Ian Piper
December 24th 03, 03:20 PM
Thanks for the advice but I still couldn't get it sorted so I have done a
clean re-install and everything now seems fine.
Regards
Ian Piper
"Ian Piper" > wrote in message
...
> No.
>
> In the wwwroot directory I have iisstart.asp and localstart.asp. If I
type
> into the address bar of Internet Explorer http://localhost/test.htm the
> test.htm file opens no problem. If I type into the address bar of
Internet
> Explorer http://localhost/test.asp the I get page cannot be displayed. I
> have re-created the test.asp file in dreamweaver and the code is :
> <%@LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%>
> <html>
> <head>
> <title>Untitled Document</title>
> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=iso-8859-1">
> </head>
>
> <body>
> Test.asp
>
> </body>
> </html>
>
> In my opinion I may have set up IIS wrong somehow.
>
> I have now created a virtual directory, called myweb. If I type in
> http://localhost/myweb/test/htm the test.htm file opens but the .asp page
> wont.
>
> Regards
>
> Ian
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Perhaps I don't understand what you are doing, but is this a question of
> "Only"
> > an asp file in the root of the web? The setup for IIS gives you the
option
> to
> > choose what default page (and extension) can be used in the web root.
> > (index.htm, index.asp, etc opens with http://localhost)
> >
> > --
> > Mark L. Ferguson
> >
> > "Jim" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I am having the exact same issue. Event simple ASP files
> > > with just HTML in them dont work. Heck, even issstart.asp
> > > dont work for me.
> > >
> > > Have you had any luck in fixing this?
> > >
> > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > >Thanks, but that doesnt work.
> > > >
> > > >I have a file called test.htm and one called test.asp in
> > > my wwwroot
> > > >directory. Both files are the same except for their
> > > extension. Using
> > > >internet explorer, http://localhost/test.htm display the
> > > test.htm page, but
> > > >http://localhost/test.asp displays the 'page cannot be
> > > displayed' error
> > > >message.
> > > >
> > > >Any other ideas?
> > > >
> > > >Thanks in advance
> > > >
> > > >Ian Piper
> > > >
> > > >"Mark L. Ferguson" > wrote in
> > > message
> > > ...
> > > >> Go to Start/Run, and type:
> > > >>
> > > >> REGSVR32 URLMON.DLL
> > > >>
> > > >> Then open IE, Tools menu, Options, Program Tab, and
> > > click the "Reset Web
> > > >> Settings" button.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> --
> > > >> Mark L. Ferguson TabletPC MVP
> > > >> Email address : Subject: "QZ" +
> > > anything
> > > >> All email without "QZ" in the subject line will be
> > > automatically deleted.
> > > >> marfer's notes for XP >
> > > http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/xp_notes.htm
> > > >> .
> > > >>
> > > >> "Ian Piper" > wrote in
> > > message
> > > >> ...
> > > >> > Hi,
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Can anybody please help/advise me.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I have installed IIS on my XP Pro computer but I
> > > can't open .asp pages
> > > >in
> > > >> > internet explorer. Htm file are ok but not asp.
> > > Frontpage extensions are
> > > >> > installed.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Thanks in advance
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Ian
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >.
> > > >
> >
>
>
clean re-install and everything now seems fine.
Regards
Ian Piper
"Ian Piper" > wrote in message
...
> No.
>
> In the wwwroot directory I have iisstart.asp and localstart.asp. If I
type
> into the address bar of Internet Explorer http://localhost/test.htm the
> test.htm file opens no problem. If I type into the address bar of
Internet
> Explorer http://localhost/test.asp the I get page cannot be displayed. I
> have re-created the test.asp file in dreamweaver and the code is :
> <%@LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%>
> <html>
> <head>
> <title>Untitled Document</title>
> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=iso-8859-1">
> </head>
>
> <body>
> Test.asp
>
> </body>
> </html>
>
> In my opinion I may have set up IIS wrong somehow.
>
> I have now created a virtual directory, called myweb. If I type in
> http://localhost/myweb/test/htm the test.htm file opens but the .asp page
> wont.
>
> Regards
>
> Ian
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Perhaps I don't understand what you are doing, but is this a question of
> "Only"
> > an asp file in the root of the web? The setup for IIS gives you the
option
> to
> > choose what default page (and extension) can be used in the web root.
> > (index.htm, index.asp, etc opens with http://localhost)
> >
> > --
> > Mark L. Ferguson
> >
> > "Jim" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I am having the exact same issue. Event simple ASP files
> > > with just HTML in them dont work. Heck, even issstart.asp
> > > dont work for me.
> > >
> > > Have you had any luck in fixing this?
> > >
> > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > >Thanks, but that doesnt work.
> > > >
> > > >I have a file called test.htm and one called test.asp in
> > > my wwwroot
> > > >directory. Both files are the same except for their
> > > extension. Using
> > > >internet explorer, http://localhost/test.htm display the
> > > test.htm page, but
> > > >http://localhost/test.asp displays the 'page cannot be
> > > displayed' error
> > > >message.
> > > >
> > > >Any other ideas?
> > > >
> > > >Thanks in advance
> > > >
> > > >Ian Piper
> > > >
> > > >"Mark L. Ferguson" > wrote in
> > > message
> > > ...
> > > >> Go to Start/Run, and type:
> > > >>
> > > >> REGSVR32 URLMON.DLL
> > > >>
> > > >> Then open IE, Tools menu, Options, Program Tab, and
> > > click the "Reset Web
> > > >> Settings" button.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> --
> > > >> Mark L. Ferguson TabletPC MVP
> > > >> Email address : Subject: "QZ" +
> > > anything
> > > >> All email without "QZ" in the subject line will be
> > > automatically deleted.
> > > >> marfer's notes for XP >
> > > http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/xp_notes.htm
> > > >> .
> > > >>
> > > >> "Ian Piper" > wrote in
> > > message
> > > >> ...
> > > >> > Hi,
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Can anybody please help/advise me.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I have installed IIS on my XP Pro computer but I
> > > can't open .asp pages
> > > >in
> > > >> > internet explorer. Htm file are ok but not asp.
> > > Frontpage extensions are
> > > >> > installed.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Thanks in advance
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Ian
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >.
> > > >
> >
>
>