Hi Erik,

Thanks for getting involved. I don't have an answer to your question. In fact, I don't know about anything at this level of development. As of yesterday I was a desktop developer exclusively. Anyway, is there any chance that you can show me how to rename the server? I guess for now it is just easier to configure my windows 2000 server like my friends and worry about other issues at a later date.

Neil

>>Hi fellow UTs,
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>>I have a friend that developed a web app that includes a vfp component used as an automation server. He sent it to me so that I can see what he had produced. In his instructions he writes:
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>>" In order for the web application to work, you'll need to temporaily call your web server myWebServer. I did not have time to figure out how to reassign the web application to a different named server...sorry.."
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>>I am new to windwos 2000 server. When I initially installed windows 2000 server I was assigned the name neil-z6zfug61c for the web server by the setup program. How do I get my friends web app to think that neil-z6zfug61c is named: myWebServer?
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>Why does the component care about the name of the machine it resides on? Knowing why it is depending on this will help you work around it. As a general rule, the name of the machine shouldn't matter at all.