So I've created a Web Application (not Web Site) with ASP.NET (C#) and it compiles just fine in the VS13 environment. But when I publish it on IIS, the Postback on the Default Document fails. The Default Document is called LoginPage.aspx. As soon as I click the <asp:Button> to run my code behind, all it does is refresh the page. This project has been published on my local 127.0.0.1 IP address for the time being.
I know this has been a documented issue, but I've tried many solutions and have not come across a resolution. Some solutions I have attempted:
- Creating a brand new Web App with minimal code to attempt accessing any Postback with no success.
- I tried the first solution presented here with no success: https://stackoverflow.com/a/7367076/4204026
I also tried URL mappings:
<urlMappings>
<add url="~/login" mappedUrl="~/Views/LoginPage.aspx" />
<add url="~/login/" mappedUrl="~/Views/LoginPage.aspx" />
</urlMappings>
I'm honestly at a loss as to what's happening here. One thing I did notice is when the application is being run through Visual Studio, the <form> tag on the LoginPage.aspx appears in Chrome as:
<form method="post" action="LoginPage" id="ct101" class=".myForm">
Through IIS:
<form method="post" action="./" id="ct101" class=".myForm">
Not sure if that's a problem either. I tried hard-coding the action to login to see what would happen and it does redirect to the correct page, but as suspected no Postback was fired - My Session variable returned null and no query string was used.
Here's the related LoginPage.aspx front-end code (trimmed out a bunch of unrelated HTML):
<%@ Page Title="DREW KENNEDY | WELCOME" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="Site.Master" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="LoginPage.aspx.cs" Inherits="MyMedia.Views.LoginPage" %>
<asp:Content ID="BodyContent" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent" runat="server">
<!-- form is located on Site.Master -->
<asp:Button OnClick="LoginBtn_Click" CssClass="login" runat="server" name="submit" Text="Sign In" />
</asp:Content>
And the LoginBtn_Click method in LoginPage.aspx.cs:
protected void LoginBtn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
//Tried the following line while commenting out everything else to make sure Postback is being ignored
//Response.Write("<script>alert('Test');</script>");
try {
AbstractPersistenceDecorator decorator = new PersistenceDecorator();
string uname = username.Text.Trim();//username is a TextBox Control
string pass = password.Text.Trim();//password is a TextBox control
bool isCookieRequested = CheckBox.Checked;
if (decorator.authenticate(uname, pass)) {//calling SQL Server for authentication
User AuthenticatedUser = (User)Session["User"] ?? decorator.getUserInfo(uname);
if (Session["User"] == null) Session["User"] = AuthenticatedUser;
if (isCookieRequested) {
HttpCookie cookie = new HttpCookie("username", AuthenticatedUser.Username);
cookie.Expires.AddDays(7);
Response.Cookies.Add(cookie);
} else {
Session.Timeout = 15;
}
Thread.Sleep(1600);
//string redirect = string.Format("dashboard?username={0}", AuthenticatedUser.Username);
Response.Redirect("dashboard?username=" + AuthenticatedUser.Username);
}
} catch (Exception ex) {
//who cares?
}
}
Final pieces of info:
- Running IIS 8.0
- Application created with 4.5 Framework, Application Pool is also 4.5 Framework
- I have ensured that ASP.NET is installed on IIS
- I do have URL ReWriting in the global.asax file, though I'm not sure if that is related in any way (I don't see how).
- I have no Default.aspx page
EDIT:
- Just tested the project through 127.0.0.1 on IE11 and FF with the same result.
EDIT #2:
Additional things I have tried with no success:
- I tried removing my URL Rewriting
- I tried adding an empty URL Rewrite rule, i.e.
("Empty URL", "", "~/Views/LoginPage.aspx")
Additional notes:
- I do not use Telerik
- I do not use ISAPI
- The project in Visual Studio was set to
debugand notrelease
