How to setup iis

[jshurst]

I just installed vs2003 on my home machine and I would like to be able to create asp.net applications on it. I installed IIS but I don't know what to do next. When I try to create a project it says "Visual Studio has detected that the specified web server is not running asp.net 1.1. You will be unable to run asp.net web applications or services."

Can someone help me get started? I searched some for it and checked out the FAQ section, but didn't see anything.

 

[jshurst]

I guess it would help if I told you my OS ;- ) I am using xp pro.

Thanks in advance.

 

[ca8msm]

Have you tried running "aspnet_regiis -i" from the framewrok folder?


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[siongeng]

erm.. did you have the necessary SDK??

 

[jshurst]

I do have the SDK. I ran your suggestions ca8msm and now I am getting the 'HTTP/1.1 500 Server Error' message. I read somewhere that I should check the error logs, but I don't know how to do that (where they are located.).

Thanks,

J

 

[ca8msm]

There may be some Event Logs in the Event Viewer (Control Panel > Admin Tools) so you could check there. Also, make sure you have unchecked "show friendly http error messages" in IE.


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[jshurst]

I checked the event logs but I don't see anything. I am going to restore my system to before I installed IIS and try again. Here is what I am going to do...

Install IIS and issue the command that ca8msm gave me earlier. I will then install vs2003. Then try to create a project.

Is there anything more specific I need to do here?

 

[ca8msm]

Not really. As long as IIS is installed first, the above should work fine. Post back if not.


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[jshurst]

Still having a problem. I just installed IIS (with front page extensions). I then open up a browser and type "

http://localhost"

and I get a Server Application Error page. What am I doing wrong here?

 

[ca8msm]

What server application error do you get? is it the one that looks like:

Server Application Unavailable

The web application you are attempting to access on this web server is currently unavailable. Please hit the "Refresh" button in your web browser to retry your request.

Administrator Note: An error message detailing the cause of this specific request failure can be found in the application event log of the web server. Please review this log entry to discover what caused this error to occur.


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[jshurst]

The server has encountered an error while loading an application during the processing of your request. Please refere to the event log for more detail information. Please contact the server administrator for assistance."

I created a virtual directory and pointed it where my web page resides. If I type

http://localhost/milkyway

then it loads my index.htm (which is what I expected). I have not installed vs2003 again (yet). I then copied an entire project from my work computer to another folder and created a virtual directory for this site. When I type

http://localhost/paws

then this page is displayed, however, not of the asp controls show up.

I don't think that it is behaving correctly. Should I try to install vs2003 again?

 

[ca8msm]

I would try to reinstall VS again (this will also attempt to reload the framework) but you can also do some additional checking in IIS to see if you are missing anything by looking at the Application Mapppings in the properties of your site to make sure that aspx pages will be served.


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[jshurst]

I installed it again and I am having the same problem. I can not create the a web application with VS. What is the deal here? This is very frustrating...

Could it be a permissions issue? I am logged in as an administrator. Do I need to set up something different in VS?