Request failed: Context parameter '$HIDDEN1.__EVENTVALIDATION' not found in test context

After an hour of digging around, I found that you have to make the following modifications to the web tests in order to replay it against an ASP.NET 1.1 website:

-       Make a copy of the web test

-       Open the web test in notepad (web test is an XML file)

-       Remove all FormPostParameter elements with the name “__EVENTVALIDATION”

-       Replace all instances of “ctlXX$” with “_ctlX:”, i.e., replace ctl00$ with _ctl0:

Note: Documentation for the Cache class explitcitly states that it was designed and tested for use in ASP.NET.  Although I've shown that it can be used in console and WinForm applications, using the Cache class outside of ASP.NET is not supported by Microsoft. 

Using Web Cache in a Console Application:

Module Module1

    Private Const CACHE_KEY As String = "testcache"

    Private Const CACHE_DURATION_SECONDS As Double = 10

    Sub Main()

        Do

            PrintInstructions()

            Dim ki As ConsoleKeyInfo = Console.ReadKey(True)

            Dim command As String = ki.Key.ToString().ToLower()

            Select Case command

                Case "q"

                    Exit Sub

                Case "i"

                    Console.WriteLine("Please enter value you would like to insert into the cache")

                    Dim cacheValue As String = Console.ReadLine()

                    Dim cacheExpiration As DateTime = DateTime.Now.AddSeconds(CACHE_DURATION_SECONDS)

                    System.Web.HttpRuntime.Cache.Insert(CACHE_KEY, cacheValue, _

                                                Nothing, _

                                                cacheExpiration, _

                                                System.Web.Caching.Cache.NoSlidingExpiration)

                    Console.WriteLine(cacheValue & " has been inserted into the cache.  It will expire at " & cacheExpiration.ToLongTimeString())

                Case "r"

                    Dim cacheValue As Object = System.Web.HttpRuntime.Cache.Get(CACHE_KEY)

                    If (cacheValue Is Nothing) Then

                        Console.WriteLine("Nothing in the cache")

                    Else

                        Console.WriteLine(cacheValue.ToString() & " - current time: " & Now.ToLongTimeString())

                    End If

                Case Else

                    PrintInstructions()

            End Select

        Loop While True

    End Sub

    Sub PrintInstructions()

        Console.WriteLine("===========================================")

        Console.WriteLine("Please enter any of the following commands:")

        Console.WriteLine("    i - insert a value into the cache")

        Console.WriteLine("    r - display whatever is in the cache")

        Console.WriteLine("    q - quit")

        Console.WriteLine("===========================================")

    End Sub

End Module

Using Web Cache in a WinForm Application:

1.     Create a custom machine-level RSA key container by running aspnet_regiis.exe

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_regiis.exe -pc “MyKeys” -exp

§  The -pc option followed by the name of the RSA key container, to create the RSA key pair.

§  The -exp option, to make sure that the key is exportable.

2.        Granting Read Access to an RSA Encryption Key.  The following command assumes your application is running under the NETWORK SERVICE account.

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_regiis.exe -pa "MyKeys" "NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE"

§  The -pa option followed by the RSA key container name "MyKeys"

§  The identity of your ASP.NET application, as determined in the preceding step

3.        Specify a protected data provider that uses the custom key container just created.  Add the following <configProtectedData> section to your web.config.  Save and close web.config file when done.

<configuration>

    <configSections>

      …

   </configSections>

   <configProtectedData>

      <providers>

         <add name="MyProvider"

              type="System.Configuration.RsaProtectedConfigurationProvider, System.Configuration,

                          Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,

                          PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, processorArchitecture=MSIL"

              keyContainerName="MyKeys"

              useMachineContainer="true" />

      </providers>

   </configProtectedData>

   …

</configuration>

4.        Provide setting values for the configuration section which you want to encrypt.  You can provide settings to standard config sections like connnectionStrings or your own custom section.  Following is an example of a custom config section with unencrypted setting values.

<configuration>

    <configSections>

       <section name="SensitiveAccountInfo" type="System.Configuration.SingleTagSectionHandler" />

      …

   </configSections>

   <configProtectedData>

      …

   </configProtectedData>

   <SensitiveAccountInfo domain="tvland" userName="gary" password="watchatalkinboutwillis?" />

</configuration>

5.        Encrypt sections of the web.config file

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_regiis.exe -pef "SensitiveAccountInfo" "path"   -prov “MyProvider”

§  The –pef option:

ú  Followed by “SensitiveAccountInfo", to specify which section in web.config file to encrypt. 

ú  Followed by “path” which is the path to the folder containing the web.config file

§  The –prov option, followed by “MyProvider”, to specify which provider to user to encrypt the data

6.        Access decrypted configuration settings by using the following code.

Hashtable acctInfo = (Hashtable) ConfigurationManager.GetSection("SensitiveAccountInfo ");

string domain = (string)acctInfo["domain"];

string userName = (string)acctInfo["userName"];

string password = (string)acctInfo["password"];

Follow these steps to deploy key container and web.config to another server

So your configuration settings are now encrypted and your web application can decrypt the settings.  What if you want to deploy the config file to a different server or environment?  Follow these steps to export the RSA key container from the current machine and then import it to the next server. 

1.        Export a custom RSA key container to an XML file

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_regiis.exe -px "MyKeys" "c:\keys.xml" -pri

§  The -px option:

ú  Followed by "MyKeys", which is the name of the key container that you created earlier

ú  Followed by the path of an .xml file to export the key container to.

§  The -pri option made sure that private key information is exported.  Otherwise, the exported key information will only encrypt information, not decrypt it.

2.        Copy the encrypted web.config file and key container XML file to the new server.  The next step assumes you’ve copied the keys.xml file to C:\.

3.        Import a custom RSA key container from an XML file

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_regiis.exe -pi "MyKeys" "c:\keys.xml"

§  The -pi option, followed by "MyKeys", which is the name of the exported key container, to import the RSA key container.

§  The path of the .xml file that contains the exported key container

4.     Delete the keys.xml file.  You’re done with it.

5.        Granting Read Access to an RSA Encryption Key.  The following command assumes your application is running under the NETWORK SERVICE account.

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_regiis.exe -pa "MyKeys" "NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE"

§  The -pa option followed by the RSA key container name "MyKeys"

§  The identity of your ASP.NET application, as determined in the preceding step

Refer to this MSDN article for more details about the above instructions.

Anywas, if anyone encounter this problem, then you can run SQL Server Management Studio as administrator by right-clicking on the menu item and choose "Run as administrator".  Or you can turn off UAC by going to "Control Panel", "User Accounts", "turn User Account control on or off", and uncheck the checkbox.

 Only Content controls are allowed directly in a content page that contains Content controls.

Following the error message, it shows the source containing some HTML fragment that you never added yourself.  I got this error when I used all lower case for the content tag, as in <asp:content>.  This error goes away when I change the casing of the tag to <asp:Content>.

Description:

A runtime exception was detected. Details follow.

Message: Access Denied! Only site admin can access Data Source object from user profile DB.

Technical Details:

System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access Denied! Only site admin can access Data Source object from user profile DB.

   at Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.SRPSite.AdminCheck(String message)

   at Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.DataSource._LoadDataSourceDef(IDataRecord rec)

   at Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.DataSource._LoadDataSourceDef(String strDSName)

   at Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.DataSource..ctor(SRPSite site, Boolean fAllowEveryoneRead)

   at Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.DataSource..ctor(SRPSite site)

   at Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.UserProfileConfigManager.GetDataSource()

   at Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.BDCConnector.RefreshConfiguration(String sspName)

To fix this problem, go to your Shared Services Administration page, click on Personalization services permissions.  Click on  Add Users/Groups.  Type the “content access” account and give it Manage * permissions.