APPENDIX D

Setup for Sample 

D

ASP.NET Site

Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 comes with sample ASP.NET pages to let you 

build a small web application. This chapter describes one way to set up the 

sample application.

This chapter applies to ASP.NET developers. For information on ASP, see 

 Setup for Sample ASP Site  on page 269

.

Setting up a web application is a three step process. First, configure your 

system. Second, define a Dreamweaver site. Third, connect the application 

to your database. This setup chapter follows this three step process. 

This chapter contains the following sections:

Setup checklists for ASP.NET developers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  255

Configuring your system (ASP.NET) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  256

Defining a Dreamweaver site (ASP.NET). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  260

Connecting to the sample database (ASP.NET)  . . . . . . . . . . . .  265

Setup checklists for ASP.NET 

developers

To set up a web application, you must configure your system, define a 

Dreamweaver site, and connect to a database. This section provides 

checklists for each task. The tasks are described in more detail in the rest of 

the chapter.

Configure your system:

1.

Make sure you have a web server.

2.

Install the Microsoft .NET Framework.

3.

Create a root folder. 

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