How to consume Microsoft.Web.Administration?

Question

I have been managing websites in IIS6, but I understand that things have changed radically in IIS7 and that "all I need to do" is consume the services available in Microsoft.Web.Administration's servermanager and Microsoft.Web.Management and I'll have all the services and methods I need to replicate what I was doing in IIS6.

Well and good if you're savvy on that whole "consume services" thing, which I suck at.

I am told I can find this in c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\Microsoft.Web.Administration.dll and, indeed, it is there.

Try as I might, I cannot figure out how to pull this into an object so I can consume it. I've tried:

	<cfobject type="COM" action="CREATE" class="Microsoft.Web.Administration" name="objMicrosoftWeb">

set myServerManager = CreateObject('.NET', 'ServerManager', 'c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\Microsoft.Web.Administration.dll');

</script>

<cfobject

	name="serverManager"
	component="c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\Microsoft.Web.Administration.dll" />

all to no avail. I am obviously not a COM genius.

Can anyone clue me in? I think even if I could figure out how to get a list of classes and methods I might be able to reign this in, but, alas, I am clueless in this arena.

Thanks!

RLS · Accepted Answer

In IIS6 I was using the metabase with a variety of exe and vbs files.

In IIS7 I want to take advantage of the XML structure. I could probably use AppCMD but that seems so old school. I'd prefer to use the API and, in my mind, do it correctly and likely much more efficiently.

I just don't know how to list the services that are outside of Cold Fusion. ColdFusion Builder doesn't show them to me and I can't find a copy of OLEVIEWER to download, so I'm having trouble peeking under the hood.

I've tried so many variations on trying to make an object out of Microsoft.Web.Administration.dll that my fingers are numb and my eyes are bleeding. I don't know why I can't find any specific instance on the web of someone doing this with ColdFusion; it's weird, frankly.

To me, it's a simple question that SOMEONE out there must have answered by now. Knowing the name of an object on your computer, how do you create a CFObject out of it so you can use the services? But that's probably just me not knowing some reason why that won't work.

This is what I want to get, first. Once I have that, I think I can figure the rest out: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms614834(v=vs.90).aspx

RLS

I guess the trick is all in how you phrase your question when searching for the answer.

Out of desperation, I searched for the error message I was receiving, and this (http://forums.adobe.com/message/4227246) provided me the answer, right from here within the CF Forums, something I had already searched.

I was using:

<cfobject type="dotnet" name="Mtable" class="ApplicationDomain"

assembly="c:/windows/system32/inetsrv/Microsoft.Web.Administration.dll">

and getting an error stating that the class was not found in the assembly list (Class ApplicationDomain not found in the specified assembly list. The assembly that contains the class must be provided to the assembly attribute).

By simply giving it the COMPLETE class name, as such:

<cfobject type="dotnet" name="Mtable" class="Microsoft.Web.Administration.ApplicationDomain"

assembly="c:/windows/system32/inetsrv/Microsoft.Web.Administration.dll">

I attained success.

This question is resolved. Hope this helps someone else looking for this solution.

RLS

Dan_Bracuk · Answer

You can get a list of classes by googling Microsoft.Web.Administration and selecting an offering from msdn.microsoft.com

Sign up

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.

Sign in to Adobe Community

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.

Scanning file for viruses.

This file cannot be downloaded