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

[teach79]

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

[Newsgroup_User]

> 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 muddy the waters by
trying to support too much here...and if I had to pick one or the 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 2.0 applications. DW
will not/can not support ASP.net 2.0. DDN, for instance, is running 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 may or may not want
to do.

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

Out of curiosity what kind of class is this? Is it technical/development in
nature or is it more about web publishing in general?

-Darrel

[teach79 · Accepted solution]

thankyou thankyou thankyou!!!

the ASP.net version we are running is 2.0+... did some searching, you are 100% right, CS3 no support for ASP.net 2.0... in fact from what i read Adobe plan to remove ASP.net support entirely in CS4! wish i had've found this out before i wasted a day trying to get DW to work with our testing server! oh well, lesson learnt!

thanks again.

the class itself is called Information Processing and Technology, it is a two year senior course studied here in Australia (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 express again, also now expression web! this is where I am now, will look at options from here...)
- web 2.0 technology case studies
- robotics (using Lego NXT)...

most of our students also study Information Technology Systems, 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!

Sincerely

Michael

[teach79]

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[Newsgroup_User]

> before i
> wasted a day trying to get DW to work with our testing server!

The road to web dev knowledge is littered with wasted days. ;o)

-Darrel