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adrotator problem
Hello, all,
I'm geting the error
The AdRotator adRotator1 could not find the AdvertisementFile or the file is invalid.
I've looked around the net and on this forum and it looks like what I have is correct. But for some reason, I'm still geting this error.
I'm including a very basic example that doesn't even work. What am I doing wrong? I'm using ASP.NET 2.0
Thanks,
Strick
Code:
<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeFile="test.aspx.vb" Inherits="test" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:AdRotator ID="AdRotator1" AdvertisementFile="/App_Data/FrontPagePics.xml" runat="server" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Here is my xml file code:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Advertisments>
<Ad>
<ImageURL>images/banner1.jpg</ImageURL>
<NavigateURL>http://www.microsoft.com</NavigateURL>
<AlternateText>Microsoft Site</AlternateText>
<Keyword>Computers</Keyword>
<Impressions>50</Impressions>
</Ad>
</Advertisments>
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Re: adrotator problem
You've capitalized URL. Remember that XML is case sensitive. Use ImageUrl, NavigateUrl, etc.
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Re: adrotator problem
Hello,
Unfortunately that didn't work either. I made it small letters and still it didn't work. Very frustrating since most sites on the net and even this forum show how to do it exactly as I have done it. Anything else you think it could be?
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Advertisments>
<Ad>
<ImageUrl>images/banner1.jpg</ImageUrl>
<NavigateUrl>http://www.microsoft.com</NavigateUrl>
<AlternateText>Microsoft Site</AlternateText>
<Keyword>Computers</Keyword>
<Impressions>50</Impressions>
</Ad>
</Advertisments>
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Re: adrotator problem
I've just been setting up a few ad rotators on a site I'm working on.
Have you tried
Code:
AdvertisementFile="~/App_Data/FrontPagePics.xml"
I think the "~" points to the root.
Good luck
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Re: adrotator problem
This is weird as hell, but I got so frustrated that I just deleted my adrotators and xml files and recreated them identically and now they work....
Strick
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Re: adrotator problem
That's the ASP.NET troubleshooting equivalent of Windows: "Please reinstall the application and it should work."