Creating "classic" ASP solutions in Visual Studio .NET

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Two Question

First, where can I find a discussion group based on Visual Studio .NET 2003 exclusively

Second, How do you create a classic ASP solution in Visual Studio .NET? Here is what I have tried that does not wor

1. Create Blank Solutio
2. Create Empty Web Project within Blank Solutio
3. Attempted to Add ASP page to Empty Web Project but no ASP pages are available in the Add New Item dialog bo

Thanks

Mike Mahon

 

[Kevin Spencer]

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2. I don't know.

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Two Questions

First, where can I find a discussion group based on Visual Studio .NET 2003 exclusively?

Second, How do you create a classic ASP solution in Visual Studio .NET?

Here is what I have tried that does not work

1. Create Blank Solution
2. Create Empty Web Project within Blank Solution
3. Attempted to Add ASP page to Empty Web Project but no ASP pages are

available in the Add New Item dialog box

 

[Andrea Williams]

I'm by no means an expert and have had many bumps in the road with ASP in
VS.NET 2003. But what I have concluded from my own experience is that it's
better to leave classic ASP in Interdev. I have found it problematic in
VS.NET and since I converted one of my projects to see how it would work,
with many pit falls, I have decided that I'm better off keep ASP out of
VS.NET, for several reasons.

First, My master files are on a server outside my LAN and Interdev was much
easier to check in and out files when needed b/c of the Master vs. Local
mode option in Interdev. With the project that I converted, I would have to
use a manual FTP to get and send my files, Where Interdev handled that for
me and I didn't have to worry about missing a changed file.

Second, there is not way to add an ASP file to the VS.NET templates, at
least not that I have found, and so I was constantly copying one of my old
files for a template and pasting it into VS.NET.

Third, when I first installed my VS.NET, Interdev lost the debug ability,
which is why I decided to transfer my files to VS.NET, but after I made the
transfer, VS.NET didn't debug ASP files and I couldn't find any
documentation about the problem, very disappointing... So I tried
uninstalling and re-installing VS 6 (Interdev) and after I applied VS6 SP5,
Debugging worked in both VS.NET and Interdev, so now I use them
side-by-side. Interdev for my old project where the client doesn't want to
upgrade, and VS.NET where I'm beginning new applications.

Conclusion: I would say, run them side-by-side and keep you old projects in
Interdev unlees planning to convert them. Just my opinion on course. ;-)

Andrea

Two Questions

First, where can I find a discussion group based on Visual Studio .NET 2003 exclusively?

Second, How do you create a classic ASP solution in Visual Studio .NET?

Here is what I have tried that does not work

1. Create Blank Solution
2. Create Empty Web Project within Blank Solution
3. Attempted to Add ASP page to Empty Web Project but no ASP pages are

available in the Add New Item dialog box