IIS version

[Andy]

I just started playing with ASP.NET and I created a web form with a "Web Forms"
control DropDownList. If I compile this and view the web page the DropDownList
is not shown. If I insert a default value in the DropDownList at design time,
the value shows up as just text at the top left corner of the form, not looking
like a drop-down or in the position I in fact chose for the drop-down. It
looks to me like the server doesn't know what to do with the <asp:DropDownList>
tag.

I suspect I might not be running the correct version of IIS (5.0?). I'm running
IIS on my workstation which is Win 2000 Professional. I installed IIS off
the Win 2000 Professional CD. In Microsoft's ever so great wisdom, it's purty
hard to find the version number of IIS anywhere. I eventually found if I
select properties on the "Default Web Server" in Internet Services Manager
in the Control Panel and select the "Server Extensions" tab, there's a "(version
4.0.2.4426)" at the bottom of the dialog. I'm not sure if this indicates
the version of the Server Extensions or IIS or what, but it worries me enough
to have bothered writing this message...

Anyone else had this problem? Anyone know how to verify the version of IIS?

Thanks,

[Michael Q. Gautier]

Run regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\InetStp

or do a registry search for "IIS5 RTM" (takes a few minutes).

The server extensions you mentioned (4.0 something) are indicative of Frontpage
2000 server extensions which are installed if you check full install on iis.
The server extensions just extend the functionality of the server but is
not a part of the server version.


"Andy" <something@something.com> wrote:
>
>I just started playing with ASP.NET and I created a web form with a "Web
Forms"
>control DropDownList. If I compile this and view the web page the DropDownList
>is not shown. If I insert a default value in the DropDownList at design
time,
>the value shows up as just text at the top left corner of the form, not
looking
>like a drop-down or in the position I in fact chose for the drop-down. It
>looks to me like the server doesn't know what to do with the <asp:DropDownList>
>tag.
>
>I suspect I might not be running the correct version of IIS (5.0?). I'm
running
>IIS on my workstation which is Win 2000 Professional. I installed IIS off
>the Win 2000 Professional CD. In Microsoft's ever so great wisdom, it's
purty
>hard to find the version number of IIS anywhere. I eventually found if I
>select properties on the "Default Web Server" in Internet Services Manager
>in the Control Panel and select the "Server Extensions" tab, there's a "(version
>4.0.2.4426)" at the bottom of the dialog. I'm not sure if this indicates
>the version of the Server Extensions or IIS or what, but it worries me enough
>to have bothered writing this message...
>
>Anyone else had this problem? Anyone know how to verify the version of IIS?
>
>Thanks,

[Ian Drake]

Andy,

if you look at the source of the html page the aspx page is generating you
will notice the text displaying on the seen is surrounded by tags for the
asp controls. The browser won't display the <asp:whatever> tags becuase
it throughs them away as mal-formed html tags.

The aspz page is not processing the <asp:whatever> tags becuse the "runat"
property is not set to server... it should read...

<asp:whatever runat=server>

Now the server knows to process it.

Good Luck,
Ian Drake
ian@dotnetnut.com


"Andy" <something@something.com> wrote:
>
>I just started playing with ASP.NET and I created a web form with a "Web
Forms"
>control DropDownList. If I compile this and view the web page the DropDownList
>is not shown. If I insert a default value in the DropDownList at design
time,
>the value shows up as just text at the top left corner of the form, not
looking
>like a drop-down or in the position I in fact chose for the drop-down. It
>looks to me like the server doesn't know what to do with the <asp:DropDownList>
>tag.
>
>I suspect I might not be running the correct version of IIS (5.0?). I'm
running
>IIS on my workstation which is Win 2000 Professional. I installed IIS off
>the Win 2000 Professional CD. In Microsoft's ever so great wisdom, it's
purty
>hard to find the version number of IIS anywhere. I eventually found if I
>select properties on the "Default Web Server" in Internet Services Manager
>in the Control Panel and select the "Server Extensions" tab, there's a "(version
>4.0.2.4426)" at the bottom of the dialog. I'm not sure if this indicates
>the version of the Server Extensions or IIS or what, but it worries me enough
>to have bothered writing this message...
>
>Anyone else had this problem? Anyone know how to verify the version of IIS?
>
>Thanks,