What is cross page posting in ASP.NET2.0 ?
When we have to post data from one page to another in application we used server.transfer method but in this the URL remains the same but in cross page posting there is little different there is normal post back is done but in target page we can access values of server control in the source page.This is quite simple we have to only set the PostBackUrl property of Button,LinkButton or imagebutton which specifies the target page.In target page we can access the PreviousPage property.And we have to use the @PreviousPageType directive.We can access control of PreviousPage by using the findcontrol method.When we set the PostBackURL property ASP.NET framework bind the HTML and Javascript function automatically.
Describe the Provider Model and Personalization in ASP.NET 2.0?
The Provider model in ASP.NET 2.0 is based on the Provider Design Pattern that was created in the year 2002 and later implemented in the .NET Framework 2.0.
The Provider Model supports automatic creation of users and their respective roles by creating entries of them directly in the SQL Server (May even use MS Access and other custom data sources). So actually, this model also supports automatically creating the user table's schema.
The Provider model has 2 security providers in it: Membership provider and Role Provider. The membership provider saves inside it the user name (id) and corresponding passwords, whereas the Role provider stores the Roles of the users.
For SQL Server, the SqlMembershipProvider is used, while for MS Access, the AccessMembershipProvider is used. The Security settings may be set using the website adminstration tool. Automatically, the AccessMembershipProvider creates a Microsoft Access database file named aspnetdb.mdb inside the application's App_Data folder. This contains 10 tables.
ASP.NET 2.0 Personalization - Personalization allows information about visitors to be persisted on a data store so that the information can be useful to the visitor when they visit the site again. In ASP.NET 2.0, this is controlled by a Personalization API. Before the Personalization Model came into existence, the prior versions of ASP.NET used of the old Session object to take care of re-visits. Now comes the Profile object.
In order to use a Profile object, some settings need to be done in web.config. The example below shall explain how to use a profile object:
//Add this to System.Web in web.config
'In Page_Load event, add the following...
If Profile.FirstName <> "" Then
Panel1.Visible = False
Response.Write("Welcome Back Dear :, " & Profile.FirstName & ", " & Profile.LastName)
Else
Panel1.Visible = True
End If
'Here is the code how to save the profile properties in an event to save it
Profile.FirstName = txtFirstName.Text
Profile.LastName = txtLastName.Text
What is IIS Metabase? How to edit IIS metabase? How to backup IIS metabase file?
IIS Metabase - sounds like geek stuff right! What is IIS Metabase??? In the simplest words, IIS metabase is the repository of the configuration values that are set in the Internet Information Server (IIS). The IIS metabase in an XML file. It may be controlled through program or manually too.
In order to edit IIS metabase entries, the user needs to have administrative rights on the system. To do this, in run window, type "inetmgr". Browse to "Local Computer" and right click it. Click on "Properties". Select the "Enable Direct Metabase Edit" check box.
Many times, due to the existence of multiple versions of .NET framework, some settings in the IIS metabase may get affected and cause your program not to run. For such scenarios, you may take a backup of the IIS metabase XML file and recover it. To create a portable backup, open run window and type "inetmgr". Next browse to "Local Computer" and go to "All Tasks". Next, click on Backup/Restore Configuration. Next, click on "Create Backup". In the textbod box for Configuration Backup name, type a name for your backup file. Also select the encrypt backup option and type a password. To finish the process, click "OK".
Search for Metabase.xml file on your IIS Web Server.
What is Authentication? What are the different types of Authentication?
In a client-server environment, there are plenty of cases where the server has to interact and identify the client that sends a request to the server. Authentication is the process of determining and confirming the identity of the client.
If a client is not successfully identified, it is said to be anonymous.
Types of Authentication
Windows Authentication
Forms Authentication
Passport Authentication
Essentially the Windows Authentication and Forms Authentication are the famous ones, as Passport Authentication is related to a few websites (like microsoft.com, hotmail.com, msn.com etc. only).
Windows Authentication is implemented mostly in Intranet scenarios. When a browser (client) sends a Request to a server where in windows authentication has been implemented, the initial request is anonymous in nature. The server sends back a Response with a message in HTTP Header. This Prompts a Window to display a Modal Dialog Box on the browser, where the end user may enter the "User name" and "Password".
The end user enters the credentials, which are then validated against the User Store on the Windows server. Note that each user who access the Web Application in a Windows Authentication environment needs to have a Windows Account in the company network.
How to avoid or disable the modal dialog box in a Windows Authentication environment?
By enabling the Windows Integrated Authentication checkbox for the web application through settings in IIS.
Forms Authentication is used in Internet based scenarios, where its not practical to provide a Windows based account to each and every user to the Web Server. In a Forms Authentication environment, the user enters credentials, usually a User Name and a corresponding Password, which is validated against a User Information Store, ideally a database table.
Forms Authentication Ticket is the cookie stored on the user's computer, when a user is authenticated. This helps in automatically logging in a user when he/she re-visits the website. When a Forms Authentication ticket is created, when a user re-visits a website, the Forms Authentication Ticket information is sent to the Web Server along with the HTTP Request.
What is the Website Administrative Tool in ASP.NET 2.0 ?
In ASP.NET 2.0, while using Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition or above, the development IDE provides an interface for editing the web.config rather than manually editing the web.config.
In the IDE, click on "Website" and then on "ASP.NET Configuration". This shall open the Website configuration tool. Note that the Web Site Administration Tool is a set of prebuilt ASP.NET 2.0 webpages and resources that are located within the C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\aspnet_webadmin\2_0_40607 directory.
Describe the security authentication flow and process in ASP.NET?
When a user requests a web page, there exists a process of security too, so that every anonymous user is checked for authentication before gaining access to the webpage. The following points are followed in the sequence for authentication when a client attempts a page request:
* A .aspx web page residing on an IIS web server is requested by an end user
* IIS checks for the user's credentials
* Authentication is done by IIS. If authenticated, a token is passed to the ASP.NET worker process along with the request
* Based on the authentication token from IIS, and on the web.config settings for the requested resource, ASP.NET impersonates the end user to the request thread. For impersonation, the web.config impersonate attribute's value is checked.
What are the types of WPF Applications ?
The following four types of WPF applications are available through .NET Framework 3.0 within Visual Studio 2005:
❑ .NET Framework 3.0 Windows Application—The .NET Framework 3.0 Windows Application is essentially the equivalent of a .NET Windows Forms project with all the perks of the WPF API.
❑ .NET Framework 3.0 XAML Browser Application—The .NET Framework 3.0 XAML Browser Application (XBAP) is the WPF version of an ASP.NET web application, with a limited amount of WPF namespaces and functionality available to it, because of the browser’s security access limitations on the client.
❑ .NET Framework 3.0 Service Library Project—The .NET Framework 3.0 Service Library is a Windows Communication Foundation project type and is not held within its sibling WPF platform.
❑ .NET Framework 3.0 Custom Control Library Project—The .NET Framework 3.0 Custom
Control Library is a project designed to output a reusable control that can be redistributed to a .NET application in the form of a dynamic-link library (DLL) .NET assembly.
What is one way operation?
IsOneWay equal to true ensures that the client does not have to wait for the response. So methods marked by IsOneWay to true should always return void. In this the caller does not get anything in return so it is called as one-way communication. In order to understand one way implementation in WCF lets make a code walkthrough of a sample.
Above is the code snippet which describes practically how one way works in WCF. The above given code snippet is numbered. Below is the explanation according to the numbers marked in figure:
1 - This is the code snippet of the server service. We have created a method called as doHugeTask. doHugeTask basically makes the method sleep for 5000 MS and then displays the time when the task is completed.
2 - This code snippet is for client. It creates a proxy object of serviceIsOneWay and calls the doHugeTask method. After calling the doHugeTask the client execution continues ahead. So as a proof we display the time when the method calling was completed.
3 - This screen shot shows the output given by both server and client. The top window displays the server output and the below windows displays the client output.
So run the server program first i.e. ServiceIsOneWay and run the client later. You will see the client runs the doHugeTask and moves ahead. So the client completion time is less than the server. One more thing to understand is that one way does not give any notification back of completion. So it’s like fire and forget.
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