This document provides instructions for completing iLab 2, which involves creating a web application with multiple forms. Students will create forms to enter personnel data and display the data, add navigation between forms, and link the forms to return to the main page. Validation will confirm the application can pass data between forms and display the output correctly. Students must submit the completed files and include comments in the code for full points.

1. CIS407A iLab 2 Web Application
Development Devry University
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iLab 2 of 7: User Input Web Pages
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iLABOVERVIEW
Scenario/Summary
In this lab, we will demonstrate how to create an ASP.NET web application having a single form
with five text boxes and a Submit button. We will use the form to send information to a second
form where data from the first form will be displayed. We will also add a main navigation page
with two different ways of linking to other pages.
Instructions for Week 2 iLab: User Input Web Pages
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Please watch this tutorial before beginning the iLab.
The tutorial has audio.
Deliverables
All files are located in the subdirectory of the website. The website should function as follows:
When you run the website, you will be presented with a page (frmMain) that allows you to go to
the different parts of the website you are developing. You will be able to go to the annual salary
calculator we added last week and to the data entry form for personnel this week. When you go

2. to the personnel data entry page you should be able to enter data in the frmPersonnel form and
have it displayed in the frmPersonnelVerified form. Your salary calculator will also be available
from the main page and will calculate properly when you enter data. Each page should link back
to the main page via the CoolBiz logo hyperlink. Once you have verified it works, save your
website, zip up all files, and submit in the Dropbox. Each page (except frmMain) will include the
CoolBiz logo that is hyperlinked back to frmMain.
iLABSTEPS
STEP 1: frmPersonnel (10 points)
Open the payroll system website from Lab 1. Create a new form called frmPersonnel. To do
this, pull down the website menu, select "Add New Item," then type frmPersonnel.aspx for the
name.
Click on image to enlarge.
AddPersonnel Form
Click here for text description of this image. Go to the Design mode of the form by clicking the
Design tab (as opposed to the Source tab). Copy/paste this text for the CoolBizProductions, Inc.
logo onto the form at the very top. Set the alignment to center by highlighting the text then
clicking Format, Justify, Center. You can switch to Source view and add the following HTML to
create the logo:
<font ><strong><font >Cool</font><font >Biz</font><font > <font >Productions</font>,
Inc.</font></strong> </font>
From the ToolBox, drag-and-drop a Panel control underneath the logo text. Click the A/Z button
in the Properties dialog so that all the properties are sorted alphabetically. Change the height
property of the Panel to 250px and the width to 300px. To do this, select the Panel, then go to the
Properties pane (usually in the lower right corner of the Visual Studio.NET Design view; if you
don't see it, click View Properties Window OR press the F4 key). Scroll down the list, then type
the value in for each property. Change the panel's HorizontalAlign property to left. Save your
work! From the ToolBox, drag-and-drop five Labels and five TextBoxes onto the Panel. To
make each Label/TextBox pair appear on a separate line, put the cursor after each TextBox then
press the [ENTER] key (much like you would with a word processing program). From the
ToolBox, drag-and-drop two buttons onto the Panel below the last Label and TextBox. Save your
work!

3. Click on image to enlarge.
Unfinished Personnel Form
Click here for text description of this image. Test your web page. Press F5, or click the Start
Debugging (Citrix users, press "Start Without Debugging") button on the toolbar, or pull down
the Debug menu and select Start Debugging.
NOTE: To execute the application, you have these options: If you are using Citrix, press CTRL +
F5 to Start Without Debugging. You will not be deducted points for this part. If you are using a
standalone version, press F5 to Start with Debugging, or you can press CTRL + F5 to Start
Without Debugging Rename the Label's properties as defined below. You can do this by
selecting each Label, scrolling to the property, and then typing in the value.
Property
Value
Label1 – Text
First Name:
Label2 – Text
Last Name:
Label3 – Text
Pay Rate:
Label4 – Text
Start Date:
Label5 – Text
End Date:
Rename each TextBox's property as defined below. You can do this by selecting each TextBox,
scrolling to the property, and then typing in the value.
Property
Value

4. TextBox1 – (ID)
txtFirstName
TextBox2 – (ID)
txtLastName
TextBox3 – (ID)
txtPayRate
TextBox4 – (ID)
txtStartDate
TextBox5 – (ID)
txtEndDate
Click on image to enlarge.
Changing Text Box ID
Click here for text description of this image. Change each button's ID and Text properties as
defined below. You can do this by selecting each button, scrolling to the property, and then
typing in the value.
Property
Value
Button1 – (ID)
btnSubmit
Button1 – Text
Submit
Button2 – (ID)

5. btnCancel
Button2 – Text
Cancel
In order to format the TextBoxes and Labels, we will make them the same size. Bring up the
Layout Toolbar by clicking View, Toolbars, Layout. Highlight each Label by pressing and
holding the keyboard Ctrl button and then clicking each Label. Make sure you click on the
longest Label last. Click the icon "Make Same Width" on the Layout Toolbar. (You may also
select Format and then Make Same Size and then select width). Save your work! Test your work
by running it (press F5 or click the Start Debugging button, or click Debug, Start Debugging).
STEP 2: frmPersonalVerified (5 points)
Create a new web form called frmPersonalVerified.aspx Click the Design tab for the
frmPersonalVerified.aspx and add a Label and a TextBox. Set the properties as follows:
Property
Value
Label – Text
Information to submit
Textbox – (ID)
txtVerifiedInfo
Textbox – Height
80px
Textbox – Width
400px
Textbox – TextMode
Multiline
Double-click anywhere on a blank part of the web page to open the code portion. The cursor
should be in the protected void Page_Load (object sender, EventArgs) function. Enter the
following information:

6. //Add your comments here
["txtFirstName"] +
"n" + Request["txtLastName"] +
"n" + Request["txtPayRate"] +
"n" + Request["txtStartDate"] +
"n" + Request["txtEndDate"];
Return to the frmPersonnel web page, click the btnSubmit button, go to the PostBackUrl
property, and set it to frmPersonalVerified.aspx. To do this, you can click the ellipse to the right
of this property to open a Browse dialog and click frmPersonalVerified.aspx there. This will
insert the correct path into the PostBackUrl property.
STEP 3: Adding Navigation (5 points)
Create a folder in Solution Explorer called images. Add a new web form called frmMain. Add
the CoolBiz Logo to the top of the form (centered). Create links using a link button for each of
the following items.
Salary Calculator
Add New Employee Create or find appropriate images for the Salary Calculator and New
Employee links. Copy the images to the images folder created above. Add the images to the
images folder by right-clicking on the images folder in Solution Explorer and selecting Add
Existing Items. Select both images and Add to the images folder. Next to each link item, add an
image button. Set each image button's image to the appropriate image in the images folder. You
may work with the format to make this page look nice by using tables or other HTML/CSS
elements. Set the PostbackURL property to the appropriate page for each image and each link.
On the frmPersonnel page, make the CoolBiz logo be a link that will take the user to the
frmMain page. Use an ASP.Net Hyperlink control to do this. Update the frmPersonnel,
frmPersonnelVerified, and frmSalaryCalculator to include the CoolBiz logo at the top of each
page (centered) with the logo set as a hyperlink that will return to the frmMain page. On the
frmPersonnel page, make it so that if the user presses the Cancel button then that user is taken
back to the frmMain.
STEP 4: Verify and Submit (10 points)
Save your work. Set the start page to frmMain and run the project. You should be able to go to
both areas of your site and enter the information in the pages. Your calculator should properly
calculate without errors, and then on the frmPersonel web page you can click the Submit button
and have it display in the frmPersonalVerified web page. Once you have verified that it works,
save your project, zip up all files, and submit in the Dropbox.
Here are screen shots (Note: Your frmMain does not have to look exactly like this, as long as it
functions.):
frmMain:

7. frmSalaryCalculator:
frmPersonnel:
frmPersonnelVerified:
All Forms:
NOTE: Make sure you include comments in the C# code where specified (where the "//Your
comments here" is mentioned), or else a 5 point deduction per item (form, class, function) will be
made. This includes code you will be creating in the coming weeks. To comment on the code
you basically put two forward slashes to start the comment; anything after the slashes on that line
is disregarded by the compiler. Then type a brief statement on what is happening in the line
under it. Comments show professionalism and are a must in systems. As a professional
developer, comments will set you apart from others and make your life much easier if
maintenance and debugging are needed.