Problems Setting up an ASPX Search Page

[vinyl-junkie]

Hi, all. First post here in the forums. I'm not a new Zoom user, actually bought it when it was 2.x back in late 2003, but decided to buy the latest version so I could have ASP.NET capabilities.

I've thoroughly digested your ASP.NET (http://www.wrensoft.com/zoom/support/aspdotnet.html) support page, and followed the instructions to the best of my ability. I'm getting the following error on my search page:

ASP.NET runtime error: Only Content controls are allowed directly in a content page that contains Content controls.

Looks like your forum won't let me post attachments, so here's my page code. Any suggestions on how I can fix this will be appreciated. Thanks!

<%@ Page Language="vb" AutoEventWireup="false" MasterPageFile="~/Template.Master" CodeBehind="search.aspx.vb"
Inherits="techtips_DotNet.search" title="Search My Website" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.IO" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Diagnostics" %>
<%

Dim paramStr As String = ""
Dim parampos As Integer = Request.RawUrl.IndexOf("?")
If (parampos >= 0) Then
paramStr = Request.RawUrl.Substring((parampos + 1))
End If
Dim psi As ProcessStartInfo = New ProcessStartInfo
psi.FileName = Server.MapPath("search.cgi")
psi.EnvironmentVariables("REQUEST_METHOD") = "GET"
psi.EnvironmentVariables("QUERY_STRING") = paramStr
psi.RedirectStandardInput = false
psi.RedirectStandardOutput = true
psi.UseShellExecute = false
Dim proc As Process = Process.Start(psi)
proc.StandardOutput.ReadLine
Dim zoom_results As String = proc.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd
' read from stdout
proc.WaitForExit
' Print the output
Response.Write(zoom_results)


%>
<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="TemplateContent" runat="server">

<h1 class="title">Search My Website</h1>

<div class="searchfrm">
<form class="sphiderform" method="get" action="/Search.aspx">
<div class="searchfrm1">
Powered By
<br />
<a href="http://www.wrensoft.com/">
<img src="http://www.techtipscentral.net/images/zoom_logo_small.gif" class="no_border"
alt="Powered by Zoom Search Engine"
title="Powered by Zoom Search Engine" /></a>

</div>
<div class="searchfrm2">
<div class="searchfrm2a">
Enter Search Criteria
</div>
<div class="searchfrm2b">
<form method="GET" action="search.aspx">
<input type="text" name="zoom_query" size="40" />
<input type="submit" value="Search" /><br /><br />
Results per page:
<select name="zoom_per_page">
<option>20</option>
<option selected="selected">50</option>
<option >100</option>
</select>
<br /><br />
Match:
<input type="radio" name="zoom_and" value="0" checked="checked" />
any search words
<input type="radio" name="zoom_and" value="1" />
all search words
</form>
</div>

<div class="searchfrm2c">&nbsp;
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>

<br /><br />

<!--ZOOMSEARCH-->

</asp:Content>

[Ray]

You do not need to place the search form HTML or the <!--ZOOMSEARCH--> tag in your ASPX page. The form is automatically generated by the CGI (unless you have changed this behaviour in the config), and the <!--ZOOMSEARCH--> tag should only appear in the "search_template.html" file. So first, try removing these from your ASPX page.

If you still have trouble getting this to work, you may want to consider beta testing our ASP.NET native control (http://www.wrensoft.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1968). Send us an e-mail as described in the link above and we will be in contact.

[vinyl-junkie]

Ah, yes. I had been playing around with different things trying to solve this problem before posting to the forum. Just for the record, removing the <!--ZOOMSEARCH--> comment line had no effect; I'm still getting the same error on my search page.

I would very much like to beta test this new search control. I will use that link to contact you.

Thanks so much for your help!

[crichard]

This answer may be quite a bit late, but it case someone falls upon this thread ...

You're probably missing a Page_Load function in your page.

sub Page_Load(Sender As Object, E As EventArgs)
' ... code to call search cgi
end sub