For a web application I am using ASP.NET C# (OS- Windows7, .NET 4) and the task has done. But I don't know how to run it locally in Windows7 as well as in Server 2008(.NET 4 and IIS installed in server 2008). And I have to run it in both the platfrom. So any help please. Thanks a lot.
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what kind of asp.net application is it? That is ASP.NET website project or asp.net web application project? – Shiv Kumar Mar 04 '11 at 07:32
2 Answers
If you have IIS 7 installed on your Win 7 machine, then:
- Open you project in VS.NET
- Right click on your project's node in solution explorer and choose "Properties"
- Switch to the "Web" tab.
- Select the radio "Use Local IIS web server"
- Click the "Create Virtual Directory" button
That takes care of getting your application to run using IIS. You can also develop/debug ASP.NET applications like this.
As regards, deploying your ASP.NET application, after making sure all pre-requisites are installed. You'll need to use IIS Manager to create a website and associate that website to an application pool.

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At first you need .NET 4 Framework on the local computer and you have to add the IIS functionality from Windows 7 corresponding add/remove software (activate functions). I presume you have Windows 7 Pro, because the home / basic edition aren't supporting server / development task like those.
If this tasks already is done, i think you just have to put your files into the iis (standard) inetpub folder (c:\inetpub\wwwroot). You can configure IIS in Windows 7 on mostly the same way as in Windows Server 2008.
Because it appears that you aren't a user of Visual Studio I would also recommend trying Visual Web Developer Express or WebMatrix. Both of those ships with an internal webserver that starts/stops themself while debugging the web application.

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