July 22, 2002 - Sharing the Web Service dll

Yehuda Shiran July 22, 2002
Sharing the Web Service dll
Tips: July 2002

Yehuda Shiran, Ph.D.
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In both Windows XP and Windows 2000, make sure you can share the Web service directory on the Web. Web sharing is turned on automatically when you define your Web server's Default Web Site. When you assign the Default Web Site's directory on your hard drive, the IIS Web server changes that directory's Web Sharing properties. Suppose your directory is d:\aspDemo. When you right-click its icon and pick Sharing and Security... in Windows XP or Sharing... in Windows 2000, you'd get the following Web Sharing tab:

As you can see, the directory already "knows" its alias on the IIS Web server: Column113. This registration is done automatically when you create your IIS virtual directory. Of course, a directory may have several aliases, i.e. it can be referenced by several default Web sites.

To learn more about JScript .NET and ASP.NET, go to Column 113, JScript .NET, Part VII: Consuming add from ASP.NET.