Localhost vs machine name

[Mark Rae]

Hi,

In ASP.NET v1.x it was possible to specify on a project by project basis
that the site would load as the machine name instead of localhost when
running within Visual Studio.NET e.g. you hit F5 and the site loads as

http://myDevMachine/myTestSite

instead of

http://localhost/myTestSite

This was particularly useful when using SSL certificates generated with
SelfSSL for testing secure sites etc.

Is this possible in ASP.NET 2?

Mark

 

[Scott Allen]

You can set a different URL for debugging:

Right click the project - select "Property Pages"
Go To "Start Options"

Change the start option to an URL.

 

[Mark Rae]

You can set a different URL for debugging:

Right click the project - select "Property Pages"
Go To "Start Options"

Change the start option to an URL.

D'oh! I really ought to have been able to figure that one out for myself!
Thanks...

 

[Mark Rae]

You can set a different URL for debugging:

Right click the project - select "Property Pages"
Go To "Start Options"

Change the start option to an URL.

I did that, and the site no longer jumps into debug mode i.e. I press F5 and
the site launches directly, even though I have a breakpoint in the
Session_Start code. If I reset it to start with 'default.aspx' instead of
"http://myDevMachine/mySite/default.aspx", it jumps into debug mode as
normal...

 

[Mark Rae]

I did that, and the site no longer jumps into debug mode

Ignore me - it was late...

Thanks, Scott - works perfectly.

 

[Scott Allen]

Thanks, Scott - works perfectly.

Great!