My Experiences with ASP+ PDC bits
Now that the ASP+ sdk "pre-beta" has been released to the masses. Many people are scrambling to get it installed and start to play with C#, ASP+ and many other toys that come with the SDK. Being the webmaster of ASPFree, I've had the privilege to work with two versions of ASP+ builds. And I may add, how stable both versions have been! Its definitely been an experience, this article I hope to express some of the things to help guide individuals who have to install and support this in their environment.
First of all, "DON'T INSTALL ON YOUR PRODUCTION SERVERS!!", I can't stress this enough, this is "pre-beta" software. Microsoft WILL NOT support pre-beta software. ASPFree is "production" I guess, but it doesn't hurt anything if the site crashes or some pages don't display. The world won't come to an end, I use this environment to learn new technology and share with others. I do have a development machine that I test things before installing on the server that runs ASPFree. Some of the tricks I share in this article are just my own experiences. These are the things I found helpful in keeping the samples up and working for my visitors on ASPFree.com.
How do I get ASP+ installed then?
Before I'd do anything, do a complete backup...even on your development machine. I'd recommend a fresh built machine with Windows 2000 and IIS 5.0, then install IE 5.5 and lastly the PDC ASP+ bits. Many of the newsgroups I monitor, some people are having issues if they installed the PDC Visual Studio 7 beta then trying to put on the ASP+ sdk. I can't comment to this because I haven't installed VS 7 beta. All I can say install in this order, a fresh install of Windows 2000 w/IIS 5.0, IE 5.5 and PDC build of ASP+ .Things should work fine!.
What if I have Classic ASP applications on my server?
If your installing ASP+ on a development machine with existing traditional ASP applications, things will work just fine. I've installed the ASP+ bits many times and have yet to blow up any of my ASP pages.?ASP+ is designed to run side-by-side with existing ASP pages. If you doubt this claim, view ASPFree.com.Since day one, I've mixed .asp and .aspx pages together with NO problems at all!
