Hi Charles,

From your description, you've developed a ISAPI extension application
through Visual Studio ATL Server project. Currently, you're wondering how
to conveniently create a setup package to deploy it, correct?

As for the 3 specific tasks you mentioned, here are some of my
understanding and suggestion:

  1. Grant permission to Internet Guest Account for the virtual
directory of the ISAPI.
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This should be NTFS DACL setting, there has some VBscript for adjusting
NTFS DACL setting:

#Scripting NTFS permisions with ADSI (Part 1)
http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/1476721

#NTFS permissions
http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=80789&page=396

or you can also use some strong code(C++ or .NET framework code) to do NTFS
file permission setting. You can call these code through Visual Studio
setup project's custom action.

  2. Add a MIME type manually so that ".srf" ( Server Response File)
could be recognized by IIS 6
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For the "MIME" TYPE(.SRF), do you mean add a script mapping ( such as .aspx
<---> aspnet_isapi.dll) or add a MIME type mapping?  For "script mapping",
you can use the "AppMappings" setting of the Application virtual directory
properties( in WebSetup project of Visual Studio) to configure your custom
script mappings.

Anyway, you can always use script code to do such configuration in IIS:

#How to Manipulate (insert/replace/remove) LIST data type in IIS
Configuration
http://blogs.msdn.com/david.wang/archive/2004/12/02/273681.aspx

#Do do I add or remove a Script Mapping?
http://www.iisfaq.com/Default.aspx?tabid=2792

  3. "Allow Unknown ISAPI Extensions"
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For service extensions, it is specific to IIS6 and there is built-in
component for configuring it, you can also invoke it from script:

#How To Add and Remove Web Service Extension Files in IIS 6.0
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328419

#Iisext.vbs: IIS Web service extension script
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/72d69051-4287-4e92-84
7c-df3ac3eb77e11033.mspx?mfr=true

In addition, you can find many other useful script resource on IIS FAQ site:

http://www.iisfaq.com/Default.aspx?tabid=2538

For custom action of Visual studio setup project, you can refer to those
MSDN reference:

#Walkthrough: Creating a Custom Action  
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d9k65z2d(VS.80).aspx

Hope this helps.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead



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