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Valaire -> Windows 2003 + Frontpage 2002 = FP-based scripts all down! (6/13/2003 12:54:43)

Hi, I' m copying over two posts I made on the ASP board to here to see if I can get any hep:

Hi, my webhost just upgraded my website to Windows 2003 and now ASP frontpage-based webpages will not work and report an error.

An example of this can be found at:

http://www.apxonline.com/window/distresults.asp?Name=B.J.%20Wolfe

Same type of error can be found on my ASP subdomain script:

http://database.apxonline.com

It' s been a couple days and I' ve found only one other post on this website dealing with a problem with Windows 2003. All of my FP-based ASP scripts -no longer- work due to this parent path error, and sometimes mappath error. The spooky login no longer works either.

My webhost is completely confused and had no idea there would be a problem with 2003 and Frontpage, as it seems I am the guinea pig.

Does -anyone- here have Windows 2003 Server with Frontpage, and do your DRW pages and other ASP scripts work?

Any help would be appreciated, as I decide what my options are from this point.

Chad



abbeyvet -> RE: Windows 2003 + Frontpage 2002 = FP-based scripts all down! (6/13/2003 13:02:08)

on' t know if it will help but this issue came up before and trouble indeed is what it was:

See this thread



Gil -> RE: Windows 2003 + Frontpage 2002 = FP-based scripts all down! (6/13/2003 13:19:21)

Rule 1 for most IT people who have been thru a MS new release - Never install a new MS release until the 3rd service pack is released and then ONLY in a test environment



Valaire -> RE: Windows 2003 + Frontpage 2002 = FP-based scripts all down! (6/13/2003 13:28:33)

Thanks, I have already forwarded that post to my webhost and their tech support is looking at it today hopefully.

As for the upgrade, I was caught unawares as they are rolling out Windows 2003 servers from this point and I wanted the IMail 8.0 features... I did my homework though and couldn' t find any info regarding problems with Frontpage.... probably cause like you said, it' s just too new.

It' s a shame too cause my boss just walked in exclaiming how much he likes the new anti-spam features of Imail 8.0.... (sigh)

- Chad



Gil -> RE: Windows 2003 + Frontpage 2002 = FP-based scripts all down! (6/13/2003 13:57:35)

Chad, FYI - Imail8 runs beautifly on a W2K server :-)



Valaire -> RE: Windows 2003 + Frontpage 2002 = FP-based scripts all down! (6/13/2003 14:28:02)

Really? Doh. My webhost wants IMail on Windows 2003, but she' s talking to her boss.

- Chad



Valaire -> RE: Windows 2003 + Frontpage 2002 = FP-based scripts all down! (6/13/2003 14:51:33)

Licensing fees disallow me from getting Imail 8.0 on Win2k...and now things are looking grim for my frontpage website while its hosted on Win2k3. :(



Valaire -> RE: Windows 2003 + Frontpage 2002 = FP-based scripts all down! (6/13/2003 14:53:50)

The basic problem is that 2003 is preventing my pages from accessing the Frontpage includes files in rootdirectory/_fpclass/.... the webbot makes a relative path to the directory on the fly, using ../_fpclass/
but Win2k3 will not allow it to use .. to indicate parent directory. I don' t know why but it won' t let you use relative locations, I can' t try an absolute location, because as far as I know, I can' t get the webbot to write anything different than it was originally intended.



Gil -> RE: Windows 2003 + Frontpage 2002 = FP-based scripts all down! (6/13/2003 15:09:22)

quote:

but Win2k3 will not allow it to use ..


Sounds like an attempt to make 2003 a little more secure :-)

I would have the host roll back to 2K...
I don' t understand " Licensing fees disallow me from getting Imail 8.0 on Win2k" , but it' s been a while since I' ve dealt w/ Ipswitch. Iknow two companies running 8.0 on W2K, I' ll ask...



Valaire -> RE: Windows 2003 + Frontpage 2002 = FP-based scripts all down! (6/13/2003 15:27:19)

My webhost said they don' t have a license for W2k servers, as they planned on rolling 8.0 out in conjunction with W2k3 servers.

As for the absoltue paths, yes sounds like security. I' m trying to get around the webbot in notepad to write the hard path of the includes but am actually still producing errors.

- Chad

Example of error:

http://www.apxonline.com/window/distributors.asp (Click on any in list)



Gil -> RE: Windows 2003 + Frontpage 2002 = FP-based scripts all down! (6/13/2003 15:51:21)

quote:

My webhost said they don' t have a license for W2k servers, as they planned on rolling 8.0 out in conjunction with W2k3 servers.


Ahh, I see. Well, not really :-) I don' t understand why someone would implement a new OS without throughly testing it, but.....

Good luck...
Sorry I couldn' t help



Valaire -> RE: Windows 2003 + Frontpage 2002 = FP-based scripts all down! (6/13/2003 16:00:42)

Yeah, no kidding, I kind of put them up against a wall, at the moment. Overall they are a really good web host.

- Chad



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