How to make your ASP run on a non-Windows Platform

Since the introduction of ASP technology by Micorsoft, the powerful functions of ASP in creating dynamic interactive sites and the simplicity of code writing have led, ASP has been widely used in more and more Internet/Intranet/exists websites. Especially for website application systems involving database operations, ASP technology is preferred. However, due to the well-known reasons, ASP can only work on Microsoft's Windows NT Platform + IIS Web Server software, and can also be used in Windows 9x + PWS, but it can only be used for debugging or learning, therefore, the limitations of ASP applications are determined.

According to relevant information, there are about 15% websites using Windows operating system platforms and server software, that is to say, nearly 85% of websites cannot adopt ASP technology. Most commercial websites use Unix, Linux, Soris, Netware, and other operating systems and corresponding servers. This shows that ASP technology is indeed very limited in application.

Is ASP not applicable to non-Windows platforms? Of course not. so far, we have at least two options: chili ASP of Chilisoft4 and iASP of Halcycon (Instant ASP ). halcyonsoft puts forward the "ASP Anytime, Anywhere" slogan and develops iASP, so that ASP can be used not only on websites that use Windows operating system platforms and server software, it can also be used on websites that use other operating systems such as Unix, Linux, Soris, Netware, and corresponding servers.

IASP fully inherits the advantages of ASP and is fully compatible with ASP. Therefore, ASP application systems can be directly transplanted to iASP environments on non-Windows operating systems, the ASP application system is truly a cross-platform Internet, Intranet, or excompute application system.

Compared with ASP, iASP not only has advantages in supporting the operating system platform, but also has obvious advantages in using third-party components to build an ASP application system. IASP not only supports popular ActiveX components, but also supports popular Enterprise JavaBeans components and CORBA compatible components. Therefore, the ASP application system is more powerful and widely used. In addition to MS Visual development tools and Borland development tools, you can also use Java development tools to give component developers more choices so that they can develop relevant components more easily.

IASP has two versions: Windows operating system platform and server software, and Unix, Linux, Soris, Netware operating system and corresponding server software. The latest version is 1.0.9, recently launched a FREE version of Linux, can be downloaded FREE of charge on the http://www.halcycon.com site, its function is basically the same as the official version, network developers who want to use ASP in special Unix and Linux local networks may wish to download a trial with a file size of more than 9 MB.

I. iASP software environment requirements

IASP software is fully compiled using Java programming language and requires support from JDK 1.1.x or later versions. Therefore, JDK1.1.X or later must be installed on the system in advance. Linux platform JDK11.X can be downloaded in the http://xfer.nitric.com/pub/java-linux/, based on Windows9X/NT platform JDK1.1.X ftp: // 202.103.111.173/Download/DEVE...1-win32-x86.exe. At the same time, corresponding Web Server software is required, such as IIS, Apache, Netscape, Xitami, and Sambar.

Ii. System Platform and server software supported by the iASP Installer

IASP software is developed in JAVA programming language and runs on all JAVA platforms in principle. IASP can automatically configure Server software so that iASP can be used to interpret and convert ASP pages. iASP can use the iASP Servlet interface developed by Halcycon to connect and communicate with the server, you can also use other Servlet interfaces to connect to and communicate with the server. IASP supports the following platforms and Web servers:

(1) Sun Solaris System Platform

1. Apache server software

IASP can automatically configure nine common versions of Apache server software, such as 1.3.0, 1.3.9, 1.3.11, and 1.3.12, so that iASP can be used to explain the ASP page; connect to and communicate with iASP through the Servlet interface.

2. Netscape Fast Track (FT) and Enterprise Server (EP) Server software

IASP can automatically configure FT3.0.X, EP3.5.X, and EP3.6.X to use iASP to explain ASP pages, and connect and communicate with them through the Servlet interface in iASP.

3. Sun Web Server2.1 server software

IASP can automatically configure the server software of Sun Web Server2.1 to use iASP to interpret the ASP page, and connect and communicate with the server software through the Servlet interface.

4. Zeus server software

IASP can automatically configure the Zeus server software to use the iASP interpretation engine to interpret the ASP page, and connect and communicate with it through the Zeus and Apache JServ Servlet interfaces.