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Lloyd Dupont

Hi All!

I'm a bit green on ASP.NET and decided to give it a serious go with whidbey
and WebExpress.

I started a little project and decided to use a 3rd party control
(http://www.freetextbox.com).
In the install directive it tells to copy some file in the aspnet_client
virtual directory.

And that's a problem, because with WebExpress I have an inbuild WebServer
which doesn't use the aspnet_client directory, therefore I don't manage to
make FreeTextBox work ! :(

Any tip, advice?
 
I am working with the full Visual Studio 2005 product. I have played with
Express, but do not currently have it installed. I add this disclaimer as I
could be wrong on the next portion (although I do not believe I am).

In Visual Studio 2005 you can create a project that connects to a web server
through either IIS or FrontPage (IIS, but using FP extensions). This is not
the default condition, however, so you have to pay attention when you create
a new site, as the options are there to create a non-file system based web.

If you wish to remain with the file-based web, you can still take the
compiled text box control and make a reference to it (right click references
and add). That will add the assembly to your project. If you want to add raw
source, right click your project and Add >> Existing Item. You can then add
the source file to your project. If the source is in a different language,
it is often easiest to add to the /code directory (make one if you have not
already) as it can compile on the fly in there.

Hope this helps.

--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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Think Outside the Box!
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well I'm waiting for VS.NET2005 too, but it keeps telling me, sorry it's in
backorder :(


anyway I think it won't work as it's hardcoded inside the 3rd party to look
for
http://TheWebServer/aspnet_client/....
(as it's a special directory for ASP.NET web server)

I was able to add the DLL so far. but its .js file (which should be copied
inthe aspnet_client virtual root dir), no luck :(
 
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