Hi again - thanks for trying to help.
Here's my web.config code...
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!--
Note: As an alternative to hand editing this file you can use the
web admin tool to configure settings for your application. Use
the Website->Asp.Net Configuration option in Visual Studio.
A full list of settings and comments can be found in
machine.config.comments usually located in
\Windows\Microsoft.Net\Framework\v2.x\Config
-->
<configuration xmlns="
<appSettings/>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="Ian_TestConnectionString" connectionString="Data Source=ianjvc\sqlexpress;Initial Catalog=Ian_Test;Persist Security Info=True;User ID=sa;Password=1234"
providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
</connectionStrings>
<system.web>
<!--
Set compilation debug="true" to insert debugging
symbols into the compiled page. Because this
affects performance, set this value to true only
during development.
Visual Basic options:
Set strict="true" to disallow all data type conversions
where data loss can occur.
Set explicit="true" to force declaration of all variables.
-->
<authorization>
</authorization>
<roleManager enabled="true" />
<compilation debug="true" strict="false" explicit="true"/>
<pages>
<namespaces>
<clear/>
<add namespace="System"/>
<add namespace="System.Collections"/>
<add namespace="System.Collections.Specialized"/>
<add namespace="System.Configuration"/>
<add namespace="System.Text"/>
<add namespace="System.Text.RegularExpressions"/>
<add namespace="System.Web"/>
<add namespace="System.Web.Caching"/>
<add namespace="System.Web.SessionState"/>
<add namespace="System.Web.Security"/>
<add namespace="System.Web.Profile"/>
<add namespace="System.Web.UI"/>
<add namespace="System.Web.UI.WebControls"/>
<add namespace="System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts"/>
<add namespace="System.Web.UI.HtmlControls"/>
</namespaces>
</pages>
<!--
The <authentication> section enables configuration
of the security authentication mode used by
ASP.NET to identify an incoming user.
-->
<authentication mode="Forms" />
<!--
The <customErrors> section enables configuration
of what to do if/when an unhandled error occurs
during the execution of a request. Specifically,
it enables developers to configure html error pages
to be displayed in place of a error stack trace.
<customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="GenericErrorPage.htm">
<error statusCode="403" redirect="NoAccess.htm" />
<error statusCode="404" redirect="FileNotFound.htm" />
</customErrors>
-->
</system.web>
</configuration>
And here's my form code...
<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "
<script runat="server">
</script>
<html xmlns="
>
<head runat="server">
<title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:LoginView ID=LoginView1 runat="server">
<LoggedInTemplate>
Welcome <asp:LoginName ID="LoginName1" runat="server" Style="position: relative" />
.
<br />
<asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink1" runat="server" NavigateUrl="~/Default.aspx" Style="position: relative">Click here to get the despatch report</asp:HyperLink>
</LoggedInTemplate>
<AnonymousTemplate>
You are not logged in
</AnonymousTemplate>
</asp:LoginView>
<br />
</div>
<asp:LoginStatus ID="LoginStatus1" runat="server" LoginText="Click me to login!"
LogoutText="Click here to Logout." Style="position: relative" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
Hope this helps you find my problem..!
Regards Ian