Question for Imar

aspcoder · April 27th, 2008, 11:10 AM

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quote:Originally posted by Imar
Hi aspcoder,

What do you mean with copy the files to the root? Do you want to run PlanetWrox under IIS?

IIS is by default set up to serve files from C:\inetpub\wwwroot. So, a file like C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Test.aspx can be requested as http://localhost/Test.aspx. IIS maps Test.aspx to a file in C:\inetpub\wwwroot and serves that file.

But have you confirmed IIS is set up OK? Are you sure you mean to request .asp files as the book deals with ASPX files.

Can you explain a bit more about your problem, your setup and what you already have in place?

Imar
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IIS is set up OK. For exmaple. If i have a file in wwwroot called, default.aspx and i request it in my browser by typing the following in the location bar "localhost/default.aspx, it throws an error. Is there some setting im not aware of, as I'm mainly familiar with apache.

Imar · April 27th, 2008, 11:30 AM

What error does it give you? Take a look here: http://imar.spaanjaars.com/QuickDocId.aspx?quickdoc=264 to get the most detailed error information.

BTW, no need to quote the entire post. This Wrox forum is threaded by design so it's already easy to see who posted what. Quoting the entre previous post makes it more difficult to focus on any new content....

Cheers,

Imar
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http://Imar.Spaanjaars.Com
Everyone is unique, except for me.
Author of Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 : in C# and VB, ASP.NET 2.0 Instant Results and Dreamweaver MX 2004
Want to be my colleague? Then check out this post.

aspcoder · April 27th, 2008, 12:29 PM

when i type localhost/default.aspx in my location bar here is the error message Imar:

(the file is in the wwwroot folder)

HTTP Error 404.3 - Not Found

Description: The page you are requesting cannot be served because of the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) map policy that is configured on the Web server. The page you requested has a file name extension that is not recognized, and is not allowed.

Imar · April 27th, 2008, 12:50 PM

Does this apply: http://imar.spaanjaars.com/QuickDocId.aspx?quickdoc=254

Also, are you sure IIS is setup correctly to use ASP.NET?

To ensure IIS is aware of ASP.NET, reinstall ASP.NET (after you installed IIS) or try this:

1. Open up a command prompt

2. Browse to the .NET Framework folder under C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727

3. run aspnet_regiis -i

That registers ASP.NET with IIS which should fix the problems...

Imar

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http://Imar.Spaanjaars.Com
Everyone is unique, except for me.
Author of Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 : in C# and VB, ASP.NET 2.0 Instant Results and Dreamweaver MX 2004
Want to be my colleague? Then check out this post.

aspcoder · April 27th, 2008, 01:42 PM

trying that now Imar. Thanks for your patience and help.

aspcoder · April 27th, 2008, 01:49 PM

That worked perfectly. Thanks.

Now to my understanding, didn't that install v2.0 and not 3.5?

Imar · April 27th, 2008, 01:54 PM

Nope. The 3.5 version doesn't come with a new run-time. "All" it does is add new functionality in the form of a lot of DLLs (simplifying things a bit here).

What this means is that the run-time is still the same; for an ASP.NET 3.5 (indicated through configuration), it just loads other DLLs and uses a different compiler. If you check out the ASP.NET tab in IIS you see you only have versions up to 2.0 to choose from.

Imar

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http://Imar.Spaanjaars.Com
Everyone is unique, except for me.
Author of Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 : in C# and VB, ASP.NET 2.0 Instant Results and Dreamweaver MX 2004
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planoie · April 27th, 2008, 03:25 PM

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quote:Originally posted by aspcoder
Now to my understanding, didn't that install v2.0 and not 3.5?

Just to clarify: running the aspnet_regiis program doesn't really "install" anything. All it's really doing (unless I'm missing something big) is setting up the MIME type mappings for ASP.NET files (.aspx, ascx, .asmx, .config, etc) to the ASP.NET runtime ASAPI. .NET and ASP.NET are already installed as part of the framework, this just hooks IIS to it. It does do some other stuff, but the extension mapping is the important part that we are concerned with.

-Peter
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aspcoder · April 27th, 2008, 05:50 PM

Thanks for the clarifications :-)

VeganMan · April 27th, 2008, 09:49 PM

Actually Imar, I happen to have a very good self image. My response to what Jim originally wrote was really in defense to the person who spoke unfairly about your book (and who knows his real motive of writing it). Even Jim takes some responsibility since he edited it. I make no apologies for my response to Jim and take nothing back.

Mentioning my self image was meant as a joke. Had I responded to a Canadian friend of mine in a forum, he would have had a good laugh. Donât take things so seriously. People donât normally admit problems with their self image over the internet unless itâs a joke. By reading previous post, you should be able to see that I joke a lot. Read it again, laugh, and enjoy the rest of your day.

Thanks for letting me know about the rules and hijacking. This is the only forum I participate in. I thought the forum was topic based, not person-topic based. I appreciate it.

Terry
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