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Lawrence Garvin
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Tue Jan 18, 2005 9:25 pm Post subject:
Connecting VS.NET 2003 to IIS6/WSS |
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I'm posting this question here, rather than in the programming group,
because this question isn't actually about programming, though it's a prereq
to doing any programming.
It seems that a lot of the functionality in Visual Studio .NET to program
web apps, web parts, etc. wants to find an IIS installation (with Windows
Sharepoint Services) in order to function.
Yet.. here's the complication --- WSS requires Windows Server 2003 and IIS6,
so WSS cannot be installed on IIS 5.1 on my XP Professional where my Visual
Studio .NET is installed.
It seems rather inappropriate to set up Windows Server 2003 as a desktop
machine just so that I can get IIS6/WSS functionality at http://localhost.
Quite frankly, it seems rather odd that a development environment designed
for enterprise development, and intended to run on a client system, has so
much difficulty talking to web server environments out of the box (which
obviously would be on remote machines).
So, could somebody who has successfully done this.. please instruct me on
the proper way to configure Visual Studio .NET 2003 to communicate with my
Windows Server 2003 Web Edition w/Windows Sharepoint Services so that I can
proceed.
Alternatively, if I've managed to totally miss a critical piece of
documentation that explains all of this, please point me in that direction,
as I'll be perfectly happy to read it, rather than trouble somebody to
describe something I should be reading.
Thank you in advance. |
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Jim Duncan
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Wed Jan 19, 2005 2:34 am Post subject:
Re: Connecting VS.NET 2003 to IIS6/WSS |
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/spptsdk/html/tsovVSNETIntro.asp
"Lawrence Garvin" <onsitechsolutions@news.postalias> wrote in message
news:uKegSaY$EHA.2540@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
| Quote: | I'm posting this question here, rather than in the programming group,
because this question isn't actually about programming, though it's a
prereq
to doing any programming.
It seems that a lot of the functionality in Visual Studio .NET to program
web apps, web parts, etc. wants to find an IIS installation (with Windows
Sharepoint Services) in order to function.
Yet.. here's the complication --- WSS requires Windows Server 2003 and
IIS6,
so WSS cannot be installed on IIS 5.1 on my XP Professional where my
Visual
Studio .NET is installed.
It seems rather inappropriate to set up Windows Server 2003 as a desktop
machine just so that I can get IIS6/WSS functionality at http://localhost.
Quite frankly, it seems rather odd that a development environment designed
for enterprise development, and intended to run on a client system, has so
much difficulty talking to web server environments out of the box (which
obviously would be on remote machines).
So, could somebody who has successfully done this.. please instruct me on
the proper way to configure Visual Studio .NET 2003 to communicate with my
Windows Server 2003 Web Edition w/Windows Sharepoint Services so that I
can
proceed.
Alternatively, if I've managed to totally miss a critical piece of
documentation that explains all of this, please point me in that
direction,
as I'll be perfectly happy to read it, rather than trouble somebody to
describe something I should be reading.
Thank you in advance.
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Jeff Cochran
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Wed Jan 19, 2005 5:47 am Post subject:
Re: Connecting VS.NET 2003 to IIS6/WSS |
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On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 09:25:11 -0600, "Lawrence Garvin"
<onsitechsolutions@news.postalias> wrote:
| Quote: | I'm posting this question here, rather than in the programming group,
because this question isn't actually about programming, though it's a prereq
to doing any programming.
It seems that a lot of the functionality in Visual Studio .NET to program
web apps, web parts, etc. wants to find an IIS installation (with Windows
Sharepoint Services) in order to function.
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Sharepoint isn't needed for VS.NET. Try the VisualStudio or .NET
groups for help without Sharepoint.
| Quote: | So, could somebody who has successfully done this.. please instruct me on
the proper way to configure Visual Studio .NET 2003 to communicate with my
Windows Server 2003 Web Edition w/Windows Sharepoint Services so that I can
proceed.
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That's also best answered in the VS groups. In fact, with or without
Sharepoint it's the same, the only difference with Sharepoint is
installing Sharepoint Services.
Might also check http://www.asp.net/ for help.
Jeff |
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Lawrence Garvin
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Wed Jan 19, 2005 12:58 pm Post subject:
Re: Connecting VS.NET 2003 to IIS6/WSS |
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Thank you for the link, Jim; however, I've already read this material in my
downloaded copy of the Windows Sharepoint Services SDK and I've been
successful at creating a web app with the source tree on the web server.
Unfortunately, that doesn't help much for packaged products that are
expecting to find Visual Studio .NET and IIS6/WSS on the same machine.
Also, one critical downside that's bothering me about the methodology
published in this document is that all of the source code for my Web App now
resides on the server. And not just that it's on the server, but it's
actually sitting in the Program Files directory tree.
I'd much rather keep the source code on the local machine, and install only
the needed files on the server.
"Jim Duncan" <CollutionsInc@community.nospam> wrote in message
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| Quote: | http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/spptsdk/html/tsovVSNETIntro.asp
"Lawrence Garvin" <onsitechsolutions@news.postalias> wrote in message
news:uKegSaY$EHA.2540@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
I'm posting this question here, rather than in the programming group,
because this question isn't actually about programming, though it's a
prereq
to doing any programming.
It seems that a lot of the functionality in Visual Studio .NET to program
web apps, web parts, etc. wants to find an IIS installation (with Windows
Sharepoint Services) in order to function.
Yet.. here's the complication --- WSS requires Windows Server 2003 and
IIS6,
so WSS cannot be installed on IIS 5.1 on my XP Professional where my
Visual
Studio .NET is installed.
It seems rather inappropriate to set up Windows Server 2003 as a desktop
machine just so that I can get IIS6/WSS functionality at
http://localhost.
Quite frankly, it seems rather odd that a development environment
designed
for enterprise development, and intended to run on a client system, has
so
much difficulty talking to web server environments out of the box (which
obviously would be on remote machines).
So, could somebody who has successfully done this.. please instruct me on
the proper way to configure Visual Studio .NET 2003 to communicate with
my
Windows Server 2003 Web Edition w/Windows Sharepoint Services so that I
can
proceed.
Alternatively, if I've managed to totally miss a critical piece of
documentation that explains all of this, please point me in that
direction,
as I'll be perfectly happy to read it, rather than trouble somebody to
describe something I should be reading.
Thank you in advance.
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Lawrence Garvin
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Wed Jan 19, 2005 1:01 pm Post subject:
Re: Connecting VS.NET 2003 to IIS6/WSS |
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See responses.. inline...
"Jeff Cochran" <jeff.nospam@zina.com> wrote in message
news:41ed9f7d.982128426@msnews.microsoft.com...
| Quote: | On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 09:25:11 -0600, "Lawrence Garvin"
onsitechsolutions@news.postalias> wrote:
I'm posting this question here, rather than in the programming group,
because this question isn't actually about programming, though it's a
prereq
to doing any programming.
It seems that a lot of the functionality in Visual Studio .NET to program
web apps, web parts, etc. wants to find an IIS installation (with Windows
Sharepoint Services) in order to function.
Sharepoint isn't needed for VS.NET. Try the VisualStudio or .NET
groups for help without Sharepoint.
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<sigh>.. Sharepoint is needed to do SHAREPOINT development!!! Perhaps you
missed the reference to "web parts" in my second paragraph?Which is
/exactly/ why I posted in this group. So please do not ask me to go post in
another group.
| Quote: | So, could somebody who has successfully done this.. please instruct me on
the proper way to configure Visual Studio .NET 2003 to communicate with my
Windows Server 2003 Web Edition w/Windows Sharepoint Services so that I
can
proceed.
That's also best answered in the VS groups. In fact, with or without
Sharepoint it's the same, the only difference with Sharepoint is
installing Sharepoint Services.
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try again... if I was only trying to do ASP.NET development without
Sharepoint I would have certainly posted in an ASP.NET group. But, as it is,
I'm specifically working on Sharepoint development.. thus I posted my
question in the Sharepoint group.
Please... give people some credit before you send 'em packing.
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Jim Duncan
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Thu Jan 20, 2005 12:06 am Post subject:
Re: Connecting VS.NET 2003 to IIS6/WSS |
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| Quote: | Unfortunately, that doesn't help much for packaged products that are
expecting to find Visual Studio .NET and IIS6/WSS on the same machine.
I'm not sure what you mean... can you give me an example of a 'packaged |
product'?
| Quote: | I'd much rather keep the source code on the local machine, and install
only
the needed files on the server.
The preferred way to do this is to have a 'development' server where you |
actually do the work and push out the needed files to a 'production' server
when you're done. I typically code/test against a WSS server running in a
Virtual PC on my TabletPC and then create a Windows Installer msi when I'm
ready to 'roll-out' to a production server. VS.NET includes setup and
deployment project templates to help with this.
-Jim |
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Marco
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Thu Jan 20, 2005 1:29 am Post subject:
RE: Connecting VS.NET 2003 to IIS6/WSS |
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Have you looked at using Virtual PC. You can then run the W2K3 server,
Sharepoint and VS.Net in the Virtual PC on your own PC and do the development
from there.
Marco
"Lawrence Garvin" wrote:
| Quote: | I'm posting this question here, rather than in the programming group,
because this question isn't actually about programming, though it's a prereq
to doing any programming.
It seems that a lot of the functionality in Visual Studio .NET to program
web apps, web parts, etc. wants to find an IIS installation (with Windows
Sharepoint Services) in order to function.
Yet.. here's the complication --- WSS requires Windows Server 2003 and IIS6,
so WSS cannot be installed on IIS 5.1 on my XP Professional where my Visual
Studio .NET is installed.
It seems rather inappropriate to set up Windows Server 2003 as a desktop
machine just so that I can get IIS6/WSS functionality at http://localhost.
Quite frankly, it seems rather odd that a development environment designed
for enterprise development, and intended to run on a client system, has so
much difficulty talking to web server environments out of the box (which
obviously would be on remote machines).
So, could somebody who has successfully done this.. please instruct me on
the proper way to configure Visual Studio .NET 2003 to communicate with my
Windows Server 2003 Web Edition w/Windows Sharepoint Services so that I can
proceed.
Alternatively, if I've managed to totally miss a critical piece of
documentation that explains all of this, please point me in that direction,
as I'll be perfectly happy to read it, rather than trouble somebody to
describe something I should be reading.
Thank you in advance.
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