Hi

I have loaded the code for the Photo Album as recommended but everytime i try to view the source code for certain pages(most pages.. e.g addcollection.aspx) , i get an error message box saying

"Microsoft Visual Studio has encountered a problem and needs to close."

Why can I not view the code? I got it off the cd and followed the instructions.
I also did the same with code downloaded from here and still same thing happens. What could be the problem?

Felix

Problem fixed.
Don't know why but I couldnt view any other projects without the thing closing down! Just rebooted and now all's well!

Sorry if I wasted anyone's time!

No Problem! How is the photo album working for ya?



Thanks,

Shawn Livermore
MCAD, MCSD, PMP
shawnlivermore.blogspot.com

It's going better now that i seem to have my box sorted.
Another qn though:
What is the difference between using straight filename.vb class pages in the app-folder and just having them appear under the aspx files as filename.aspx.vb files?

I guess my question is "what is the app_folder really for and do I NEED to use it to place my vb files into?"

felix

Hi Felix,

The nested files, like Default.aspx.vb are code behind files for specific ASP pages. By default, VWD puts them at the same location as the aspx page, and displays them as nested items. Makes sense, IMO, because the two are tightly coupled. I think you could move those files to the App_Code folder and then manually update the file reference in the page directive of the APSX page. Not very convenient though.

The App_Code folder is a special folder for all code not related to pages. You'll see that a number of chapters in the book use the App_Code folder for a Business and a Data Access layer, to separate business, data access and presentation stuff. The code in the App_Code folder is "faceless" code; that it, it doesn't provide a user interface and instead supplies a service to ASPX pages in the presentation layer.

The folder is also used for stuff like Typed Datasets.

Does that answer your question?

Imar
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Imar Spaanjaars
Everyone is unique, except for me.
Author of ASP.NET 2.0 Instant Results and Beginning Dreamweaver MX / MX 2004

yes thanks for the help.