I don't see how it differs from the chapter 3 "tio-variablescope1.asp" It also tells me I didn't declare my variable and it appears I have.

Code:

<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<script runat="server">

    Sub Page_Load()
        Dim strMyProcVariable = "Procedure Variable"
      If ISPostBack Then
        Dim strMyBlockVariableUsedInside.Text = "Block VariableUsed In Block"

        lblMessageBlockInBlock.Text = strMyBlockVariableUsedInside
        lblMessageProcedure.Text = strProcVariable
      End If

    End Sub
</script>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Variable Scope</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form runat="server">
        <asp:label id="lblMessageBlockInBlock" runat="server" text="DEFAULT_BlockInBlock">
        </asp:label>
        <br />
         <asp:label id="lblMessageProcedure" runat="server" text="DEFAULT_Procedure">
        </asp:label>

       <asp:Button runat="server" text="submit"/>

    </form>
</body>
</html>

I would appreciate help getting over this hump.

happygv · August 22nd, 2004, 10:31 AM

You do not have any web control by name strMyBlockVariableUsedInside, so you cannot use this

Code:

Dim strMyBlockVariableUsedInside.Text = "Block VariableUsed In Block"
lblMessageBlockInBlock.Text = strMyBlockVariableUsedInside

How about this code?

Code:

If ISPostBack Then
        Dim strMyBlockVariableUsedInside = "Block VariableUsed In Block"

        lblMessageBlockInBlock.Text = strMyBlockVariableUsedInside
        lblMessageProcedure.Text = strProcVariable
      End If

I just removed .Text from there. Try this.

And use <p></p> tag instead of <br />

Hope that helps.
Cheers!

_________________________
- Vijay G
Strive for Perfection

mar0364 · August 22nd, 2004, 10:56 AM

Thanks! I get so involved in the process of moving from ASP to ASP.NET that you overlook something as basic as you can't use what you don't declare.

Thank you.
Rich

happygv · August 22nd, 2004, 11:01 AM

No problem, it happens sometimes.;)

_________________________
- Vijay G
Strive for Perfection