Hello,
I am trying to learn ASP.NET out of a book, and I am having some problems that I can't figure out.
What the book told me to do is put the following HTML file into my c:\inetpub\wwwroot dir:
<html>
<head>
<title>
ASP.NET Mathematical Sample
</title>
</head>
<body>
<form method="GET" action="math.aspx">
<input type="text" name="value1">
<select name="operator">
<option value="add">+
<option value="subtract">-
<option value="multiply">x
<option value="divide">/
</select>
<input type="text" name="value2">
<input type="submit" value="Get Result">
</form>
</body>
</html>I did this, and then it told me to create a virtual directory, which I did (mapped to Desktop\Test) and called test, and put in the following (math.aspx):
<%@Import Namespace="System.Decimal"
<script language="VB" runat="server">
Sub Page_Load(Source as Object, E As EventArgs)
Dim decValue1 As Decimal
Dim decValue2 As Decimal
Dim strOperator As String
Dim decResult As Decimal
decValue1 = Request.QueryString("value1")
decValue2 = Request.QueryString("value2")
strOperator = Request.QueryString("operator")
Select Case strOperator
Case "multiply"
decResult = MultiplyValues(decValue1, decValue2)
Case "divide"
decResult = DivideValues(decValue1, decValue2)
Case "add"
decResult = AddValues(decValue1, decValue2)
Case "subtract"
decResult = SubtractValues(decValue1, decValue2)
End Select
Response.Write("The result of your calculation is: " & _
decResult)
End Sub
Function MultiplyValues(decValue1 As Decimal, decValue2 As _
Decimal)
Dim decResult As Decimal
decResult = Multiply(decValue1, decValue2)
Return decResult
End Function
Function DivideValues(decValue1 As Decimal, decValue2 As _
Decimal)
Dim decResult As Decimal
decResult = Divide(decValue1, decValue2)
Return decResult
End Function
Function AddValues(decValue1 As Decimal, decValue2 As _
Decimal)
Dim decResult As Decimal
decResult = Add(decValue1, decValue2)
Return decResult
End Function
Function SubtractValues(decValue1 As Decimal, decValue2 As _
Decimal)
Dim decResult As Decimal
decResult = Subtract(decValue1, decValue2)
Return decResult
End Function
</script>What happens is if I click on the Get Result button on my html page, it says it can't find the file c:\inetpub\wwwroot\math.aspx. So I moved the math.aspx file to that dir, tried again, and it just brought up the source code instead of performing the operation.
I am an absolute newb at ASP.NET, and I don't know how the troubleshoot this problem. I went through the instructions in the book again, and I seemed to have followed them as well as I could, given they were pretty sketchy.
Any advice? Thanks a lot!
MAC
