Visual InterDev - Anyone Use It?
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I'd like to be able to use it, but I can't get the darn thing to connect to the server. I have a two-machine network. InterDev is on the client. IIS is installed and running on the server. If I type "http://jason-lowspec" into my client's browser, it quite correctly brings up the default web page from my IIS setup residing on the server. So the machine name is valid. But whenever I try to start a project in Visual InterDev and it asks for the server to use, if I type in "jason-lowspec" it says it can't connect to it. Even using the dotted IP address of the server fails in the same way. Can anyone help me solve this before I chuck both PCs out the damn window?
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I'd like to be able to use it, but I can't get the darn thing to connect to the server. I have a two-machine network. InterDev is on the client. IIS is installed and running on the server. If I type "http://jason-lowspec" into my client's browser, it quite correctly brings up the default web page from my IIS setup residing on the server. So the machine name is valid. But whenever I try to start a project in Visual InterDev and it asks for the server to use, if I type in "jason-lowspec" it says it can't connect to it. Even using the dotted IP address of the server fails in the same way. Can anyone help me solve this before I chuck both PCs out the damn window?
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I'd like to be able to use it, but I can't get the darn thing to connect to the server. I have a two-machine network. InterDev is on the client. IIS is installed and running on the server. If I type "http://jason-lowspec" into my client's browser, it quite correctly brings up the default web page from my IIS setup residing on the server. So the machine name is valid. But whenever I try to start a project in Visual InterDev and it asks for the server to use, if I type in "jason-lowspec" it says it can't connect to it. Even using the dotted IP address of the server fails in the same way. Can anyone help me solve this before I chuck both PCs out the damn window?
Open Internet Services Manager and make sure Front Page Server Extensions is installed on the webserver and that the folder you are trying to access has Front Page Server Extensions applied to it. Hope that helps regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge "In other words, the developer is dealing with an elephant, the accountant is dealing with a bunny rabbit." by Stan Shannon - 16/10/2001
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Open Internet Services Manager and make sure Front Page Server Extensions is installed on the webserver and that the folder you are trying to access has Front Page Server Extensions applied to it. Hope that helps regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge "In other words, the developer is dealing with an elephant, the accountant is dealing with a bunny rabbit." by Stan Shannon - 16/10/2001
Thanks for the help. I can't see FPE anywhere in that window... where should I see it? If I open Server Extensions Administrator, I see "Front Page Extensions" and it names my server machine, but there is nothing in the right-hand window when I select my machine name... that appears to indicate that it is not there. How do I obtain and install the Extensions for Win2K Pro?
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Thanks for the help. I can't see FPE anywhere in that window... where should I see it? If I open Server Extensions Administrator, I see "Front Page Extensions" and it names my server machine, but there is nothing in the right-hand window when I select my machine name... that appears to indicate that it is not there. How do I obtain and install the Extensions for Win2K Pro?
Ok first things first. Check to see if you have FrontPage Server Extensions installed on your webserver:
- Open Internet Services Manager
- Connect to your webserver (you can right click on the root in IIS, select Connect and type the path of the webserver you want)
- Right click the Default Web Site folder (or whatever your website is called on the webserver)
- Go to All Tasks in the pop-up menu
Is there an option labelled: Check Server Extensions? If so then you have FPSE installed. If not then reply back to this post and I will run you through installing FPSE. Now to FPSE enabled a virtual directory or folder on your webserver do this:
- Right click the folder in IIS you want to FPSE enabled
- Go All Tasks and then Configure Server Extensions
- Click Next in the Wizard dialog window that opens
- Click Next again (unless you want a different name for your FPSE folder)
- It is best to use the parent web's settings, so click Next again
- Click Finish
Just to make sure do the following steps:
- Right click the folder you have just been working on in ISS
- Go All Tasks and then Check Server Extensions
- Generally it is safe to click yes to all the prompts the check throws up
Voila! You should now have FPSE enabled folder which Interdev can connect to. However FPSE is tempremental and if the above does not work then it might be a good idea to get rid of the dash (-) in the server name. I have a folder with a dash in and it works fine, but not a server. Good luck Jason :) regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge "In other words, the developer is dealing with an elephant, the accountant is dealing with a bunny rabbit." by Stan Shannon - 16/10/2001