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30 Oct 2013

ASP.NET Web Forms - HTML Pages

A simple ASP.NET page looks just like an ordinary HTML page.

Hello W3Schools

To start learning ASP.NET, we will construct a very simple HTML page that will display "Hello W3Schools" in an Internet browser like this:

Hello W3Schools!




Hello W3Schools in HTML

This code displays the example as an HTML page:
<html>
<body bgcolor="yellow">
<center>
<h2>Hello W3Schools!</h2>
</center>
</body>
</html>
If you want to try it yourself, save the code in a file called "firstpage.htm", and create a link to the file like this:firstpage.htm

Hello W3Schools in ASP.NET

The simplest way to convert an HTML page into an ASP.NET page is to copy the HTML file to a new file with an .aspxextension.
This code displays our example as an ASP.NET page:
<html>
<body bgcolor="yellow">
<center>
<h2>Hello W3Schools!</h2>
</center>
</body>
</html>
If you want to try it yourself, save the code in a file called "firstpage.aspx", and create a link to the file like this:firstpage.aspx

How Does it Work?

Fundamentally an ASP.NET page is just the same as an HTML page.
An HTML page has the extension .htm. If a browser requests an HTML page from the server, the server sends the page to the browser without any modifications.
An ASP.NET page has the extension .aspx. If a browser requests an ASP.NET page, the server processes any executable code in the page, before the result is sent back to the browser.
The ASP.NET page above does not contain any executable code, so nothing is executed. In the next examples we will add some executable code to the page to demonstrate the difference between static HTML pages and dynamic ASP pages.

Classic ASP

Active Server Pages (ASP) has been around for several years. With ASP, executable code can be placed inside HTML pages.
Previous versions of ASP (before ASP .NET) are often called Classic ASP.
ASP.NET is not fully compatible with Classic ASP, but most Classic ASP pages will work fine as ASP.NET pages, with only minor changes.
If you want to learn more about Classic ASP, please visit our ASP Tutorial.

Dynamic Page in Classic ASP

To demonstrate how ASP can display pages with dynamic content, we have added some executable code (in red) to the previous example:
<html>
<body bgcolor="yellow">
<center>
<h2>Hello W3Schools!</h2>
<p><%Response.Write(now())%></p>
</center>
</body>
</html>
The code inside the <% --%> tags is executed on the server.
Response.Write is ASP code for writing something to the HTML output stream.
Now() is a function returning the servers current date and time.
If you want to try it yourself, save the code in a file called "dynpage.asp", and create a link to the file like this:dynpage.asp

Dynamic Page in ASP .NET

This following code displays our example as an ASP.NET page:
<html>
<body bgcolor="yellow">
<center>
<h2>Hello W3Schools!</h2>
<p><%Response.Write(now())%></p>
</center>
</body>
</html>
If you want to try it yourself, save the code in a file called "dynpage.aspx", and create a link to the file like this:dynpage.aspx

ASP.NET vs Classic ASP

The previous examples didn't demonstrate any differences between ASP.NET and Classic ASP.
As you can see from the two latest examples there are no differences between the two ASP and ASP.NET pages.
In the next chapters you will see how server controls make ASP.NET more powerful than Classic ASP.

ASP.NET Web Forms - Tutorial

Where to Start?

Many developers like to start learning a new technology by looking at working examples.
If you want to take a look at a working Web Forms examples, follow the ASP.NET Web Forms Demo.

What is Web Forms?

Web Forms is one of the 3 programming models for creating ASP.NET web sites and web applications.
The other two programming models are Web Pages and MVC (Model, View, Controller).
Web Forms is the oldest ASP.NET programming model, with event driven web pages written as a combination of HTML, server controls, and server code.
Web Forms are compiled and executed on the server, which generates the HTML that displays the web pages.
Web Forms comes with hundreds of different web controls and web components to build user-driven web sites with data access.

Visual Studio Express 2012/2010

Visual Studio Express is a free version of Microsoft Visual Studio.
Visual Studio Express is a development tool tailor made for Web Forms (and MVC).
Visual Studio Express contains:
  • MVC and Web Forms
  • Drag-and-drop web controls and web components
  • A web server language (Razor using VB or C#)
  • A web server (IIS Express)
  • A database server (SQL Server Compact)
  • A full web development framework (ASP.NET)
If you install Visual Studio Express, you will get more benefits from this tutorial.
If you want to install Visual Studio Express, click on one of these links:
Visual Web Developer 2012 (If you have Windows 7 or Windows 8)
Visual Web Developer 2010 (If you have Windows Vista or XP)

ASP.NET References

At the end of this tutorial you will find a complete ASP.NET reference with objects, components, properties and methods.
ASP.NET Reference

29 Oct 2013

ASP.NET MVC - Reference

Classes

ClassDescription
AcceptVerbsAttributeRepresents an attribute that specifies which HTTP verbs an action method will respond to.
ActionDescriptorProvides information about an action method, such as its name, controller, parameters, attributes, and filters.
ActionExecutedContextProvides the context for the ActionExecuted method of the ActionFilterAttribute class.
ActionExecutingContextProvides the context for the ActionExecuting method of the ActionFilterAttribute class.
ActionFilterAttributeRepresents the base class for filter attributes.
ActionMethodSelectorAttributeRepresents an attribute that is used to influence the selection of an action method.
ActionNameAttributeRepresents an attribute that is used for the name of an action.
ActionNameSelectorAttributeRepresents an attribute that affects the selection of an action method.
ActionResultEncapsulates the result of an action method and is used to perform a framework-level operation on behalf of the action method.
AdditionalMetadataAttributeProvides a class that implements the IMetadataAware interface in order to support additional metadata.
AjaxHelperRepresents support for rendering HTML in AJAX scenarios within a view.
AjaxHelper(Of TModel)Represents support for rendering HTML in AJAX scenarios within a strongly typed view.
AjaxRequestExtensionsRepresents a class that extends the HttpRequestBase class by adding the ability to determine whether an HTTP request is an AJAX request.
AllowHtmlAttributeAllows a request to include HTML markup during model binding by skipping request validation for the property. (It is strongly recommended that your application explicitly check all models where you disable request validation in order to prevent script exploits.)
AreaRegistrationProvides a way to register one or more areas in an ASP.NET MVC application.
AreaRegistrationContextEncapsulates the information that is required in order to register an area within an ASP.NET MVC application.
AssociatedMetadataProviderProvides an abstract class to implement a metadata provider.
AssociatedValidatorProviderProvides an abstract class for classes that implement a validation provider.
AsyncControllerProvides the base class for asynchronous controllers.
AsyncTimeoutAttributeRepresents an attribute that is used to set the timeout value, in milliseconds, for an asynchronous method.
AuthorizationContextEncapsulates the information that is required for using an AuthorizeAttribute attribute.
AuthorizeAttributeRepresents an attribute that is used to restrict access by callers to an action method.
BindAttributeRepresents an attribute that is used to provide details about how model binding to a parameter should occur.
BuildManagerCompiledViewRepresents the base class for views that are compiled by the BuildManager class before being rendered by a view engine.
BuildManagerViewEngineProvides a base class for view engines.
ByteArrayModelBinderMaps a browser request to a byte array.
ChildActionOnlyAttributeRepresents an attribute that is used to indicate that an action method should be called only as a child action.
ChildActionValueProviderRepresents a value provider for values from child actions.
ChildActionValueProviderFactoryRepresents a factory for creating value provider objects for child actions.
ClientDataTypeModelValidatorProviderReturns the client data-type model validators.
CompareAttributeProvides an attribute that compares two properties of a model.
ContentResultRepresents a user-defined content type that is the result of an action method.
ControllerProvides methods that respond to HTTP requests that are made to an ASP.NET MVC Web site.
ControllerActionInvokerRepresents a class that is responsible for invoking the action methods of a controller.
ControllerBaseRepresents the base class for all MVC controllers.
ControllerBuilderRepresents a class that is responsible for dynamically building a controller.
ControllerContextEncapsulates information about an HTTP request that matches specified RouteBase and ControllerBase instances.
ControllerDescriptorEncapsulates information that describes a controller, such as its name, type, and actions.
ControllerInstanceFilterProviderAdds the controller to the FilterProviderCollection instance.
CustomModelBinderAttributeRepresents an attribute that invokes a custom model binder.
DataAnnotationsModelMetadataProvides a container for common metadata, for the DataAnnotationsModelMetadataProvider class, and for the DataAnnotationsModelValidator class for a data model.
DataAnnotationsModelMetadataProviderImplements the default model metadata provider for ASP.NET MVC.
DataAnnotationsModelValidatorProvides a model validator.
DataAnnotationsModelValidator(Of TAttribute)Provides a model validator for a specified validation type.
DataAnnotationsModelValidatorProviderImplements the default validation provider for ASP.NET MVC.
DataErrorInfoModelValidatorProviderProvides a container for the error-information model validator.
DefaultControllerFactoryRepresents the controller factory that is registered by default.
DefaultModelBinderMaps a browser request to a data object. This class provides a concrete implementation of a model binder.
DefaultViewLocationCacheRepresents a memory cache for view locations.
DependencyResolverProvides a registration point for dependency resolvers that implement IDependencyResolver or the Common Service Locator IServiceLocator interface.
DependencyResolverExtensionsProvides a type-safe implementation of GetService and GetServices.
DictionaryValueProvider(Of TValue)Represents the base class for value providers whose values come from a collection that implements the IDictionary(Of TKey, TValue) interface.
EmptyModelMetadataProviderProvides an empty metadata provider for data models that do not require metadata.
EmptyModelValidatorProviderProvides an empty validation provider for models that do not require a validator.
EmptyResultRepresents a result that does nothing, such as a controller action method that returns nothing.
ExceptionContextProvides the context for using the HandleErrorAttribute class.
ExpressionHelperProvides a helper class to get the model name from an expression.
FieldValidationMetadataProvides a container for client-side field validation metadata.
FileContentResultSends the contents of a binary file to the response.
FilePathResultSends the contents of a file to the response.
FileResultRepresents a base class that is used to send binary file content to the response.
FileStreamResultSends binary content to the response by using a Stream instance.
FilterRepresents a metadata class that contains a reference to the implementation of one or more of the filter interfaces, the filter's order, and the filter's scope.
FilterAttributeRepresents the base class for action and result filter attributes.
FilterAttributeFilterProviderDefines a filter provider for filter attributes.
FilterInfoEncapsulates information about the available action filters.
FilterProviderCollectionRepresents the collection of filter providers for the application.
FilterProvidersProvides a registration point for filters.
FormCollectionContains the form value providers for the application.
FormContextEncapsulates information that is required in order to validate and process the input data from an HTML form.
FormValueProviderRepresents a value provider for form values that are contained in a NameValueCollection object.
FormValueProviderFactoryRepresents a class that is responsible for creating a new instance of a form-value provider object.
GlobalFilterCollectionRepresents a class that contains all the global filters.
GlobalFiltersRepresents the global filter collection.
HandleErrorAttributeRepresents an attribute that is used to handle an exception that is thrown by an action method.
HandleErrorInfoEncapsulates information for handling an error that was thrown by an action method.
HiddenInputAttributeRepresents an attribute that is used to indicate whether a property or field value should be rendered as a hidden input element.
HtmlHelperRepresents support for rendering HTML controls in a view.
HtmlHelper(Of TModel)Represents support for rendering HTML controls in a strongly typed view.
HttpDeleteAttributeRepresents an attribute that is used to restrict an action method so that the method handles only HTTP DELETE requests.
HttpFileCollectionValueProviderRepresents a value provider to use with values that come from a collection of HTTP files.
HttpFileCollectionValueProviderFactoryRepresents a class that is responsible for creating a new instance of an HTTP file collection value provider object.
HttpGetAttributeRepresents an attribute that is used to restrict an action method so that the method handles only HTTP GET requests.
HttpNotFoundResultDefines an object that is used to indicate that the requested resource was not found.
HttpPostAttributeRepresents an attribute that is used to restrict an action method so that the method handles only HTTP POST requests.
HttpPostedFileBaseModelBinderBinds a model to a posted file.
HttpPutAttributeRepresents an attribute that is used to restrict an action method so that the method handles only HTTP PUT requests.
HttpRequestExtensionsExtends the HttpRequestBase class that contains the HTTP values that were sent by a client during a Web request.
HttpStatusCodeResultProvides a way to return an action result with a specific HTTP response status code and description.
HttpUnauthorizedResultRepresents the result of an unauthorized HTTP request.
JavaScriptResultSends JavaScript content to the response.
JsonResultRepresents a class that is used to send JSON-formatted content to the response.
JsonValueProviderFactoryEnables action methods to send and receive JSON-formatted text and to model-bind the JSON text to parameters of action methods.
LinqBinaryModelBinderMaps a browser request to a LINQ Binary object.
ModelBinderAttributeRepresents an attribute that is used to associate a model type to a model-builder type.
ModelBinderDictionaryRepresents a class that contains all model binders for the application, listed by binder type.
ModelBinderProviderCollectionProvides a container for model binder providers.
ModelBinderProvidersProvides a container for model binder providers.
ModelBindersProvides global access to the model binders for the application.
ModelBindingContextProvides the context in which a model binder functions.
ModelClientValidationEqualToRuleProvides a container for an equality validation rule that is sent to the browser.
ModelClientValidationRangeRuleProvides a container for a range-validation rule that is sent to the browser.
ModelClientValidationRegexRuleProvides a container for a regular-expression client validation rule that is sent to the browser.
ModelClientValidationRemoteRuleProvides a container for a remote validation rule that is sent to the browser.
ModelClientValidationRequiredRuleProvides a container for client validation for required field.
ModelClientValidationRuleProvides a base class container for a client validation rule that is sent to the browser.
ModelClientValidationStringLengthRuleProvides a container for a string-length validation rule that is sent to the browser.
ModelErrorRepresents an error that occurs during model binding.
ModelErrorCollectionA collection of ModelError instances.
ModelMetadataProvides a container for common metadata, for the ModelMetadataProvider class, and for the ModelValidator class for a data model.
ModelMetadataProviderProvides an abstract base class for a custom metadata provider.
ModelMetadataProvidersProvides a container for the current ModelMetadataProvider instance.
ModelStateEncapsulates the state of model binding to a property of an action-method argument, or to the argument itself.
ModelStateDictionaryRepresents the state of an attempt to bind a posted form to an action method, which includes validation information.
ModelValidationResultProvides a container for a validation result.
ModelValidatorProvides a base class for implementing validation logic.
ModelValidatorProviderProvides a list of validators for a model.
ModelValidatorProviderCollectionProvides a container for a list of validation providers.
ModelValidatorProvidersProvides a container for the current validation provider.
MultiSelectListRepresents a list of items that users can select more than one item from.
MvcFilterWhen implemented in a derived class, provides a metadata class that contains a reference to the implementation of one or more of the filter interfaces, the filter's order, and the filter's scope.
MvcHandlerSelects the controller that will handle an HTTP request.
MvcHtmlStringRepresents an HTML-encoded string that should not be encoded again.
MvcHttpHandlerVerifies and processes an HTTP request.
MvcRouteHandlerCreates an object that implements the IHttpHandler interface and passes the request context to it.
MvcWebRazorHostFactoryCreates instances of MvcWebPageRazorHost files.
NameValueCollectionExtensionsExtends a NameValueCollection object so that the collection can be copied to a specified dictionary.
NameValueCollectionValueProviderRepresents the base class for value providers whose values come from a NameValueCollection object.
NoAsyncTimeoutAttributeProvides a convenience wrapper for the AsyncTimeoutAttribute attribute.
NonActionAttributeRepresents an attribute that is used to indicate that a controller method is not an action method.
OutputCacheAttributeRepresents an attribute that is used to mark an action method whose output will be cached.
ParameterBindingInfoEncapsulates information for binding action-method parameters to a data model.
ParameterDescriptorContains information that describes a parameter.
PartialViewResultRepresents a base class that is used to send a partial view to the response.
PreApplicationStartCodeProvides a registration point for ASP.NET Razor pre-application start code.
QueryStringValueProviderRepresents a value provider for query strings that are contained in a NameValueCollection object.
QueryStringValueProviderFactoryRepresents a class that is responsible for creating a new instance of a query-string value-provider object.
RangeAttributeAdapterProvides an adapter for the RangeAttribute attribute.
RazorViewRepresents the class used to create views that have Razor syntax.
RazorViewEngineRepresents a view engine that is used to render a Web page that uses the ASP.NET Razor syntax.
RedirectResultControls the processing of application actions by redirecting to a specified URI.
RedirectToRouteResultRepresents a result that performs a redirection by using the specified route values dictionary.
ReflectedActionDescriptorContains information that describes a reflected action method.
ReflectedControllerDescriptorContains information that describes a reflected controller.
ReflectedParameterDescriptorContains information that describes a reflected action-method parameter.
RegularExpressionAttributeAdapterProvides an adapter for the RegularExpressionAttribute attribute.
RemoteAttributeProvides an attribute that uses the jQuery validation plug-in remote validator.
RequiredAttributeAdapterProvides an adapter for the RequiredAttributeAttribute attribute.
RequireHttpsAttributeRepresents an attribute that forces an unsecured HTTP request to be re-sent over HTTPS.
ResultExecutedContextProvides the context for the OnResultExecuted method of the ActionFilterAttribute class.
ResultExecutingContextProvides the context for the OnResultExecuting method of the ActionFilterAttribute class.
RouteCollectionExtensionsExtends a RouteCollection object for MVC routing.
RouteDataValueProviderRepresents a value provider for route data that is contained in an object that implements the IDictionary(Of TKey, TValue) interface.
RouteDataValueProviderFactoryRepresents a factory for creating route-data value provider objects.
SelectListRepresents a list that lets users select one item.
SelectListItemRepresents the selected item in an instance of the SelectList class.
SessionStateAttributeSpecifies the session state of the controller.
SessionStateTempDataProviderProvides session-state data to the current TempDataDictionary object.
StringLengthAttributeAdapterProvides an adapter for the StringLengthAttribute attribute.
TempDataDictionaryRepresents a set of data that persists only from one request to the next.
TemplateInfoEncapsulates information about the current template context.
UrlHelperContains methods to build URLs for ASP.NET MVC within an application.
UrlParameterRepresents an optional parameter that is used by the MvcHandler class during routing.
ValidatableObjectAdapterProvides an object adapter that can be validated.
ValidateAntiForgeryTokenAttributeRepresents an attribute that is used to prevent forgery of a request.
ValidateInputAttributeRepresents an attribute that is used to mark action methods whose input must be validated.
ValueProviderCollectionRepresents the collection of value-provider objects for the application.
ValueProviderDictionaryObsolete. Represents a dictionary of value providers for the application.
ValueProviderFactoriesRepresents a container for value-provider factory objects.
ValueProviderFactoryRepresents a factory for creating value-provider objects.
ValueProviderFactoryCollectionRepresents the collection of value-provider factories for the application.
ValueProviderResultRepresents the result of binding a value (such as from a form post or query string) to an action-method argument property, or to the argument itself.
ViewContextEncapsulates information that is related to rendering a view.
ViewDataDictionaryRepresents a container that is used to pass data between a controller and a view.
ViewDataDictionary(Of TModel)Represents a container that is used to pass strongly typed data between a controller and a view.
ViewDataInfoEncapsulates information about the current template content that is used to develop templates and about HTML helpers that interact with templates.
ViewEngineCollectionRepresents a collection of view engines that are available to the application.
ViewEngineResultRepresents the result of locating a view engine.
ViewEnginesRepresents a collection of view engines that are available to the application.
ViewMasterPageRepresents the information that is needed to build a master view page.
ViewMasterPage(Of TModel)Represents the information that is required in order to build a strongly typed master view page.
ViewPageRepresents the properties and methods that are needed to render a view as a Web Forms page.
ViewPage(Of TModel)Represents the information that is required in order to render a strongly typed view as a Web Forms page.
ViewResultRepresents a class that is used to render a view by using an IView instance that is returned by an IViewEngine object.
ViewResultBaseRepresents a base class that is used to provide the model to the view and then render the view to the response.
ViewStartPageProvides an abstract class that can be used to implement a view start (master) page.
ViewTemplateUserControlProvides a container for TemplateInfo objects.
ViewTemplateUserControl(Of TModel)Provides a container for TemplateInfo objects.
ViewTypeRepresents the type of a view.
ViewUserControlRepresents the information that is needed to build a user control.
ViewUserControl(Of TModel)Represents the information that is required in order to build a strongly typed user control.
VirtualPathProviderViewEngineRepresents an abstract base-class implementation of the IViewEngine interface.
WebFormViewRepresents the information that is needed to build a Web Forms page in ASP.NET MVC.
WebFormViewEngineRepresents a view engine that is used to render a Web Forms page to the response.
WebViewPageRepresents the properties and methods that are needed in order to render a view that uses ASP.NET Razor syntax.
WebViewPage(Of TModel)Represents the properties and methods that are needed in order to render a view that uses ASP.NET Razor syntax.

Interfaces

InterfaceDescription
IActionFilterDefines the methods that are used in an action filter.
IActionInvokerDefines the contract for an action invoker, which is used to invoke an action in response to an HTTP request.
IAuthorizationFilterDefines the methods that are required for an authorization filter.
IClientValidatableProvides a way for the ASP.NET MVC validation framework to discover at run time whether a validator has support for client validation.
IControllerDefines the methods that are required for a controller.
IControllerActivatorProvides fine-grained control over how controllers are instantiated using dependency injection.
IControllerFactoryDefines the methods that are required for a controller factory.
IDependencyResolverDefines the methods that simplify service location and dependency resolution.
IExceptionFilterDefines the methods that are required for an exception filter.
IFilterProviderProvides an interface for finding filters.
IMetadataAwareProvides an interface for exposing attributes to the AssociatedMetadataProvider class.
IModelBinderDefines the methods that are required for a model binder.
IModelBinderProviderDefines methods that enable dynamic implementations of model binding for classes that implement the IModelBinder interface.
IMvcFilterDefines members that specify the order of filters and whether multiple filters are allowed.
IResultFilterDefines the methods that are required for a result filter.
IRouteWithAreaAssociates a route with an area in an ASP.NET MVC application.
ITempDataProviderDefines the contract for temporary-data providers that store data that is viewed on the next request.
IUnvalidatedValueProviderRepresents an IValueProvider interface that can skip request validation.
IValueProviderDefines the methods that are required for a value provider in ASP.NET MVC.
IViewDefines the methods that are required for a view.
IViewDataContainerDefines the methods that are required for a view data dictionary.
IViewEngineDefines the methods that are required for a view engine.
IViewLocationCacheDefines the methods that are required in order to cache view locations in memory.
IViewPageActivatorProvides fine-grained control

ASP.NET MVC - Publishing the Website

Learn how to publish an MVC application without using Visual Web Developer.

Publish Your Application Without Using Visual Web Developer

An ASP.NET MVC application can be published to a remote server by using the Publish commands in WebMatrix ,Visual Web Developer, or Visual Studio.
This function copies all your application files, controllers, models, images, and all the required DLL files for MVC, Web Pages, Razor, Helpers, and SQL Server Compact (if a database is used).
Sometimes you don't want to use this option. Maybe your hosting provider only supports FTP? Maybe you already have a web site based on classic ASP? Maybe you want to copy the files yourself? Maybe you want to use Front Page, Expression Web, or some other publishing software?
Will you get a problem? Yes, you will. But you can solve it.
To perform a web copy, you have to know how to include the right files, what DDL files to copy, and where store them.
Follow these steps:

1. Use the Latest Version of ASP.NET

Before you continue, make sure your hosting computer runs the latest version of ASP.NET (4.0).

2. Copy the Web Folders

Copy your website (all folders and content) from your development computer to an application folder on your remote hosting computer (server).
If your App_Data folder contains test data, don't copy the App_Data folder (see SQL Data below).

3. Copy the DLL Files

On the remote server create a bin folder in the root of your application. (If you have installed Helpers, you already have a bin folder)
Copy everything from your folders:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET Web Pages\v1.0\Assemblies
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET MVC 3\Assemblies
to your application's bin folder on the remote server.

4. Copy the SQL Server Compact DLL Files

If your application has a SQL Server Compact database (an .sdf file in App_Data folder), you must copy the SQL Server Compact DLL files:
Copy everything from your folder:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition\v4.0\Private
to your application's bin folder on the remote server.
Create (or edit) the Web.config file for your application:

Example C#

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
<system.data>
<DbProviderFactories>
<remove invariant="System.Data.SqlServerCe.4.0" />

<add invariant="System.Data.SqlServerCe.4.0"
name="Microsoft SQL Server Compact 4.0"
description=".NET Framework Data Provider for Microsoft SQL Server Compact" type="System.Data.SqlServerCe.SqlCeProviderFactory, System.Data.SqlServerCe, Version=4.0.0.1,Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91" />

</DbProviderFactories>
</system.data>
</configuration>


5. Copy SQL Server Compact Data

Do you have .sdf files in your App_Data folder that contains test data?
Do you want to publish the test data to the remote server?
Most likely not.
If you have to copy the SQL data files (.sdf files), you should delete everything in the database, and then copy the empty .sdf file from your development computer to the server.
THAT'S IT. GOOD LUCK !