Datasheet

This step creates a new diary for users and stores their first and last names. The UserName comes from

the

CreateUserWizard control’s UserName property, and then uses the shared method InsertDiary()

to insert the new user in the Online Diary’s database.

Being human, sometimes people forget their passwords. Fortunately, ASP.NET 2.0 comes with the capa-

bility to refresh overloaded memories.

Password Reminder

Again with virtually no code, you can create a fully functional password reminder feature for the Online

Diary, this time courtesy of the

PasswordRecovery control. Virtually all of its settings are at the default

values or simply related to style. Even better, there’s just one line of code and that’s in the

SendingMail

event:

Protected Sub PasswordRecovery1_SendingMail(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As

System.Web.UI.WebControls.MailMessageEventArgs) Handles

PasswordRecovery1.SendingMail

returnToLogOnHyperLink.Visible = True

End Sub

The SendingMail event fires when the user presses the Send Email button and simply displays the

Return to Main Page link, rather than leaving the user guessing as to where to go next.

The main work involved is configuring the SMTP server settings that’ll be used to actually send the

password reminder e-mail. Visual Web Developer doesn’t come with an SMTP server. However, if you

are using Windows XP or 2000, all you need to do to install one is go to the Start➪Settings➪Control

Panel➪Add or Remove Programs. From there, select Add/Remove Windows Components. Select the

Internet Information Server (IIS) option and click Details at the bottom-right of the dialog. In the result-

ing dialog box, you’ll see a list. Check the box next to SMTP Service and click OK. Then click Next to

install an SMTP service.

Once the SMTP service is installed, add the following shaded code between the

<configuration> tags

in the Web.config file:

<add name=”DiaryDBConnectionString” connectionString=”Data

Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|\DiaryDB.mdf;Integrated

Security=True;User Instance=True”

providerName=”System.Data.SqlClient” />

</connectionStrings>

<system.web>

<system.net>

</smtp>

</mailSettings>

</system.net>

</configuration>

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