[dba-VB] OT: ASP.net not working

Larry Woods larry at lwoods.com
Wed Jul 23 23:36:44 CDT 2003


Open IIS;right-click IIS name (probably name of your computer)-click
Properties.  In the Master Properties frame, click Edit.  Then click the
ISAPI tab.  Is ASP.NET listed in the filter list?



> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com 
> [mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of 
> jcolby at colbyconsulting.com
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 8:29 PM
> To: dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: RE: [dba-VB] OT: ASP.net not working
> 
> 
> The file does have a .aspx extension.
> 
> How do I tell if ASP.Net is correctly installed?  How do I 
> tell if IIS is able to use it?  IOW, apparently a browser 
> just ignores anything it doesn't understand so maybe the .net 
> stuff isn't being processed at the server.  It is supposed to 
> use VB.net for all of the functions and stuff.  I don't see a 
> label or control that is the time control on the web page.  
> Of course maybe I won't if nothing is displayed in it.
> 
> Oh the joys of learning all new (very complex) stuff.  It is 
> probably something simple like something didn't install properly.
> 
> John W. Colby
> www.colbyconsulting.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Larry Woods
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 11:23 PM
> To: dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: RE: [dba-VB] OT: ASP.net not working
> 
> 
> 
> I'll take a shot at it, John.  Did you save the file with an 
> ".htm" or a ".aspx" extension.  Obviously, the correct answer 
> is the latter.  If you specified the file with a .htm 
> extension you will see the results that you describe.  Your 
> file with a .aspx extension works correctly on my computer.
> 
> Larry Woods
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of 
> > jcolby at colbyconsulting.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 8:08 PM
> > To: AccessD
> > Cc: VBA
> > Subject: [dba-VB] OT: ASP.net not working
> >
> >
> > Folks,
> >
> > I'm working through the very first real example of an asp.net page 
> > doing something, i.e. displaying the time from the web server.
> >
> > I have IIS running, ASP.net installed (in fact the entire Visual 
> > Studio.net installed), the .net framework installed etc.  
> The code for 
> > the web page is:
> >
> > <script language="vb" runat="server">
> > Sub Page_Load()
> > time.text=Hour(Now) & ":" & Minute(Now) & ":" & Second(Now) End Sub
> > </script>
> >
> > <html>
> > <head><title>The Punctual Web Server</title></head>
> > <body>
> >   <h1>Welcome</h1>
> >   In WebServerLand the time is currently:
> > <asp:label id="time" runat="server" />
> > </body>
> > </html
> >
> >
> > That's all there is.  When I run it, the expected text is displayed 
> > but the time is not.  The book ("Beginning ASP.net 1.0 with VB.Net" 
> > from Wrox) gives a less than helpful "if the time is not displaying 
> > then you might have mis-typed the code".  I downloaded the examples 
> > from the web site and the code in the example above exactly matches 
> > the code in the book.
> >
> > Further I went into Visual Studio.net and built a web page 
> > application.  I then pasted the relevant code into the web page 
> > generated for me by ASP.net. Again, when run the expected text is 
> > displayed but not the time.  This seems to indicate that the IIS 
> > server isn't correctly calling the .net framework and 
> getting results 
> > back from it but I am at a loss to troubleshoot it.
> >
> > Any ideas why this wouldn't work?
> >
> > John W. Colby
> > www.colbyconsulting.com
> 
> 
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