Thanks Michael - I am close to returning a page - I appreciate the follow-up!
Terry

>Terry,
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>>Thanks - I need to start simpler. It also seems that the XP iisHelp is more atune with Win2k. THe excellenct white paper by Rick is circa 1998.
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>>My scripts folder is in C:\InetPub\Script.
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>>DO I copy foxISAPI.DLL to that folder? I note that the "Default Web Site" (Virtual Directory) does not list a sub-folder "Script" (as a virtual directory).
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>the scripts sub folder is normally linked into the default web site as a virtual directory. If it isnt in there you can just create a new virtual directory with full script & executable access.
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>>I also am wondering if the foxISAPI.DLL needs to be registered?
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>No the foxisapi.dll file isn't a com dll and as such just needs to be there in a folder with executable permissions in iis :)
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>>But regarding the test, I have been trying to work the more "sophisticated"
>>COM presented in Ricks 1998 White paper. I am also using that paper (NT4) towork through configuring IIS (on my XP). I confess the difference between the two dialog schemes (XP vs NT4)is making it difficult.
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>>Do you have a reccomendation regarding foxISAPI? Should it go in the 'physical' folder Inetpub\scrips? Does foxISAPI.DLL need to be registered?
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>foxisapi.dll only has one real requirement which is to be contained within a folder with executable access. if it isn't it doesnt have the permission to do any processing. everything else after that is either dcom or com+, and your application.
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>Regards,
>Michael Henstock
>AWS