XP Pro?

I'm new here, as I'm new to ASP. I just took on my 1st freelance client based in ASP, and I thought I could get by with my XP Home system since there wasn't much advanced scripting, pretty much just includes. I thought I'd be able to edit locally & upload to see the changes.

However, I've had problems with the "virtual" folders, in that I can't figure out where they are for the life of me. Will this be straightened out by upgrading to XP Pro?

Clueless & curious - thx

If you're uploading your pages to a web server for testing then your operating system is irrelevant.

If you're creating a virtual folder on your home system in IIS then you would specify where the virtual folder points. Have a look in the IIS manager (Control Panel...Administrative Tools...Internet Information Services). That should list your virtual folders. You can then right click and check properties to see where they point.

Hope that helps. If not, explain a little more about how you're developing your pages.

That's cool, but one of my main problems is figuring out where the virtual folders on the live server(s) are. I've been given FTP info from the client where I'm navigating the files directly through Windows Explorer (I prefer using a dedicated FTP client, but can't use it with the info provided regrettably). If I had IIS, which I don't because I'm using XP Home, would I be able to see the virtual folders on the remote client.

One of the jobs ahead of me is transferring several ASP-based sites to a new web server & configuring them so they behave the way they should, and I don't have any idea how to get started on this at all.

IIS is not included in XP Home, you need XP Pro to run a local IIS for testing and development.

Just out of curiosity, what does XP Home vs. XP Pro have to do with scripting? I'm not seeing what difference it makes.

I believe it is possible to install IIS on an XP Home machine. I think you have to do it from the cd or something, it's not in the list of windows components normally.

I just assumed they had installed it using this method.

errr...nothing

installing IIS on XP Home requires hacking into Windows.
(replacing internal DLL files, messing with system stuff)
it's risky, and may cause ugly and unexpected problems.

Have moved this thread to the IIS forum. The topic seems more related to navigating around IIS than ASP code issues.

might fit also in Windows OS, as we're discussing XP Home vs. Pro (?)
but I guess it won't harm anyone if the thread will stay here until
it will be more clear.

Either way, better than in the ASP forum

Now, back to lurking!!

yeah, I now know how to wake you up from lurking - by Reporting Posts..

Oh...I thought it was a simpler process than that...Still, original poster needs to explain a bit more about what they're trying to do...

I'm trying to manage websites developed by someone else (who is not available for consultation) without having to modify my system at all (no upgrades to XP Pro, not hacking into XP Home). I'm perfectly happy FTP'ing to my local machine, making code edits, uploading & testing changes on the live server. My real problem is figuring out where the virtual folder(s) is/are located. I know IIS helps you straighten this all out on your local machine, but will it help me figure it out remotely?

sorry, I have no slight idea what's going on.
FTP into your local machine? this alone makes no sense at all,
for example. just double click My Computer.

Using File Transfer Protocol (FTP) I copy a file on the live server (remote) to my machine (local), make changes there, and then upload to the server when I'm done. Is this really such an alien concept? I've done it for years with dozens of non-ASP sites. Is it that much different when dealing with ASP? I'm not sure how much clearer I can make this.

In one last desperate attempt to find the virtual folder on one site, I used FTP through the Windows Explorer (as in "To view this FTP site in Windows Explorer, click Page, and then click Open FTP Site in Windows Explorer") to copy the entire contents of a site to my machine & then use the file search function to locate a specific filename to no avail. So, my burning question remains, how can I figure out where the virtual folder is on the remote machine?