Error call to ASP.net

SOLUTION TO THIS POST!!

OK, before everybody gets to reading this post and seeing my utter frustration with the provider and their inability to identify some simple problems. Here is the answer.

In short I was getting the dreaded pink question mark as thumbnails when i'd open the image browser, and when I uploaded an image, i'd get the error call to function ASP.NET.
The list of things below is what I checked, but what helped was the following:
1. Check your URL path, makes sure there are no spaces at the end of the string(This cause no end of hassles for me and thanks to alfonso, I resolved that
2. Set up the "CKFinderTempPath" to a folder where you know has the right permissions. This is what finally resolved it for me. The server did not allow permissions to the ASP.NET temp folder and therefore was causing issues. In future, I'm just going to set this up right from the start. Read the comments in the config file, it will explain how to do this.
3. Download the wizard built by alfonso, I found this very helpful in identified a number of issues. I could even copy the rror and send it to the provider to resolve. This really progressed the resolution. Just remember to remove the folder once you have it set up. This is for security reasons.

Still a great editor and image browser, Can't wait to try the new standard version of FCKEditor 3.

Cheers. and happy coding

Hey all,

My provider has had to change servers and I just can't get ckfinder to work anymore. I have tried just about everything I know and have seen in these forums. all to no avail

1. Spoke to provider to set correct permissions in the relevant folder - OK
2. Downloaded version 1.3.2 and installed - OK
3. Placed in licence key - OK
4. Configured paths BaseURL = "/userfiles/" baseDIR="baseDir = "C:\Domains\raemesa.com\wwwroot\userfiles\ "
This does not take me to this file path. It send me to the ckfinder\usefiles path!!!

5. Tried BaseURL="http://www.raemesa.com/userfiles/" and baseDIR = server.MapPath(baseUrl) & "\"
This comes up with an invalid characyer being used in the baseDIR line!!!

6. Installed the wizard folder to try and troubleshoot.....more errors!!!! mentioned something about can't have ".." in parent paths. I'd gotten rid of those a long time ago as well as with v1.3.2 Found that all this checked was its own files!!!

7. Even though its pointing to the wrong directory, I tried to upload a file. If I don't get an "Invalid Image manipulation client" error, I get error call to ASP.NET error!!!!!!!!!!! ARRGHHH!

Here is soem details

the site - http://www.raemesa.com
Login using md as the username and password
Go to the "Photo Album" page and try browsing for an image and loading it.

I am so sick of trying to configure this thing.
It was working fine on the other server

The hosts are no help at all, they either don't support third party apps or claim its not them.

I need help with this. It really ticking me off!!!!

Wed, 04/01/2009 - 15:24

psykoptic

Joined: 09/02/2008

Posts: 61

Re: THIS JUST ISN'T WORKING!!!!

your install seems to be working for me (I can view and upload fine), except images return as question marks. i'm not hugely familiar with the classic ASP version,. but maybe your new host doesn't have the correct components installed on the server to resize images?

Wed, 04/01/2009 - 15:32

jeddell

Joined: 02/10/2007

Posts: 20

Re: THIS JUST ISN'T WORKING!!!!

I've just managed to get it back to the error calling ASP.Net message. It's basically the creation of the thumbnails for the site. I'll go back to the host....again and see what they can do. Its should work for asp.net. is there any way to check for this?

Wed, 04/01/2009 - 15:39

psykoptic

Joined: 09/02/2008

Posts: 61

Re: THIS JUST ISN'T WORKING!!!!

if your host supports .NET (I'd be very surprised if they don't if they already support ASP) the thumbnail generation should be much easier, as .NET handles image manipulation natively.

Fri, 04/03/2009 - 09:07

jeddell

Joined: 02/10/2007

Posts: 20

Re: THIS JUST ISN'T WORKING!!!!

THATS WHAT I KEEP TELLING THEM!!!! here is their reply

1. As per the application the users can upload the respective files to respective folder, however, I find few folders in the same name under the wwwroot directory "_thumbs" and additional folders "files" "images" and "flash".

2. The Call function for your directory path in connector.asp, config.asp are different which mentioned in baseURL as '/userfiles/' (which would mean c:\domains\raemesa.com\ckfinder\userfiles) and baseDIR as 'C:\Domains\raemesa.com\wwwroot\userfiles\';

3. In this case we suggest you to check the codes with your programmers to sort it out.
for creating the thumbnail.

My config.asp setting for the BaseURLis "/userfiles/"
my BaseDIR is "baseDir = server.MapPath(baseUrl) & "\""

Its the only way I can get the browser to look up the correct file path. I have tried every other configuration and it does show the correct path. Only "Files, Images, and flash" with no sub directories that I know are there.

If I'm doing something wrong, Puhleeease tell me. This is really giving me a headache!!

Fri, 04/03/2009 - 15:22

alfonsoml

Joined: 31/12/2006

Posts: 3737

Re: THIS JUST ISN'T WORKING!!!!

As I've explained in all the threads where I've posted the wizard, if it does find some error that you can't fix, send me a PM with the exact error and I'll try to find out exactly the problem and improve the wizard.

Sat, 04/04/2009 - 06:54

jeddell

Joined: 02/10/2007

Posts: 20

Re: THIS JUST ISN'T WORKING!!!!

OK, some progress....I think

Set the following in the config.asp file:

baseUrl = "http://www.raemesa.com/userfiles/"

baseDir = "C:\Domains\raemesa.com\wwwroot\userfiles\ "

Which seems to work, however what I found was that each time I changed it, it would create a new set of folders ie file, images, flash. I would end up with two folders of the same name in the same directory. Have no idea why the would happen. I transferred the files from the old folders into the new and I can now see the files in the CKFinder directory. However It still will not create the thumbnails and I still get the call to ASP.NET error

Ran you wizard and it came up with no errors.

So where to from here?