can someone help me ???

[Thierry Schembri]

I'm facing problems with webparts and login. Here is the situation :

- Visual Studio .net 2005 Beta 2 on windows XP pro SP2
- web site on windows server 2003 / IIS 6 + SQL Server 2005 Beta
- ASP v2.0.50215 on both systems

I would like to create a page with webparts, when I want to switch to
DesignDisplayMode; I get the following error message :

"The specified display mode is currently disabled on this page. Make sure
personalization is enabled for the current user.
Parameter name: value"

It appears that personalization with webparts need to be logged (through a
login asp.net component).

Here comes the problem : to create users and roles, I have to use the web
site administration tool (by clicking on the "ASP.Net configuration" in the
Website menu). But, there's no "ASP.NET configuration" in that menu ! When I
click on the "Administer Website" option in the popup of the login component
to access to this tool, I get the error message : "Error invoking
'Administer Website'. Details : Exception has been thrown by the target of
invocation" (which exception ???).

When I work on website locally (i.e. with the built-in visual studio web
server) both options work and I can access to this tool, unfortunately, I
can't work on the server.

My question is : how to define users and roles without this tool ?

I've created a sql server database to store users / roles / webparts
personalization and registered it with aspnet_regsql. I've also change the
"localSqlServer" connection string in the "ASP.NET" tab in the IIS
properties to point onto this database. The tables have been created and are
empty.

Thanks in advance.

 

[loren.paulsen]

I'm having the same problem as you. I do not know the solution but I
can confirm for you that web parts do require you to be logged in
first. I look forward to hearing from you if you figure it out, or if
anyone else has an answer.