Re: What is an IISWebFile?

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From: Kristofer Gafvert (kgafvert_at_NEWSilopia.com)
Date: 12/24/04 

Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 08:10:32 +0100

Hello,

Say that you have a file that you do not want to log the requests for. For
this file, you set the DontLog property to True. This property has to be
written somewhere (how else would IIS know that it shouldn't log requests?),
so this is written in the metabase.

So that is the purpose, when you want to set IIS specific properties on a
file basis. This information is written in the metabase. The file does not
look any different on the file system.

You can try it yourself if you want. In IIS Manager, right click a file and
click Properties. Then uncheck the check box for "Log Visits". This will
write this file into the metabase as a IISWebFile.

Hope this helps. 

-- 
Regards,
Kristofer Gafvert
http://www.ilopia.com
"George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:%23gmfC%23X6EHA.1300@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
I can find nothing about what it is at Microsoft's KB.
http://windows.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/server/iis/htm/asp/aore136t.htm?id=319
What's its purpose?  I have lots of files in my IIS Web Server and none of 
them have this set in the Metabase for them.
-- 
George Hester
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