Hello,

I am relatively new to ASP.NET, but have worked with VB.NET for a while. I have installed the application for the appointment booking system, but it won't let me login. I tried using the Admin login from the book but it doesn't work. What else do I need to do set up the application.

I can't even bring up the webiste in Visual studio. When I say Open website, it doesn't have any solution file to find.

Can anyone help?

thanks

Can you explain this in more detail:

When I say Open website, it doesn't have any solution file to find

What exactly happens?

Have you tried unzipping the project and then opening it through File | Open Web Site in Visual Web Developer?

Imar
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Well, I think I got the website to open. The CD has no zip files, only the directories for each chapter. I downloaded them and tried to open, expecting to see a solution file, but there wasn't any. But if I just hit Open on the Directory name (Chapter 10 Appointment Booking) I can then go into solution explorer and open up various files.

But I still have the problem of getting past the login when I try to run. Even if I use the userid and password in the book, it doesn't work on all chapters. Is there a way to get around this. Maybe some kind of backdoor?

Let me explain my problems more fully. I usuually have problems logging in, or if I can log in, the site doesn't have the functionality decribed in the book. Let's take a specific example. BugBase. After installing Bugbase, and trying to log in with any of the ids in the book, I get login unsuccessful.

I have more success if I go into Visual Studio and run the application from there, going into the Source Directory under Chapter 12. I can log in, but can only view and modify Bugs. Even if I log in as Manager or SuperUser, I can't get to the other maintenance functions. If I open up the Modifications Folder and run from there, I can't login either, but this time instead of an invalid userid message, it just comes back to the login screen.

I have had similar problems with login in other chapters as well.


I have to say I have become extremely frustrated with the whole process. The results are certainly not instant. How can I get any value from the book if I can't even get the applications to work? I need to see the screens work in order to correlate it with the code and the explanations in the book.

Sites in Visual Studio 2005 no longer have a Solution file by default. You just open a folder through the File | Open Web Site command and that's it. This makes it a lot easier to move and share copies of web sites.

When you open the site from the CD-ROM, be sure to copy them locally and remove the read-only flags from the files if necessary.

There is no real back door. However, you could easily remove the <location> nodes from the web.config files to look around.
However, you'd probably want to make it work as supposed instead.
For some chapters, check out the errata section for the book. Updates have been posted for some chapters.

For the BugBase, take a look at my first post in this thread: http://p2p.wrox.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_...erms=SuperUser

It explains how to fix the roles and user accounts in the database.
That should do the trick. There's a fair chance your database contains a different ApplicationId than those that the existing roles are assigned to.

If that doesn't help, let me know. You can then send me your entire site and database and I'll take a look.

Imar
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Imar Spaanjaars
http://Imar.Spaanjaars.Com
Everyone is unique, except for me.
Author of ASP.NET 2.0 Instant Results and Beginning Dreamweaver MX / MX 2004
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Thanks Very much. That worked. Creating the roles and assigning them is what did the trick.

Great. Glad it's working.

Have fun with the book and you know where to go to if you need more "instant replies".... ;)

Cheers,

Imar
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Imar Spaanjaars
http://Imar.Spaanjaars.Com
Everyone is unique, except for me.
Author of ASP.NET 2.0 Instant Results and Beginning Dreamweaver MX / MX 2004
Want to be my colleague? Then check out this post.