Deploying ASP.NET Web Applications in the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 _layouts Folder

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Protected

ByVal e As System.EventArgs) HandlesMe.PreInit

'MyBase.OnPreInit(e)

Dim Web As SPWeb = SPContext.Current.Web

Dim strUrl AsString = _

Web.ServerRelativeUrl() +

Me.MasterPageFile = strUrl

EndSub

For this to pick up the code behind correctly in VS 2008, I had to make this change in my aspx:

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="YourNameSpace.YourClassName" MasterPageFile = "~/_layouts/application.master" %> 

The changes are the CodeFile and the Inherits attribute. The CodeBehind attribute did not work for me, but CodeFile did. Furthermore, the Inherits tag had to be the full namespace/classname of your class.


The @Page attributes can be found here : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ydy4x04a.aspx

How can you get a good compile if you have an error on the ASP page. The masterPageFile specifies a page that does not exist. I even added a temporary master page file, and still could not get this to work.


[tfl - 03 08 09] Hi - and thanks for your post. You should post questions like this to the MSDN Forums at http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn or the MSDN Newsgroups at

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I fellowed same directions in VS 2005 and VS 2008 too.. Still landing to HTTP 403 Forbidden page.
Can any one help me.

Update:

I tried in VS2005 and It worked.

Thanks
Lavu

[tfl - 03 08 09] Hi - and thanks for your post. You should post questions like this to the MSDN Forums at http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn or the MSDN Newsgroups at

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It worked for me

But, there is a problem in the code

Dim strUrl As String = _
Web.ServerRelativeUrl(+"/_catalogs/masterpage/default.master")

it should be

Dim strUrl As String = _
Web.ServerRelativeUrl + "_catalogs/masterpage/default.master"

After I made that change, it worked

Hi,

I followed the instruction given on this page and created the sample web app. I copied the folder to the server where there is sharepoint running. when I browse, it shows http://localhose/_layouts/sptestapp/default.aspx in the URL. And displays an error saying "File Not Found"

Please point me where I could have gone wrong.

Thanks,

tj

[tfl - 03 08 09] Hi - and thanks for your post. You should post questions like this to the MSDN Forums at http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn or the MSDN Newsgroups at

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TestAspx1.aspx

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="TestAspx1.aspx.cs" Inherits="TestAspx.TestAspx1" MasterPageFile="../_layouts/application.master" %>
<%@ Assembly Name="Microsoft.SharePoint.ApplicationPages,Version=12.0.0.0,Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" %>
<%@ Register Tagprefix="SharePoint" Namespace="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls" Assembly="Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" %>
<%@ Register Tagprefix="Utilities" Namespace="Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities" Assembly="Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" %>
<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderId="PlaceHolderMain" runat="server">
<div>
Page Title: <asp:Label ID="LabelTitle" runat="server" Text="Label">
</asp:Label>
</div>
</asp:Content>

<asp:Content ID="Content2"
ContentPlaceHolderId="PlaceHolderPageTitleInTitleArea" runat="server">
Test ASP.NET 2.0 Application
</asp:Content>

TestAspx1.aspx,cs

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Data;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls;

namespace TestAspx
{
public partial class TestAspx1 : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
SPWeb web = SPContext.Current.Web;
LabelTitle.Text = web.Title;


}

protected override void OnPreInit( EventArgs e)
{
base.OnPreInit(e);
//SPWeb mySite = SPControl.GetContextWeb(Context);
SPWeb Web = SPContext.Current.Web;
this.MasterPageFile = Web.MasterUrl;

}

}

}

Steps I have done to run this webpage under the current sharepoint site.

1. copy the .aspx page on Layout folder (under 12 hive).
2.Give Strong name to the project.
3.Copy the dll into GAC
4.IISReset
5. try to run this page...... http://ost-dclb-shrp/_layouts/TestAspx1.aspx

get the error(shown below)

Error in sharepoint Log

spHttpHandler:GetHash finished
PublishingHttpModule.Init() calling AppDomainUnloadListener.Register()
AppDomainUnloadListener.RegisterSelf() entered lock(this=15368010)
Setting IIS virtual directory path to 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\12.0\WebServices\Root'.
Looking up IIS application pool id 'OfficeServerApplicationPool'.
Creating application 'Office Server Web Application' in application pool 'OfficeServerApplicationPool'.
Setting script maps to '.asax,c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_isapi.dll,5,GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG;.asmx,c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_isapi.dll,1,GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG;.config,c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_isapi.dll,5,GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG'.
Committing virtual directory 'root'.
IIS virtual directory 'root' provisioned on web site 'Office Server Web Services'.
Exception Type: System.Web.HttpException Exception Message: Could not load type 'TestAspx.TestAspx1'.

I am struggleing in this code ...for the last 2 days..Still not get any solutions....Any help will be appriciated......


Thanks,

Anurag

I believe you guys are probably not commenting out the <authentication> tag in the web.config.

I puzzled over this for a couple of hours because it was close to what I wanted, with a bit of tweaking it now works (at least for me, no promises).

It boiled down to removing the project name prefix from the "Inherits" part of the <%@ Page %> directive. (Note my project is called WSS01).

It used to read:

<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="default.aspx.vb" Inherits="WSS01._Default" MasterPageFile="~/_layouts/application.master" %>

It now reads:

<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="default.aspx.vb" Inherits="_Default" MasterPageFile="~/_layouts/application.master" %>

Turns out this was the only change needed for it to work, up until then I continually got the "Unknown Error " problem mentioned above.

Also, there's no need to build the project, deploy DLL's anywhere or touch the GAC. Any changes to the codebehind are immediately available next time you hit the page.

Here's the complete code for the ASPX page:

<%@ Assembly Name="Microsoft.SharePoint.ApplicationPages, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" %>

  
<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="default.aspx.vb" Inherits="_Default" MasterPageFile="~/_layouts/application.master" %>

<%@ Import Namespace="Microsoft.SharePoint.ApplicationPages" %>

<%@ Register Tagprefix="SharePoint" Namespace="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls" Assembly="Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" %>

<%@ Register Tagprefix="Utilities" Namespace="Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities" Assembly="Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" %>

<asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderId="PlaceHolderPageTitleInTitleArea" runat="server">
Test ASP.NET 2.0 Application
</asp:Content>

<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderId="PlaceHolderMain" runat="server">
<div>
Title of this site: <asp:Label ID="LabelTitle" runat="server" Text="Label"></asp:Label>
</div>
</asp:Content>