Misprint in the book? Have you checked the publisher's web site for an errata?
>I have given up on the Microsoft-supplied tutorial for the book "Teach yourself ASP.NET in 21 days" - I am on day one, example 1.2. However, the first example, which is supposed to print one line of text(!) doesn't work on my machines.
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>I run the code I created (or the sample provided) and get the following error:
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>Line 4
>Char 8
>Error: Expected ';'
>Code 0
>URL: http://localhost/day1/exercise1.aspx
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>
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>Here's the code:
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>< % ERROR: @ Page Language="VB" % >
>
><script runat="server">
> sub Page_Load(obj as object, E as eventargs)
> lblMessage.Text = "This is my first exercise!"
> end sub
></script>
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><html><body>
> <asp:Label id="lblMessage" runat="server"/>
></body></html>
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>There MUST be something wrong with my setup....I have the exact same problem on my desktop & laptop machines (each with their own copy of IIS, .NET) so I'm completely stumped!
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>Any thoughts are greatly appreciated!
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer
