Configuring IIS for Laserfiche 7 Web Products.

January 22, 2007 | KB: 1011714
Agenda Manager 7.2, Web Access 7,WebLink 7

Summary

IIS 7.0 is not installed in a default installation of Windows Vista. In addition, after you have installed IIS 7.0, the default configuration will not properly host any Laserfiche web products. Several features required by the Laserfiche web products are not enabled in a default installation. You should perform the following steps prior to installing your Laserfiche web product.

  • Enable IIS 6 configuration compatibility
  • Enable ASP or ASP.NET support

After installing your Laserfiche web product you must also perform one of the following:

  • Agenda Manager or Web Access: Create an ASP handler mapping
  • WebLink: Configure WebLink to run in an ASP.NET 1.1 application pool.

More Information

To install IIS 7.0 on Windows Vista

  1. Click Start and then click Control Panel.
  2. Click Programs.
  3. Click Programs and Features.
  4. Click Turn Windows features on or off.
  5. In the Windows Features dialog box, select the Internet Information Services item.
  6. Click OK.

To enable IIS 6 configuration compatibility

  1. Click Start and then click Control Panel.
  2. Click Programs.
  3. Click Programs and Features.
  4. Click Turn Windows features on or off.
  5. Expand the Internet Information Services item.
  6. Expand the Web Management Tools item.
  7. Expand the IIS 6 Management Compatibility item.
  8. Select the IIS Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility option.
  9. Click OK.

To enable ASP and/or ASP.NET support

  1. Click Start and then click Control Panel.
  2. Click Programs.
  3. Click Programs and Features.
  4. Click Turn Windows features on or off.
  5. Expand the Internet Information Services item.
  6. Expand the World Wide Web Services item.
  7. Expand the Application Development Features item.
  8. Select the ASP option or the ASP.NET option.

To create an ASP handler mapping

  1. Click Start. In the Start Search box, type "inetmgr" and press ENTER to open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
  2. Expand the Default Web Site and select AMServer (for Agenda Manager) or Laserfiche (for Web Access).
  3. In the Features View, under the IIS section, double-click Handler Mappings.
  4. On the Handler Mappings page, on the right side of the page, click Add Script Map.
  5. In the Request path option, type the following:

    *.asp

  6. In the Executable option, type the following:

    C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\asp.dll

  7. In the Name option, specify a name for the handler.
  8. Click OK.

To create a .NET Framework 1.1 application pool

  1. Click Start. In the Start Search box, type "inetmgr" and press ENTER to open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
  2. Expand your web server node and select Application Pools.
  3. In the Actions pane, click Add Application Pool.
  4. On the Add Application Pool dialog, type a name for the new application pool. For example, you can use "ASP.NET 1.1" as the new name.
  5. From the .NET Framework version list, select the version 1.1 option.
  6. Select the Start application pool immediately option.
  7. Click OK to save your changes.

To switch application pools for WebLink

  1. Click Start. In the Start Search box, type "inetmgr" and press ENTER to open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
  2. Expand the Default Web Site and select WebLink7.
  3. On the right side of the page, click Basic Settings.
  4. Next to the Application pool field, click Select to load the Select Application Pool dialog box.
  5. In the Application pool drop-down list, select a .NET Framework 1.1 application pool. If you followed the previous procedure in this Knowledge Base article, the option will be named, "ASP.NET 1.1."
  6. Click OK to save your change.

Related Links

Please see the following Knowledge Base article for information regarding a related issue:

1011724 An "An error occurred. Not all of the features were successfully installed." Error Occurs When Installing the ASP.NET feature in IIS 7.0.