Article ID	2273
Article Title	HOWTO: Enable ASP for Web Application on Windows / IIS
Article URL	http://www.dataaccess.com/kbasepublic/KBPrint.asp?ArticleID=2273
KBase Category	Windows
Date Created	12/06/2006
Last Edit Date	06/13/2017

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Windows does not install classic Active Server Pages (ASP) by default when installing IIS. You need to specifically check that option when installing or configuring your IIS.

You can select additional options for your server, but you must make sure that ASP, ISAPI Extensions, and IIS Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility are all checked, as they are required options to install and use DataFlex WebApp Server.

DataFlex 19.0 and higher support running DataFlex WebApp Server in 64-bit mode. These changes remove the need to install the IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility or enable 32-bit support in the Application Pool (assuming that you are able to solely use 64-bit).

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2012:
- Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Server Manager.
- In the Server Manager hierarchy pane, expand Roles, and then click Web Server (IIS).
- In the Web Server (IIS) pane, scroll to the Role Services section, and then click Add Role Services.
- On the Select Role Services page of the Add Role Services Wizard, select ASP.
- If the Add role services required by ASP dialog box appears, click Add Required Role Services. (This page appears only if you have not already installed the ISAPI Extensions role service on your server.)
- On the Select Role Services page, click Next.
- On the Confirm Installation Selections page, click Install.
- On the Results page, click Close.

Windows 7 and Windows 10:
1. Control Panel > Programs and Features, then click 'Turn Windows Features on or off' on the left
2. Locate the option called 'Internet Information Services' and select it. This will install IIS with the default features. Note that selecting this does not display a check mark because it only selects some of the available IIS features. The default installation is a basic web server without support for advanced features such as ASP etc., so you MUST install additional IIS features required by Web Application Server.
3. Open up the branch Internet Information Services > World Wide Web Services > Application Development Features, select and make sure that the following options are checked:
   - ASP
   - ISAPI Extensions
4. Open up the branch Internet Information Services > Web Management Tools > IIS 6 Management Compatibility, select and make sure that the following option is checked:
   - IIS Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility


NEXT STEPS:
- If you are running a 64 bit version of Windows Vista or Windows 7, you also have to enable 32-bit applications in IIS. KBase article 2413 shows you how to do so.



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Contributed By:
Marcia Booth
Company: Data Access Worldwide
Web Site: http://www.dataaccess.com

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DAW Knowledge Base article 2413: HOWTO: Enabling 32 bit web applications on 64 bit operating systems

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