installing IIS (Internet Info. Service)

[Uzi Barzilai]

I'll like to install VB.NET on my computer and do it right.
I have both: VB.NET (Standard) AND Visual Studio.NET (academic)

The book I have "warn" me:
"You must install IIS before installing VB"

So, before even placing any of those CD into my computer I'll like to know:
1. Does any of these have IIS
2. If yes, how to comply with the above warning.
3. If not - where do I get IIS

Thanks,
Uzi

 

[Scott M.]

IIS is a component of the Windows operating system. It is not available
separately from the operating system and it is not available on all versions
of the Windows operating system. It is included, by not always installed by
default, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional (not XP Home) and
Windows 2003 Server.

If you have one of these versions of Windows, you will need your Windows
installation CD to install IIS. From Control Panel, choose Add/Remove
Programs. When that dialog comes up, click Windows Components from the
icons on the left. Then choose IIS from there.

The installation is straight forward. Once that is done, you can install
VS.NET.

 

[Imran Koradia]

As Scott mentioned, IIS comes with some versions of windows. However, its
not absolutely necessary to install IIS before installing VB .NET although
its definitely a good idea. So, if you happen to install VB .NET before IIS
by any chance, you can do this to make sure your aspx files run on your
machine:

run the following command from within the .net framework directory (usually
%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.x.xxx\ - the x's denote your
framework version. The latest will have the higher number. eg. .NET
framework version 1.1 will have something like v1.1.4322)

aspnet_regiis.exe -i

the above command basically register's this version of ASP.NET with IIS and
your aspx files should run fine.

hope this helps..
Imran.

 

[Uzi Barzilai]

Thanks, Imran.

On a XP Pro machine I followed the steps specified in your email
I installed, then, A VB.NET and tried to create an ASP.NET Wep application.
(I allowed the default name of WebApplication1)

The computer "thought" about is for a little while and came with:
a dialog box named "Web Access Failed" :
"The default Web access mode for this project is set to file share,
but the project folder at 'http://localhost/WebApplication1'
can not be opened with the path
'c:\intpub\wwwroot\WebaApplication1'
The error returned was:
Unable to create Web Project 'Web Application1'.
The file path 'c:\intpub\wwwroot\WebaApplication1'
does not correspond to the URL
'http://localhost/WebApplication1'
The two need to map to the same server location.

What would you like to do:
1. Retry using a different file share path
2. Try to open the project with FrontPage Server Extension.

Please advise
Tx
Uzi
8-15-04

 

[Scott M.]

When you created the ASP.NET project, did you specify the location as:
http://localhost/WebApplication1?

 

[Uzi Barzilai]

Thanks, Scott.

I'm "ail set" for now.
As you recall I has been given (by the computer) two options:
"
What would you like to do:
1. Retry using a different file share path
2. Try to open the project with FrontPage Server Extension.
"
When I selected 2. (as long as I start FP, first...)
I get a server service.

To your question - I was trying to create the project
not to use an old one.

Thanks again,
Uzi
8-17-04

 

[Scott M.]

To your question - I was trying to create the project

not to use an old one.

I'm glad it's working, but just as an FYI, I wasn't asking about new or open
a project. I knew you were creating a new one. It is important that you
specify the location of the new project by pointing to a web server (iis)
that has .NET on it, so the location should be specified as
http://localhost/projectName.

"localhost" is Microsoft's universal name to refer to the locally running
web server and you should use that name in your project locations.