Deploying ASP.NET projects

[Gerben van Loon]

Hi there, hope someone can help me on this:

I'm planning to deploy several ASP.NET projects to a production server.
Normally I used the "Project / Copy project" option in VS.NET, but to this
production server I only have FTP access. I tried copying the files with a
FTP tool, but it seems that every application needs to have an own virtual
directory, is this true? Or is it possible to just make 1 virtual directory
and put al the projects in there?

So is there a possibility to deploy with ftp access only, or do I need to
ask the system administrator to set up frontpage server extensions?

Greets,

Gerben.

[Kevin Spencer]

Let me see if I can help you to understand these entities better. An ASP.Net
web application is an executable application. Therefore, it must run under
some process. This process is defined by the web server configuration of an
"applicatio n". Because it is a .Net application, directly under the root
folder of the web server application, there must be a bin folder where the
DLLs can be located. Location is almost everything in .Net. The web.config
file containing the "Machine to application" settings for the app must
reside in the root folder of the application. The various ASPX pages and
other files can be located anywhere at or under the root folder of the
application. However, this has nothing whatsoever to do with FrontPage
server extensions. Those are used by Visual Studio.Net for working with the
web server, getting documents, setting up a Web Application, etc. They are
completely unnecessary at run-time.

It is therefore possible to FTP your files to the web server, or to put them
where they belong in any way you like. Setting up the web application in IIS
is something which must be done by the network admin of the web server.

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

"Gerben van Loon" <no************ *@home.nl> wrote in message
news:bu******** **@news4.tilbu1 .nb.home.nl...

Hi there, hope someone can help me on this:

I'm planning to deploy several ASP.NET projects to a production server.
Normally I used the "Project / Copy project" option in VS.NET, but to this
production server I only have FTP access. I tried copying the files with a
FTP tool, but it seems that every application needs to have an own virtual
directory, is this true? Or is it possible to just make 1 virtual directory and put al the projects in there?

So is there a possibility to deploy with ftp access only, or do I need to
ask the system administrator to set up frontpage server extensions?

Greets,

Gerben.

[Gerben van Loon]

Hi Kevin,

First of all thanks for your reply. I'm not understanding you 100%, but
let's see if I'm right:

- An ASP.NET project is an application and not just a couple of webpages. By
making a virtual directory for a project IIS knows that hat virtual
directory is an application. So every project needs an own virtual directory
to run, you cannot have multiple projects in 1 virtual directory since every
virtual directory represents an application.

- Frontpage server extensions can automaticly create a virtual directory on
a remote server so that a ASP.NET can directly be run.

So this would conclude that when you only have FTP access to a webserver it
isn't posible the deploy ASP.NET projects?

greets,

Gerben.

"Kevin Spencer" <ke***@takempis .com> wrote in message
news:eZ******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP11.phx.gbl. ..

Let me see if I can help you to understand these entities better. An ASP.Net web application is an executable application. Therefore, it must run under
some process. This process is defined by the web server configuration of an "applicatio n". Because it is a .Net application, directly under the root
folder of the web server application, there must be a bin folder where the
DLLs can be located. Location is almost everything in .Net. The web.config
file containing the "Machine to application" settings for the app must
reside in the root folder of the application. The various ASPX pages and
other files can be located anywhere at or under the root folder of the
application. However, this has nothing whatsoever to do with FrontPage
server extensions. Those are used by Visual Studio.Net for working with the web server, getting documents, setting up a Web Application, etc. They are
completely unnecessary at run-time.

It is therefore possible to FTP your files to the web server, or to put them where they belong in any way you like. Setting up the web application in IIS is something which must be done by the network admin of the web server.

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
.Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

"Gerben van Loon" <no************ *@home.nl> wrote in message
news:bu******** **@news4.tilbu1 .nb.home.nl...

Hi there, hope someone can help me on this:

I'm planning to deploy several ASP.NET projects to a production server.
Normally I used the "Project / Copy project" option in VS.NET, but to this production server I only have FTP access. I tried copying the files with a FTP tool, but it seems that every application needs to have an own virtual directory, is this true? Or is it possible to just make 1 virtual

directory

and put al the projects in there?

So is there a possibility to deploy with ftp access only, or do I need to ask the system administrator to set up frontpage server extensions?

Greets,

Gerben.

[Kevin Spencer]

Hi Gerben,

You are nearly 100% correct, and in fact, I may just be misunderstandin g
your last remark, and you may be 100% correct. It is certainly possible to
deploy ASP.Net projects using only FTP, as long as the web site is already
configured as an application.

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

"Gerben van Loon" <no************ *@home.nl> wrote in message
news:bu******** **@news3.tilbu1 .nb.home.nl...

Hi Kevin,

First of all thanks for your reply. I'm not understanding you 100%, but
let's see if I'm right:

- An ASP.NET project is an application and not just a couple of webpages. By making a virtual directory for a project IIS knows that hat virtual
directory is an application. So every project needs an own virtual directory to run, you cannot have multiple projects in 1 virtual directory since every virtual directory represents an application.

- Frontpage server extensions can automaticly create a virtual directory on a remote server so that a ASP.NET can directly be run.

So this would conclude that when you only have FTP access to a webserver it isn't posible the deploy ASP.NET projects?

greets,

Gerben.

"Kevin Spencer" <ke***@takempis .com> wrote in message
news:eZ******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP11.phx.gbl. ..

Let me see if I can help you to understand these entities better. An ASP.Net

web application is an executable application. Therefore, it must run under

some process. This process is defined by the web server configuration of

an

"applicatio n". Because it is a .Net application, directly under the root
folder of the web server application, there must be a bin folder where the DLLs can be located. Location is almost everything in .Net. The web.config file containing the "Machine to application" settings for the app must
reside in the root folder of the application. The various ASPX pages and
other files can be located anywhere at or under the root folder of the
application. However, this has nothing whatsoever to do with FrontPage
server extensions. Those are used by Visual Studio.Net for working with

the

web server, getting documents, setting up a Web Application, etc. They are completely unnecessary at run-time.

It is therefore possible to FTP your files to the web server, or to put

them

where they belong in any way you like. Setting up the web application in

IIS

is something which must be done by the network admin of the web server.

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
.Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

"Gerben van Loon" <no************ *@home.nl> wrote in message
news:bu******** **@news4.tilbu1 .nb.home.nl...

Hi there, hope someone can help me on this:

I'm planning to deploy several ASP.NET projects to a production server. Normally I used the "Project / Copy project" option in VS.NET, but to

this production server I only have FTP access. I tried copying the files

with a FTP tool, but it seems that every application needs to have an own virtual directory, is this true? Or is it possible to just make 1 virtual

directory

and put al the projects in there?

So is there a possibility to deploy with ftp access only, or do I need to ask the system administrator to set up frontpage server extensions?

Greets,

Gerben.

[Gerben van Loon]

Hi again kevin,

Yeah ok, when the virtual directory is already setup it is posible to deploy
with FTP. I will ask the server administrator to setup frontpage server
extensions then. I suppose creating virtual directory's isn't an exciting
task for a server administrator :). Kinda unhandy deploying asp.net compared
to asp where you could just drop the files anywhere you want.

Thanks again for your help Kevin.

Greets,

Gerben.

"Kevin Spencer" <ke***@takempis .com> wrote in message
news:u1******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl...

Hi Gerben,

You are nearly 100% correct, and in fact, I may just be misunderstandin g
your last remark, and you may be 100% correct. It is certainly possible to
deploy ASP.Net projects using only FTP, as long as the web site is already
configured as an application.

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
.Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

"Gerben van Loon" <no************ *@home.nl> wrote in message
news:bu******** **@news3.tilbu1 .nb.home.nl...

Hi Kevin,

First of all thanks for your reply. I'm not understanding you 100%, but
let's see if I'm right:

- An ASP.NET project is an application and not just a couple of webpages.

By

making a virtual directory for a project IIS knows that hat virtual
directory is an application. So every project needs an own virtual

directory

to run, you cannot have multiple projects in 1 virtual directory since

every

virtual directory represents an application.

- Frontpage server extensions can automaticly create a virtual directory

on

a remote server so that a ASP.NET can directly be run.

So this would conclude that when you only have FTP access to a webserver

it

isn't posible the deploy ASP.NET projects?

greets,

Gerben.

"Kevin Spencer" <ke***@takempis .com> wrote in message
news:eZ******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP11.phx.gbl. ..

Let me see if I can help you to understand these entities better. An

ASP.Net

web application is an executable application. Therefore, it must run under some process. This process is defined by the web server configuration of an

"applicatio n". Because it is a .Net application, directly under the

root folder of the web server application, there must be a bin folder where the DLLs can be located. Location is almost everything in .Net. The web.config file containing the "Machine to application" settings for the app must
reside in the root folder of the application. The various ASPX pages and other files can be located anywhere at or under the root folder of the
application. However, this has nothing whatsoever to do with FrontPage
server extensions. Those are used by Visual Studio.Net for working with the

web server, getting documents, setting up a Web Application, etc. They are completely unnecessary at run-time.

It is therefore possible to FTP your files to the web server, or to

put

them

where they belong in any way you like. Setting up the web application

in IIS

is something which must be done by the network admin of the web

server.
--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
.Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

"Gerben van Loon" <no************ *@home.nl> wrote in message
news:bu******** **@news4.tilbu1 .nb.home.nl...
> Hi there, hope someone can help me on this:
>
> I'm planning to deploy several ASP.NET projects to a production

server. > Normally I used the "Project / Copy project" option in VS.NET, but

to this

> production server I only have FTP access. I tried copying the files with

a

> FTP tool, but it seems that every application needs to have an own

virtual

> directory, is this true? Or is it possible to just make 1 virtual
directory
> and put al the projects in there?
>
> So is there a possibility to deploy with ftp access only, or do I

need to

> ask the system administrator to set up frontpage server extensions?
>
> Greets,
>
> Gerben.
>
>

[Kevin Spencer]

Actually, Gerben, ASP required an IIS Application as well, and "execute
scripts" permission.. ;-)

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

"Gerben van Loon" <no************ *@home.nl> wrote in message
news:bu******** **@news4.tilbu1 .nb.home.nl...

Hi again kevin,

Yeah ok, when the virtual directory is already setup it is posible to deploy with FTP. I will ask the server administrator to setup frontpage server
extensions then. I suppose creating virtual directory's isn't an exciting
task for a server administrator :). Kinda unhandy deploying asp.net compared to asp where you could just drop the files anywhere you want.

Thanks again for your help Kevin.

Greets,

Gerben.

"Kevin Spencer" <ke***@takempis .com> wrote in message
news:u1******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl...

Hi Gerben,

You are nearly 100% correct, and in fact, I may just be misunderstandin g
your last remark, and you may be 100% correct. It is certainly possible to

deploy ASP.Net projects using only FTP, as long as the web site is already configured as an application.

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
.Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

"Gerben van Loon" <no************ *@home.nl> wrote in message
news:bu******** **@news3.tilbu1 .nb.home.nl...

Hi Kevin,

First of all thanks for your reply. I'm not understanding you 100%, but let's see if I'm right:

- An ASP.NET project is an application and not just a couple of webpages.

By

making a virtual directory for a project IIS knows that hat virtual
directory is an application. So every project needs an own virtual directory

to run, you cannot have multiple projects in 1 virtual directory since

every

virtual directory represents an application.

- Frontpage server extensions can automaticly create a virtual directory on

a remote server so that a ASP.NET can directly be run.

So this would conclude that when you only have FTP access to a

webserver it

isn't posible the deploy ASP.NET projects?

greets,

Gerben.

"Kevin Spencer" <ke***@takempis .com> wrote in message
news:eZ******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP11.phx.gbl. ..
> Let me see if I can help you to understand these entities better. An
ASP.Net
> web application is an executable application. Therefore, it must run

under

> some process. This process is defined by the web server

configuration of an
> "applicatio n". Because it is a .Net application, directly under the root > folder of the web server application, there must be a bin folder

where the

> DLLs can be located. Location is almost everything in .Net. The web.config

> file containing the "Machine to application" settings for the app

must > reside in the root folder of the application. The various ASPX pages

and > other files can be located anywhere at or under the root folder of the > application. However, this has nothing whatsoever to do with FrontPage > server extensions. Those are used by Visual Studio.Net for working with the
> web server, getting documents, setting up a Web Application, etc. They are

> completely unnecessary at run-time.
>
> It is therefore possible to FTP your files to the web server, or to put them
> where they belong in any way you like. Setting up the web

application in IIS
> is something which must be done by the network admin of the web server. >
> --
> HTH,
> Kevin Spencer
> .Net Developer
> Microsoft MVP
> Big things are made up
> of lots of little things.
>
> "Gerben van Loon" <no************ *@home.nl> wrote in message
> news:bu******** **@news4.tilbu1 .nb.home.nl...
> > Hi there, hope someone can help me on this:
> >
> > I'm planning to deploy several ASP.NET projects to a production

server.

> > Normally I used the "Project / Copy project" option in VS.NET, but to this
> > production server I only have FTP access. I tried copying the

files

with

a
> > FTP tool, but it seems that every application needs to have an own
virtual
> > directory, is this true? Or is it possible to just make 1 virtual
> directory
> > and put al the projects in there?
> >
> > So is there a possibility to deploy with ftp access only, or do I

need to
> > ask the system administrator to set up frontpage server

extensions? > >
> > Greets,
> >
> > Gerben.
> >
> >
>
>

[Gerben van Loon]

hmm....?

But I never made a virtual directory for an asp application. Just made a new
map in the inetpub/wwwroot and dropped my scripts in there. Always worked
fine, no messing arround with virtual directory's.... .

"Kevin Spencer" <ke***@takempis .com> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP12.phx.gbl. ..

Actually, Gerben, ASP required an IIS Application as well, and "execute
scripts" permission.. ;-)

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
.Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

"Gerben van Loon" <no************ *@home.nl> wrote in message
news:bu******** **@news4.tilbu1 .nb.home.nl...

Hi again kevin,

Yeah ok, when the virtual directory is already setup it is posible to deploy

with FTP. I will ask the server administrator to setup frontpage server
extensions then. I suppose creating virtual directory's isn't an exciting

task for a server administrator :). Kinda unhandy deploying asp.net

compared

to asp where you could just drop the files anywhere you want.

Thanks again for your help Kevin.

Greets,

Gerben.

"Kevin Spencer" <ke***@takempis .com> wrote in message
news:u1******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl...

Hi Gerben,

You are nearly 100% correct, and in fact, I may just be misunderstandin g your last remark, and you may be 100% correct. It is certainly possible to deploy ASP.Net projects using only FTP, as long as the web site is already configured as an application.

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
.Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

"Gerben van Loon" <no************ *@home.nl> wrote in message
news:bu******** **@news3.tilbu1 .nb.home.nl...
> Hi Kevin,
>
> First of all thanks for your reply. I'm not understanding you 100%, but > let's see if I'm right:
>
> - An ASP.NET project is an application and not just a couple of

webpages.

By
> making a virtual directory for a project IIS knows that hat virtual
> directory is an application. So every project needs an own virtual
directory
> to run, you cannot have multiple projects in 1 virtual directory

since every
> virtual directory represents an application.
>
> - Frontpage server extensions can automaticly create a virtual directory on
> a remote server so that a ASP.NET can directly be run.
>
> So this would conclude that when you only have FTP access to a webserver it
> isn't posible the deploy ASP.NET projects?
>
> greets,
>
> Gerben.
>
> "Kevin Spencer" <ke***@takempis .com> wrote in message
> news:eZ******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP11.phx.gbl. ..
> > Let me see if I can help you to understand these entities better. An > ASP.Net
> > web application is an executable application. Therefore, it must run under
> > some process. This process is defined by the web server configuration

of

> an
> > "applicatio n". Because it is a .Net application, directly under the root

> > folder of the web server application, there must be a bin folder where the
> > DLLs can be located. Location is almost everything in .Net. The
web.config
> > file containing the "Machine to application" settings for the app must > > reside in the root folder of the application. The various ASPX

pages and

> > other files can be located anywhere at or under the root folder of the > > application. However, this has nothing whatsoever to do with FrontPage > > server extensions. Those are used by Visual Studio.Net for working

with

> the
> > web server, getting documents, setting up a Web Application, etc. They are
> > completely unnecessary at run-time.
> >
> > It is therefore possible to FTP your files to the web server, or

to put

> them
> > where they belong in any way you like. Setting up the web application

in

> IIS
> > is something which must be done by the network admin of the web

server.

> >
> > --
> > HTH,
> > Kevin Spencer
> > .Net Developer
> > Microsoft MVP
> > Big things are made up
> > of lots of little things.
> >
> > "Gerben van Loon" <no************ *@home.nl> wrote in message
> > news:bu******** **@news4.tilbu1 .nb.home.nl...
> > > Hi there, hope someone can help me on this:
> > >
> > > I'm planning to deploy several ASP.NET projects to a production
server.
> > > Normally I used the "Project / Copy project" option in VS.NET,

but to

> this
> > > production server I only have FTP access. I tried copying the files with
> a
> > > FTP tool, but it seems that every application needs to have an

own > virtual
> > > directory, is this true? Or is it possible to just make 1 virtual > > directory
> > > and put al the projects in there?
> > >
> > > So is there a possibility to deploy with ftp access only, or do

I need

> to
> > > ask the system administrator to set up frontpage server

extensions? > > >
> > > Greets,
> > >
> > > Gerben.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[Eran Amitai]

There seems to be some confusion as to what an "applicatio n" is. In web
server lingo the word application defines an execution context and often a
machine process. An application is defined by a folder hierarchy, with all
files under the application folder/subfolders belonging to that application.
The "main" IIS application is set up under inetpub\wwwroot . If you drop in
files under that folder (or subfolders) then you run in the main application
context, and you will share the Application object with all other pages in
that context.

Most non-trivial applications are set up as isolated applications and thus
require a special IIS designation (virtual directory). This is not
mandatory, however. Nor is it mandatory, I believe, in asp.net.

There is no mapping between IIS applications and .NET projects. A single
application may be spread over multiple folders each consisting of one or
more projects (solutions). If you want to drop your application that way
under wwwroot then I believe you'd be fine, although I'm not sure this is
the best way to go. Perhaps better to define a (single!) virtual directory
in IIS and dump it all in there. The crucial point is you don't need a
separate application for each folder/project.

Eran

"Gerben van Loon" <no************ *@home.nl> wrote in message
news:bu******** **@news3.tilbu1 .nb.home.nl...

hmm....?

But I never made a virtual directory for an asp application. Just made a new map in the inetpub/wwwroot and dropped my scripts in there. Always worked
fine, no messing arround with virtual directory's.... .

"Kevin Spencer" <ke***@takempis .com> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP12.phx.gbl. ..

Actually, Gerben, ASP required an IIS Application as well, and "execute
scripts" permission.. ;-)

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
.Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

"Gerben van Loon" <no************ *@home.nl> wrote in message
news:bu******** **@news4.tilbu1 .nb.home.nl...

Hi again kevin,

Yeah ok, when the virtual directory is already setup it is posible to deploy

with FTP. I will ask the server administrator to setup frontpage server extensions then. I suppose creating virtual directory's isn't an exciting task for a server administrator :). Kinda unhandy deploying asp.net

compared

to asp where you could just drop the files anywhere you want.

Thanks again for your help Kevin.

Greets,

Gerben.

"Kevin Spencer" <ke***@takempis .com> wrote in message
news:u1******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl...
> Hi Gerben,
>
> You are nearly 100% correct, and in fact, I may just be misunderstandin g > your last remark, and you may be 100% correct. It is certainly possible

to

> deploy ASP.Net projects using only FTP, as long as the web site is

already

> configured as an application.
>
> --
> HTH,
> Kevin Spencer
> .Net Developer
> Microsoft MVP
> Big things are made up
> of lots of little things.
>
> "Gerben van Loon" <no************ *@home.nl> wrote in message
> news:bu******** **@news3.tilbu1 .nb.home.nl...
> > Hi Kevin,
> >
> > First of all thanks for your reply. I'm not understanding you 100%,

but

> > let's see if I'm right:
> >
> > - An ASP.NET project is an application and not just a couple of
webpages.
> By
> > making a virtual directory for a project IIS knows that hat

virtual > > directory is an application. So every project needs an own virtual
> directory
> > to run, you cannot have multiple projects in 1 virtual directory

since > every
> > virtual directory represents an application.
> >
> > - Frontpage server extensions can automaticly create a virtual

directory

> on
> > a remote server so that a ASP.NET can directly be run.
> >
> > So this would conclude that when you only have FTP access to a

webserver

> it
> > isn't posible the deploy ASP.NET projects?
> >
> > greets,
> >
> > Gerben.
> >
> > "Kevin Spencer" <ke***@takempis .com> wrote in message
> > news:eZ******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP11.phx.gbl. ..
> > > Let me see if I can help you to understand these entities better. An

> > ASP.Net
> > > web application is an executable application. Therefore, it must run > under
> > > some process. This process is defined by the web server configuration

of
> > an
> > > "applicatio n". Because it is a .Net application, directly under the root
> > > folder of the web server application, there must be a bin folder

where

> the
> > > DLLs can be located. Location is almost everything in .Net. The
> web.config
> > > file containing the "Machine to application" settings for the

app must

> > > reside in the root folder of the application. The various ASPX pages and
> > > other files can be located anywhere at or under the root folder

of the

> > > application. However, this has nothing whatsoever to do with

FrontPage

> > > server extensions. Those are used by Visual Studio.Net for

working with
> > the
> > > web server, getting documents, setting up a Web Application, etc. They

> are
> > > completely unnecessary at run-time.
> > >
> > > It is therefore possible to FTP your files to the web server, or

to put
> > them
> > > where they belong in any way you like. Setting up the web

application

in
> > IIS
> > > is something which must be done by the network admin of the web
server.
> > >
> > > --
> > > HTH,
> > > Kevin Spencer
> > > .Net Developer
> > > Microsoft MVP
> > > Big things are made up
> > > of lots of little things.
> > >
> > > "Gerben van Loon" <no************ *@home.nl> wrote in message
> > > news:bu******** **@news4.tilbu1 .nb.home.nl...
> > > > Hi there, hope someone can help me on this:
> > > >
> > > > I'm planning to deploy several ASP.NET projects to a

production > server.
> > > > Normally I used the "Project / Copy project" option in VS.NET,

but to
> > this
> > > > production server I only have FTP access. I tried copying the

files

> with
> > a
> > > > FTP tool, but it seems that every application needs to have an own > > virtual
> > > > directory, is this true? Or is it possible to just make 1 virtual > > > directory
> > > > and put al the projects in there?
> > > >
> > > > So is there a possibility to deploy with ftp access only, or

do I need
> > to
> > > > ask the system administrator to set up frontpage server

extensions?

> > > >
> > > > Greets,
> > > >
> > > > Gerben.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[Gerben van Loon]

Thank you for your reply Eran,

The theory is now clear to me, but in practice it isn't working. Let me use
an example to be more specific:

I have 2 VS.NET projects which I made on my development machine, let's say
Project1 and Project2. On my develop machine they both reside in the wwwroot
of IIS. These project each have an own virtual directory since VS.NET makes
a new application for every project.

Now I like to deploy these projects to my production server. I could drop
them in the wwwroot of the production server, but I want an own application
(1) for these 2 applications. So let's make 1 virtual dir in the wwwroot of
the production server, let's say "MyProjects ". Then I copy the contents of
the Project1 and the Project2 map to this MyProject map on the production
server.

When I surf to the application the form is displayed, but no controls are
displayed. I'm only seeing some labels, the buttons which are on the page
disappeared.

Tried the same trick on my local machine, so made a new virt dir in the www
root named "MyProjects " and also copied the folders Project1 and Project2 in
there. But then I'm also getting some errors. Project2 has got a web.config
file and project1 doesn't.

http://members.home.nl/gerbenvl/Project1_error.gif
http://members.home.nl/gerbenvl/Project2_error.gif

Hope someone can help, thanks in advance.

Greets,

Gerben van Loon

"Eran Amitai" <er********@hot mail.com> wrote in message
news:ed******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P12.phx.gbl...

There seems to be some confusion as to what an "applicatio n" is. In web
server lingo the word application defines an execution context and often a
machine process. An application is defined by a folder hierarchy, with all
files under the application folder/subfolders belonging to that application. The "main" IIS application is set up under inetpub\wwwroot . If you drop in
files under that folder (or subfolders) then you run in the main application context, and you will share the Application object with all other pages in
that context.

Most non-trivial applications are set up as isolated applications and thus
require a special IIS designation (virtual directory). This is not
mandatory, however. Nor is it mandatory, I believe, in asp.net.

There is no mapping between IIS applications and .NET projects. A single
application may be spread over multiple folders each consisting of one or
more projects (solutions). If you want to drop your application that way
under wwwroot then I believe you'd be fine, although I'm not sure this is
the best way to go. Perhaps better to define a (single!) virtual directory
in IIS and dump it all in there. The crucial point is you don't need a
separate application for each folder/project.

Eran

"Gerben van Loon" <no************ *@home.nl> wrote in message
news:bu******** **@news3.tilbu1 .nb.home.nl...

hmm....?

But I never made a virtual directory for an asp application. Just made a new

map in the inetpub/wwwroot and dropped my scripts in there. Always worked

fine, no messing arround with virtual directory's.... .

"Kevin Spencer" <ke***@takempis .com> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP12.phx.gbl. ..

Actually, Gerben, ASP required an IIS Application as well, and "execute scripts" permission.. ;-)

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
.Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

"Gerben van Loon" <no************ *@home.nl> wrote in message
news:bu******** **@news4.tilbu1 .nb.home.nl...
> Hi again kevin,
>
> Yeah ok, when the virtual directory is already setup it is posible to deploy
> with FTP. I will ask the server administrator to setup frontpage server > extensions then. I suppose creating virtual directory's isn't an

exciting

> task for a server administrator :). Kinda unhandy deploying asp.net
compared
> to asp where you could just drop the files anywhere you want.
>
> Thanks again for your help Kevin.
>
> Greets,
>
> Gerben.
>
> "Kevin Spencer" <ke***@takempis .com> wrote in message
> news:u1******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl...
> > Hi Gerben,
> >
> > You are nearly 100% correct, and in fact, I may just be

misunderstandin g

> > your last remark, and you may be 100% correct. It is certainly

possible

to
> > deploy ASP.Net projects using only FTP, as long as the web site is
already
> > configured as an application.
> >
> > --
> > HTH,
> > Kevin Spencer
> > .Net Developer
> > Microsoft MVP
> > Big things are made up
> > of lots of little things.
> >
> > "Gerben van Loon" <no************ *@home.nl> wrote in message
> > news:bu******** **@news3.tilbu1 .nb.home.nl...
> > > Hi Kevin,
> > >
> > > First of all thanks for your reply. I'm not understanding you 100%, but
> > > let's see if I'm right:
> > >
> > > - An ASP.NET project is an application and not just a couple of
> webpages.
> > By
> > > making a virtual directory for a project IIS knows that hat virtual > > > directory is an application. So every project needs an own virtual > > directory
> > > to run, you cannot have multiple projects in 1 virtual directory

since

> > every
> > > virtual directory represents an application.
> > >
> > > - Frontpage server extensions can automaticly create a virtual
directory
> > on
> > > a remote server so that a ASP.NET can directly be run.
> > >
> > > So this would conclude that when you only have FTP access to a
webserver
> > it
> > > isn't posible the deploy ASP.NET projects?
> > >
> > > greets,
> > >
> > > Gerben.
> > >
> > > "Kevin Spencer" <ke***@takempis .com> wrote in message
> > > news:eZ******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP11.phx.gbl. ..
> > > > Let me see if I can help you to understand these entities better.

An

> > > ASP.Net
> > > > web application is an executable application. Therefore, it must run

> > under
> > > > some process. This process is defined by the web server
configuration
> of
> > > an
> > > > "applicatio n". Because it is a .Net application, directly

under the

> root
> > > > folder of the web server application, there must be a bin

folder where
> > the
> > > > DLLs can be located. Location is almost everything in .Net. The > > web.config
> > > > file containing the "Machine to application" settings for the

app must
> > > > reside in the root folder of the application. The various ASPX

pages

> and
> > > > other files can be located anywhere at or under the root folder of

the
> > > > application. However, this has nothing whatsoever to do with
FrontPage
> > > > server extensions. Those are used by Visual Studio.Net for working > with
> > > the
> > > > web server, getting documents, setting up a Web Application, etc. They
> > are
> > > > completely unnecessary at run-time.
> > > >
> > > > It is therefore possible to FTP your files to the web server,

or to

> put
> > > them
> > > > where they belong in any way you like. Setting up the web
application
> in
> > > IIS
> > > > is something which must be done by the network admin of the

web > server.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > HTH,
> > > > Kevin Spencer
> > > > .Net Developer
> > > > Microsoft MVP
> > > > Big things are made up
> > > > of lots of little things.
> > > >
> > > > "Gerben van Loon" <no************ *@home.nl> wrote in message
> > > > news:bu******** **@news4.tilbu1 .nb.home.nl...
> > > > > Hi there, hope someone can help me on this:
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm planning to deploy several ASP.NET projects to a

production > > server.
> > > > > Normally I used the "Project / Copy project" option in VS.NET, but

> to
> > > this
> > > > > production server I only have FTP access. I tried copying

the files
> > with
> > > a
> > > > > FTP tool, but it seems that every application needs to have

an own

> > > virtual
> > > > > directory, is this true? Or is it possible to just make 1

virtual

> > > > directory
> > > > > and put al the projects in there?
> > > > >
> > > > > So is there a possibility to deploy with ftp access only, or

do

I

> need
> > > to
> > > > > ask the system administrator to set up frontpage server
extensions?
> > > > >
> > > > > Greets,
> > > > >
> > > > > Gerben.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[Eran Amitai]

Gerben,

I am not an expert on how to set up an aspx application under IIS and I hope
I'm not misleading you in the specifics. It seems you can have multiple
web.config files in different folders of the same application but some
settings are only applicable at the root level of the application. I'm not
sure why you need the config file to begin with but you can probably modify
the files to get it right. (Perhaps as a first step just move the config
file to your application's root.

If I understand your setup correctly, you set up a virtual directory under
wwwroot. This folder is empty, except for two subfolders - project1 and
project2, to which you copied the application files. First, note that each
of the subfolders has to have a bin subfolder with the compiled executables.
I suspect the absence of this folder is what caused the proj1 failure.

Another option is the virtual directory is not set up properly. I would try
setting it to someplace other than wwwroot. Set up a folder directly under
c:\ and create a virtual directory pointing there. By putting there a simple
html file and accessing it correctly from a browser you know for sure the
virtual directory is set up properly. Then you know you are not confused
with the main application.

Hope this helps,
Eran

"Gerben van Loon" <no************ *@home.nl> wrote in message
news:bu******** **@news4.tilbu1 .nb.home.nl...

Thank you for your reply Eran,

The theory is now clear to me, but in practice it isn't working. Let me use an example to be more specific:

I have 2 VS.NET projects which I made on my development machine, let's say
Project1 and Project2. On my develop machine they both reside in the wwwroot of IIS. These project each have an own virtual directory since VS.NET makes a new application for every project.

Now I like to deploy these projects to my production server. I could drop
them in the wwwroot of the production server, but I want an own application (1) for these 2 applications. So let's make 1 virtual dir in the wwwroot of the production server, let's say "MyProjects ". Then I copy the contents of
the Project1 and the Project2 map to this MyProject map on the production
server.

When I surf to the application the form is displayed, but no controls are
displayed. I'm only seeing some labels, the buttons which are on the page
disappeared.

Tried the same trick on my local machine, so made a new virt dir in the www root named "MyProjects " and also copied the folders Project1 and Project2 in there. But then I'm also getting some errors. Project2 has got a web.config file and project1 doesn't.

http://members.home.nl/gerbenvl/Project1_error.gif
http://members.home.nl/gerbenvl/Project2_error.gif

Hope someone can help, thanks in advance.

Greets,

Gerben van Loon

"Eran Amitai" <er********@hot mail.com> wrote in message
news:ed******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P12.phx.gbl...

There seems to be some confusion as to what an "applicatio n" is. In web
server lingo the word application defines an execution context and often a

machine process. An application is defined by a folder hierarchy, with all files under the application folder/subfolders belonging to that application.

The "main" IIS application is set up under inetpub\wwwroot . If you drop in files under that folder (or subfolders) then you run in the main

application

context, and you will share the Application object with all other pages in that context.

Most non-trivial applications are set up as isolated applications and thus require a special IIS designation (virtual directory). This is not
mandatory, however. Nor is it mandatory, I believe, in asp.net.

There is no mapping between IIS applications and .NET projects. A single
application may be spread over multiple folders each consisting of one or more projects (solutions). If you want to drop your application that way
under wwwroot then I believe you'd be fine, although I'm not sure this is the best way to go. Perhaps better to define a (single!) virtual directory in IIS and dump it all in there. The crucial point is you don't need a
separate application for each folder/project.

Eran

"Gerben van Loon" <no************ *@home.nl> wrote in message
news:bu******** **@news3.tilbu1 .nb.home.nl...

hmm....?

But I never made a virtual directory for an asp application. Just made a

new

map in the inetpub/wwwroot and dropped my scripts in there. Always worked fine, no messing arround with virtual directory's.... .

"Kevin Spencer" <ke***@takempis .com> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP12.phx.gbl. ..
> Actually, Gerben, ASP required an IIS Application as well, and "execute > scripts" permission.. ;-)
>
> --
> HTH,
> Kevin Spencer
> .Net Developer
> Microsoft MVP
> Big things are made up
> of lots of little things.
>
> "Gerben van Loon" <no************ *@home.nl> wrote in message
> news:bu******** **@news4.tilbu1 .nb.home.nl...
> > Hi again kevin,
> >
> > Yeah ok, when the virtual directory is already setup it is posible to > deploy
> > with FTP. I will ask the server administrator to setup frontpage

server

> > extensions then. I suppose creating virtual directory's isn't an
exciting
> > task for a server administrator :). Kinda unhandy deploying

asp.net > compared
> > to asp where you could just drop the files anywhere you want.
> >
> > Thanks again for your help Kevin.
> >
> > Greets,
> >
> > Gerben.
> >
> > "Kevin Spencer" <ke***@takempis .com> wrote in message
> > news:u1******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl...
> > > Hi Gerben,
> > >
> > > You are nearly 100% correct, and in fact, I may just be
misunderstandin g
> > > your last remark, and you may be 100% correct. It is certainly
possible
> to
> > > deploy ASP.Net projects using only FTP, as long as the web site is > already
> > > configured as an application.
> > >
> > > --
> > > HTH,
> > > Kevin Spencer
> > > .Net Developer
> > > Microsoft MVP
> > > Big things are made up
> > > of lots of little things.
> > >
> > > "Gerben van Loon" <no************ *@home.nl> wrote in message
> > > news:bu******** **@news3.tilbu1 .nb.home.nl...
> > > > Hi Kevin,
> > > >
> > > > First of all thanks for your reply. I'm not understanding you

100%,

> but
> > > > let's see if I'm right:
> > > >
> > > > - An ASP.NET project is an application and not just a couple of > > webpages.
> > > By
> > > > making a virtual directory for a project IIS knows that hat

virtual

> > > > directory is an application. So every project needs an own

virtual > > > directory
> > > > to run, you cannot have multiple projects in 1 virtual directory since
> > > every
> > > > virtual directory represents an application.
> > > >
> > > > - Frontpage server extensions can automaticly create a virtual
> directory
> > > on
> > > > a remote server so that a ASP.NET can directly be run.
> > > >
> > > > So this would conclude that when you only have FTP access to a
> webserver
> > > it
> > > > isn't posible the deploy ASP.NET projects?
> > > >
> > > > greets,
> > > >
> > > > Gerben.
> > > >
> > > > "Kevin Spencer" <ke***@takempis .com> wrote in message
> > > > news:eZ******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP11.phx.gbl. ..
> > > > > Let me see if I can help you to understand these entities

better.

An
> > > > ASP.Net
> > > > > web application is an executable application. Therefore, it must run
> > > under
> > > > > some process. This process is defined by the web server
> configuration
> > of
> > > > an
> > > > > "applicatio n". Because it is a .Net application, directly under the
> > root
> > > > > folder of the web server application, there must be a bin folder > where
> > > the
> > > > > DLLs can be located. Location is almost everything in .Net. The > > > web.config
> > > > > file containing the "Machine to application" settings for the app

> must
> > > > > reside in the root folder of the application. The various

ASPX pages
> > and
> > > > > other files can be located anywhere at or under the root folder

of

> the
> > > > > application. However, this has nothing whatsoever to do with
> FrontPage
> > > > > server extensions. Those are used by Visual Studio.Net for

working

> > with
> > > > the
> > > > > web server, getting documents, setting up a Web Application,

etc.

> They
> > > are
> > > > > completely unnecessary at run-time.
> > > > >
> > > > > It is therefore possible to FTP your files to the web

server, or to
> > put
> > > > them
> > > > > where they belong in any way you like. Setting up the web
> application
> > in
> > > > IIS
> > > > > is something which must be done by the network admin of the web > > server.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > HTH,
> > > > > Kevin Spencer
> > > > > .Net Developer
> > > > > Microsoft MVP
> > > > > Big things are made up
> > > > > of lots of little things.
> > > > >
> > > > > "Gerben van Loon" <no************ *@home.nl> wrote in message
> > > > > news:bu******** **@news4.tilbu1 .nb.home.nl...
> > > > > > Hi there, hope someone can help me on this:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm planning to deploy several ASP.NET projects to a production

> > > server.
> > > > > > Normally I used the "Project / Copy project" option in VS.NET, but
> > to
> > > > this
> > > > > > production server I only have FTP access. I tried copying the > files
> > > with
> > > > a
> > > > > > FTP tool, but it seems that every application needs to

have an own
> > > > virtual
> > > > > > directory, is this true? Or is it possible to just make 1
virtual
> > > > > directory
> > > > > > and put al the projects in there?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > So is there a possibility to deploy with ftp access only,

or do

I
> > need
> > > > to
> > > > > > ask the system administrator to set up frontpage server
> extensions?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Greets,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Gerben.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>