I've seen a similar post about this problem but still cannot find an
automated solution. Below is the code I'm using to create a website
(for IIS 6.0) via C#. once the site is created, it will not serve aspx
pages. If I:

1. go to IIS Manager
2. view the properties for the site in question
3. go to the [Home Directory] tab
4. click [Remove] next to the Application Name textbox in the
Application Settings area.
5. click on [Add] to add the application back in.

The site works as expected.

Can anyone help me out? Feel free to email me at

mustafashabib [at] sbcglobal [dot] net

thanks.

On Nov 26, 5:44 pm, MMAS <mustafasha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've seen a similar post about this problem but still cannot find an
> automated solution. Below is the code I'm using to create a website
> (for IIS 6.0) via C#. once the site is created, it will not serve aspx
> pages. If I:
>
> 1. go to IIS Manager
> 2. view the properties for the site in question
> 3. go to the [Home Directory] tab
> 4. click [Remove] next to the Application Name textbox in the
> Application Settings area.
> 5. click on [Add] to add the application back in.
>
> The site works as expected.
>
> Can anyone help me out? Feel free to email me at
>
> mustafashabib [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
>
> thanks.

sorry, the code is as follows:


public static int CreateNewWebsite(string website_name, int port,
string path_to_website_root)
{
try
{
DirectoryEntry root = new DirectoryEntry("IIS://
localhost/W3SVC");
// Find unused ID value for new web site

bool found_valid_site_id = false;
int random_site_id = 1;
do
{
bool regenerate_site_id = false;
System.Random random_generator = new Random();
random_site_id = random_generator.Next();

foreach (DirectoryEntry e in root.Children)
{
if (e.SchemaClassName == "IIsWebServer")
{

int current_site_id =
Convert.ToInt32(e.Name);
if (current_site_id == random_site_id)
{
regenerate_site_id = true;
break;
}
}
}

found_valid_site_id = !regenerate_site_id;
} while (!found_valid_site_id);

// Create web site

DirectoryEntry site =
(DirectoryEntry)root.Invoke("Create", "IIsWebServer", random_site_id);

site.Invoke("Put", "ServerComment", website_name +
String.Format(" - ({0})", port));

site.Invoke("Put", "KeyType", "IIsWebServer");

site.Invoke("Put", "ServerBindings", ":" +
port.ToString() + ":");

site.Invoke("Put", "ServerState", 2);

//site.Invoke("Put", "FrontPageWeb", 1);

//site.Invoke("Put", "DefaultDoc",
"Default.aspx,Default.html,Default.html,Index.aspx,Index.htm,Index.html");

// site.Invoke("Put", "SecureBindings", ":443:");

site.Invoke("Put", "ServerAutoStart", 1);

site.Invoke("Put", "ServerSize", 1);

site.Invoke("SetInfo");

//create app website directory
site.AuthenticationType =
AuthenticationTypes.Anonymous;
// site.Username = username;
// site.Password = password;

// DirectoryEntry website_directory =
site.Children.Add("Root", "IIsWebDirectory");
// website_directory.Properties["Location"][0] = "/
LM/W3SVC/" + random_site_id.ToString() + "/root/aspnet_client";
// website_directory.Properties["AccessFlags"][0] =
"AccessRead";
// website_directory.Properties["DirBrowseFlags"]
[0] = "0";
// website_directory.CommitChanges();


// Create application virtual directory
DirectoryEntry virtual_directory =
site.Children.Add("Root", "IISWebVirtualDir");

virtual_directory.Properties["AppIsolated"][0] =
2;

if (path_to_website_root.EndsWith("\\"))
{
path_to_website_root =
path_to_website_root.Substring(0, path_to_website_root.Length - 1);
}



virtual_directory.Properties["Path"][0] =
path_to_website_root;
virtual_directory.Invoke("AppCreate", true);

virtual_directory.Properties["EnableDirBrowsing"]
[0] = false ;
virtual_directory.Properties["AccessExecute"][0] =
true;
virtual_directory.Properties["AccessRead"][0] =
true;
virtual_directory.Properties["AccessWrite"][0] =
false;
virtual_directory.Properties["AuthAnonymous"][0] =
true;
virtual_directory.Properties["AuthBasic"][0] =
false;
virtual_directory.Properties["AuthNTLM"][0] =
true;
virtual_directory.Properties["AppFriendlyName"][0]
= website_name;
virtual_directory.Properties["AppRoot"][0] = "LM/
W3SVC/" + random_site_id.ToString() +"/Root";


virtual_directory.CommitChanges();

site.CommitChanges();
//
RunApplication(Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables(@"%SystemRoot%
\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_regiis.exe"), "-i");// + "/
W3SVC/" + random_site_id.ToString() + "/Root");
virtual_directory.Close();
site.Close();

RunApplication(Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables(@"%SystemRoot%
\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_regiis.exe"), "-s " + "/
W3SVC/" + random_site_id.ToString() +"/Root");

RunApplication(Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables(@"%SystemRoot%
\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_regiis.exe"), "-c");
return random_site_id;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw new Exception("An error occurred trying to
create a website.", ex);
}
}

private static string RunApplication(string location,
string arguments)
{
System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo psi = new
System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(location);
psi.Arguments = arguments;
psi.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
psi.WindowStyle =
System.Diagnostics.ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
psi.UseShellExecute = false;
System.Diagnostics.Process listFiles;
listFiles = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(psi);
System.IO.StreamReader myOutput =
listFiles.StandardOutput;
listFiles.WaitForExit(2000);
string output = "";
if (listFiles.HasExited)
{
output = myOutput.ReadToEnd();

}

return output;
}