Problem with try it out Chapter 11 p 408

fh84 · January 19th, 2009, 08:29 AM

hi there,
On this example, when a value is picked from the drop down menu then must bring automatically the proper theme. But it does not. Tried the done example and has the same problem. Here is the classâs code.

using System;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;

namespace Osfp.Web.GlobalEvents
{
public class bgclass : IHttpModule
{
public void Init(HttpApplication context)
{
context.PreRequestHandlerExecute += new EventHandler(this.app_PreRequestHandlerExecute);
}

private void app_PreRequestHandlerExecute(object Sender, EventArgs E)
{
Page p = HttpContext.Current.Handler as Page;
if (p != null)
{
ProfileCommon pb = (ProfileCommon)HttpContext.Current.Profile;
p.Theme = pb.Theme;
}
}
public void Dispose()
{
}
}
}

fh84 · January 19th, 2009, 12:45 PM

anyone ?

Imar · January 20th, 2009, 03:45 AM

Hi there,

What exactly is the problem. Do you get an error? If so, which one?

Also, you probably need to configure the handler in the webconfig. Have you done that?

Finally, what happens when you set a breakpoint on the line that starts with "Page p" and then debug your site. Does the breakpoint get hit?

Imar

fh84 · January 20th, 2009, 11:57 AM

what i want to do is, when i pick a value from the drop down menu, to automatically change the background. this happens, but only when i change a web page. i tried to add autopostback=true in the drop down menu but did not change anything.
hope this helps

Imar · January 20th, 2009, 11:59 AM

Can you answe the other questions? Otherwise it's difficult to suggest something useful...

Imar

fh84 · January 20th, 2009, 12:09 PM

Well i do not get any erros.
i have configured the handler in the webconfig.

When i add the break point to the place you told me and run it, the goes throung the if statment and loads the theme

In my case, what i am trying to do is when i pick a value from the drop down menu to load it automatically without loading other page to view the different theme.

Imar · January 20th, 2009, 12:13 PM

I think I know what the problem is...

Themes are applied pretty early in the page's life cycle. So, when you set the theme after a postback, the current theme is already loaded, and the new theme settings are not applied.

The usual way around this is to redirect after them has been applied. Something like:

Response.Redirect(Request.Url.ToString();

should do the trick....

Imar

fh84 · January 20th, 2009, 12:15 PM

so but i am well amature, could you please tell me where to past this code?
thank you!

Imar · January 20th, 2009, 12:19 PM

Directly after the line that sets the profile. You may not have direct access to the Response and Request objects. If that's the case, you need to use HttpContext.Current. like this:

p.Theme = pb.Theme;
HttpContext myContext = HttpContext.Current;
myContext.Response.Redirect(myContext.Request.Url. ToString());

Hope this helps,

Imar

fh84 · January 20th, 2009, 12:25 PM

unfortunately an Error appeard
'System.Web.HttpContext' does not contain a definition for 'myContext'

i also tried the first option you told me with the same result!