Use the base controllers File method. public ActionResult Image(string id) { var dir = Server.MapPath(“/Images”); var path = Path.Combine(dir, id + “.jpg”); //validate the path for security or use other means to generate the path. return base.File(path, “image/jpeg”); } As a note, this seems to be fairly efficient. I did a test where I requested … Read more
First, you need to enable and see detailed errors of your web messages, because this is a general message without giving information on what’s really happening for security reasons. With the detailed error, you can locate the real issue here. Also, if you can run the browser on the server, you get details on the … Read more
Here’s how I do it. I decided to use IPrincipal instead of IIdentity because it means I don’t have to implement both IIdentity and IPrincipal. Create the interface interface ICustomPrincipal : IPrincipal { int Id { get; set; } string FirstName { get; set; } string LastName { get; set; } } CustomPrincipal public class … Read more
Server.MapPath specifies the relative or virtual path to map to a physical directory. Server.MapPath(“.”)1 returns the current physical directory of the file (e.g. aspx) being executed Server.MapPath(“..”) returns the parent directory Server.MapPath(“~”) returns the physical path to the root of the application Server.MapPath(“https://stackoverflow.com/”) returns the physical path to the root of the domain name (is … Read more
Website: The Web Site project is compiled on the fly. You end up with a lot more DLL files, which can be a pain. It also gives problems when you have pages or controls in one directory that need to reference pages and controls in another directory since the other directory may not be compiled … Read more
If you are using IIS for hosting your application, then the default upload file size is 4MB. To increase it, please use this below section in your web.config – <configuration> <system.web> <httpRuntime maxRequestLength=”1048576″ /> </system.web> </configuration> For IIS7 and above, you also need to add the lines below: <system.webServer> <security> <requestFiltering> <requestLimits maxAllowedContentLength=”1073741824″ /> </requestFiltering> … Read more
NOTE: this answer applies only to Web services, if you are returning JSON from a Controller method, make sure you read this SO answer below as well: https://stackoverflow.com/a/7207539/1246870 The MaxJsonLength property cannot be unlimited, is an integer property that defaults to 102400 (100k). You can set the MaxJsonLength property on your web.config: <configuration> <system.web.extensions> <scripting> … Read more
If you want to add text to password mode textfield then you need to write. txtPassword.Attributes.Add(“value”, finalString.ToString());
After doing further debugging, it turns out that the Fluent Automation tests were working as they should. I also have Glimpse installed on my site for testing. With Glimpse disabled, my page post backs were not working properly. I removed Glimpse from the site and my tests are working as expected.