StreamReader and text file problem

[=?Utf-8?B?QXJ0eVNpbg==?=]

I'm trying to display a text file on a web page and the code below works fine
and display the text on a webpage. However,if I use (as I need to) a
masterpage and then place the code in a webform that uses the masterpage all
it does is display the words 'Meeting minutes' which is the header for the
text right at the bottom of the code below. Is there something in a
masterpage that prevents this working at all?
Cheers
ArtySin

<%@ Import Namespace="System.IO" %>
<script language="vb" runat="server">
sub Page_Load(sender as Object, e as EventArgs)

Dim FILENAME as String = Server.MapPath("minutes.txt")

Dim objStreamReader as StreamReader
objStreamReader = File.OpenText(FILENAME)

Dim contents as String = objStreamReader.ReadToEnd()
lblRawOutput.Text = contents

objStreamReader.Close()
end sub
</script>

<b>Meeting Minutes</b><br />
<asp:label runat="server" id="lblRawOutput" />

[Scott M.]

The problem is the path is not resolved properly when master pages are used.
Try this:

Dim FILENAME as String = Server.MapPath("~minutes.txt")
"ArtySin" <Ar*****@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:15**********************************@microsof t.com...

I'm trying to display a text file on a web page and the code below works
fine
and display the text on a webpage. However,if I use (as I need to) a
masterpage and then place the code in a webform that uses the masterpage
all
it does is display the words 'Meeting minutes' which is the header for the
text right at the bottom of the code below. Is there something in a
masterpage that prevents this working at all?
Cheers
ArtySin

<%@ Import Namespace="System.IO" %>
<script language="vb" runat="server">
sub Page_Load(sender as Object, e as EventArgs)

Dim FILENAME as String = Server.MapPath("minutes.txt")

Dim objStreamReader as StreamReader
objStreamReader = File.OpenText(FILENAME)

Dim contents as String = objStreamReader.ReadToEnd()
lblRawOutput.Text = contents

objStreamReader.Close()
end sub
</script>

<b>Meeting Minutes</b><br />
<asp:label runat="server" id="lblRawOutput" />

[=?Utf-8?B?QXJ0eVNpbg==?=]

No luck with that Scott. I tried:
(~minutes.txt")
(~/minutes.txt")
(~/pathname/minutes.txt")

but none of these works at all ..... any other ideas/
Cheers
ArtySin

"Scott M." wrote:

The problem is the path is not resolved properly when master pages are used.
Try this:

Dim FILENAME as String = Server.MapPath("~minutes.txt")
"ArtySin" <Ar*****@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:15**********************************@microsof t.com...

I'm trying to display a text file on a web page and the code below works
fine
and display the text on a webpage. However,if I use (as I need to) a
masterpage and then place the code in a webform that uses the masterpage
all
it does is display the words 'Meeting minutes' which is the header for the
text right at the bottom of the code below. Is there something in a
masterpage that prevents this working at all?
Cheers
ArtySin

<%@ Import Namespace="System.IO" %>
<script language="vb" runat="server">
sub Page_Load(sender as Object, e as EventArgs)

Dim FILENAME as String = Server.MapPath("minutes.txt")

Dim objStreamReader as StreamReader
objStreamReader = File.OpenText(FILENAME)

Dim contents as String = objStreamReader.ReadToEnd()
lblRawOutput.Text = contents

objStreamReader.Close()
end sub
</script>

<b>Meeting Minutes</b><br />
<asp:label runat="server" id="lblRawOutput" />

[Andrew Morton]

ArtySin wrote:

No luck with that Scott. I tried:
(~minutes.txt")
(~/minutes.txt")
(~/pathname/minutes.txt")

but none of these works at all ..... any other ideas/

If you look at the source in the browser, has the text been put in there in
some way to make it invisible, e.g. stuck in a comment <!-- or similar?

Andrew

[Scott M.]

This is server-side code. It would not be rendered to the client and
therefore you wouldn't be able to see it.

The problem is that the path to the file to be read is being altered due to
the master page.

"Andrew Morton" <ak*@in-press.co.uk.invalidwrote in message
news:67*************@mid.individual.net...

ArtySin wrote:

>No luck with that Scott. I tried:
(~minutes.txt")
(~/minutes.txt")
(~/pathname/minutes.txt")

but none of these works at all ..... any other ideas/

If you look at the source in the browser, has the text been put in there
in some way to make it invisible, e.g. stuck in a comment <!-- or similar?

Andrew

[=?Utf-8?B?QXJ0eVNpbg==?=]

I've sorted it!
The first line should be:
Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load

All now works fine
ArtySin

*****************************************

"Scott M." wrote:

This is server-side code. It would not be rendered to the client and
therefore you wouldn't be able to see it.

The problem is that the path to the file to be read is being altered due to
the master page.

"Andrew Morton" <ak*@in-press.co.uk.invalidwrote in message
news:67*************@mid.individual.net...

ArtySin wrote:

No luck with that Scott. I tried:
(~minutes.txt")
(~/minutes.txt")
(~/pathname/minutes.txt")

but none of these works at all ..... any other ideas/

If you look at the source in the browser, has the text been put in there
in some way to make it invisible, e.g. stuck in a comment <!-- or similar?

Andrew

[Scott M.]

Oops! I didn't even look at that line. Let me ask you something...did you
write that event handler yourself? You should NEVER have to write the stub
of an event handler if you are using Visual Studio. If you do write them
yourself, as you've seen, you can make mistakes with them.

-Scott

"ArtySin" <Ar*****@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:9C**********************************@microsof t.com...

I've sorted it!
The first line should be:
Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles
Me.Load

All now works fine
ArtySin

*****************************************

"Scott M." wrote:

>This is server-side code. It would not be rendered to the client and
therefore you wouldn't be able to see it.

The problem is that the path to the file to be read is being altered due
to
the master page.

"Andrew Morton" <ak*@in-press.co.uk.invalidwrote in message
news:67*************@mid.individual.net...

ArtySin wrote:
No luck with that Scott. I tried:
(~minutes.txt")
(~/minutes.txt")
(~/pathname/minutes.txt")

but none of these works at all ..... any other ideas/

If you look at the source in the browser, has the text been put in
there
in some way to make it invisible, e.g. stuck in a comment <!-- or
similar?

Andrew

[=?Utf-8?B?QXJ0eVNpbg==?=]

No, I didn't write this myself, I got the code from 4guysfromrolla.com and
they missed it out too

"Scott M." wrote:

Oops! I didn't even look at that line. Let me ask you something...did you
write that event handler yourself? You should NEVER have to write the stub
of an event handler if you are using Visual Studio. If you do write them
yourself, as you've seen, you can make mistakes with them.

-Scott

"ArtySin" <Ar*****@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:9C**********************************@microsof t.com...

I've sorted it!
The first line should be:
Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles
Me.Load

All now works fine
ArtySin

*****************************************

"Scott M." wrote:

This is server-side code. It would not be rendered to the client and
therefore you wouldn't be able to see it.

The problem is that the path to the file to be read is being altered due
to
the master page.

"Andrew Morton" <ak*@in-press.co.uk.invalidwrote in message
news:67*************@mid.individual.net...
ArtySin wrote:
No luck with that Scott. I tried:
(~minutes.txt")
(~/minutes.txt")
(~/pathname/minutes.txt")

but none of these works at all ..... any other ideas/

If you look at the source in the browser, has the text been put in
there
in some way to make it invisible, e.g. stuck in a comment <!-- or
similar?

Andrew

[Scott M.]

That's not quite what I mean. The fact is that you did put that line in
there (via copy/paste) and you should never do that with an event handler.
The 4guysfromrolla.com code is just fine, it's written to work in an
environment where AutoEventWireUp (page level directive) is set to True.

What I meant was that you (whether your "wrote" the code yourself or you
paste it in there) should NEVER be writing the first or last line of an
event handler procedure. You should always let Visual Studio do it for you.
In the case of a web page load event, all you need to do is double click on
the page designer surface and VS will take you to code view and create the
event handler stub ready for you to fill in.

By letting VS do this kind of work for you will eliminate many problems like
this one.

Good luck!
"ArtySin" <Ar*****@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:14**********************************@microsof t.com...

No, I didn't write this myself, I got the code from 4guysfromrolla.com and
they missed it out too

"Scott M." wrote:

>Oops! I didn't even look at that line. Let me ask you something...did
you
write that event handler yourself? You should NEVER have to write the
stub
of an event handler if you are using Visual Studio. If you do write them
yourself, as you've seen, you can make mistakes with them.

-Scott

"ArtySin" <Ar*****@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:9C**********************************@microso ft.com...

I've sorted it!
The first line should be:
Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles
Me.Load

All now works fine
ArtySin

*****************************************

"Scott M." wrote:

This is server-side code. It would not be rendered to the client and
therefore you wouldn't be able to see it.

The problem is that the path to the file to be read is being altered
due
to
the master page.

"Andrew Morton" <ak*@in-press.co.uk.invalidwrote in message
news:67*************@mid.individual.net...
ArtySin wrote:
No luck with that Scott. I tried:
(~minutes.txt")
(~/minutes.txt")
(~/pathname/minutes.txt")

but none of these works at all ..... any other ideas/

If you look at the source in the browser, has the text been put in
there
in some way to make it invisible, e.g. stuck in a comment <!-- or
similar?

Andrew

[Andrew Morton]

Andrew Morton wrote:

>If you look at the source in the browser, has the text been put in
there in some way to make it invisible, e.g. stuck in a comment <!--
or similar?

Scott M. wrote:

This is server-side code. It would not be rendered to the client and
therefore you wouldn't be able to see it.

Ummm... I was thinking that for some reason the data may have been inserted
into the rendered HTML but in a way that the browser didn't show it:

ArtySin wrote:

lblRawOutput.Text = contents

<snip>

<asp:label runat="server" id="lblRawOutput" />

Of course, the OP should check for File.Exists before trying to read it.

Andrew

[Scott M.]

But again, server-side code doesn't render like that. An ASP .NET label
renders as an HTML <spanelement.
"Andrew Morton" <ak*@in-press.co.uk.invalidwrote in message
news:67*************@mid.individual.net...

>Andrew Morton wrote:

>>If you look at the source in the browser, has the text been put in
there in some way to make it invisible, e.g. stuck in a comment <!--
or similar?

Scott M. wrote:

>This is server-side code. It would not be rendered to the client and
therefore you wouldn't be able to see it.

Ummm... I was thinking that for some reason the data may have been
inserted into the rendered HTML but in a way that the browser didn't show
it:

ArtySin wrote:

> lblRawOutput.Text = contents

<snip>

> <asp:label runat="server" id="lblRawOutput" />

Of course, the OP should check for File.Exists before trying to read it.

Andrew