hi all tech folks,



i found a strange behaviour in iis5 (w2000, com+): when calling an

infinitive loop method on an object instance from one page, the server

is not responding from other browsers to _anything_ (asp pages).



i tried to install the component with setting:

- iis5 high application isolation

- com+ server library application with vb apartment threaded component



i tried free threaded apartment component from c++ as well - the same

reult.



then, it went more generally: if page1.asp has got: <% do:loop %>, the

page2.asp never comes (in another browser, another pc just to be sure).



then, i made a getThreadID and saw, that the outOfProcess asp engine

process (isolated application, should be in own dllhost.exe, right?) is

serving probably ONLY ONE thread!! why?! i thought, it's because cpu

utilization, so i made a blocking component with infinitive loop and

sleep(10 ms) inside => it blocked the server's cpu almost nothing and

there was no new thread started, which would serve the new request for

new page.



also, i figured out, that the "medium isolation" is SOMETIMES working.

sometimes means, that if you:

- set "medium isolation" in iis5 and in com+ you register your

component, it works

- after that: set "high isolation" and leave the com+ component as it

was, it won't work

- after that: reset back to "medium isolation" and leave com+, it STILL

NOT works

- after that: reinstalling the com+ component and leave the iis "medium

isolation" - IT WORKS



remarks:

- before every test, the iis process was reset and com+ component shut

down



please, i'm out of ideas. i assume, it relates somehow with threading

optimalization or whatever. any idea?



thanx, andrej macko