Testing server 404 for ASP.NET VB but not PHP?

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Hello! I am a high school teacher, have set up a dedicated
server machine here in our classroom (server 2003, mysql & msql
server 05, + ASP and PHP support) for students to install open
source CMS's on... DNN, Joomla, etc all work fine. up until now
have used mostly PHP and mysql... keen for students to create their
own ASP.NET VB pages in DW (.aspx)... students use SQL Manager 05
Lite to manage their SQL server Dbases... all working fine so far.

in Dreamweaver, set up testing server options exact same
(left untouched) as PHP / MySQL sites... 404 error. cant work out
why? can view .asp and .aspx pages in same location on testing
server! it works i am viewing these pages! just cannot create an
SQL server connection in dreamweaver (although MySQL fine)!
database is fine... MS expression web has no issues connecting to
the same MSQL dbase! bizarre. can view the pages MS exp web creates
in exact same location on testing server!!! DW just will not let me
create an SQL server connection (connection string perfect, even
tried matching the one from MS exp web, it does not seem to be the
cause!).... testing server folder (our testing server named
TestServ on the network): \TestServ\firstaid ... URL prefix: 
http://TestServ/firstaid/ ...
as i said, works fine for all other sites, can browse and view to
both locations (respectively), also .asp and .aspx pages view
through HTTP browser in this location... have no idea where im
going wrong!!! have also completely opened up all security settings
for the exercise - permissions and shares available to anyone at
the mo! nothing is read-only.

if there is anyone out there who has any ideas, would much
appreciate any help!!!!!

thankyou! (students here thankyou too-otherwise we are going
back to standalone Access Dbases on local machines... groan!)
:-)
Michael

teach79 · Accepted Answer

thankyou thankyou thankyou!!!the ASP.net version we are running is 2.0+... did somesearching, you are 100% right, CS3 no support for ASP.net 2.0... infact from what i read Adobe plan to remove ASP.net support entirelyin CS4! wish i had've found this out before i wasted a day tryingto get DW to work with our testing server! oh well, lesson learnt!thanks again.the class itself is called Information Processing andTechnology, it is a two year senior course studied here inAustralia (seniors 16/17 years old), units we cover include:- computer systems architecture- programming (VB express)- standalone information system design (Access)- expert system design (with some Prolog)- programming II - data driven applications (VB expressagain, also now expression web! this is where I am now, will lookat options from here...)- web 2.0 technology case studies- robotics (using Lego NXT)...most of our students also study Information TechnologySystems, a separate course covering:- client relationships and web design process- web 1.0 - HTML, CSS, Javascript etc.- 3D modelling (Blender)- 2D games design (Flash / Actionscript or Gamemaker!)- open source web 2.0 installation / customisation- 3D games design (3DS Max or 3D games studio)- open choice folio of web / game design...thanks again for your help!SincerelyMichael

Newsgroup_User · Answer

> keen for students to create> their own ASP.NET VB pages in DW (.aspx)Why?I ask that as a ASP.net person myself. Not sure why I'd muddythe waters by trying to support too much here...and if I had to pick one orthe other, I'd probably stick more on the open source side of things.As to your problems, my guess is that these are ASP.net 2.0applications. DW will not/can not support ASP.net 2.0. DDN, for instance, isrunning on ASP.net 2.0. So if you're going to go in that direction,you'll likely need to consider supporting Visual Studio as well, which you mayor may not want to do.> thankyou! (students here thankyou too-otherwise we aregoing back to> standalone Access Dbases on local machines... groan!)Out of curiosity what kind of class is this? Is ittechnical/development in nature or is it more about web publishing in general?-Darrel

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