Aspx Page Syntax Error

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ASP.NET Community Standup Forums Help Home/ASP.NET Forums/General ASP.NET/Web Forms/aspx Syntax Error aspx Syntax Error [Answered]RSS 6 replies Last post May 29, 2008 11:59 AM by guru_sarkar ‹ Previous Thread|Next Thread › Print Share Twitter Facebook Email Shortcuts Active Threads Unanswered Threads Unresolved Threads Support Options Advanced Search Related Links GuidanceSamplesVideos Reply neilwied None 0 Points 3 Posts aspx Syntax Error May 28, 2008 01:05 PM|neilwied|LINK I'm a VB programmer just starting out with asp.net and c#. From a book http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11989821/master-declaration-giving-syntax-error (ASP.NET 3.5, MS Press), I used a sample .aspx file and created a virtual directory for it in IIS. The file was: <%@ Page Language="C#" %>

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Nothing really showing here http://forums.asp.net/t/1267528.aspx?aspx+Syntax+Error yet, except some HTML... When I surfed to it, the result was this message in IE7: The XML page cannot be displayed Cannot view XML input using XSL style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A name was started with an invalid character. Error processing resource 'http://localhost/aspnetstepbystep/helloworld-a.asp... <%@ Page Language="C#" %> -^ I checked Help and the page directive appears to be correct. I get the same result with other samples. What's wrong??? aspx syntax error Reply kipo Star 10909 Points 2833 Posts Re: aspx Syntax Error May 28, 2008 01:16 PM|kipo|LINK How did you surf to it? You can't just double-click on it. You have to enter address in your browser in this form: http://localhost/YourVirtualFolderName/FileName.aspx Edit: Sorry, I just saw that you corectly opened the page. Did you register .NET framework in IIS? Reply ecbruck All-Star 88260 Points 9668 Posts Re: aspx Syntax Error May 28, 2008 01:19 PM|ecbruck|LINK Maybe this article will help: http://by

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