Ok, a few minutes ago I created the chapter 14 web form that had just the simple text input box with validation and a submit button. First time I ran it I got the Error while trying to run project: Unable to start debugging on the web server. Could not start ASP.NET or ATL Server debugging. etc. I followed the instructions someone gave about running aspnet_regiis.exe and that took care of the problem. Now the button shows up and submits properly. So I go on to the Acme Loan Slicer example, create a new ASP project, follow all the steps to create the web form, and when I run it I get the same message. Is this a general problem? Every time you create a new web project you have to reinstall something or reconfigure something? I tried running the aspnet_regiis again and this time it didnt help. Any ideas? Thanks! :)

If I run it from the browser at localhost it seems to work, but I cant run it from VS.

You shouldn't get this every time that you create a new project. Did you check the application mappings for the .aspx extensions in IIS?

If you keep having problems, you might try uninstalling VS and IIS and reinstalling them.

J

Are you debugging on purpose? Try turning debugging off in the web.config file.

I'm not trying to debug the web form per se, I'm just trying to run it. It runs fine in a browser from localhost but when I hit the start button in VS it says it can't start ASP.NET. If it runs from the browser then obviously ASP is running. I have it in Release mode, I've rebuilt both the web app and the solution. I turned off debug in web.config. What is VS looking for that it thinks ASP isn't running when it is? Does something need to be configured for VS to recognize ASP? Is that what I did when I ran that reg program and if so why did it only work for that first ASP project I created? I'm baffled. I think aspx is mapped correctly. I checked in Internet Information Services. Will try uninstall and reinstall.

Ok, I reinstalled. Now when I load a wrox project it says the project is not configured for debug. It says I need a valid web.config file and debug needs to be set to "true" in the file. There IS a vaild web.config file and debug IS set to "true". I don't understand what it wants.