Submission form display problems

[Johny]

The submission and results form generated from the database interface wizard
will only display as code when viewed in my browser. How ever, the database
editor page works fine. I am using FrontPage 2003 and creating my site on
my computer. The asp drivers seem to be properly installed in inetpub and I
have set my site as the virtual directory. When I access my site thru
http://localhost/ everything else works fine. Even more odd is the same
pages display properly in FrontPage design view.

Have I made a mistake in setting up the database through the interface
wizard? I have tried accessing the submission and results pages through a
link to the editor page and linked directly to the individual pages with the
same results (only the code displays). There seems to be no reference to
this problem in the knowledge base or on the newsgroup so I am sure I have
made a simple mistake.

Any help appriciated

Johny

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Did you save the pages with a .asp extensions?

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[Johny]

The default for the FrontPage database interface wizard was .aspx
extension. I tried changing the extension to .asp; making sure to update
the hyperlink to reflect the new extension. Now I got a "page can't be
found" error with a refference to an expected .aspx extension on the page I
was trying to open.

I chose the asp.net format on the first screen of the wizard so I guessed
that the .aspx extension was a frontpage generated file extension? What is
an .aspx file? I have seen no reference to it any where?

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

..aspx is asp.net, which requires your site to be hosted on Windows IIS web server with .net
Framework installed.

You need to redo your pages from the beginning and select ASP, not ASP.net, unless you want to work
..Net applications.

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[Johny]

I am running IIS ( that's where I set my virtual directory) and do have the
..net framework installed. I tried to follow the instructions for installing
and configuring the .net framework but is it possible that I have made a
mistake? Is there a way to test this?

.aspx is asp.net, which requires your site to be hosted on Windows IIS web server with .net
Framework installed.

You need to redo your pages from the beginning and select ASP, not

ASP.net, unless you want to work

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Sorry, I can't help you regarding ASP.net, as I don't use it, only Classic ASP. However you can post
to the ASP.net newsgroup.

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[Johny]

I appriciate the info but I'm not sure it's an asp.net problem. Deleted
then re-interfaced my database as an asp file. This time even the wizard
generated editor page displayed as code (in asp.net at least the editor page
displayed correctly). Found a knowledgebase article walking me thru the
configuration of the .net framework; every thing looks right. I used the
database interface wizard to avoid any complications and simplify the
process. It is proving to be any thin but simple. Should I create my own
"submission form" instead of using the one generated by the wizard? If so
where would I start?

Johny

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

I not help you since it is not possible for me to know what the result would be or not be, since you
do have ASP.net installed.

No matter whether you use Classic ASP or ASP.net, I would recommend learn to hand code in our
choice, as this why you will learn a valuable skill, plus remove all limitations.

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