APPENDIX E

Setup for Sample ASP 

E

Site

Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 comes with sample Microsoft Active Server 

Pages (ASP) web pages to let you build a small web application. This 

chapter describes how to set up the sample application using Microsoft 

Internet Information Server (IIS). For more information on this web 

server, see 

 Installing a Web Server  on page 231

.

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

see 

 Setup for Sample ASP.NET Site  on page 255

.

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 developers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  269

Configuring your system (ASP)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270

Defining a Dreamweaver site (ASP)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275 

Connecting to the sample database (ASP)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  280

Setup checklists for ASP 

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.

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