Contact form From Chapter 9

susu2009 · November 19th, 2009, 11:13 PM

Hello,
I am just started learning Asp.net with C#. I had created a contact form following instruction from the book and I did successfully locally however now when I tested live using one of the free web hosting, it doesn't work. I have no idea why as I totally new to this. I have been spending day and night on this error and can't move on any further so if you could help me with this I would be the happiest person in the whole world.

Thank you very much in anticipation.
Following is the error I got and the code in ContactForm.ascx.cs

Error
Could not find file 'C:\sites\content\App_Data\ContactForm.txt'.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file 'C:\sites\content\App_Data\ContactForm.txt'.

Source Error:
Line 38: {
Line 39: string fileName= Server.MapPath("~/App_Data/ContactForm.txt");
Line 40: string mailBody = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(fileName);
Line 41:
Line 42: mailBody = mailBody.Replace("##Name##", txtName.Text);

ContactForm.ascx.cs
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Data;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Xml.Linq;

using System.Net.Mail;

public partial class Controls_ContactForm : System.Web.UI.UserControl
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

}

protected void CustomValidator1_ServerValidate(object source, ServerValidateEventArgs args)
{
if (txtPhoneHome.Text != string.Empty || txtMobile.Text != string.Empty)
{
args.IsValid = true;
}
else
{
args.IsValid = false;
}
}

protected void btnSend_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (Page.IsValid)
{
string fileName= Server.MapPath("~/App_Data/ContactForm.txt");
string mailBody = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(fileName);

mailBody = mailBody.Replace("##Name##", txtName.Text);
mailBody = mailBody.Replace("##Email##", txtEmailAddress.Text);
mailBody = mailBody.Replace("##HomePhone##", txtPhoneHome.Text);
mailBody = mailBody.Replace("##BusinessPhone##", txtMobile.Text);
mailBody = mailBody.Replace("##Comments##", txtComments.Text);

MailMessage myMessage = new MailMessage();
myMessage.Subject = "Response from web site";
myMessage.Body = mailBody;

myMessage.From = new MailAddress("[email protected]", "Sender Name Here");
myMessage.To.Add(new MailAddress("[email protected]", "Receiver Name Here"));

SmtpClient mySmtpClient = new SmtpClient();
mySmtpClient.Send(myMessage);

lblMessage.Visible = true;
FormTable.Visible = false;
PlaceHolder1.Visible = false;
Heading.Visible = false;

}
}
}

Imar · November 20th, 2009, 04:35 AM

Hi there,

Are you really sure the App_Data folder is on your live server and contains the requested text file? How do you upload your files? Is there a way for you to see your files on-line and check if they are all there?

Otherwise, you may need to talk to your host. Maybe they blocked access to some functionality or files....

Cheers,

Imar

susu2009 · November 20th, 2009, 08:44 AM

Hi Imar,
First of all thank you very much for your instant reply.
Yes, I am very sure that App_Data folder is on my live server and it contains the text file.
I used http://www.brinkster.com/ for the free hosting and I upload files exactly the same folder structure as in Chapter 9 folder. I have created folders and put the files to the folder which it belongs. I just think that this is has to do with the free hosting.

Now I going to get a paid hosting and see what happens.
Thank you for help and I have to say that your book is a brilliant book.

Imar · November 20th, 2009, 08:49 AM

You're welcome. Hope it works out fine.

Are you moving the site just for this? If so, it's worth contacting Brinkster support (generally pretty fast and knowledgeable) and see if they can help you out.

Cheers,

Imar