Newbie Issues with VID, PWS & ASP

[rickj65]

I have PWS loaded on NT Workstation and I want to be able to develop and test ASP pages as painlessly as possible. I'm obviously doing something wrong.

Issue 1: Is it true that the only (or the most common) way to test an ASP page is by typing in the URL in the browser? I know you can also include the ASP URLs in an HTML "links" page and test them that way as well. I figured with VID, there might an easier way to test ASP pages.

Issue 2: Whenever I type the ASP's URL using my machine name, I get the error:

"Description: Unable to locate the server named "phccwdd000zcpl" --- the server does not have a DNS entry. Perhaps there is a misspelling in the server name, or the server no longer exists. Double-check the name and try again."

Since I copied and pasted the URL from the ASP page's "Local Web URL" property, I find this error confounding.

When I replace the machine name with 127.0.0.1, I get the error "Internal error - server connection terminated."

When I replace the machine name with "localhost", it works fine (except for the fact that I have to include the Project Name).

How come it works with localhost, but not with my machine name or 127.0.0.1? - I thought these were all one in the same.

Issue 3: Why do I have to include the VID Project Name in the URL to make it work and how can I avoid this?

TIA for your help,
Rick

 

[palbano]

Issue 1: Right click on the page node in the Project Explorer window and select View in Browser from the context menu.

-pete
[sub]I just can't seem to get back my IntelliSense[/sub]

 

[rickj65]

That's where I get the "Unknown Host" error.

"Description: Unable to locate the server named "phccwdd000zcpl" --- the server does not have a DNS entry. Perhaps there is a misspelling in the server name, or the server no longer exists. Double-check the name and try again."

"phccwdd000zcpl" is my machine name.

Any ideas why this is happening?