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I just moved to Vista and added IIS. Everything that I see indicates that IIS is running as it should be. However, when I open up VS2005 and try to create a new website, only filesystem is available. The option for creating a site on localhost is not available (greyed out). Anyone know why? Thanks in advance! Did you install IIS after VS 2005? If so, you'll need to instal ASP.NET into IIS by running the "aspnetregiis -i" >I just moved to Vista and added IIS. Everything that I see indicates that >IIS is running as it should be. However, when I open up VS2005 and try to >create a new website, only filesystem is available. The option for creating >a site on localhost is not available (greyed out). Anyone know why? > > Thanks in advance! VS uses the FrontPage Server Extensions to communitate with the web server. The FP Server Extensions aren't compatible with IIS 7. There's a beta version (over at http://www.iis.net/default.aspx?tabid=1 somewhere) but I haven't tried it. Because there aren't any FP Server Extensions to communicate with, VS can't talk to localhost and thus has to create a web via the file system. You may find this adventageous though as you could place your new webs anywhere on your computer and simply create a virtual directory in IIS to point to them. Makes backups a lot easier if you can keep all your project files in a nice neat location instead of scattered around places like my documents and the inetpub directories.  SignatureHope this helps, Mark Fitzpatrick Microsoft FrontPage MVP 199?-2006. 2007 and beyond >I just moved to Vista and added IIS. Everything that I see indicates that >IIS is running as it should be. However, when I open up VS2005 and try to >create a new website, only filesystem is available. The option for creating >a site on localhost is not available (greyed out). Anyone know why? > > Thanks in advance! Is this true for VS 2005? Even VS 2003 allowed you to choose FrontPage Server Extensions OR File Share. > VS uses the FrontPage Server Extensions to communitate with the web > server. The FP Server Extensions aren't compatible with IIS 7. There's a [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> >> Thanks in advance! re: !> Is this true for VS 2005? It's true for Vista. re: !> Even VS 2003 allowed you to choose FrontPage Server Extensions OR File Share. Using Front Page extensions is not recommended when creating ASP.NET sites with VS 2005. Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP asp.net faq : http://asp.net.do/faq/ foros de asp.net, en español : http://asp.net.do/foros/ ====================================== > Is this true for VS 2005? Even VS 2003 allowed you to choose FrontPage Server Extensions OR File Share. > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >>> >>> Thanks in advance! Yes as it has nothing to do with VS. VS 2002,3,5 all use the FP Server extensions to talk to the web server to create a site on localhost. VS isn't doing the work here, the FP Server extensions are as they're the interface used to talk to the web server, no way around it. Without the FP Server Extensions, VS knows it can only use the File Share method. SignatureHope this helps, Mark Fitzpatrick Microsoft FrontPage MVP 199?-2006. 2007 and beyond > Is this true for VS 2005? Even VS 2003 allowed you to choose FrontPage > Server Extensions OR File Share. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >>> >>> Thanks in advance! I guess my point was that since MS is phasing out FP (and the server extensions), I would have thought that VS 2005 would communicate with IIS without them. > Yes as it has nothing to do with VS. VS 2002,3,5 all use the FP Server > extensions to talk to the web server to create a site on localhost. VS [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance! re: > I would have thought that VS 2005 would communicate with IIS without them. It does. Take it from the horse's mouth : http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2005/08/21/423201.aspx <quote> A few of the big improvements that we think developers will like: No More FrontPage Server Extension Requirement Unlike previous releases of Visual Studio, VS 2005 no longer requires developers to use or have FPSE (FrontPage Server Extensions) installed in order to create or build web projects. You can now browse, create, and open local IIS applications and vdirs without FPSE on the box (instead we now have support for VS 2005 to directly use the IIS Metabase configuration store to attach and identify sites/apps/vdirs and associated physical path bindings). You can also edit and open web projects directly off of the file-system, or access them remotely over FTP. FPSE is still fully supported for those who want it. But if you are in the camp that doesn’t want it (which based on feedback is 95%+ of you), your _vti_ directories will be a thing of the past. Also, “Copy Web” supports FTP when copying your web to a remote server. You can also use FTP after publishing your website to a local folder. </quote> Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP asp.net faq : http://asp.net.do/faq/ foros de asp.net, en español : http://asp.net.do/foros/ ====================================== >I guess my point was that since MS is phasing out FP (and the server extensions), I would have thought that VS 2005 >would communicate with IIS without them. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >>>>> >>>>> Thanks in advance! > re: >> I would have thought that VS 2005 would communicate with IIS without >> them. > > It does. My point exactly. My comment (above) was in response to Mark's comment (below). >> VS uses the FrontPage Server Extensions to communitate with the web >> server. re: !> My comment (above) was in response to Mark's comment (below). !>> VS uses the FrontPage Server Extensions to communitate with the web server. Indeed. That should have read : "VS 2005 *can* use the FrontPage Server Extensions to communicate with the web server, although it doesn't need to." Imho, FPSE cause more problems than they solve. Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP asp.net faq : http://asp.net.do/faq/ foros de asp.net, en español : http://asp.net.do/foros/ ====================================== >> re: >>> I would have thought that VS 2005 would communicate with IIS without them. >> >> It does. > My point exactly. My comment (above) was in response to Mark's comment (below). > >>> VS uses the FrontPage Server Extensions to communitate with the web server. > Imho, FPSE cause more problems than they solve. I agree, and IMHP, they always did. Free MagazinesGet these publications absolutely FREE for up to 12 months. There are no hidden fees and no obligation. Simply choose a title, complete the application form and submit it. Read more ...
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