Microsoft KB Archive/832997

= You receive an HTTP 500 error message when you use Authoring Connector to create a posting =

Article ID: 832997

Article Last Modified on 2/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Content Management Server 2002
 * Microsoft Content Management Server 2002

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SYMPTOMS
When you use the Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS) 2002 Authoring Connector to create a posting, and MCMS 2002 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 are installed on the computer, the following HTTP 500 error occurs in the Page Submission step of the wizard:

Navigation Error

Navigation to

'http://localhost/mcms/cms/OfficeWizard/oc.aspx?NRMODE=Update&txtFileName=Document1&txtDocTitle=&txtDocuments=&txtCmsPostingGUID=&txtMode=1&txtTimeZoneOffset=420&txtOfficeUILanguage=1033

&txtUserDefaultLCID=1033' returned error 500: Internal Server error.



CAUSE
By default, the .NET Framework uses a new feature for the validateRequest attribute on the Microsoft ASP.NET page level to help protect the ASP.NET application from malicious input from browsers. In the Web.config file for an ASP.NET Web project, the validateRequest attribute is set to True. MCMS Authoring Connector generates an exception when you try to submit the page that you created in Authoring Connector to the Internet Information Services (IIS) Web server.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, follow these steps to modify the validateRequest attribute:  Open the Web.config file. The Web.config file is located in the following directory:

/Program Files/Microsoft Content Management Server/Server/IIS_CMS/OfficeWizard

  In the Web.config file, add the following attribute between the  attribute and the  attribute:  



STATUS
This behavior is by design.

