Microsoft KB Archive/253799

= How To Connect Visual InterDev to an Existing Virtual Directory =

Article ID: 253799

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
 * Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0

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This article was previously published under Q253799



We strongly recommend that all users upgrade to Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 6.0 running on Microsoft Windows Server 2003. IIS 6.0 significantly increases Web infrastructure security. For more information about IIS security-related topics, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/IIS.mspx



IN THIS TASK
SUMMARY
 * Connect to a Virtual Directory (FrontPage 2000 Version of the Server Extensions)
 * Connect to a Virtual Directory (Other Version of the Server Extensions)

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SUMMARY
This article explains how to create a Microsoft Visual InterDev project that connects to an existing virtual directory. The Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions must be installed in the existing virtual directory. By using the FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions, you can connect to subwebs where the content is saved both inside and outside the Web server home directory (for example, C:\Inetpub\Wwwroot).

NOTE: Earlier versions of the FrontPage Server Extensions require that you save the Web site content in the Web server home directory.

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Connect to a Virtual Directory (FrontPage 2000 Version of the Server Extensions)
If you are using the FrontPage 2000 version of the Server Extensions, follow these steps to connect to an existing virtual directory:
 * 1) Open the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) or the Internet Service Manager (ISM), and then right-click Virtual Directory. On the All Tasks menu, click Configure Server Extensions.
 * 2) Click Next to start the New Subweb Wizard.
 * 3) Select a title for your subweb, and then click Next. (This is the name of the existing subweb that appears in the drop-down list in step 9.)
 * 4) Select the type of access control that you want to use, and then click Next.
 * 5) Click Finish to complete the configuration of the extensions.
 * 6) Open Visual InterDev 6.0, and then click New Project on the File menu.
 * 7) In the New Project dialog box, specify the name of your project, and then click Open. This starts the Web Project Wizard.
 * 8) In step 1 of the Web Project Wizard, specify the server name, and then click Next.
 * 9) In step 2 of the Web Project Wizard, click to select the Connect to an existing Web application option, click to select the subweb that you created, and then click Finish.

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Connect to a Virtual Directory (Other Version of the Server Extensions)
If you are not using the FrontPage 2000 version of the Server Extensions, follow these steps to connect to an existing virtual directory:
 * 1) Open Visual InterDev 6.0, and then click New Project on the File menu.
 * 2) In the New Project dialog box, specify the name of your project, and then click Open. This starts the Web Project Wizard.
 * 3) In step 1 of the Web Project Wizard, specify the server name, and then click Next.
 * 4) In step 2 of the Web Project Wizard, specify the name of your virtual directory, and then click Finish. The name of the virtual directory is located in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) or the Internet Service Manager (ISM).

The Web project is created and populated with the existing content of the virtual directory.

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