Back to .NET

After a gap of 3 years, I am again back to dotNET. The company for which I ma consulting now, have a small requirement to do a small project in dotNET 2.0. My manager asked me if I am interested....and thats it.

I downloaded the Microsoft Visual C# 2005 & Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2005. .Net 2.0 has some good features such as the partial class, and the web builder has got some kind of template built in with it, which really eases the coding time. Well Done Microsoft. But the C# studio has a bit more to mature. Earlier days, when somebody moves into java from vc++,VB, it was a pain in the ***. But now it has turned the other way round. Somebody who was using Eclipse till yesterday and today on seeing the VC#, feels pity.

After installing IIS, I thought I am done, and updated my taklist as "Environment setup completed". Suddenly, like a thunderstorm in the summer, I got this error below :

The XML page cannot be displayed
Cannot view XML input using XSL style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later.


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A name was started with an invalid character. Error processing resource 'http://localhost/pages/Default.aspx'. Line 1, Pos...

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
-^

I didnt have any clue of this error, until I knew that, in the IIS properties, we had to set the ASP.NET version. It is/was blank by default.

MyComputer-RightClick->Manage->Services and pplications ->IIS->Default Website->-Properties->ASP.NET(TAB)->ASP.NET version

There you go. Restart IIS.

Here comes hailstorm, the next error, when I tried to access.


Failed to access IIS metabase.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironmentException: Failed to access IIS metabase.

The process account used to run ASP.NET must have read access to the IIS metabase (e.g. IIS://servername/W3SVC). For information on modifying metabase permissions, please see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=267904.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:

[HostingEnvironmentException: Failed to access IIS metabase.]
System.Web.Configuration.MetabaseServerConfig.MapPathCaching(String siteID, VirtualPath path) +3609834
System.Web.Configuration.MetabaseServerConfig.System.Web.Configuration.IConfigMapPath2.MapPath(String siteID, VirtualPath vpath) +9
System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.MapPathActual(VirtualPath virtualPath, Boolean permitNull) +169
System.Web.CachedPathData.GetConfigPathData(String configPath) +382
System.Web.CachedPathData.GetConfigPathData(String configPath) +243
System.Web.CachedPathData.GetApplicationPathData() +68
System.Web.CachedPathData.GetVirtualPathData(VirtualPath virtualPath, Boolean permitPathsOutsideApp) +3503459
System.Web.Configuration.RuntimeConfig.GetLKGRuntimeConfig(VirtualPath path) +189


On Successfull googly, MSDN guided me to reinstall dotNET framework :( . No Way, I don't want my manager to be behind the bars, after killing me....Blistering barnacles and thundering typhoons. I finally got the solution.

Issue:
The IIS was installed after .NET framework was installed. SO the IIS should be regestered for ASP.NET application unless, and for security rights.

Solution:

C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727>aspnet_regiis.exe -i
Where "i" is Install this version of ASP.NET and update scriptmaps at the
IIS metabase root and for all scriptmaps below the
root. Existing scriptmaps of lower version are upgraded to this version.

Bingo!!!! I am back to dotNET. Pause J2ee for a while :)