Hi all

I am working through 'Beginning Asp.net 3.5 in C# and Visual Basic'. Its a great book. I have got stuck on Chapter 4:Working with ASP.Net Controls. I have created a DropDownList Control and a Label Control. Imar asks you to set the DropDownList ID = 1stFavoriteLanguage and the Label ID = 1blResult. Both of which cause an error, Visual Studio says that both are not valid identifiers. When I stick to the default ID's they come with like Label1 for example they work fine and I just name them like that in my C# code but I just wanted to know what I was doing wrong? Or why they are not working?

Many thanks

Rob

Hi Rob,

A few remarks / answers...

1. You're better off posting in the book's own forum: http://p2p.wrox.com/book-beginning-a...0-18759-3-389/ Easier to get my attention that way, and easier for future readers to find similar posts.

2. Secondly, searching that forum typically yields interesting results as well. http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/Section...ge&showposts=0

This takes you here:

Problem with page 120
and here
Chapter 4: Page 120 - Property value not valid.
and here:
Issues with Chapter 6

Each giving the same answer with a pointer to the errata: it's an issue with the font in the book. It's not 1st as in first, but lst as in lst. Also, it's lbl as in Label, not 1bl as in whatever you thought that was.... ;-)

To avoid running into other issues that have been reported before: check out the errata: http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTit...Cd-ERRATA.html

Cheers,

Imar
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Hi Imar

Sorry about that I should have checked to see if there was a section for this book, thanks for taking the time to answer my query, Iam finding the book very useful thanks.

Rob

Don't worry about it. You don't "have" to check, but it just makes things a lot quicker for you.... ;-)


Good luck; glad you like the book and feel free to post in the book's forum when you have questions.

Cheers,

Imar

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Will do thanks again!