The system.web section is for configuring IIS 6.0, while the system.webserver version is used to configure IIS 7.0. IIS 7.0 includes a new ASP.NET pipeline and some configuration differences, hence the extra config sections. 

However... 

If you&#39;re running IIS 7.0 in integrated mode only, you shouldn&#39;t need to add the handlers to both sections. Adding it to system.web as well is a fallback for IIS 7.0 operating in classic mode, unless I&#39;m mistaken. I&#39;ve not done extensive testing on this.

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb763179.aspx for more information.

The former is for Classic Mode.

The latter is for Integrated Pipeline Mode (available in IIS7+).

How can I execute a terminal command (like `grep`) from my Objective-C Cocoa application?

Execute a terminal command from a Cocoa app

I&#39;m porting a relatively simple console program written for Unix to the Windows platform ([Visual C++ 8.0][1]). All the source files include &quot;unistd.h&quot;, which doesn&#39;t exist.  Removing it, I get complaints about misssing prototypes for &#39;srandom&#39;, &#39;random&#39;, and &#39;getopt&#39;.
I know I can replace the random functions, and I&#39;m pretty sure I can find/hack-up a getopt implementation.  

But I&#39;m sure others have run into the same challenge. 
My question is: is there a port of &quot;unistd.h&quot; to Windows? At least one containg those functions which do have a native Windows implementation - I don&#39;t need pipes or forking.

**EDIT**:

I know I can create my very own &quot;unistd.h&quot; which contains replacements for the things I need - especially in this case, since it is a limited set. But since it seems like a common problem, I was wondering if someone had done the work already for a bigger subset of the functionality.
  
Switching to a different compiler or environment isn&#39;t possible at work - I&#39;m stuck with Visual Studio.

  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_C++#32-bit_versions


Is there a replacement for unistd.h for Windows (Visual C)?

Every time I have to add a handler or module for ASP.NET with IIS7, the instructions always tell me to incorporate it into two sections: `system.web` and `system.webserver`.
   
    &lt;system.web&gt;
        &lt;httpHandlers&gt;
        &lt;/httpHandlers&gt;
        &lt;httpModules&gt;
        &lt;/httpModules&gt;
    &lt;/system.web&gt;

And this:

    &lt;system.webServer&gt;
        &lt;modules&gt;
        &lt;/modules&gt;
        &lt;handlers&gt;
        &lt;/handlers&gt;
    &lt;/system.webServer&gt;

What is the difference between these two sections?

In addition, if I don&#39;t add it to the `system.web` section, my Visual Studio 2008 debugger also doesn&#39;t work correctly.

Difference between &lt;system.web&gt; and &lt;system.webServer&gt;?

Every time I have to add a handler or module for ASP.NET with IIS7, the instructions always tell me to incorporate it into two sections: <code>system.web</code> and <code>system.webserver</code>.
<pre><code class="hljs language-php-template">&#x3C;system.web>
 &#x3C;httpHandlers>
 &#x3C;/httpHandlers>
 &#x3C;httpModules>
 &#x3C;/httpModules>
&#x3C;/system.web>
</code></pre>
And this:
<pre><code class="hljs language-php-template">&#x3C;system.webServer>
 &#x3C;modules>
 &#x3C;/modules>
 &#x3C;handlers>
 &#x3C;/handlers>
&#x3C;/system.webServer>
</code></pre>
What is the difference between these two sections?
In addition, if I don't add it to the <code>system.web</code> section, my Visual Studio 2008 debugger also doesn't work correctly.

I was just wondering how I could *automatically* increment the build (and version?) of my files using Visual Studio (2005). 

If I look up the properties of say `C:\Windows\notepad.exe`, the Version tab gives &quot;File version: 5.1.2600.2180&quot;. I would like to get these cool numbers in the version of my dll&#39;s too, not version 1.0.0.0, which let&#39;s face it is a bit dull.

I tried a few things, but it doesn&#39;t seem to be out-of-box functionality, or maybe I&#39;m just looking in the wrong place (as usual).

I work with mainly web projects....

I looked at both:

 1. [http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dotnet/Auto_Increment_Version.aspx][1]
 2. [http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dotnet/build_versioning.aspx][2]

and I couldn&#39;t believe it so much effort to do something is standard practice.


  [1]: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dotnet/Auto_Increment_Version.aspx
  [2]: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dotnet/build_versioning.aspx

EDIT:
**It does not work in VS2005 as far I can tell (http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dotnet/AutoIncrementVersion.aspx)**

Can I automatically increment the file build version when using Visual Studio?

How do I Deserialize this XML document:

    &lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;utf-8&quot;?&gt;
    &lt;Cars&gt;
      &lt;Car&gt;
        &lt;StockNumber&gt;1020&lt;/StockNumber&gt;
        &lt;Make&gt;Nissan&lt;/Make&gt;
        &lt;Model&gt;Sentra&lt;/Model&gt;
      &lt;/Car&gt;
      &lt;Car&gt;
        &lt;StockNumber&gt;1010&lt;/StockNumber&gt;
        &lt;Make&gt;Toyota&lt;/Make&gt;
        &lt;Model&gt;Corolla&lt;/Model&gt;
      &lt;/Car&gt;
      &lt;Car&gt;
        &lt;StockNumber&gt;1111&lt;/StockNumber&gt;
        &lt;Make&gt;Honda&lt;/Make&gt;
        &lt;Model&gt;Accord&lt;/Model&gt;
      &lt;/Car&gt;
    &lt;/Cars&gt;

I have this:

    [Serializable()]
    public class Car
    {
        [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(&quot;StockNumber&quot;)]
        public string StockNumber{ get; set; }

        [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(&quot;Make&quot;)]
        public string Make{ get; set; }

        [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(&quot;Model&quot;)]
        public string Model{ get; set; }
    }

.

    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute(&quot;Cars&quot;, Namespace = &quot;&quot;, IsNullable = false)]
    public class Cars
    {
        [XmlArrayItem(typeof(Car))]
        public Car[] Car { get; set; }

    }


.

    public class CarSerializer
    {
        public Cars Deserialize()
        {
            Cars[] cars = null;
            string path = HttpContext.Current.ApplicationInstance.Server.MapPath(&quot;~/App_Data/&quot;) + &quot;cars.xml&quot;;

            XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Cars[]));

            StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(path);
            reader.ReadToEnd();
            cars = (Cars[])serializer.Deserialize(reader);
            reader.Close();

            return cars;
        }
    }

that don&#39;t seem to work :-(




How to Deserialize XML document

I keep on hearing this words &#39;**callback**&#39; and &#39;**postback**&#39; tossed around.  
What is the difference between two ? 

Is postback very specific to the ASP.NET pages ?


  

Difference between a Postback and a Callback

This question is a result of what i noticed while trying to answer [another question][1]. And now im curious to know why `&lt;asp:TextBox runat=&quot;server&quot; Visible=&quot;&lt;%= true %&gt;&quot; /&gt;` leads to a compile error, and not to a visible TextBox as i would have expected.

From what i have discovered so far, the `&lt;%= %&gt;` expressions are not translated to literal controls as i have always thought. But instead it is evaluated and written directly to the HtmlTextWriter when the page is rendered. But apparently the parser (I&#39;m unsure that is the correct term for the part that is translating ASP.NET markup to .NET code) doesn&#39;t even attempt to evaluate `&lt;%= %&gt;` expressions, when they are used as property values for server controls. It just uses it as a string. Which i guess is why I get the error message: *Cannot create an object of type &#39;System.Boolean&#39; from its string representation &#39;&lt;%= true %&gt;&#39; for the &#39;Visible&#39; property*. 

If i instead ditch the runat=&quot;server&quot; and combines the `&lt;%= %&gt;` with regular html-markup, like this:

	&lt;input type=&quot;button&quot; id=&quot;Button1&quot; visible=&#39;&lt;%= true %&gt;&#39; /&gt;

Then the parser just splits the chunk in parts before and after the expression and then writes it to the HtmlTextWriter in the render method. Something like this:

        __w.Write(&quot;&lt;input type=\&quot;button\&quot; id=\&quot;Button1\&quot; visible=&#39;&quot;);
        __w.Write(true);
        __w.Write(&quot;&#39; /&gt;&quot;);


As the last thing i noticed... When i try with `&lt;%# %&gt;` + Control.DataBind(), then i get what i would expect. It hooks up the expression to be used when the control is databound, but unlike the &lt;%= %&gt; expression, the generated code actually evaluates the content of the `&lt;%# %&gt;` expression. The parser ends up generating the following:

	[DebuggerNonUserCode]
	private Button __BuildControldataboundButton()
	{
		Button button = new Button();
		base.databoundButton = button;
		button.ApplyStyleSheetSkin(this);
        button.ID = &quot;databoundButton&quot;;
		button.DataBinding += new EventHandler(this.__DataBindingdataboundButton);
		return button;
	}

	public void __DataBindingdataboundButton(object sender, EventArgs e)
	{
		Button button = (Button) sender;
		Page bindingContainer = (Page) button.BindingContainer;
		button.Visible = true;
	}

From:
	

    &lt;asp:Button ID=&quot;databoundButton&quot; Visible=&#39;&lt;%# true %&gt;&#39; runat=&quot;server&quot; /&gt;

Notice the `button.Visible = true;` that is the result of the `&lt;%# %&gt;` expression.

So my question is.. Why is the expression in the first example just treated as a string, instead of being evaluated to &quot;true&quot;. The expressions is somewhat similar for the two other examples, and they yield the code i would have expected.

Is it just a mistake (which i doubt since it isn&#39;t a new issue with the current version of ASP.NET), or is there a good reason why we are not allowed to use `&lt;%= %&gt;` like that?


  [1]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/369736/assigning-visible-property-of-the-button-to-a-static-method-result

Why will &lt;%= %&gt; expressions as property values on a server-controls lead to a compile errors?

When running a web application project, at seemingly random times a page may fail with a CS0433 error: type exists in multiple DLL&#39;s.  The DLL&#39;s are all generated DLL&#39;s residing in the &quot;Temporary ASP.NET Files&quot; directory.

ASP.Net error: &quot;The type &#39;foo&#39; exists in both &quot;temp1.dll&quot; and &quot;temp2.dll&quot;

Having a weird problem here. Everybody knows that if you use web.config&#39;s `customErrors` section to make a custom error page, that you should set your `Response.StatusCode` to whatever is appropriate. For example, if I make a custom 404 page and name it 404.aspx, I could put `&lt;% Response.StatusCode = 404 %&gt;` in the contents in order to make it have a true 404 status header.

Follow me so far? Good. Now try to do this on IIS7. I cannot get it to work, period. If `Response.StatusCode` is set in the custom error page, IIS7 seems to override the custom error page completely, and shows its own status page (if you have one configured.)

Has anyone else seen this behavior and also maybe know how to work around it? It was working under IIS6, so I don&#39;t know why things changed.

Note: This is not the same as the issue in https://stackoverflow.com/questions/347281/asp-net-custom-404-returning-200-ok-instead-of-404-not-found

IIS7 Overrides customErrors when setting Response.StatusCode?

This is for IIS 7 on a Windows Server 2008 that is not part of an AD domain.  I would like to password protect a website, where people have to enter a username/password (a windows account for example) to view the website.  The website would then use its own authentication method (forms) to handle user accounts and decide whether or not to show member specific pages, etc. 

With IIS6, we just disabled anonymous access and enabled integrated windows authentication.  IIS7 behaves differently and when I enter the windows username/password to view the site, the site comes up fine but redirects to the login page.  Once I log in, the site behaves naturally. I need to be able to navigate the site without logging in with the website credentials.

I don&#39;t think enabling anonymous access would make sense here since I want access to the website to be password protected (popup username/password dialog when you first navigate to the url).

Any help is appreciated!

IIS7: Setup Integrated Windows Authentication like in IIS6

Per [Yahoo&#39;s best practices for high performance web sites][1], I&#39;d like to remove Etags from my headers (I&#39;m manually managing all my caching and have no need for Etags... and when/if I need to scale to a farm, I&#39;d really like them gone).  I&#39;m running IIS7 on Windows Server 2008. Anyone know how I can do this?


  [1]: http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html

How do I remove eTag headers from IIS7?

I&#39;m wondering what is the best practice for moving a website to another server (along with all settings, etc.)

* Manually recreate the site on the new server (not maintainable for obvious reasons)
* Copy the applicationHost.config settings file
* Use appcmd to make a backup and restore
* Use MSDeploy to publish the site on the new machine
* Use a 3rd party tool


Just wondering what others&#39; experiences have been.

How do you migrate an IIS 7 site to another server?

Can you advise me whether it is possible or not to assign a SSL Certificate to a website in IIS7 using the APPCMD application?

I am familiar with the command to set the HTTPS Binding

    appcmd set site /site.name:&quot;A Site&quot; /+bindings.[protocol=&#39;https&#39;,bindingInformation=&#39;*:443:www.mysite.com&#39;]

and how to obtain current mappings 

    %windir%\system32\inetsrv\Appcmd

but can not seem to find any way to map a site to a certificate (say the certificates hash for example)

How to assign a SSL Certificate to IIS7 Site from Command Prompt

I&#39;ve got a C# program with values in a config file.  What I want is to store ampersands for an url value like...

    &lt;appSettings&gt;
      &lt;add key=&quot;myurl&quot; value=&quot;http://www.myurl.com?&amp;cid=&amp;sid=&quot;/&gt;
    &lt;/appSettings&gt;

But I get errors building my site.  The ampersand is not allowed.  I&#39;ve tried various forms of escaping the ampersands to no avail.  Anyone know of the correct form to do this?  All suggestions are welcome.

How can I add an ampersand for a value in a ASP.net/C# app config file value

When developing a .NET Windows Forms Application we have the choice between those `App.config` tags to store our configuration values. Which one is better?

    &lt;configuration&gt;

      &lt;!-- Choice 1 --&gt;
      &lt;appSettings&gt;
        &lt;add key=&quot;RequestTimeoutInMilliseconds&quot; value=&quot;10000&quot;/&gt;
      &lt;/appSettings&gt;

      &lt;!-- Choice 2 --&gt;
      &lt;configSections&gt;
        &lt;sectionGroup name=&quot;applicationSettings&quot; type=&quot;System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsGroup, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c5612342342&quot; &gt;
            &lt;section name=&quot;Project1.Properties.Settings&quot; type=&quot;System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c5612342342&quot; requirePermission=&quot;false&quot; /&gt;
        &lt;/sectionGroup&gt;
      &lt;/configSections&gt;
      &lt;applicationSettings&gt;
        &lt;Project1.Properties.Settings&gt;
          &lt;setting name=&quot;TABLEA&quot; serializeAs=&quot;String&quot;&gt;
            &lt;value&gt;TABLEA&lt;/value&gt;
          &lt;/setting&gt;
        &lt;/Project1.Properties.Settings&gt;
      &lt;/applicationSettings&gt;

    &lt;/configuration&gt;


Pros and cons of AppSettings vs applicationSettings (.NET app.config / Web.config)

I have an ASP.NET MVC project containing an AdminController class and giving me URls like these:

&gt;   http://example.com/admin/AddCustomer
&gt;
&gt;    http://examle.com/Admin/ListCustomers

I want to configure the server/app so that URIs containing **/Admin** are only accessible from the 192.168.0.0/24 network (i.e. our LAN)

I&#39;d like to restrict this controller to only be accessible from certain IP addresses.

Under WebForms, /admin/ was a physical folder that I could restrict in IIS... but with MVC, of course, there&#39;s no physical folder. Is this achievable using web.config or attributes, or do I need to intercept the HTTP request to achieve this?







Restrict access to a specific controller by IP address in ASP.NET MVC Beta

Is it is possible to do something like the following in the `app.config` or `web.config` files?

    &lt;appSettings&gt;
     &lt;add key=&quot;MyBaseDir&quot; value=&quot;C:\MyBase&quot; /&gt;
     &lt;add key=&quot;Dir1&quot; value=&quot;[MyBaseDir]\Dir1&quot;/&gt;
     &lt;add key=&quot;Dir2&quot; value=&quot;[MyBaseDir]\Dir2&quot;/&gt;
    &lt;/appSettings&gt;

I then want to access Dir2 in my code by simply saying:

     ConfigurationManager.AppSettings[&quot;Dir2&quot;]

This will help me when I install my application in different servers and locations wherein I will only have to change ONE entry in my entire `app.config`.
(I know I can manage all the concatenation in code, but I prefer it this way).


Variables within app.config/web.config

We&#39;re seeing lots of virtual memory fragmentation and out of memory errors and then it hits the 3GB limit.

The compilation debug is set to true in the web.config but I get different answers from everyone i ask, does debug set to true cause each aspx to compile into random areas of ram thus fragmenting that ram and eventually causing out of memory problems?





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