Framework and Window 2003

[Jamal]

All,

We have a production sever that has window 2003 and currently run ASP
applications. I would like to run ASP.NET 2.0 along side ASP. It appears
that the framework 1.1 is already installed but I'm not sure how to verify.
My assumptions is that all I need to do is install the framework 2.0 but
since this is a production server I would like to make sure its done the
right way. If one of you experts can tell my what I need to do and why so
that I can understand for future reference.

Also, I saw online posting mentioning the aspnet_regiis. What does that do
and is it needed?

Jamal

 

[Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP]]

All,

We have a production sever that has window 2003 and currently run ASP
applications. I would like to run ASP.NET 2.0 along side ASP. It
appears that the framework 1.1 is already installed but I'm not sure
how to verify. My assumptions is that all I need to do is install the
framework 2.0 but since this is a production server I would like to
make sure its done the right way. If one of you experts can tell my
what I need to do and why so that I can understand for future
reference.
Also, I saw online posting mentioning the aspnet_regiis. What does
that do and is it needed?

Yes, 1.1 is already installed on windows server 2003, but you'll need to
install 2.0.

aspnet_regiis is a utility that's installed with .NET that you can use to
control the associations between IIS vritual folders and the .NET framework.
For Server 2003, there's also an "ASP.NET" tab in the IIS application
properties dialog that does some of the same things.

If you just want to run classic ASP + ASP.NET 2.0, then all you need to do
is install .NET 2.0 - you don't need to deal with aspnet_regiis at all since
installing the 2.0 framework will install ASP.NET 2.0 and set it as the
default for all IIS virtual folders.

-cd

 

[Jamal]

Thanks cd for the quick response.

What does this meant "installing the 2.0 framework will install ASP.NET 2.0
and set it as the
default for all IIS virtual folders" I'm not sure how it would effect
classic ASP website and does IIS need to be restarted after the install.

Also, I have multiple websites and I plan on creating a virtual directory in
one of the websites for asp.net 2.0 so that I can have asp.net 2.0 running.
Is that the correct way to have both running at the same time.

Just to verify, I would install "Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0
Redistributable Package (x86)"

Jamal

 

[Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP]]

Thanks cd for the quick response.

What does this meant "installing the 2.0 framework will install
ASP.NET 2.0 and set it as the
default for all IIS virtual folders" I'm not sure how it would effect
classic ASP website and does IIS need to be restarted after the
install.

It does not affect classic ASP at all - but were you to drop an .aspx page
into one of those folders, it'd run on the .NET 2.0 framework. IIS does not
need to be restarted.

Also, I have multiple websites and I plan on creating a virtual
directory in one of the websites for asp.net 2.0 so that I can have
asp.net 2.0 running. Is that the correct way to have both running at
the same time.

You can mix classic ASP and ASP.NET in a single virtual folder, but it's not
really a good idea as it's essentially two separate web applications that
don't share session state. Better to partition them into separate virtual
folders (or web sites) as you described.

Just to verify, I would install "Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0
Redistributable Package (x86)"

Correct.

-cd

 

[Walter Wang [MSFT]]

Hi Jamal,

Since you've already have IIS web sites, installing .NET 2.0 Framework will
automatically install ASP.NET 2.0 to all your web sites, which also will
cause the apppools restart. I don't think you have to manually restart IIS
again.

After installed, I recommend you create a new apppool and configure your
ASP.NET 2.0 virtual directory to run in this apppool. Make sure your ASP
and ASP.NET applications run in different apppools.

Regarding multiple websites, I think this is fine as long as the ASP.NET
app run in the apppool dedicated for ASP.NET 2.0.

Sincerely,
Walter Wang ([email protected], remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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