direct edit of the ii6s metabase.xml using c# or vb.net

[Roger]

I need to edit the IIS 6.0 config file (metabase.xml) and had a go with this
code, trying to get a list of all defined websites, and write their name to
console, but it does not seem to work, would appreciate any pointers:

-----------
Try
Dim doc As New XmlDocument
Dim nodelist As XmlNodeList
Dim node As XmlNode

'Load the Xml file
'doc.Load("c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\metabase.xm l")

'Get the list of name nodes

nodelist = doc.SelectNodes("/MBProperty/IIsWebServer")

'Loop through the nodes

For Each node In nodelist
Dim siteName =
node.Attributes.GetNamedItem("ServerComment").Valu e
Console.WriteLine("Site: " & siteName)
Next

Catch errorVariable As Exception
'Error trapping
Console.Write(errorVariable.ToString())
End Try
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Here's a sample metabase.xml file:
http://www.winnetmag.com/Files/11/22281/22281.zip

[Christoph Schittko [MVP]]

I do not recommend to edit the metabase.xml file directly. You should go
through the ADSI interface or access the IIS metabase interface via COM
interop. I haven't seen any documentation that IIS would detect changes to
the metabase and reload the configuration. It's very likely that IIS will
overwrite changes you make to the XML file.

Are you sure that this is what you want to do?
--
HTH
Christoph Schittko [MVP]
Software Architect, .NET Mentor

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I need to edit the IIS 6.0 config file (metabase.xml) and had a go with this code, trying to get a list of all defined websites, and write their name to console, but it does not seem to work, would appreciate any pointers:

-----------
Try
Dim doc As New XmlDocument
Dim nodelist As XmlNodeList
Dim node As XmlNode

'Load the Xml file
'doc.Load("c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\metabase.xm l")

'Get the list of name nodes

nodelist = doc.SelectNodes("/MBProperty/IIsWebServer")

'Loop through the nodes

For Each node In nodelist
Dim siteName =
node.Attributes.GetNamedItem("ServerComment").Valu e
Console.WriteLine("Site: " & siteName)
Next

Catch errorVariable As Exception
'Error trapping
Console.Write(errorVariable.ToString())
End Try
-----------

Here's a sample metabase.xml file:
http://www.winnetmag.com/Files/11/22281/22281.zip