Re: simulate virtual directory for each user

From: Klaus H. Probst (usenet001_at_vbbox.com)
Date: 02/03/04 

Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 20:08:26 -0700

Edit web.config and create a handler for the different URLs. You don't need
to create physical or virtual directories. The MSDN reference has examples
of how to use HttpHandler to do this. It's actually very easy. 

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"Amir Eshterayeh" <aeshterayeh@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> simulate virtual directory for each user
>
> Dear Friends
>
> Would you please give me your professional idea about this asp.net
problem.
>
> I need different virtual directory for different customer with their names
> like these:
> www.oursite.com/Jack
> www.oursite.com/Sue
> www.oursite.com/Tom
>
> I have a asp.net project. It is a website and the content of it WebPages
> comes from database.
> To give each user a virtual directory, I have 2 options:
> 1. create a virtual directory for each user and copy the asp.net project
to
> each directory
> This is not a good solution.
> 2. Copy all the files to root directory (www.oursite.com) and when users
> type
> www.ourwebsite.com/jack or www.ourwebsite.com/sue, I can figure out the
name
> (jack or sue) and get the id of the user from database and bring the
content
> of that user's web pages from database.
>
> I put the following code into Application_BeginRequest event in
Global.asax
> file:
>
>  dim sFolderName As String = Request.ApplicationPath.ToString.Trim("/")
>  dim AgentID as long =  GetAgentIdByFolderName(sFolderName) 'from the
> database
>  WriteAgentIdToCookie(AgentID)
>  Server.Transfer("AgentHomePage.aspx")
>
> After writing the agent Id to client's cookie, I redirect to agent home
page
> and at this page, I read cookie and get agent id and bring the agent info
> like its picture URL and home page info from database.
>
> The problem is: When I type : www.oursite.com/Jack
> I faced this error: page can not be found!
>
> Do you think global.asax is a good place to put this code? and also this
> code: Request.ApplicationPath ? HttpRequest or something?
> Is there a better way to get what user typed I mean the folder name that
> comes after my website.
>
> I got web hosting service from another company so I do not have any
control
> over that company's IIS. I could not found a way in its web hosting's
admin
> site to set the default page. Any page with default or index name will
come
> when I type www.oursite.com without including file name.
>
> Please help. Thank you very much in advance
>
> Best Regards
> Andy Eshtry
>
>
>
>
>

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