>I have had some problems with my system over tha last couple of days so I have taken to reinstall all my development files... :-(
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>I have installed:
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> NT Option Pack 4
> Symantec Visual Page
> Microsoft FrontPage 98
> Visual Studio 6 (Enterprise Edition) - all components
> Visual Studio Service Pack 2
> NT Server 4 Service Pack 5
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>Unfortunately, my ASP files I created no longer work properly...
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>For some reason, only on my files, does the Request object fail to see my session variables I am POSTing to the server. I have tested other sample files and they work fine. My files worked fine yesterday, but not today...
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>Any ideas as to what I might look for???
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>PS: What is the difference between creating a Virtual Directory under my Default Web Site and creating a web site under the same?
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>Thanks in advance...
>Michael
There's a change in the way global.asa files are processed with SP5:
This is from the SP5 readme file.
4.5.2 Global.asa
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To use the Global.asa file after applying SP5, ensure that the file is
in an program root folder. This is a change from the implementation
in the Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack in which Global.asa was mistakenly
processed from within a virtual directory.
The Global.asa file specifies event scripts and declares objects that
have session or program scope. In the Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack, the
file Asp.dll processed Global.asa from the lowest defined virtual
directory. This has been changed in SP5. After SP5 is installed,
customers who are using Global.asa may need to make changes to IIS
for the file to work properly. For more information, see the
"Global.asa Reference" topic in the Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack
online documentation.
To ensure that Global.asa is available to Asp.dll after applying SP5,
folders that contain Global.asa files should be marked as
applications. For more information, see the "Creating Applications"
topic in the Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack online documentation.
To get that file:
http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/recommended/sp5/readme.asp
