Chapter 17 Page 609: $safeitemname$ issue?

AlexGrab · December 30th, 2010, 06:35 AM

When I try to debug in Chapter 17, page 609, step 3-5, for some reason it creates a new MyBasePage.aspx, and it gives the following error:

Code:

	1	'$safeitemname$' is not a valid value for attribute 'inherits'.	C:\BegASPNET\WebSite2-0\MyBasePage.aspx	1

I'm not sure if it's supposed to be creating a new page or not when it debugs, but I can't seem to continue the exercise. I'm not sure what's going on here? I tried the to uncheck the box for disabled Script Debugging in internet explorer per the suggestion (despite the fact that I didn't get the message in 17-8, likely because it didn't get to that point due to the error), and I still get the $safeitemname$ error.

Any suggestions?

AlexGrab · December 30th, 2010, 06:44 AM

Allright, nevermind. It's late and I'm a little tired so my decision making process isn't perfect.

I looked at the source code folder and compared it to my folder. For some reason I have a "MyBasePage.aspx" in my folder and I"m not supposed to. I assume that I accidently created it from the MyBasePage Template at some point and forgot to name/delete it for some exercise. The only thing that I don't understand is that the MyBasePage.aspx that is in my folder inhertis from "$safeitemname$", but if I create a brand new MyBasePage.aspx and look at the markup, it's default value for inherits is "MyBasePage". I have no idea where the MyBasePage that inherits from $safeitemname$ came from, but however it got there, I deleted it to match the source project, and you can ignore this error.

Imar · December 31st, 2010, 06:06 AM

Could this be the page you created to build the template? In the exercise that shows you how to create your own template, you modify the page and code behind to this safeitemname placeholder. This is then replaced with a proper name when you create a new page. Maybe you just forgot to delete that file again at the end of the exercise?

Cheers,

Imar