howto create a virtual directory from an existing directory?

[Frank Jeseit]

Hi,

I have a directory with a webservice project that is not published in
IIS. Therefore I'm not able to open the project in VS.NET (2003). My
goal is to create a virtual directory in IIS from my directory. But
after this the project is still not available in the web project
selection of VS.NET. What do I have to do?

TIA, Frank

[Denny Boynton]

Frank,

If you have already created the virtual directory in IIS, try openning
VS2003 and opening it as a regular project:

File -> Open... -> Project...

Just select the project file and VS will figure out that it's a web
project and load it normally.

Let me know if this works for you -- I use it all the time.

Thanks,
Denny Boynton

[Frank Jeseit]

Hi Denny,

thank you for replying.

If you have already created the virtual directory in IIS, try
openning VS2003 and opening it as a regular project:
File -> Open... -> Project...

I'm still not able to open it. In IIS I can open the virtual directory
in browser via context menu (the content list is displayed in IE).
But, when I try to open http://localhost/ in Explorer, the directory
is not visible. Directories, created by VS.NET (create new Web Service
project) are displayed. I set all the rights in IIS (scripting,
reading, writing, searching etc), but no success. Any Idea?

TIA, Frank