blog bits Julian Bucknall blogs on one of my favorite Community Server topics, his experience with the

blog bits Julian Bucknall blogs on one of my favorite Community Server topics, his experience with the

Kevin Gearing releases a sophisticated Captcha control which includes sound support called FormShield

I added the control to the paperclip theme and modified the post.aspx of that theme and it doesn't work.  Also, if I log in that code doesn't appear as well (meaning the textbox to enter the code).  I would also like to insure all characters are lowercase as well as numbers (no mixed case) so any help in that area would be great.  Clicking the listen link plays nothing and clicking submit does nothing either.  Here is the file I modified (post.aspx):

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" EnableViewState="False" MasterPageFile="theme.Master" Inherits="CommunityServer.Blogs.Controls.CSBlogThemePage" %>

<%@ Register Assembly="dotNetFreak.WebControls.FormShield" Namespace="dotNetFreak.WebControls" TagPrefix="dnf" %>

<%@ Import namespace="CommunityServer.Components"%>

<%@ Import namespace="CommunityServer.Blogs.Components"%>

<script runat="Server">

   void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

   {

       if (CurrentWeblogPost != null)

           SetTitle(CurrentWeblogPost.Subject, false);

   }

</script>

<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="Main" runat="Server">

   <div class="post">

      <CSBlog:WeblogPostData runat="server" Property="Subject" Tag="H2" CssClass="pageTitle" />

      <CSBlog:WeblogPostData Property="FormattedBody" IncrementViewCount="true" runat="server" />

      <CSBlog:WeblogPostData ResourceName="Weblog_ReadMirroredPost" Property="TitleUrl" runat="server">

       <DisplayConditions><CSBlog:WeblogPostPropertyValueComparison runat="server" ComparisonProperty="IsExternal" Operator="IsSetOrTrue" /></DisplayConditions>

       <LeaderTemplate><p><i></LeaderTemplate>

       <TrailerTemplate></i></p></TrailerTemplate>

   </CSBlog:WeblogPostData>

       <div class="postfoot">

           <CSBlog:PostAttachmentData runat="server" LinkTo="Attachment" Tag="Div" Property="FileName"><LeaderTemplate><span class="em">Attachment:</span> </LeaderTemplate></CSBlog:PostAttachmentData>

           <span class="em">Posted:</span>

           <CSBlog:WeblogPostData Property="UserTime" LinkTo="Post" FormatString="MMM dd yyyy, hh:mm tt" runat="server" />

<CSControl:ResourceControl runat="server" ResourceName="Weblog_EntryList_By" id="PostByResource" />

<CSBlog:WeblogPostData Property="DisplayName" LinkTo="AuthorUrl" runat="server" />

<CSControl:PlaceHolder runat="server">

<DisplayConditions Operator="Not"><CSBlog:WeblogPostPropertyValueComparison runat="server" ComparisonProperty="IsExternal" Operator="IsSetOrTrue" /></DisplayConditions>

               <ContentTemplate>

                   <CSBlog:WeblogPostData Text="{0} comment(s)" Property="Replies" LinkTo="PostComments" runat="server">

                       <LeaderTemplate>| <CSControl:ResourceControl runat="server" ResourceName="Weblog_EntryList_With" id="CommentDesc"/> </LeaderTemplate>

                       <DisplayConditions><CSBlog:WeblogPostPropertyValueComparison runat="server" ComparisonProperty="Replies" ComparisonValue="0" Operator="GreaterThan" /></DisplayConditions>

                   </CSBlog:WeblogPostData>

                   <CSBlog:WeblogPostData Text="no comments" Property="Replies" LinkTo="PostComments" runat="server">

                       <LeaderTemplate>| <CSControl:ResourceControl runat="server" ResourceName="Weblog_EntryList_With" id="CommentDesc"/> </LeaderTemplate>

                       <DisplayConditions><CSBlog:WeblogPostPropertyValueComparison runat="server" ComparisonProperty="Replies" ComparisonValue="0" Operator="LessThanOrEqualTo" /></DisplayConditions>

                   </CSBlog:WeblogPostData>

               </ContentTemplate>

           </CSControl:PlaceHolder>

           <CSBlog:WeblogPostRating runat="server" RatingCssClass="RateControl" RatingReadOnlyCssClass="RateControlReadOnly" RatingActiveCssClass="RateControlActive" ImagesBaseUrl="~/Themes/default/images/common/">

               <LeaderTemplate>| </LeaderTemplate>

           </CSBlog:WeblogPostRating>

           <CSBlog:WeblogPostData LinkTo="PostEditor" ResourceName="Weblog_Link_EditPost" runat="server"><LeaderTemplate>| </LeaderTemplate></CSBlog:WeblogPostData>

           <CSBlog:WeblogPostTagEditableList runat="server" EditorLinkCssClass="TextButton" EditorCssClass="InlineTagEditor" Tag="Div" CssClass="em" />

       </div>    

   </div>

   <CSControl:PlaceHolder runat="server">

<DisplayConditions Operator="Not"><CSBlog:WeblogPostPropertyValueComparison runat="server" ComparisonProperty="IsExternal" Operator="IsSetOrTrue" /></DisplayConditions>

       <ContentTemplate>

           <CSBlog:WeblogFeedbackList runat="server">

               <QueryOverrides PageSize="999999" />

               <LeaderTemplate>

                   <div id="comments">

                   <a name="Comments" />

                   <CSControl:ResourceControl runat="server" ResourceName="Weblog_CommentForm_Comments" Tag="H2" />

               </LeaderTemplate>

               <ItemTemplate>

                   <div class="<%# ((bool) Eval("IsOwner")) ? "CommentAreaOwner" : "CommentArea" %>">

           <h4 class="CommentTitle">

           <CSBlog:WeblogPostFeedbackData runat="server" LinkTo="User" Property="DisplayName" />

           <CSControl:resourcecontrol runat="server" resourcename="Weblog_CommentForm_Said" ID="Resourcecontrol1" />

           <CSBlog:ThemeImage runat="server" ImageUrl="~/images/spacer.gif" ImageAlign="bottom" CssClass="CommentArrow" AlternateText=" " />

           </h4>

           <div class="CommentText">

           <div class="CommentText2">

           <div class="CommentText3"><CSBlog:WeblogPostFeedbackData runat="server" Property="FormattedBody" /></div>

           </div>

           </div>

           <div class="CommentFooter">

               <CSBlog:WeblogPostFeedbackData runat="server" LinkTo="Feedback" Text="#" />

               <CSBlog:WeblogPostFeedbackData runat="server" Property="PostDate" FormatString="MMMM d, yyyy h:mm tt" />

                           <CSBlog:DeleteWeblogPostFeedbackForm DeleteButtonId="DeleteComment" ConfirmationResourceName="Weblog_Comment_DeleteVerify" runat="server">

                               <SuccessActions>

                               <CSControl:GoToModifiedUrlAction runat="server" />

                           </SuccessActions>

                               <FormTemplate>

                                   [<asp:LinkButton runat="server" Text="Delete" ID="DeleteComment" />]

                               </FormTemplate>

                           </CSBlog:DeleteWeblogPostFeedbackForm>

                       </div>

           </div>

               </ItemTemplate>    

               <NoneTemplate>

                   <p><CSControl:ResourceControl runat="server" resourcename="Weblog_CommentForm_NoComments" /></p>

               </NoneTemplate>

               <TrailerTemplate>

                   </div>

               </TrailerTemplate>

           </CSBlog:WeblogFeedbackList>

           <CSControl:ResourceControl runat="server" ResourceName="Blog_Pending_Comment" Tag="Strong">

               <DisplayConditions>

                   <CSControl:QueryStringPropertyValueComparison QueryStringProperty="CommentPosted" Operator="IsSetOrTrue" runat="server" />

               </DisplayConditions>

               <LeaderTemplate><a name="commentmessage"></a></LeaderTemplate>

           </CSControl:ResourceControl>

           <CSBlog:WeblogPostCommentForm runat="server" ValidationGroup="CreateCommentForm"

               MessageTextBoxId="tbComment"

               NameTextBoxId="tbName"

               RememberCheckboxId="chkRemember"

               SubjectTextBoxId="tbTitle"

               SubmitButtonId="btnSubmit"

               UrlTextBoxId="tbUrl"

               ControlIdsToHideFromRegisteredUsers="RememberWrapper"

           >

               <SuccessActions>

                   <CSControl:GoToModifiedUrlAction runat="server" QueryStringModification="CommentPosted=true" TargetLocationModification="commentmessage" />

               </SuccessActions>

               <FormTemplate>

                   <fieldset id="commentform">

                   <legend><CSControl:ResourceControl runat="server" ResourceName="Weblog_CommentForm_WhatDoYouThink" id="rc_think"/></legend>

                   <p />

                       <div><CSControl:FormLabel runat="server" ResourceName="Title" LabelForId="tbTitle" /> <em>(<CSControl:ResourceControl runat="server" ResourceName="Required"/>)</em><asp:RequiredFieldValidator runat="server" ErrorMessage="*" ControlToValidate="tbTitle" ValidationGroup="CreateCommentForm" /></div>

                   <div><asp:TextBox id="tbTitle" runat="server" CssClass="smallbox" ValidationGroup="CreateCommentForm" /></div>

                   <p />

                       <div id="NameTitle" runat="server"><CSControl:FormLabel LabelForId="tbName" runat="server" ResourceName="Weblog_CommentForm_Name" /> <em>(<CSControl:ResourceControl runat="server" ResourceName="Required" />)</em><asp:RequiredFieldValidator runat="server" ErrorMessage="*" ControlToValidate="tbName" ValidationGroup="CreateCommentForm" /></div>

                       <div id="NameDesc" runat="server"><asp:TextBox id="tbName" runat="server" CssClass="smallbox" ValidationGroup="CreateCommentForm" /></div>

                       <p />

                       <div><CSControl:FormLabel runat="server" LabelForId="tbUrl" ResourceName="Weblog_CommentForm_YourUrl" /> <em>(<CSControl:ResourceControl runat="server" ResourceName="Optional" /></em>)</div>

                       <div><asp:TextBox id="tbUrl" runat="server" CssClass="smallbox" ValidationGroup="CreateCommentForm" /></div>

                       <p />

                       <div><CSControl:FormLabel LabelForId="tbComment" runat="server" ResourceName="Weblog_CommentForm_Comments" /> <em>(<CSControl:ResourceControl runat="server" ResourceName="Required" />)</em><asp:RequiredFieldValidator runat="server" ErrorMessage="*" ControlToValidate="tbComment" ValidationGroup="CreateCommentForm" /></div>

                       <div><asp:TextBox id="tbComment" runat="server" Rows="5" Columns="25" TextMode="MultiLine" ValidationGroup="CreateCommentForm" /></div>

                   <asp:PlaceHolder runat="server" id="RememberWrapper">

                       <p />

<div><asp:CheckBox id="chkRemember" runat="server" Text="Remember Me?" ValidationGroup="CreateCommentForm"></asp:CheckBox></div>

                        <div>

                            <br />

                            <dnf:FormShield ID="FormShield1" runat="server" HttpHandlerPath="/FormShield.aspx" PersistenceMethod="ControlState">

                                <RefreshIcon AlternateText="Refresh" />

                                <SoundIcon AlternateText="Listen" />

                                <HelpIcon AlternateText="Please enter the characters shown on the image" />

                            </dnf:FormShield>

                            <br /><br />

                            Code: <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" width="208px" runat="server" />

                            <br /><br />

                            <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator1" runat="server" ControlToValidate="TextBox1" ErrorMessage="Please enter the code." Display="Dynamic" ValidationGroup="CreateCommentForm" />

                            <asp:CompareValidator ID="CompareValidator1" runat="server" ControlToCompare="FormShield1" ControlToValidate="TextBox1" EnableClientScript="False" ErrorMessage="Invalid code entered." Display="Dynamic" ValidationGroup="CreateCommentForm" />

                            <br />

                        </div>

                       </asp:PlaceHolder>

                   <p />

                       <asp:Button id="btnSubmit" runat="server" Text="Submit" ValidationGroup="CreateCommentForm"></asp:Button>

                   </fieldset>

               </FormTemplate>

           </CSBlog:WeblogPostCommentForm>

       </ContentTemplate>

   </CSControl:PlaceHolder>

</asp:Content>

Anyone got any ideas?  The instructions were not exact for this theme it seems.

OK, everything seems to work (although I am blind so I can not see the images) but the audio will not play when the listen link is clicked.  Any ideas?

OK, here is the error for the non-playing audio for the CAPTCHA control:

UnknownError

66.93.152.109

07-15-2007, 05:39 PM

5

User Agent: Windows-Media-Player/9.00.00.3349

Path: /FormShield.aspx?__formShieldID=FormShield1&generate=sound&properties=0A791B6E6835B79CF4CD135F5916F060 as HTTP GET

Referrer:

Message: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

at 6P9R5oYd9mHdresZdg2.VirN13Yp8llhgXdpRJN.6ZgYPSJbYr(String , String )

at 6P9R5oYd9mHdresZdg2.VirN13Yp8llhgXdpRJN.tnAYLjYEOJ()

at dotNetFreak.WebControls.FormShieldHttpHandler.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)

at System.Web.HttpApplication.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute()

at System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously)

Any ideas?

Hi Jeff,

Great that you've got the control working with the paperclick theme!

If you want to make it so that FormShield only generates lowercase characters and also numbers, add TextCase="Lower" after HttpHandlerPath="/FormShield.aspx". By default FormShield uses alphanumeric characters, so you don't need to add any extra setting for that.

I've just checked your Web site and can see that the images are displayed, but like you mention the sound isn't working. Have you uploaded any SoundLibrary assembly?

If you look in the 'demo\bin' directory of the download you will find dotNetFreak.WebControls.FormShield.BritishMale8kHz8bitMonoWavSoundLibrary.dll - this must be uploaded into your bin directory along with the control.

If you would prefer to use a female voice, you can download one from the downloads area above.

Let me know if you are still having problems.

Yes, I uploaded the sound libraries, I posted the error found in the exceptions report to this blog.

Jeff: I've sent you an e-mail.

Thanks for the post.

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