does vs2010 beta2 support webdav?

Question

I tried opening a site running under IIS7.5 that is webdav enabled, and vs popped up an error telling me the website did not have front page extensions installed. I was able to open the same website in web expression 3. 

Does vs2010 beta2 not support webdav or is it possibly some sort of configuration issue on my end?

thanks 

Answer 1

Hi Ian

Assume that the project is a website.

On Windows Server 2003 and later, FrontPage Server Extensions needs to be enabled in the IIS Security Lockdown Wizard.
For detailed information please see: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312073

Or you can use web project instead of website.

Please refer to a similar issue I dealt with in the past: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vssetup/thread/ebf0353e-0693-4df7-8ed2-c2e2a01a16f6

If you still have the problem, please let me know.

Thanks.

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Answer 2

Thank you for the reply.

How would i do this on an existing website? The open project dialogue box seems to want something local and wont accept a url. Do you mean an ASP.NET Web Application? I don't see an option for a 'web project'.

I do not want to install the frontpage extensions. MS does not support them anymore and i tried once before to install them and it did not work and the support fee from RTR to troubleshoot would be a minium charge of $245. So i went with webdav.

It seems beyond absurd that microsoft still requires frontpage extensions for visual studio when they dont even support frontpage extensions anymore. I just assumed i stumbled on a bug and didn't realize it was a 'feature'.

Answer 3

Yes, Ian_L. It means Web Application project, contrast with the website.

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Answer 4

thanks for the reply again. but i still don't see how i would do this to open an existing website. Can you explain how i would open an existing remote site this way?

thank you

Answer 5

Hi Ian

What was the Visual Studio version that the web site built on?

You can either install and enable the FrontPage Server Extensions(see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312073 for the details)
Or convert the website into "Web application project " which introduced since VS2005.
There is a migration guide from VS2003 to VS2005: http://webproject.scottgu.com/CSharp/Migration/Migration.aspx (it should also apply to VS2008, but don't need to install Web Application Project preview as VS2008 already have).

The Web application project model in Visual Studio removes two elements that are required for Web projects in Visual Studio .NET 2003:

• Using FrontPage Server Extensions. These are no longer required, but they are supported if your site already uses them.

• Using a local copy of Internet Information Services (IIS). The new project model supports both IIS and the built-in ASP.NET Development Server.

For more information about Web application projects, see Web Application Projects Overview .

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