Hi!

I have the book "Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 with C#" (ISBN 0-470-04258-3). I have installed everything (IIS, VS 2005 PRO). As it is asked to do, I created these folders:

C:\WebSites\WroxUnited

I downloaded this file:
from: http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTit...load_code.html
I unzipped it into C:\WebSites

In Chapter 1, (around pages 14-15), it is written about BegASPNET2 folder and of WebSites folder.

What is BegASPNET2 doing in this book? How am I supposed to find the files located in BegASPNET2? I don't understand. What am I supposed to do. Am I supposed to unzip in BegASPNET2 instead? Why then is it written "C:\Websites\WroxUnitedCS". Also, where is the Images folder located? The only images I found were in the chapter 1 located in the end folder. Finally, I am supposed to change my virtual directory created in appendix B for IIS?

Please help me, there is an important lack of information in this book.

I agree!!!
I've had this book for 5 days and still can't figure out how to get off of chapter 1.

This is THE most confusing book I've ever read!

HELP!!

And I'm very disappointed too... for a book of that price, they could have read it once at least.

I agree too!!!!! I have wasted TWO days trying to figure out how to set this book up. If anyone finds a solution please help, or this book is going in the Garbarge, and will get a very poor reveiew on Amazon

SUPER DAVE

Here is what I tried, after two days of pulling my hair out. Not sure if is the best way, or will even work. I will have to see when I get deeper into the book if the steps below will work throughout the book. So far it appears to be working....

How To Set Up Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 with C# Book

1.Create a folder named C:\Websites (DO NOT CREATE THIS: C:\Websites\WroxUnited) book wrong.
2.Download the ZIP file and save it to this folder
3.Extract all files to this folder only
4.To enable Write permissions, go to Windows Explorer and select the C:\WebSites\WroxUnited\ App_Data folder. Right-click it and select Sharing and Security. Select the Security tab, shown in Figure B-17.
5.Open VWD and File > New Website
6.Save it here: C:\Websites\WroxUnited\Website1 (to represent Chapter 1) For Ch.02 save a New Website as “Website2”
7.In Design View, click the page and type the simple text Home Page. Press Ctrl+S to save.
8.Create a folder for images by going to your Solution Explorer and right-clicking the root of your site (this show as C:\...\Website1, as the Solution Explorer hides part of the path) and then clicking Add Folder of the regular type. Name the nascent folder Images
9.Right click the images folder and then navigate to C:\Websites\WroxUnited then look for folders that have the images you need for each chapter and add what you need to your Image folder you created in Step 8
10.Staying in VWD, now create your next page the history of Wrox United. Right-click the site's root (C...\Website1 at the top of the Solution Explorer) and select Add New Item from the menu. Select the Web Form template and give it the name History. Accept the other default settings. Click Add and switch to Design View. Rather than typing text on the page, you can copy a short history of the team from a file included in the download. Switch to Windows Explorer and navigate to your downloaded C:\Websites\Begin\Chapter01 folder. Look for the file named History.txt, open it, and select the paragraphs. Switch back to VWD and paste the text into the page. Click the diskette icon on the toolbar to save.
11.Repeat step 10 for a Mishaps page, whose contents come from Mishaps.txt.


SUPER DAVE

Hi,

I've completely revised Appendix B and tweaked the WroxUnited code so that it is easier to install. Please find the new appendix and code on my website at http://www.hmobius.com/downloads.aspx

Thanks, dan

Dan Maharry
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Dan, as a complete novice it may have been nice for you to "Explain how to open your help file"
http://www.hmobius.com/downloads.aspx
I downloaded the help file and unzipped it to C:\Websites\BegASP2Help
and it would not open. I finally unchecked something that said "Always Check For This File Type" or something like that. I am sure a lot of newbies would not be aware of that trick to open the file. -) Thanks for re-writing it!!!

SUPER DAVE

Okay NOW I am really confused!!

Dan,
Running WroxUnited With Cassini, Visual Studio 'Full Edition' and SQL Server Express Edition
Is this what you are trying to say in Step 2??

When it has downloaded, double-click on it. A new explorer window will appear showing you the contents of the zip file – a single folder called WroxUnited.

First of all, when I double-click on it the only thing that pops up is "Winzip"

I have to “UNZIP” it somewhere first! What are you talking about when you say “A new explorer window will appear showing you the contents of the zip file – a single folder called WroxUnited?????????????

Anyway Dan here is what I did. Is this correct??????????

1.Step 1: I downloaded the file “WroxUnitedCS” and saved it to “My Downloads” folder.
2.Step 2: I then “Clicked on the file” and that opened up “WinZip” because it is a zip file.
3.I then unzipped it to C:\Unzipped
4.I then clicked on the folder “WroxUntedCS” and that displayed “WroxUnited folder
5.I then right clicked on the “WroxUnited” folder and chose “Copy”
6.I copied it to C:\Websites (Which I created a while a go when I first got this book)
7.So now I have this: C:\Websites\WroxUnited

Is this what you meant by Step 2 and 3?
1. When it has downloaded, double-click on it. A new explorer window will appear showing you the contents of the zip file – a single folder called WroxUnited.
2. Extract that WroxUnited folder to your %BaseCodeDirectory%.
You should now be able to find the main page of the website at %BaseCodeDirectory%\WroxUnited\default.aspx

Thanks, Dave


SUPER DAVE

Hi Dave,

I'm sorry to hear you had a problem with the help file. It is just a set of html pages and images compressed into one file so I'm not sure what your machine had a problem with. I tried opening it on a new install of Windows XP and it worked first time, so I think this page explains why you saw what you saw - http://blogs.msdn.com/robcaron/archi...3/431976.aspx? Anyway, I'm glad you got it working.

Onto winzip. I don't have winzip installed so windows just uses its own version of winzip and treats the zip file as another regular windows folder and so that's what I wrote. However I have now installed an eval copy of Winzip 11.1 with the default settings that come on installation and I see what you mean - winzip opens by default. Based on that, you could have

1. Selected all files and clicked Extract.
2. Selected your chosen %BaseCodeDirectory% as the folder to extract the files to in the next dialog
3. Make sure 'Use folder names' is checked'
4. Click Extract.

But what you did is fine as well. The point is that you got all th files for the website out of the zip file and into a folder called WroxUnited which is in your hcosen directory - C:\websites for you.

For future reference, you could also have right-clicked on the WroxUnitedCS.zip and clicked Explore. This would have brought up the explorer window showing you the WroxUnited folder as described, thus bypassing Winzip. In fact, I'll add that to the help file and re-upload it. I'm sure there will be others out there like you with Winzip installed.

Hope that helps, Dan






Dan Maharry
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Yes. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and tips. I am a novice programmer and get really frustrated when I follow directions and or do not completely understand, or have a slighty different set up then the author. I can usually "Read Between The Lines" and figure things out. THANKS for your clarifications and the tips!! -) Cannot wait to dive into the book now...

SUPER DAVE