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I took the following steps to share a user control across
applications but was unsuccessful.


WebUserControl:

<%@ Control Language="c#" AutoEventWireup="false"
ClassName="WebUserControl1" %>

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WebUserControl.ascx placed in C:\Inetpub\Q

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In Internet Information Services:

New / Virtual Directory

Alias: Q
Directory: C:\Inetpub\Q

Properties: Remove Q

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WebForm:

<%@ Register TagPrefix="HDR" TagName="Head"
Src="Q/WebUserControl1.ascx" %>

<%@ Page language="c#" Codebehind="WebFormASCX.aspx.cs"
AutoEventWireup="false" Inherits="Deploy.WebFormASCX" %>


Running the WebForm results in the following error message:


Parser Error Message: Could not find a part of the
path "c:\inetpub\wwwroot\Deploy\Q\WebUserControl1.ascx" .

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Can you see my error?

MG

>WebForm:
>
><%@ Register TagPrefix="HDR" TagName="Head"
>Src="Q/WebUserControl1.ascx" %>
>
><%@ Page language="c#" Codebehind="WebFormASCX.aspx.cs"
>AutoEventWireup="false" Inherits="Deploy.WebFormASCX" %>
>
>
>Running the WebForm results in the following error
message:
>
>
>Parser Error Message: Could not find a part of the
>path "c:\inetpub\wwwroot\Deploy\Q\WebUserControl1.ascx" .
>

Perhaps the src attribute requires the "true" path (file
system) rather than the URL path?

Have you tried src = "../../Q/WebUserControl1.ascx"?

Kelly

Kelly,

Using src = "../../Q/WebUserControl1.ascx"

lead to the following error message:

"Cannot use a leading .. to exit above the top directory."

and using src = "../Q/WebUserControl1.ascx"

lead to the following error message:

"The virtual path '/Q/WebUserControl1.ascx' maps to
another application, which is not allowed."

??

mg


>-----Original Message-----
>>WebForm:
>>
>><%@ Register TagPrefix="HDR" TagName="Head"
>>Src="Q/WebUserControl1.ascx" %>
>>
>><%@ Page language="c#" Codebehind="WebFormASCX.aspx.cs"
>>AutoEventWireup="false" Inherits="Deploy.WebFormASCX" %>
>>
>>
>>Running the WebForm results in the following error
>message:
>>
>>
>>Parser Error Message: Could not find a part of the
>>path "c:\inetpub\wwwroot\Deploy\Q\WebUserControl1.ascx" .
>>
>
>Perhaps the src attribute requires the "true" path (file
>system) rather than the URL path?
>
>Have you tried src = "../../Q/WebUserControl1.ascx"?
>
>Kelly
>.
>

>
>"The virtual path '/Q/WebUserControl1.ascx' maps to
>another application, which is not allowed."

I just found a line in a book I have (Building ASP.NET
Server Controls by Dale Milchalk and Rob Cameron (pretty
good book IMHO) - APress publishers) that says "Resusing
a user control [.ascx] requires copying its .ascx files
along with code-behind assemblies, if necessary, in order
to reuse it in different web applications." (page 75).

Sounds to me that you can't share it without doing copy-
paste sharing...

Kelly

Look into creating a Web Custom Control, then you can store the final
resulting control in a DLL; and re-use it across applications (either by
copying the DLL into the BIN directory of each application, or by installing
in the GAC).

This method also allows you to create/store client-side code (i.e.
javascript) within the control's DLL and render to the page when loading the
control.

I have set up several, and I have created designers for them as well, so
that they are now in my toolbox and I can just drag and drop them into a
form, change the properties that I need to, compile and run the application.
Works very nice.

Doing a search on MSDN.MICROSOFT.COM will bring up articles with
step-by-step guides. If you have trouble finding information, let me know.

Is this what you were looking for?

Thanks!

Jim


"Kelly Leahy" <> wrote in message
news:03dd01c3c5ac$ab016cf0$...
> >
> >"The virtual path '/Q/WebUserControl1.ascx' maps to
> >another application, which is not allowed."
>
> I just found a line in a book I have (Building ASP.NET
> Server Controls by Dale Milchalk and Rob Cameron (pretty
> good book IMHO) - APress publishers) that says "Resusing
> a user control [.ascx] requires copying its .ascx files
> along with code-behind assemblies, if necessary, in order
> to reuse it in different web applications." (page 75).
>
> Sounds to me that you can't share it without doing copy-
> paste sharing...
>
> Kelly