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IIS not Responding when try to open text file in local machine.

I have the followling asp file:

<%
Set fs=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set f=fs.OpenTextFile(Server.MapPath("testread.txt"), 1)
Response.Write(f.Read(5))
f.Close
Set f=Nothing
Set fs=Nothing
%>

It stops right after the first line. I'm sure everything is correct. The file runs perfectly on my machine at work, network. At home , local machine, it stops responding. After serveral trials I get the message :
HTTP 403.9 - Access Forbidden: Too many users are connected

The problem has nothing to do with the users. I did turn off HTTP Keep-Alives Enabled

any clue?

IIS 6.0 windows Xp prof

thanks in advance

Zontar

Does testread.txt actually exist?

Also, try using

Set f=fs.OpenTextFile( Server.MapPath("testread.txt"), 1, -2)

This will allow the file to be opened and read as the default format for the webserver (ASCII or Unicode). Also try -1 (force Unicode) and 0 (force ASCII) for the second argument. If you try to open a Unicode text file as ASCII, this can cause problems.

Also make sure that scrrun.dll exists on your system. If it's missing or corrupted, then you'd not be able to instantiate a FileSystemObject.

almubarak2000

ASKER

Hello,

The file does exist and is not corrupted. None of the parameters solved the problem. It is still the same. When I hit the file around 10 times it complains no more users can be conncted.

Any other possiblities? BTW, all the people I consulted did face the same problem when trying to do the same for stand alone PCs. On networks it works fine.

Regards,

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Zontar

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