Article ID	2445
Article Title	HOWTO: Enable ASP Script Error Messages
Article URL	http://www.dataaccess.com/kbasepublic/kbprint.asp?ArticleID=2445
KBase Category	Web Apps
Date Created	02/01/2010
Last Edit Date	09/08/2011

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When IIS has been installed properly, there is one other configuration that we recommend enabling for development purposes. In order for IIS to send back ASP script error messages to your browser, so that you can diagnose ASP script errors in your Web Application, you must specifically enable this option. Without this option selected, you will not see ASP script errors in your browser, instead you'll see a generic error message such as "An error occurred on the server when processing the URL. Please contact the system administrator."

1) Right-click the Computer icon on your desktop (or in the Start menu), and select Manage. This will bring up the Computer Management Console.

2) In Computer Management Console, open up the branch Services and Applications and select Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager. Then scroll down until you see the IIS group, and double-click the ASP icon (or right-click and select Open Feature).

3) In the configuration page for ASP, open up the branch Debugging Properties, and change Send Errors To Browser to the value True.

4) Select Apply Changes to save the changes.

Tip: If you're using Internet Explorer and you still do not see ASP Script errors in your browser. In Internet Explorer, select Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced, and then uncheck Show friendly HTTP error messages, and click OK. You then need to restart your browser and you should be able to see ASP script errors.

Note: You may need to reboot before trying to install Visual DataFlex after making any of the changes listed.


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