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>>>
>>"Terry On Windigo" <terry@windigo.comwrote in message
>>news:%23GMwRbOAHHA.1556@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl.. .
>>>I think I have figured out my problem but I don't know how to solve it.
>>We
>>>are going to start using a forums package and do not want our users to
>>have
>>>to login to both our site, and then again to the forums package. The
>>>creator of the forums package provides what seems to be an easy
>>>workaround
>>>for this. Create two session variables, one for ID, the other for
>>Password,
>>>and his program will take care of the rest.
>>>>
>>>I have all of my forums package off the root of the drive that has my
>>>Inetpub directory, and within my IIS settings have a virtual directory
>>>pointing to the actual folder. I'm wondering that since my actual
>>>forums
>>>folder is outside my IIS, or if its a virtual directors my Session
>>Variables
>>>are not being picked up. I also wonder this for the following reason.
>>>On
>>>all of my pages I have
>>>>
>>><% If Session("LoggedIn")= "Proceed" Then
>>> Else
>>> Server.Transfer "LoginReturning.asp"
>>> End If
>>>%>
>>>>
>>>which keeps people from bookmarking and coming back in without logining
>>back
>>>in to the site. However on the forums default.asp page this does not
>>work,
>>>which leads me to believe once again it's a placement issue on my
>>>hardrive
>>>with my folders. If I am wrong in my assumptions, and I can do this,
>>>how
>>>would I pass the session variable to my default.asp page in my forums
>>>folder? Here is the page that does the checking of my login
>>>verification:
>>>>
>>><%
>>> Option Explicit
>>> Dim strConnect
>>>%>
>>><!-- #Include File="Data.asp" -->
>>><html>
>>><head>
>>><meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 6.0">
>>><meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document">
>>><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
>>>charset=windows-1252">
>>><title>New Page 1</title>
>>></head>
>>><body>
>>><%
>>>>
>>> Dim objconn, objrs
>>> Dim lcsql, strName, strEmail, strPassword, Trial, Expiredate,
>>>strCookie2
>>>>
>>> Set objconn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
>>> Set objrs=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
>>> objconn.open strConnect
>>>>
>>> Trial = Date
>>>>
>>> strEmail = request.form("Email")
>>> strPassword = request.form("password")
>>>>
>>> lcsql="select * FROM results WHERE Email =
>>>'"+request.form("Email")+"' and password =
>>>'"+request.form("password")+"'"
>>> objrs.Open lcsql,objconn,0,1,1
>>>>
>>>'No records returned because user not found
>>>>
>>> If objrs.EOF then
>>> %>
>>> <Script Language=VBscript>
>>> ReturnItem = msgbox( "Either your name or
>>>password
>>was
>>>incorrect, try again.", vbOKOnly, "INCORRECT ENTRY")
>>> </Script>
>>> <%
>>> Server.Transfer "LoginReturning.asp"
>>>>
>>> else
>>> Session("LoggedIn") = "Proceed"
>>>>
>>> 'The next two session vars are for the forums page
>>> Session("USER") = request.form("Email")
>>> Session("PASSWORD") = request.form("password")
>>> 'Check to see that Session variables were indeed
>>>assigned
>>> response.write Session("PASSWORD")
>>> response.write Session ("USER")
>>> Server.Transfer "Index.asp"
>>> end if
>>> objrs.Close
>>> objconn.Close
>>>%>
>>>>
>>></body>
>>>>
>>></html>
>>>>
>>>Terry
>>>
>>It isn't a problem of where the folder is placed physically. The fact
>>that
>>you have made the folder a virtual folder under your own application
>>would
>>make it part of your application and therefore able to see the session
>>variables for the app.
>>>
>>The problem most likely is that you have made this virtual folder into
>>an
>>application in it's own right. Open the properties on the virtual
>>folder
>>and on the virtual directory tab click the remove button. This stops
>>the
>>folder from acting as it's own application.
>>>
>>>
>>>
