Hi Chuck,

We have done something a while ago in plain ol' VB6. The program we created 
is some sort of "site wizard". It creates a new web app, sets options like 
logging, session state, default documents etc etc. It doesn't do all you 
requested, but it is in the right direction.

Unfortunately, I can't give you the complete code (company policy), but I 
could guide you in the right direction (it's not as easy as it looks).

Let me know if you are interested.

In the mean time, check out adsutil.vbs located in your 
\Inetpub\AdminScripts dir. This is a VB Script that can create websites, 
virtual directories etc from the command line. Most of the stuff you need 
is in there.

Regards,

Imar




At 03:40 PM 3/27/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I do not expect an answer here a direction would be appreciated.
>
>I have a small web hosting business and would like to automate the
>configuration and setup process. I would like to create the directories,
>user, permissions ftp services etc etc..
>
>I am sure this is doable, are there any books (wrox would be nice)
>websites etc that have info on doing this. I dont care if it is vb or
>csharp or wjat the approach is ie web service, winforms etc..
>
>Any info or direction is appreciated,
>
>Thank you
>Chuck Baldo