Beginning ASP.NET 1.1 code question

databaseninja · September 27th, 2004, 09:11 PM

I'm having fun picking up ASP.NET for the fun of it. Been a couple of years since programming.

The following seems to work on the Web Matrix (i.e. it displays the time) but on IIS the time is not displayed.

Right now on IIS I only get "In WebServerLand the time is currently:" when I run it on IE. I also get a warning about an 'unterminated string constant in IE.

Any troubleshooting tips? I'd rather insure I have everything working from 'Chapter 1' on rather than just skipping anything. My target web server will eventually be IIS for my little hobby project.

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

    ' Insert page code here
    '
    Sub Page_Load()
    time.text=Hour(Now) & ":" & Minute(Now) & ":" & Second(Now)
    End Sub

</script>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
    <form>
        In WebServerLand the time is currently:
        <asp:Label id="time" runat="server" />
    </form>
</body>
</html>

katsarosj · September 27th, 2004, 09:50 PM

Well, I didn't get any errors and I copied your code exactly. The only thing that I would have differently was this:

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by databaseninja

<asp:Label id="time" runat="server" />

Change it to:

<asp:Label id="time" runat="server"></asp:Label>

So unless it is a shorthand notation that I am not aware of, but I didn't get an error either way.

J

databaseninja · September 27th, 2004, 10:19 PM

This forum is great. I should have searched more. I found the solution by implementing changes described in http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q306005

Basically I had to fix IIS mappings for ASP.NET

Thanks for looking.

planoie · September 28th, 2004, 01:18 PM

Under the rules of XML there is no difference between

<this></this>

and

<this />

If your tag doesn't contain anything, there's no reason to have a separate close tag.