allowDefinition='MachineToApplication'

GLSmyth · June 26th, 2009, 02:53 PM

I am working on the Try It Out on page 75 and am getting the following error:

It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' beyond application level. This error can be caused by a virtual directory not being configured as an application in IIS.

I am not sure what this means or how to correct it - the page appears to work properly.

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers -

george

Imar · June 27th, 2009, 06:18 AM

Hi george,

Take a look at the last section of page 656. You're probably opening C:\BegASPNET instead of C:\BegASPNET\Site.

Hope this helps,

Imar

GLSmyth · June 29th, 2009, 08:14 AM

Imar -

Thanks for the response. It looks like I am missing something basic.

I go to File -> Open Website and select c:/BegASPNet/Site
I open Default.aspx
I press Ctrl-F5 and get the error

Did I miss a step when setting up the website? Should I be doing something in IIS to get this to work?

Cheers -

george

Imar · June 29th, 2009, 08:23 AM

Hi George,

What do you see when you open that page in the browser? htp://localhost:12345 or http://localhost:12345/Site

Also, how does your web.config look? Do you have more than one web.config in either C:\BegASPNET or C:\BegASPNET\Site? What exactly do these folders contain? Does C:\BegASPNET only contain the Site folder and no files?

IIS is not involved here; when you open a site and press Ctrl+F5, VWD spins up the built-in development web server (unless you told it otherwise).

Cheers,

Imar

GLSmyth · June 29th, 2009, 09:17 AM

Imar -

The page that is opened (after showing the error and asking if I would like to continue) is http://localhost:1964/Site/Default.aspx.

C:\BegASPNET only contains the Site folder and no files. Site contains a single web.config file and I have not changed anything within the file, so it should only contain the default information.

Should I perhaps remove the Site folder and start over? Perhaps I did something without knowing it (although things appear to have worked so far).

Cheers -

george

GLSmyth · June 29th, 2009, 09:32 AM

I'm not sure whether or not this is an issue, but I do have websites configured under IIS under c:/Inetpub/wwwroot. Should Site have been created under wwwroot?

Cheers -

george

Imar · June 29th, 2009, 12:40 PM

Quote:

but I do have websites configured under IIS under c:/Inetpub/wwwroot.

Nope, that shouldn't matter as IIS is not involved here (again, assuming you haven't changed this).

When you've open the site in VWD, what do you see in the Solution Explorer? What files and folders do you see?

Imar

GLSmyth · June 29th, 2009, 03:48 PM

In the Solution Explorer I see the following folders:

App_Data
Controls
Demos
MasterPages
Resources
Source
Styles

and the following files:

Default.aspx
web.config

Cheers -

george

Imar · June 29th, 2009, 03:50 PM

In that case, I am stumped. It shouldn't be like this.

Can you send me a zipped version of the web project so I can take a look? Send me a message through the Contact page of my web site. I'll reply so you know my address and know where to send the file.

Cheers,

Imar

Imar · June 29th, 2009, 03:56 PM

Wait a minute. I see what the problem is. You have the final Source and Resources folders in your Site folder as well:

App_Data
Controls
Demos
MasterPages
Resources
Source
Styles

It shouldn't be like that, but like this instead:

Code:

 
C:\
  BegASPNET
    Site
      App_Data
      Controls
      ... etc
    Source
      ...
    Resources
      ...

That is, Source and Resources should be at the same level as Site, not inside Site. Refer to the Introduction of the book for instructions about this structure.

Cheers,

Imar