Question

classic ASP site - Visual Web Developer 2008 Express

Asked by: Lorna70

I have a few web apps developed using classic ASP - I am gradually converting the sties to ASP.Net but cannot find a way to run the Classic ASP scripts using Visual Web Developer 2008 Express (Vista Home os).  I have some sites developed using Classic ASP which I'd also like to demo on my laptop to customers but can't find a way of doing this without converting my laptop to a server - surely there's a simple way?

Thanks
Lorna

This Question has been solved and asker verified All Experts Exchange premium technology solutions are available to subscription members.

Subscribe now for full access to Experts Exchange and get

Instant Access to this Solution

  • Plus...
  • 30 Day FREE access, no risk, no obligation
  • Collaborate with the world's top tech experts
  • Unlimited access to our exclusive solution database
  • Never be left without tech help again

Subscribe Now

Asked On
2009-10-21 at 05:30:27ID24830265
Tags

Classic ASP

,

Visual Web Developer Express

Topics

Active Server Pages (ASP)

,

Miscellaneous Web Development

,

Microsoft Visual Studio Express

Participating Experts
3
Points
250
Comments
12

Trusted by hundreds of thousands everyday for fast, accurate and reliable tech support.

  • "The time we save is the biggest benefit of Experts Exchange to Warner Bros. What could take multiple guys 2 hours or more each to find is accessed in around 15 minutes on Experts Exchange." Mike Kapnisakis, Warner Bros.
  • "Our team likes having a resource that is more secure than just using Google and most experts using this service really know their stuff. It's nice to look here first versus using Google." Dayna Sellner, Lockheed Martin
  • "Anytime that I've been stumped with a problem, 9 out of 10 times Experts Exchange has either the accepted solution or an open discussion of the potential solution to the problem." Kenny Red, eBay Inc.

See what Experts Exchange can do for you.

Got a question?

We've got the answer.

Experts Exchange has been collecting answers to technology questions since 1996…3 million and counting! If you have a question, chances are we already have your answer.

Screenshot of Experts Exchange Knowledgebase

Need individual assistance?

Our experts are ready to help.

If you can't find the exact answer you're looking for, ask our exclusive community of 50,000 experts. You’ll get a personalized answer from a trusted professional.

Screenshot of Experts Exchange Knowledgebase

Want to learn from the best?

Read articles from industry experts.

Thousands of free tech tips, tricks, how-to’s and tutorials are available in our peer reviewed articles section. See for yourself how smart our experts are, no login required.

Screenshot of an Article

Working on a long term project?

Store your work and research.

Save solutions to your questions, answers you’ve discovered through searching plus helpful articles in your personal knowledgebase for easy future access.

Screenshot of Experts Exchange Knowledgebase

Access the answers to your technology questions today.

Subscribe Now

30-day free trial. Register in 60 seconds.

What Makes Experts Exchange Unique?

Members of the expert community talk about why the experience at Experts Exchange is different than what you will find anywhere else.

Trusted by the world's most respected brands.

image of each brand's logo

Faithfully serving IT professionals since 1996.

Experts Exchange Logo

Try it out and discover for yourself.

Subscribe Now

30-day free trial. Register in 60 seconds.

Related Solutions

  1. ASP.NET OR CLASSIC ASP?
    I have been programming using Classic ASP since 1996/97. I love the technology so much. I'm not finding ASP.NET interesting at all now that I have to develop an application with it soon. I wonder if this is just an initial feeling or there are people in similar situation. The...
  2. Is there a classic ASP version of ASP.Net webmatrix?
    Is there a classic ASP version of ASP.Net webmatrix?
  3. ASP.NET and Classic ASP
    I'm sure this has been disussed before, but I really don't feel like doing a search. :) We have a site that was originally written in Classic ASP. We want to rewrite it one page at a time in ASP.NET. Each page is self contained. What are the implications of running a sit...
  4. classic ASP to ASP.NET
    I am using ASP currently to create some reports. I would like to convert to ASP.NET: one page has only functions and I am including the functions in asp page and calling those functions. My questions are: 1. if I want to convert from classic ASP to ASP.NET do I have to rew...
  5. ASP Classic to ASP.net
    I will be asking a series of questions along the time subject.... I will be working with an ASP Classic system that has been turned into an ASP.NET application by wrapping the classic code, rather than actually programming it in proper ASP.NET technology. I have not yet see...
  6. Classic ASP and ASP.NET
    Is it possible to insert one aspx page and a code behind page into a website using classic asp? Are there settings on a site itself like maybe web.config that would cause a conflict between classic asp pages and aspx pages?

Free Tech Articles

  1. WARNING: 5 Reasons why you should NEVER fix a computer for free.
    It is in our nature to love the puzzle. We are obsessed. The lot of us. We love puzzles. We love the challenge. We thrive on finding the answer. We hate disarray. It bothers us deep in our soul. W...
  2. SCCM OSD Basic troubleshooting
    SCCM 2007 OSD is a fantastic way to deploy operating systems, however, like most things SCCM issues can sometimes be difficult to resolve due to the sheer volume of logs to sift through and the dispe...
  3. Migrate Small Business Server 2003 to Exchange 2010 and Windows 2008 R2
    This guide is intended to provide step by step instructions on how to migrate from Small Business Server 2003 to Windows 2008 R2 with Exchange 2010. For this migration to work you will need the fo...
  4. Create a Win7 Gadget
    This article shows you how to create a simple "Gadget" -- a sort of mini-application supported by Windows 7 and Vista. Gadgets can be dropped anywhere on the desktop to provide instant information, ...
  5. Outlook continually prompting for username and password
    There have been a lot of questions recently regarding Outlook prompting for a username and password whilst using Exchange 2007. There are a few reasons why this would happen and I will try to cover t...
  6. Backup Exchange 2010 Information Store using Windows Backup
    There seems to be quite a lot of confusion around the ability to backup Exchange 2010 using the built in Windows Backup feature. This stems from the omission of this feature prior to Exchange 2007 s...

Cloud Class Webinars

  1. Avoiding Bugs in Microsoft Access
    Alison Balter takes and in-depth look at avoiding bugs in Access. In this webinar you will learn about using the immediate window to debug your applications, invoking the debugger, using breakpoints to troubleshoot, stepping through code, setting the next statement to execute, ...
  2. Top 10 Best New Features in Visio 2010
    Scott Helmers gives live demonstrations of the top 10 new features in Visio 2010. This webinar will teach you how to create compelling diagrams by adding shapes to the page with a single click, linking the shapes in a diagram to data in Excel (or SQL Server, or SharePoint), ...
  3. IT Consultant Business Secrets Revealed
    Michael Munger, Experts Exchange tech pro and IT consultant, pulls back the curtain on his very successful businesses and answers question on every IT consultant and business owner should know about. He shares secrets on what he did to solve the 5 most common problems in IT, ...
  4. Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
    Quest CTO, Mike Billon, gives an overview of the steps involved in building a dunamic disaster recovery plan. Through case studies and an examination of software/hardware tooles for monitoring and testing, you'll gain a better understandin of where you are, where you want ...
  5. Organize Your Visio Diagrams with Containers and Lists
    Scott Helmers uses cross functional flowcharts, wireframe diagrams, data graphic legends and seating charts to teach you: how to ustilize all three new structured diagram components in Visio 2010, the best practices for organizeing shapes in previous version of Visio, how to organize ...
  6. How to Us Objects, Properties, Events and Methods in Microsoft Access
    Alison Dalter gives an in-depbth look at objects, properties, events and methods in Microsoft Access. In this webinar you will learn about using the object browser, referring to objects, working with properties and methods, working with object variables, understanding the ...

Join the Community

Give a Little. Get a Lot.

Join the community of experts here and help other tech pros by answering question in your area of expertise. You can earn FREE access to all Experts Exchange's premium features and resources.

Join the Community

Answers

 

by: sybePosted on 2009-10-21 at 05:32:46ID: 25623229

> without converting my laptop to a server

IIS does not need a server. Just install IIS.

 

by: JonthemoonPosted on 2009-10-21 at 05:38:33ID: 25623270

Hi,
See here : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753198(WS.10).aspx

IIS is pretty limited in Vista home depending which version you have. The best would be to install Home Premium if it's not what you have.

 

by: sybePosted on 2009-10-21 at 05:40:37ID: 25623290

Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs -> Add/Remove Windows Components

 

by: JonthemoonPosted on 2009-10-21 at 05:41:45ID: 25623302

I forgot to mention, that there is a stand-alone server in Visual Studio too. To use it you have to start the site from your development environment (Visual studio). It then gives you a random address from which you can access your site.

 

by: Lorna70Posted on 2009-11-02 at 03:50:09ID: 25718582

Thanks sybe and Jonthemoon - I'm not using Visual Studio just the free Visual Web Developer 2008 Express and Vista Home Edition.  Sybe: I have installed IIS as per your instructions, however I cannot find the IIS Manager.  I can find my way to services and it's in there and is 'started' but how do I access the IIS Manager as presumably I need to set the website I wish to demo as the default one??

 

by: sybePosted on 2009-11-02 at 04:07:54ID: 25718671

My shortcut points to %SystemRoot%\system32\inetsrv\iis.msc

 

by: carrzkissPosted on 2009-11-05 at 20:10:59ID: 25756562

IIS Manager is located here:

My Computer | Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Internet Information Services

You can right click
Send To...
Desktop

This will create a shortcut on your desktop.

Enjoy
Carrzkiss

 

by: Lorna70Posted on 2009-11-06 at 01:08:47ID: 25757670

Thanks Sage but it doesn't appear there at all - perhaps the installation instructions were wrong.

 

by: JonthemoonPosted on 2009-11-06 at 06:07:09ID: 25759168

As I mentionned earlier, you have to have at least Home Premium to have IIS. Is it what you have or do you have Home Basic?

If you have Premium, follow this link and you should be good to go! http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/how-to-install-iis-on-windows-vista/

 

by: Lorna70Posted on 2009-11-06 at 08:05:37ID: 25760310

Just Vista Home Basic unfortunately.  Thanks for your help.  Will just get clients into the office if I have to demo my old sites.

 

by: Lorna70Posted on 2009-11-06 at 08:09:17ID: 31643895

I didn't manage to resolve my problem but the answers were probably accurate.

 

by: carrzkissPosted on 2009-11-06 at 11:24:21ID: 25762236

Lorna.
You jumped to quickly on giving up and awarding points for something
That was un-resolved.

You cannot use IIS on XP Home (or) Vista Home Basic (Without tweaks, not supported on EE)
BUT, you can go a different route and use another hosting software to do the deed for you.

http://www.aprelium.com/abyssws/
The reveiws that I read from 1 re-tired server developer states that he
Runs the program on Vista Home Basic and it runs like a charm.

There is 2 downloads:
FREE (No limitations, Educational use only)
&
Pay (Professinal $59.99)

Hope this helps, and next time, make sure that you have all available options given to you prior to giving up and awarding points for information that was un-helpful to you and it is mis-leading to others that have similuar issues as you have here.

If you find this information useful, the best thing to do is to re-open this question and accept the answer that best suites your needs.

Carrzkiss

20120131-EE-VQP-002

3 Ways to Join

30-Day Free Trial

The Experts

98% positive feedback on 31,087 answers since March 2000. angeliii is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for his work with MS SQL Server & Develoment.

He has also proven his knowledge of Visual Basic Programming, PHP Scripting and Oracle Databases.

The Experts

97% positive feedback on 10,752 answers since July 2000. lrmoore has more than 18 years experience in the networking industry.

The six-time Mircosoft MVPs specialties include firewalls, virtual private networking, and network management.

Testimonials

"...and excellent source for support... Kind of like having your very own IT dept." Electriciansnet

Testimonials

"I was apprehensive at signing up at first. However... it has already made my life as an IT administrator much easier." JaCrews

Testimonials

"WOW! You guys have great, active, and knowledgeable people on here." moore50

Business Clients

Business Clients

In the Press

"If you’ve got a question... Experts Exchange can supply an answer.”

In the Press

"...an invaluable aid for both IT professionals and those who require tech support."

In the Press

"where IT professionals provide quick answers on just about any topic"

Business Account Plans

Loading Advertisement...