Can't Get Initial ASP Script to Run

jsteff · Feb 2, 2007

I have:
Standalone PC
WinXP Pro
IIS 5.1 (installed and running)

I created the following ASP script (START.ASP) and saved it to \inetpub\

http://wwwroot

When I open my browser and enter "

http://localhost/START.ASP"

the response is: "The Page Cannot Be Found". Any Ideas?
<%@ Language-VBScript%>
<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>Starting ASP</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY>
<%
Response.Write "I am your first ASP<BR>"
Response.Write Time
'Comments are written preceded by a single quotation mark ...
%>
</BODY>
</HTML>

monksnake · Feb 2, 2007

This <%@ Language-VBScript%>
should be

this

<%@ LANGUAGE="VBScript"%>

<.

Sheco · Feb 2, 2007

As a test, make a simple plain HTML file and put it in the same directory. Can you open it as

http://localhost/simple.htm

?

If not then you've got to get the IIS web server going first.

If you CAN see the simple HTML page then perhaps your IIS is not treating the web root as a web application. Fire up the IIS admin tool and right-click on "Default Web Site" and choose "Properties" from the popup menu. Then switch to the tab labeled "Home Directory." On the bottom half of that tab is a button that will either say "Create" or "Remove." Click it if it says "Create" but if it says "Remove" then click the button underneath it labeled "Configuration

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Can't Get Initial ASP Script to Run

jsteff

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