I have two classic asp pages on my local machine that I would like to test them by bring each up in a browser from Visual Studio just to test a few links. How can I do this?
The browser which comes with VS doesn't support Classic ASP, however you can set IIS (which comes with pro versions of windows) or IISExpress (which you need to download and install, but which will work on any version of Windows) your dev server. IISExpress probably integrates better with VS.
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Which version of Visual Studio can be used to open a project which is built as ASP Web project
I have Community edition 2019 Does this support ASP projects?
I know these days no one is using ASP for building web apps The purpose is to maintain an existing ASP solution for a couple of more months 9If any bug fix requests from the client comes ) and start to build a new project using the latest version of Microsoft technologies
Visual Studio
Most versions of Visual Studio support editing Classic ASP code, couple of things to keep in mind though.
Frontpage Server Extensions is no longer supported, the best approach is to use a mapped drive or better yet store the code in source control (Git, SVN etc.) and work with the code locally (can bind to a local instance of IIS).
The IDE can be quite cumbersome for working with Classic ASP as it's designed for more modern technologies.
It also has sophisticated debugging through the IDE via the "Attach to process" which will work with Classic ASP running in IIS as long as the web application has been configured correctly for debugging. See How do you debug classic ASP?.
Visual Studio Code
Another option is Visual Studio Code which is a free IDE built on the principle of open source projects for cross-platform. It's becoming a popular free IDE for many developers rivalling the likes of Atom, Sublime etc.
It's lightweight and extensible through extensions, there are already some useful extensions for Classic ASP including this one;
Name: Classic ASP Syntaxes and Snippets
Description: Classic ASP Language Support and Snippets from tmBundle
Publisher: Jintae Joo
It also has built-in support for popular source control solutions like Git and more powerful available through the extension marketplace that is built into the IDE. If you do use Git would recommend installing the GitLens extension.
Every version of visual studio since I started with 2010 (was there something before it?) handles Classic ASP just fine. I'm on VS2019 right now.
I even have a project which is a combo Classic ASP, Webform, and MVC all in one project, with some session sharing, and I routinely code and debug in all. The only limitation is that when you debug, you have to choose whether you're debugging Managed code or "script".
With each I "attach to process" and choose which code I want to debug. Classic ASP debugging is fantastic, and I can't believe more people don't do it. I see basic questions on here which would easily be fixed with standard debugging techniques (settings breakpoints, evaluating variables).
The ONLY thing which isn't supported is code formatting inside <% %> blocks. If I ever get some time maybe I'll make an addon for it.
I have an ASP Classic / VBScript project that I want to run with IIS Express when pressing the Run or Debug buttons in Rider, as one can when using Visual Studio. Is this possible?
To the best of my knowledge, Classic ASP needs IIS to run. IIS Express (cassini) does not support classic ASP. You can map a website or website's folder to a directory and open that in JetBrains for editing and testing. That is how Dreamweaver and other Classic ASP editing tools used to work back in the day and you can probably use visual studio code for that today.
Also, if you have not already done so, please check out This Link
I already have IIS installed on my localhost.
I just use sublime text editor to create my website.
But now i have problem in debugging the vb code. So I decided to install Visual Studio Express.
So, can I install the Visual Studio Express without conflicting the existing website?
Yes you can.
Visual Studio uses IIS Express, that works on random ports different from standard ones (80 etc)
So youll'not have problem with existing IIS websites.
We are using Visual Studio 2008 on IIS 7, and on some machines we are having trouble getting Visual Studio to recognize our website as an IIS website. On most machines it is configured properly, displaying and running under http://localhost/websitename. But on a couple of machines - using the same solution file - it loads it as a directory/asp.net site: in VS it appears as c:...\foldername, and when running it, it comes up as http://localhost:randomportnumber/websitename.
We tried removing and then re-adding the site through the File-> Open Website-> Local IIS, but when we select the site it automatically changes it to a asp.net site.
Thanks in advance.
In the properties of the project, you can specify whether or not to use IIS or the built-in ASP.NET server.
When you debug a website and you see the odd port number after local, you are running the visual studio web server Cassini and not through IIS.
You can configure this when you go to property settings on your website.
How do other people debug HTTPS sites from Visual Studio 2008? This link seems to indicate that Visual Studio's built in web server does not support HTTPS, but there must be some way to debug these sites, right? If not the integrated server, can IIS7 be set as the debugging web server?
Yes, you may set IIS as the debugging server by clicking Properties on the project, (waiting patiently while it slowly loads), then go to the Web tab and choose Use IIS Web server instead of Use Visual Studio Development Server.
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More generally, to answer the question, I typically just disable SSL while debugging. It's rare that I need to test how I'm dealing with things via SSL, and depending on how I'm creating the SSL links, it can be modified pretty simply, with an #if DEBUG.
This article Using Visual Studio 2008 with IIS 7.0, gives an overview of using Visual Studio 2008 Web development features with IIS 7.