Visual InterDev 6 and PWS (IIS 5.0)

[abu22b]

I'm new to InterDev 6 and need help getting started. I'm using PWS on W2K as my OS. IN PWS it has my computer name as the PWS web site name. When I try to create a new project and connect to PWS, I type in the server name and it starts looking for the site. After a few miniutes I get a message saying
("unable to contact server

http://mypws").

What is wrong?

(my test.asp typed by notepad works well from

http://myserver/test.asp)

 

[mthrawn]

When you are asked for the name of the server, are you including the http:// part of the string, if so don't, it is unnecessary.

 

[abu22b]

*Platfarm Windows 2000*

Once PWS/ISS installed, needs to configure Server Extensions.

Extend a Virtual Server with the FrontPage Server Extensions
After you have created a virtual server, you can extend it with the FrontPage Server Extensions, which make the virtual server a root web. Before you can extend a virtual server, the server extensions need to have already been installed on the server computer.

To extend a virtual server with the FrontPage Server Extensions Do the following steps:

From Programs/Administrative Tools
Select Server Extension Administrator

1.In the Console tree, right-click the virtual server that you want to extend.
2.Click Task on the shortcut menu, and then click Configure Server Extensions.

If the Web server is not IIS 4.0 or later, click New on the shortcut menu, and then click Web.

3.Follow the steps in the Server Extensions Configuration Wizard.
Note

You need to extend a virtual server — that is, make it a root web — before you can create subwebs below it.

*Visual Interdev 6*

Now try creating a new web project- give your computer name (i.e.localhost) as web server.

(Yes..I got it now..!)

(If the FrontPage Server Extensions are installed on your computer, you can also access the FrontPage Server Extensions Resource Kit, which is by default installed at C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\40\Serk\nnnn\default.htm. The \nnnn folder has a numerical name based on the language in which you installed the FrontPage Server Extensions. For example, in a US English installation, the path is C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\40\Serk\1033\default.htm.)