Can a VB App read IIS settings?

[MattWoberts]

Hi,

I need to get my VB6 COM Dlls, to read a file from a web on the same server. All I know is the name of the web - so for example "MyWebApp". Is there any way in VB6 that given the name of the web app I can determine the physical location of this on the machine, so I can go and read a file from it?

Many thanks!
Matt

 

[bjd4jc]

The quick answer is yes, it can.

Here is a link to MSDN on some info on how to. Note that this is for IIS 6.0 which ships with Windows 2003.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...html/6436aeaf-d4c3-4e1f-8cd3-96359ff427ce.asp

I don't have the time to write a solution for you with this.

Please let me know if this helps you and if you need further, more specific help.

 

[MattWoberts]

Thanks - I'll read through the documentation and see what I can come up with!

 

[bjd4jc]

Have you had any luck with this?

 

[MattWoberts]

Not yet - I haven't had the time to spend on it yet

 

[Sheco]

Do a google search for IIS Metabase.

The metabase is a programatically searchable registry-type-thing used by IIS and I think you will find the info you need within it.

 

[MattWoberts]

Finally......got round to this.

Thanks both "bjd4jc" and "Sheco" for providing me with the pointers here to get me started. If anyone else ends up here looking for the same answer, then heres some VB6 Code that does exactly what I wanted:

    Dim objApp As Object
    Set objApp = GetObject("IIS://LocalHost/w3svc/1/ROOT/" & strWebName)
    '
    MsgBox objApp.Path