IE WebControls

[Anthony Fine]

Hello All,

This may sound like a trivial question, but here goes. I am using the
treeview control from the IE WebControls, and cannot get it to display
correctly. When I am in design view, it shows up correctly, but when I run
the page, all of the nodes show up as plain text. I read somewhere that the
Framework v1.1 does support the IE WebControls v1.0, and that there is a
v1.1 of the WebControls. I originally had VS.NET 2002 installed, and
recently changed to 2003. I uninstalled VS, and then the Framework beforing
installing 2003. At that point, I ran "aspnet_regiis.exe -i", and then
compiled the WebControls using "csc.exe" from the v1.1 Framework directory.
I am not sure what else to do. Again, the control looks correct in design
view, but that's it. Please help, I am at wits end.

Thanks,

Anthony

 

[Alvin Bruney]

The web controls rely on htc files to obtain their behavior or rendering
qualities. These htc file must be in the root web folder at this path
c:\inetpub\wwwroot\webctrl_client\1.x Consult the docs for more specifics.

regards

 

[Anthony Fine]

Alvin,

Thanks so much for the help. That worked great. When I originally
installed the controls and setup the directories, I thought that the
webctrl_client folder just had to be at the root of the virtual directory,
not the root of the website.

Thanks again,
Anthony

 

[Alvin Bruney]

glad to know that it worked for you. Asp 2.0 gets rid of all that though so
things will change again for the better.

regards

 

[Todd]

Here is where I am stuck. I NEED the webctrl_client folder under the virtual
directory. I'm on a shared server and cannot place this directory under the
root of the web site. Someone mentioned that there is a config setting that
might help but I can't find it. The WebControls are useless to me unless I
can place the supporting files into a virtual directory subdirectory.

<Todd />

 

[Todd]

I found the following information in a post I found on a forum hosted by
www.asp.net.

There is a reference to the "webctrl_client" folder in the source file:
C:\Program Files\IE Web Controls\src\BaseRichControl.cs

If you need the webctrl_client folder to be under a virtual directory just
change the code from:
private const string DefaultCommonFilesRoot = "/webctrl_client/";
to:
private const string DefaultCommonFilesRoot =
"/VirtualDIR/webctrl_client/";

Then:
1. Recompile Microsoft.Web.UI.WebControls.dll.
2. Move the newly compiled DLL back into the bin directory (or just use
VS.NET to register it in your project).
3. Move the webctrl_client folder under your VirtualDIR.
4. Change the SystemImagesPath and ImageURL properties on the ASPX page to
point at the new directory.

<Todd />

 

[Todd]

There is a reference to the "webctrl_client" folder in the source file:
C:\Program Files\IE Web Controls\src\BaseRichControl.cs

If you need the webctrl_client folder to be under a virtual directory just
change the code from:
private const string DefaultCommonFilesRoot = "/webctrl_client/";
to:
private const string DefaultCommonFilesRoot =
"/VirtualDIR/webctrl_client/";

Then:
1. Recompile Microsoft.Web.UI.WebControls.dll.
2. Move the newly compiled DLL back into the bin directory (or just use
VS.NET to register it in your project).
3. Move the webctrl_client folder under your VirtualDIR.
4. Change the SystemImagesPath and ImageURL properties on the ASPX page to
point at the new directory.

<Todd />