precompiled web site
Good aftenoon expert,
Been asked to maintain a web site I have never seen before and the author of which has been gone for years. Need to make some minor changes including changing the connection string to a new database.
References to session variables were found in web.config but no connection string s to the database.
Tried to open solution out on net in VS 2005 got
'One or more projects in the solution could not be loaded for the following reason(s)
The project file or web has been moved, renamed or is not on your computer....'
So I moved the solution to my local computer and continued to get this message until I
found out that it wanted to find the solutiuon ina virtual directory at C:\development:
when I set that up I got a message
'You are attempting to open a precompiled Web site. You can view the site, but changes might cause the Web site to stop functioning. To modify a site, it is reconmmended that you edit the files in the original web site precompile the site and then publish iit again. Do you wish to continue....?....'
I have worked with webs that were deployed by executing MSIs but I can find no MSI file. I do find in the Bin folder some DLL files with names like App_Web_kiecpfda.dll, App_code.Compiled, App_Code.DLL, App_global.asax.DLL.
How can I open this web ite for maintenance. The connection string is not in the web.config where I usually find it. Any guesses about where it might be found?
Thanks
Allen
Been asked to maintain a web site I have never seen before and the author of which has been gone for years. Need to make some minor changes including changing the connection string to a new database.
References to session variables were found in web.config but no connection string s to the database.
Tried to open solution out on net in VS 2005 got
'One or more projects in the solution could not be loaded for the following reason(s)
The project file or web has been moved, renamed or is not on your computer....'
So I moved the solution to my local computer and continued to get this message until I
found out that it wanted to find the solutiuon ina virtual directory at C:\development:
when I set that up I got a message
'You are attempting to open a precompiled Web site. You can view the site, but changes might cause the Web site to stop functioning. To modify a site, it is reconmmended that you edit the files in the original web site precompile the site and then publish iit again. Do you wish to continue....?....'
I have worked with webs that were deployed by executing MSIs but I can find no MSI file. I do find in the Bin folder some DLL files with names like App_Web_kiecpfda.dll, App_code.Compiled, App_Code.DLL, App_global.asax.DLL.
How can I open this web ite for maintenance. The connection string is not in the web.config where I usually find it. Any guesses about where it might be found?
Thanks
Allen
DanielWillmott
It sounds like you're going to have a problem. You cannot modify the code of a precompiled website. Perhaps the source files can be found somewhere on a company computer or on the server somewhere else?
If it's just a connection string change, you might find it:
1) In an ODBC definition
2) in the machine.config (%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Fr
1) In an ODBC definition
2) in the machine.config (%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Fr
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