"Christina" <chrisgir***@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1163713938.460440.53870@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hiya!!
>
> I am trying to do something really simple here..
>
> I have a link, clicking on which leads to a page say MyPage.aspx.
> There's a query string also passed to it. Hence its :
>
> http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx?myQueryStr=abcd
>
> Now, I dont want this to be displayed to the user. I want something
> like:
> http://machineName/projName/MyPage,
> on anything, but NOT the querystring.
>
> I tried the below code :
>
> 1)
> In global.asax.vb :
>
> Sub Application_BeginRequest(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
> EventArgs)
>         Dim strCurrentPath As String
>         Dim strCustomPath As String
>
>        strCurrentPath = Request.Path
>        strCurrentPath = strCurrentPath.ToLower()
>        If (strCurrentPath.IndexOf("/MyPage.aspx") > -1) Then
>
>            strCustomPath = "http://machineName/projName/MyPage"
>
>            Context.RewritePath(strCustomPath)
>        End If
>
> The above code gives an error : Invalid file name for monitoring..
>
> 2)
> In page_load of mypage.aspx
>        Context.RewritePath(strCustomPath)
>
> Still the same error :-(
>
> Any pointers ?
>
> Thanks!!
>

> ASP.Net 2.0 has this built right in. What you'll want is the urlmapping
> section of the config file (if I remember correctly). There's also a really
> nice utility at http://www.urlrewriting.net that can do more extensive
> mapping with regular expressions.
>
> --
> Hope this helps,
> Mark Fitzpatrick
> Former Microsoft FrontPage MVP 199?-2006
>
> "Christina" <chrisgir***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1163713938.460440.53870@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > Hiya!!
> >
> > I am trying to do something really simple here..
> >
> > I have a link, clicking on which leads to a page say MyPage.aspx.
> > There's a query string also passed to it. Hence its :
> >
> > http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx?myQueryStr=abcd
> >
> > Now, I dont want this to be displayed to the user. I want something
> > like:
> > http://machineName/projName/MyPage,
> > on anything, but NOT the querystring.
> >
> > I tried the below code :
> >
> > 1)
> > In global.asax.vb :
> >
> > Sub Application_BeginRequest(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
> > EventArgs)
> >         Dim strCurrentPath As String
> >         Dim strCustomPath As String
> >
> >        strCurrentPath = Request.Path
> >        strCurrentPath = strCurrentPath.ToLower()
> >        If (strCurrentPath.IndexOf("/MyPage.aspx") > -1) Then
> >
> >            strCustomPath = "http://machineName/projName/MyPage"
> >
> >            Context.RewritePath(strCustomPath)
> >        End If
> >
> > The above code gives an error : Invalid file name for monitoring..
> >
> > 2)
> > In page_load of mypage.aspx
> >        Context.RewritePath(strCustomPath)
> >
> > Still the same error :-(
> >
> > Any pointers ?
> >
> > Thanks!!
> >

> I don't think this is what she is asking, although urlmapping would
> work for say, http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx (if you want
> asp.net to handle files with no extension, this is a webserver setting
> that has to handle the request first), you could map:
>
>
> http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx
>
> to
>
> http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx?myQueryStr=abcd
>
> you could not say, have MyPage.aspx also map to:
>
> http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx?myQueryStr=1234
>
> so the issue is moot.
>
> Basically you could
>
> a) have a different url mapping for every possible querystring
> possibility (eg. MyPageAbcd.aspx -> MyPage.aspx?myQueryStr=abcd)
>
> b) create a httphandler that takes advantage of Request.RewritePath()
> that allows you to parse a request and rewrite the url to the correct
> querystring (eg. http://machineName/projName/MyPage/abcd.aspx) and then
> map that in your handler to ->
> http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx?myQueryStr=abcd by parsing
> http://machineName/projName/<aspxpage>/<querystringvalue>.aspx.  This
> option is really limitless, as long as you know how to parse the
> incoming url.
>
> c) your third option isn't as flexible, but requires no url rewriting,
> and that is to post all of your data instead of passing in querystring
>
>
>
> ~kcf
>
>
> Mark Fitzpatrick wrote:
> > ASP.Net 2.0 has this built right in. What you'll want is the urlmapping
> > section of the config file (if I remember correctly). There's also a really
> > nice utility at http://www.urlrewriting.net that can do more extensive
> > mapping with regular expressions.
> >
> > --
> > Hope this helps,
> > Mark Fitzpatrick
> > Former Microsoft FrontPage MVP 199?-2006
> >
> > "Christina" <chrisgir***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:1163713938.460440.53870@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > > Hiya!!
> > >
> > > I am trying to do something really simple here..
> > >
> > > I have a link, clicking on which leads to a page say MyPage.aspx.
> > > There's a query string also passed to it. Hence its :
> > >
> > > http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx?myQueryStr=abcd
> > >
> > > Now, I dont want this to be displayed to the user. I want something
> > > like:
> > > http://machineName/projName/MyPage,
> > > on anything, but NOT the querystring.
> > >
> > > I tried the below code :
> > >
> > > 1)
> > > In global.asax.vb :
> > >
> > > Sub Application_BeginRequest(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
> > > EventArgs)
> > >         Dim strCurrentPath As String
> > >         Dim strCustomPath As String
> > >
> > >        strCurrentPath = Request.Path
> > >        strCurrentPath = strCurrentPath.ToLower()
> > >        If (strCurrentPath.IndexOf("/MyPage.aspx") > -1) Then
> > >
> > >            strCustomPath = "http://machineName/projName/MyPage"
> > >
> > >            Context.RewritePath(strCustomPath)
> > >        End If
> > >
> > > The above code gives an error : Invalid file name for monitoring..
> > >
> > > 2)
> > > In page_load of mypage.aspx
> > >        Context.RewritePath(strCustomPath)
> > >
> > > Still the same error :-(
> > >
> > > Any pointers ?
> > >
> > > Thanks!!
> > >

> Hmmm.... doesnt seem to be as simple as I thought it would be.
>
> As kferron  said, I'll focus on : httphandler -> rewrite path ->
> parsing..
>
> Meanwhile, if anybody has a link which shows how to do this, or a code
> snippet, that would be great!!
>
> Thanks for the help!!
>
>
> kferron wrote:
> > I don't think this is what she is asking, although urlmapping would
> > work for say, http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx (if you want
> > asp.net to handle files with no extension, this is a webserver setting
> > that has to handle the request first), you could map:
> >
> >
> > http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx
> >
> > to
> >
> > http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx?myQueryStr=abcd
> >
> > you could not say, have MyPage.aspx also map to:
> >
> > http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx?myQueryStr=1234
> >
> > so the issue is moot.
> >
> > Basically you could
> >
> > a) have a different url mapping for every possible querystring
> > possibility (eg. MyPageAbcd.aspx -> MyPage.aspx?myQueryStr=abcd)
> >
> > b) create a httphandler that takes advantage of Request.RewritePath()
> > that allows you to parse a request and rewrite the url to the correct
> > querystring (eg. http://machineName/projName/MyPage/abcd.aspx) and then
> > map that in your handler to ->
> > http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx?myQueryStr=abcd by parsing
> > http://machineName/projName/<aspxpage>/<querystringvalue>.aspx.  This
> > option is really limitless, as long as you know how to parse the
> > incoming url.
> >
> > c) your third option isn't as flexible, but requires no url rewriting,
> > and that is to post all of your data instead of passing in querystring
> >
> >
> >
> > ~kcf
> >
> >
> > Mark Fitzpatrick wrote:
> > > ASP.Net 2.0 has this built right in. What you'll want is the urlmapping
> > > section of the config file (if I remember correctly). There's also a really
> > > nice utility at http://www.urlrewriting.net that can do more extensive
> > > mapping with regular expressions.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Hope this helps,
> > > Mark Fitzpatrick
> > > Former Microsoft FrontPage MVP 199?-2006
> > >
> > > "Christina" <chrisgir***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:1163713938.460440.53870@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > > > Hiya!!
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to do something really simple here..
> > > >
> > > > I have a link, clicking on which leads to a page say MyPage.aspx.
> > > > There's a query string also passed to it. Hence its :
> > > >
> > > > http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx?myQueryStr=abcd
> > > >
> > > > Now, I dont want this to be displayed to the user. I want something
> > > > like:
> > > > http://machineName/projName/MyPage,
> > > > on anything, but NOT the querystring.
> > > >
> > > > I tried the below code :
> > > >
> > > > 1)
> > > > In global.asax.vb :
> > > >
> > > > Sub Application_BeginRequest(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
> > > > EventArgs)
> > > >         Dim strCurrentPath As String
> > > >         Dim strCustomPath As String
> > > >
> > > >        strCurrentPath = Request.Path
> > > >        strCurrentPath = strCurrentPath.ToLower()
> > > >        If (strCurrentPath.IndexOf("/MyPage.aspx") > -1) Then
> > > >
> > > >            strCustomPath = "http://machineName/projName/MyPage"
> > > >
> > > >            Context.RewritePath(strCustomPath)
> > > >        End If
> > > >
> > > > The above code gives an error : Invalid file name for monitoring..
> > > >
> > > > 2)
> > > > In page_load of mypage.aspx
> > > >        Context.RewritePath(strCustomPath)
> > > >
> > > > Still the same error :-(
> > > >
> > > > Any pointers ?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!!
> > > >

> this is a pretty cool approach in my opinion Christina
>
> http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/urlrewriter.asp
>
>
>
> Christina wrote:
> > Hmmm.... doesnt seem to be as simple as I thought it would be.
> >
> > As kferron  said, I'll focus on : httphandler -> rewrite path ->
> > parsing..
> >
> > Meanwhile, if anybody has a link which shows how to do this, or a code
> > snippet, that would be great!!
> >
> > Thanks for the help!!
> >
> >
> > kferron wrote:
> > > I don't think this is what she is asking, although urlmapping would
> > > work for say, http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx (if you want
> > > asp.net to handle files with no extension, this is a webserver setting
> > > that has to handle the request first), you could map:
> > >
> > >
> > > http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx
> > >
> > > to
> > >
> > > http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx?myQueryStr=abcd
> > >
> > > you could not say, have MyPage.aspx also map to:
> > >
> > > http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx?myQueryStr=1234
> > >
> > > so the issue is moot.
> > >
> > > Basically you could
> > >
> > > a) have a different url mapping for every possible querystring
> > > possibility (eg. MyPageAbcd.aspx -> MyPage.aspx?myQueryStr=abcd)
> > >
> > > b) create a httphandler that takes advantage of Request.RewritePath()
> > > that allows you to parse a request and rewrite the url to the correct
> > > querystring (eg. http://machineName/projName/MyPage/abcd.aspx) and then
> > > map that in your handler to ->
> > > http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx?myQueryStr=abcd by parsing
> > > http://machineName/projName/<aspxpage>/<querystringvalue>.aspx.  This
> > > option is really limitless, as long as you know how to parse the
> > > incoming url.
> > >
> > > c) your third option isn't as flexible, but requires no url rewriting,
> > > and that is to post all of your data instead of passing in querystring
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ~kcf
> > >
> > >
> > > Mark Fitzpatrick wrote:
> > > > ASP.Net 2.0 has this built right in. What you'll want is the urlmapping
> > > > section of the config file (if I remember correctly). There's also a really
> > > > nice utility at http://www.urlrewriting.net that can do more extensive
> > > > mapping with regular expressions.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Hope this helps,
> > > > Mark Fitzpatrick
> > > > Former Microsoft FrontPage MVP 199?-2006
> > > >
> > > > "Christina" <chrisgir***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:1163713938.460440.53870@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > > > > Hiya!!
> > > > >
> > > > > I am trying to do something really simple here..
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a link, clicking on which leads to a page say MyPage.aspx.
> > > > > There's a query string also passed to it. Hence its :
> > > > >
> > > > > http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx?myQueryStr=abcd
> > > > >
> > > > > Now, I dont want this to be displayed to the user. I want something
> > > > > like:
> > > > > http://machineName/projName/MyPage,
> > > > > on anything, but NOT the querystring.
> > > > >
> > > > > I tried the below code :
> > > > >
> > > > > 1)
> > > > > In global.asax.vb :
> > > > >
> > > > > Sub Application_BeginRequest(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
> > > > > EventArgs)
> > > > >         Dim strCurrentPath As String
> > > > >         Dim strCustomPath As String
> > > > >
> > > > >        strCurrentPath = Request.Path
> > > > >        strCurrentPath = strCurrentPath.ToLower()
> > > > >        If (strCurrentPath.IndexOf("/MyPage.aspx") > -1) Then
> > > > >
> > > > >            strCustomPath = "http://machineName/projName/MyPage"
> > > > >
> > > > >            Context.RewritePath(strCustomPath)
> > > > >        End If
> > > > >
> > > > > The above code gives an error : Invalid file name for monitoring..
> > > > >
> > > > > 2)
> > > > > In page_load of mypage.aspx
> > > > >        Context.RewritePath(strCustomPath)
> > > > >
> > > > > Still the same error :-(
> > > > >
> > > > > Any pointers ?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks!!
> > > > >

> this is a pretty cool approach in my opinion Christina
>
> http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/urlrewriter.asp
>
>
>
> Christina wrote:
> > Hmmm.... doesnt seem to be as simple as I thought it would be.
> >
> > As kferron  said, I'll focus on : httphandler -> rewrite path ->
> > parsing..
> >
> > Meanwhile, if anybody has a link which shows how to do this, or a code
> > snippet, that would be great!!
> >
> > Thanks for the help!!
> >
> >
> > kferron wrote:
> > > I don't think this is what she is asking, although urlmapping would
> > > work for say, http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx (if you want
> > > asp.net to handle files with no extension, this is a webserver setting
> > > that has to handle the request first), you could map:
> > >
> > >
> > > http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx
> > >
> > > to
> > >
> > > http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx?myQueryStr=abcd
> > >
> > > you could not say, have MyPage.aspx also map to:
> > >
> > > http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx?myQueryStr=1234
> > >
> > > so the issue is moot.
> > >
> > > Basically you could
> > >
> > > a) have a different url mapping for every possible querystring
> > > possibility (eg. MyPageAbcd.aspx -> MyPage.aspx?myQueryStr=abcd)
> > >
> > > b) create a httphandler that takes advantage of Request.RewritePath()
> > > that allows you to parse a request and rewrite the url to the correct
> > > querystring (eg. http://machineName/projName/MyPage/abcd.aspx) and then
> > > map that in your handler to ->
> > > http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx?myQueryStr=abcd by parsing
> > > http://machineName/projName/<aspxpage>/<querystringvalue>.aspx.  This
> > > option is really limitless, as long as you know how to parse the
> > > incoming url.
> > >
> > > c) your third option isn't as flexible, but requires no url rewriting,
> > > and that is to post all of your data instead of passing in querystring
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ~kcf
> > >
> > >
> > > Mark Fitzpatrick wrote:
> > > > ASP.Net 2.0 has this built right in. What you'll want is the urlmapping
> > > > section of the config file (if I remember correctly). There's also a really
> > > > nice utility at http://www.urlrewriting.net that can do more extensive
> > > > mapping with regular expressions.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Hope this helps,
> > > > Mark Fitzpatrick
> > > > Former Microsoft FrontPage MVP 199?-2006
> > > >
> > > > "Christina" <chrisgir***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:1163713938.460440.53870@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > > > > Hiya!!
> > > > >
> > > > > I am trying to do something really simple here..
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a link, clicking on which leads to a page say MyPage.aspx.
> > > > > There's a query string also passed to it. Hence its :
> > > > >
> > > > > http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx?myQueryStr=abcd
> > > > >
> > > > > Now, I dont want this to be displayed to the user. I want something
> > > > > like:
> > > > > http://machineName/projName/MyPage,
> > > > > on anything, but NOT the querystring.
> > > > >
> > > > > I tried the below code :
> > > > >
> > > > > 1)
> > > > > In global.asax.vb :
> > > > >
> > > > > Sub Application_BeginRequest(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
> > > > > EventArgs)
> > > > >         Dim strCurrentPath As String
> > > > >         Dim strCustomPath As String
> > > > >
> > > > >        strCurrentPath = Request.Path
> > > > >        strCurrentPath = strCurrentPath.ToLower()
> > > > >        If (strCurrentPath.IndexOf("/MyPage.aspx") > -1) Then
> > > > >
> > > > >            strCustomPath = "http://machineName/projName/MyPage"
> > > > >
> > > > >            Context.RewritePath(strCustomPath)
> > > > >        End If
> > > > >
> > > > > The above code gives an error : Invalid file name for monitoring..
> > > > >
> > > > > 2)
> > > > > In page_load of mypage.aspx
> > > > >        Context.RewritePath(strCustomPath)
> > > > >
> > > > > Still the same error :-(
> > > > >
> > > > > Any pointers ?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks!!
> > > > >

> Hey, I would like to consider the third approach also:
> post all of your data instead of passing in querystring
>
> Can I get a pointer to that too..
>
> Thanx!!
>
>
> kferron wrote:
> > this is a pretty cool approach in my opinion Christina
> >
> > http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/urlrewriter.asp
> >
> >
> >
> > Christina wrote:
> > > Hmmm.... doesnt seem to be as simple as I thought it would be.
> > >
> > > As kferron  said, I'll focus on : httphandler -> rewrite path ->
> > > parsing..
> > >
> > > Meanwhile, if anybody has a link which shows how to do this, or a code
> > > snippet, that would be great!!
> > >
> > > Thanks for the help!!
> > >
> > >
> > > kferron wrote:
> > > > I don't think this is what she is asking, although urlmapping would
> > > > work for say, http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx (if you want
> > > > asp.net to handle files with no extension, this is a webserver setting
> > > > that has to handle the request first), you could map:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx
> > > >
> > > > to
> > > >
> > > > http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx?myQueryStr=abcd
> > > >
> > > > you could not say, have MyPage.aspx also map to:
> > > >
> > > > http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx?myQueryStr=1234
> > > >
> > > > so the issue is moot.
> > > >
> > > > Basically you could
> > > >
> > > > a) have a different url mapping for every possible querystring
> > > > possibility (eg. MyPageAbcd.aspx -> MyPage.aspx?myQueryStr=abcd)
> > > >
> > > > b) create a httphandler that takes advantage of Request.RewritePath()
> > > > that allows you to parse a request and rewrite the url to the correct
> > > > querystring (eg. http://machineName/projName/MyPage/abcd.aspx) and then
> > > > map that in your handler to ->
> > > > http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx?myQueryStr=abcd by parsing
> > > > http://machineName/projName/<aspxpage>/<querystringvalue>.aspx.  This
> > > > option is really limitless, as long as you know how to parse the
> > > > incoming url.
> > > >
> > > > c) your third option isn't as flexible, but requires no url rewriting,
> > > > and that is to post all of your data instead of passing in querystring
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ~kcf
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Mark Fitzpatrick wrote:
> > > > > ASP.Net 2.0 has this built right in. What you'll want is the urlmapping
> > > > > section of the config file (if I remember correctly). There's also a really
> > > > > nice utility at http://www.urlrewriting.net that can do more extensive
> > > > > mapping with regular expressions.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Hope this helps,
> > > > > Mark Fitzpatrick
> > > > > Former Microsoft FrontPage MVP 199?-2006
> > > > >
> > > > > "Christina" <chrisgir***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > > > > news:1163713938.460440.53870@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > > > > > Hiya!!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I am trying to do something really simple here..
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have a link, clicking on which leads to a page say MyPage.aspx.
> > > > > > There's a query string also passed to it. Hence its :
> > > > > >
> > > > > > http://machineName/projName/MyPage.aspx?myQueryStr=abcd
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Now, I dont want this to be displayed to the user. I want something
> > > > > > like:
> > > > > > http://machineName/projName/MyPage,
> > > > > > on anything, but NOT the querystring.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I tried the below code :
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 1)
> > > > > > In global.asax.vb :
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Sub Application_BeginRequest(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
> > > > > > EventArgs)
> > > > > >         Dim strCurrentPath As String
> > > > > >         Dim strCustomPath As String
> > > > > >
> > > > > >        strCurrentPath = Request.Path
> > > > > >        strCurrentPath = strCurrentPath.ToLower()
> > > > > >        If (strCurrentPath.IndexOf("/MyPage.aspx") > -1) Then
> > > > > >
> > > > > >            strCustomPath = "http://machineName/projName/MyPage"
> > > > > >
> > > > > >            Context.RewritePath(strCustomPath)
> > > > > >        End If
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The above code gives an error : Invalid file name for monitoring..
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 2)
> > > > > > In page_load of mypage.aspx
> > > > > >        Context.RewritePath(strCustomPath)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Still the same error :-(
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Any pointers ?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks!!
> > > > > >

> In the Application_BeginRequest, after checkin the URL, ie if its
> /myFolder/URL.aspx, then i am using
> HttpContext.Current.RewritePath("/myFolder/newURL.aspx") to rewrite the
> URL.
>
> Now, this is the result:
> I type http://MachineName/myFolder/URL.apx,
> it displays the page - newURL.aspx (but in the addressbar, its
> http://MachineName/myFolder/URL.apx).
>
> I wanted it to be other way round, ie
> I type http://MachineName/myFolder/URL.apx,
> it displays the page - URL.aspx (but changes the url in the addressbar
> to - http://MachineName/myFolder/newURL.apx).
>
> The reason is, my orignal link has a querystring attached to it. Now I
> dont want the user to see the query string. So I want the page to be
> displayed as it would have (with the querystring), but want to display
> the URL without the querystring. I wanted to rewrite just my Url (in
> the addressbar) to the same url(but without query string).
>
> Any idea ??