I have just purchased this book and have completed (I hope) the installation of Web Matrix and .NET Framework (I already have XP Pro SP2).
1. When I try to open the web browser from within Web Matrix a message keeps telling me that the port is already open. How do I resolve this?
2. I have set up all the bits to create my first ASP page as in Chapter 1, but when I open the page it comes back with an error message as follows

Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific error details and modify your source code appropriately.

Compiler Error Message: BC30456: 'text' is not a member of 'System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlGenericControl'.

Source Error:



Line 3:
Line 4: sub page_load()
Line 5: time.text=Hour(Now) & ":" & Minute(Now) & ":" & Second(Now)
Line 6: end sub
Line 7:


Source File: C:\BegASPNET11\ch01\punctual.aspx Line: 5

Can anyone tell me what is wrong?

TIA

Mark

First of all, Let me know What type of control is time.
It seems to me that it is not a label or text. I think you have made a HTML control/Table cell runat="server".
For such HtmlGenericControls you don't have the Text property instead you have the "innertext" or "innerHtml" property.
Try to use any of these properties.

For you first Problem.
When run your page first you will be shown a start web application window , are you seein it?
If yes, you select the Use Asp.Net web matrix server.
Now you see one textbox with application port no showing "8080",
Problem in running in this port, some other application is configured to this port, So change this port No to say 8081... and start.

Thanks for the info - I discovered that for 1. I had already got the browser open at another resource.
2. I had copied the code from the book and that appears wrong or it is not clear how to construct the code. When I downloaded the code from the Wrox site everything seemed to work.
Trial and error is the name of the game when new to something.
Cheers

Mark