I have followed the directions over and over again
the chat window does not appear in the chat site.

The error is on line 11......

Sigh.....

Imar
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dear sir
 I wish I was a little bit smarter. But can you please give me a little more info about line 11
               Sincerly
                      Paul

This is a cynical joke. It's best read as a quotation:

>>> The error is on line 11

>> How do you know? I didn't post any code?

> Exactly.

It's a joke Ken Schaefer used to make on the old Wrox forum when people didn't supply enough information, like code and relevant context information.

I have asked it six times before, and I will do it one more time before I give up on you and stop trying to help you: please provide relevant information!!!!!

I mean, look at your own question here. Put yourself in the position of the *reader*, not the writer and try to think what a reader needs to know in order to help you. We don't know what you know. All we know is what you write. Are you talking about the default site that comes with the book? Did you install it manually or did you use the installer? Are you using IIS or are you using the built-in web server? What version of Visual Studio are you using? What "directions" are you talking about? What chat window is supposed to go into what chat site?

Do you see where I am going with this? It starting to look like this thread: http://p2p.wrox.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=68239

A few other tips:

1. Try to continue existing threads rather than starting a new one if the topic / problem is the same: http://p2p.wrox.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=68239

2. Provide a more useful topic. "why does it not work" is not really helpful, as probably 90% of the questions here deal with things that don't work.

3. Read this: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html completely to understand why you get the answers you are getting right now.

This has nothing to do with being smarter; this is about reading replies, and explaining, in detail, what your problem is.....

Hope this helps. If not, I will leave your questions for someone else to answer....

Imar
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Imar Spaanjaars
http://Imar.Spaanjaars.Com
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Author of ASP.NET 2.0 Instant Results and Beginning Dreamweaver MX / MX 2004
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I installed the site manually dragging all the page into visual web developer 2005. the chat window is the chat window.aspx page. I tried to debug by placing the red dot in the code behind page of chatwindow.aspx but it seems like the sequence never reaches this point.o all I see in my browser is the textbox and the insert button after I signin,and choose a chatroom. There is no chatwindow above the chat control

Hi Paul,

And what about other pages in the site? Do they break when in Debug mode? Did you try the site "as is" as it comes with the book? I can't solve this problem for you; you have to do that yourself. I can only help you by telling you where to look and what to look for. This may be easy if I sat next to you, but solving these kind of issues over a forum post is a whole different ball game.

You're not really responding to my feedback (understatement) so I'll ask it explicitly: do you see why you are getting the replies you are getting? I can't be more helpful with what I knew....

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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I hate to keep bothering you but...
   I installed the chat on another computer and it worked fine. Both units have the same visual basic 2005 from the same disk. What could be wrong with the first computer. The other applications run ok on it

Would you mind getting into my other questions first? I feel like I am talking to a brick wall....

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.