Re: Using Access 2000 w/FP2003 w/XP Home Edition
anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 09/28/04
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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 09:35:42 -0700
You're the best !
Thanks so much. Now I see why my hosting company spoke
of "sub-webs". Kinda like the old test/production regions
of CICS......
I liked the "you just can't test" line.....go figure.
Bob
>-----Original Message-----
>Inline.
>--
>
>~ Kathleen Anderson
>Microsoft FrontPage MVP
>Spider Web Woman Designs
>http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/resources/
>
>anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:
>> Kathleen,
>>
>> Thanks for the reply. Yes, I can create them ok under a
>> disk-based web site. When I try to use them (disk
based)
>> via my IE browser to add test data to a database, I get
>> various error messages highlited in yellow.
>
>That's because ASP pages/code need to 'served" from a
server to work.
>
>>
>> I'm an old mainframe programmer
>
>
>Me, too :-)
>
>and the thoughts of
>> moving code to servers before I'm even sure if they
work
>> seems backward to me. At least at this stage of the
>> development process. I have no formal web or FP
training.
>> Just a big reference by Paul Colligan. Seems this isn't
>> as easy as people seem to think.
>>
>> From what you said. Does the process work this way.
>>
>> I create a database with the DRW, using ASP & making it
>> disk based.
>>
>> I then need to "publish" this to a server before I can
>> play with them ?
>
>Yes, before you can preview them in your browser.
>
>>
>> Meaning I cannot do development work on my stand alone
>> PC ?
>
>
>Sure you can. You just can't test :-)
>
>Needs to be published (FTP'd) to a server that
>> supports ASP & IIS ?
>
>Yes, and hopefully you'll http publish with FrontPage
(not FTP).
>
>>
>> Also, are part of my problems trying to develop FP apps
>> under XP Home edition ?
>
>You should be able to develop FP apps under XP Home, you
just can't test
>them. What you might want to think about is having a
subweb created on your
>live site where you can publish your ASP pages to, and
you can test them in
>the subweb before you publish them to your root web. Or,
you could upgrade
>to XP Pro and install IIS.
>
>>
>> Thanks so much for your insight. All of my mainframe
>> buddies "play" with FP and Dreamweaver, but never tried
>> to develop anything other than a static web sites.
>>
>> One more question, then I'll stop bugging you.....are
>> templates all they are cracked up to be ? I'm looking
at
>> a companies template (company is AllWebCo) because the
>> graphics are alot better than I can do. Plus, they seem
>> to have alot of code done that I can tweak. Any
thoughts ?
>
>I've never used a template - I can't help you there.
>
>Kathleen
>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> Hi Bob:
>>> What kind of errors are you getting? Are you getting
errors trying
>>> to create the DRW pages or are you getting errors
when you try to
>>> Preview the pages in your browser? I am under the
impression that
>>> you can use the Database Results Wizard to create ASP
pages in a
>>> disk-based web but they won't work until you've
published them to a
>>> Windows server that supports ASP and Access.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> ~ Kathleen Anderson
>>> Microsoft FrontPage MVP
>>> Spider Web Woman Designs
>>> http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/resources/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Bob Cultrona <rcultrona@corvette-motorsports.com>
wrote:
>>>> Folks, I'm new to FP & the web world.
>>>>
>>>> I've tried using the Database Interface Wizard to
build a
>>>> database to integrate into a web page and get errors.
>>>>
>>>> I created Access databases and cannot use them with
>>>> FP2003 w/o getting various errors.
>>>>
>>>> I nosed around MS KBase and found a note that XP Home
>>>> edition does not support IIS.
>>>>
>>>> Therefore, in order to create a "disk based" web site
>>>> (during development), do I need to upgrade my PC from
>>>> Home Edition to XP Professional Edition in order to
use a
>>>> database such as Access ?
>>>>
>>>> Also, if the upgrade is needed, recently I noticed
>>>> several upgrades to XP Pro with the note (not full
>>>> version). Any idea if these would work ?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance.........I'm semi-lost and very
>>>> frustrated with this whole process so far !
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>>
>>> .
>
>.
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