aspx page & "virtual directory not configured as an app"

[tyreejp]

I know how to resolve the error "This error can be caused by a virtual directory not being configured as an application in IIS". What I want to be able to do is drop this webpage and it's config file anywhere and have it work. Can that be done and if not, why?

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James

 

[jmeckley]

This cannot be done. asp.net requires iis (or mono). and the .net web request require the correct IIS filter to process the rquest. IIS needs to translate the web request into an acutal file on the server. this needs to be mapped (virutal directory).

it's similar to why the .net framework is required to run a console/desktop app.

Jason Meckley
Programmer
Specialty Bakers, Inc.

 

[ca8msm]

You can't just drop a config file and an aspx page page "anywhere". It needs a web server which will serve the page, the web server must be configured to know what address will be called when this page is due to be served (which is where configuring the application comes in) and the web server must have the necessary extensions installed to serve that type of file.


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