Setting up Virtual Dir in IIS

dsuratman · June 18th, 2005, 02:28 PM

Hello,
I followed the Beginning ASP.NET with C# book to setup my Virtual Directory. However when I tried viewing the pages using IE, none of the *.aspx pages don't work. The first example doesn't show the time. What I noticed on my IIS window is that the icon of my BegASPNET virtual folder is different than what's in the book. Below is the screen shot:

https://www.suratman.net/ISS_ScreenShot.jpg

In the book, the icon of the BegASPNET folder looks like the icon of _vti_bin folder on my screen shot. What did I miss here? Help please.
Thanks.

dsuratman · June 18th, 2005, 02:30 PM

mis-type on the website address:
http://www.suratman.net/IIS_ScreenShot.jpg

planoie · June 19th, 2005, 08:57 AM

My experience says that your IIS display is correct. It should look like that. That's the icon for a virtual application.

Are you sure you have .NET install correctly?

When you say your ASPX pages don't work, what is actually happening?

-Peter

dsuratman · June 19th, 2005, 11:34 PM

Hi Peter,
Thanks for the reply.

You're right my .NET was not installed correctly. When I load this .aspx file, the time was not displayed:

<script language="c#" runat="server">
void Page_Load()
{
  time.Text=DateTime.Now.Hour.ToString() + ":" +
             DateTime.Now.Minute.ToString() + ":" +
             DateTime.Now.Second.ToString();
}
</script>

<html>
<head><title>The Punctual Web Server</title></head>
<body>
  <h1>Welcome</h1>
  In WebServerLand the time is currently:
<asp:label id="time" runat="server" />
</body>
</html>

I don't know what was wrong, but I just reinstalled it, and now it
WORKS :).

The only difference is the path where I installed .NET. Before it was installed in C:\Program Files\Microsoft.NET\SDK, now it is in C:\Program Files\Microsoft.NET\FrameworkSDK. This shouldn't cause problems, should it?

Thanks once again.

planoie · June 20th, 2005, 07:57 AM

It shouldn't cause a problem. The actual framework should be in c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322.

The directory you showed is the software development kit directory. You may have first installed a different version and MS changed the default path between versions.

-Peter