Re: loading html pages in frames

From: Tom Kaminski [MVP] ((A_at_T))
Date: 01/20/05


Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:13:18 -0500


"Doug Stichler" <dstichler@prosolv.com> wrote in message
news:e07sd#o$EHA.3708@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> We have a fairly simply web app that for some reason is having problems on
> 2003 IIS 6
>
> Basically if the htm file exists in this directory we show a link on the
web
> page for the user to click on. It then loads that htm in the second frame.
> We have this working at several sites. We have named the frame and when we
> create the link we set the target to the name of the frame.
>
> Now then that link is in a virtual directory that is a subdirectory of
> another virtual directory . I added the first virtual directory to the
> default web site.( ie. To the default web a virtual directory call temp
and
> then added a virtual directory called data in temp.) When setting up the
> virutal directories I used the defaults Read and Execute Scripts and made
no
> other changes. On the actual file folders I have given Everyone and IUSR
> account full access. In WebServices extensions I have allowed Active
Server
> Pages.
>
> On the server when we click on the link we get a momentary downloading
> window like you get when the browser is downloading a file it can't handle
> itself and then it loads it in a new browser window. The address bar
doesn't
> show the actual url but shows the actual path in the temp directory(ie.
> c:\documents and settings\user\local settings\temp....)
>
> So it does download the file. I have found that even if I copy the
shortcut
> and paste it in the address bar I get the same behaviour. It momentarily
> shows the file download and then launches it from the temp cache. So I get
> the same the same kind of behaviour so I don't think it has anything to do
> with the link.
>
> On any other computer when I click on the link nothing happens. I've even
> checked the web server logging files. No request is ever sent to the
server
> if its not initiated on the server. If I copy the shortcut to the address
> bar, the html file loads correctly in the same window.
>
> Now I've also just tried putting an html file in the temp folder and
trying
> to load it but I get the same behaviour as trying to load from the
> temp->data virtual folder. The html file does load if put in wwwroot.
>
> Now for the weirdest part of this. Say I decide to create a new virtual
> directory off the default web and will just say I call it dummy and then I
> add a data virtual folder to it. These virtual folders point to the same
> folders the others did. Sometimes the html page will load correctly on the
> server with the link. It won't work on any other computers though only the
> server. Now another catch if I try to load a different htm file out of the
> folder it displays the momentary download and displays the html file in a
> new browser window. Now I thought this might be a problem with the temp
> cache so I closed out of IE. the opened it back up and deleted all the
temp
> inet files. I can still load the original html file in the browser like it
> should but the second file still has to download and launch a second
> browser.
>
> I'm not sure if this is some sort of user rights problem or setup of the
> webserver.
>
> I've removed the default website, restarted IIS, rebooted the machine,
> reentered everything. I am doing the same thing on another 2003 server and
> it works like it should.
>
> I'm at a loss as to what to do next...hopefully this is something that
> someone has fixed before.

Check the browser HTML source for the URL's you're using, sounds like it
might be a local file ref like C:\folder\... instead of an
http://server/folder/ ...



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