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HOWTO: Set up a Visual FoxPro Internet Server
This article was previously published under Q165775
Below are some considerations that need to be addressed before you create a
Web page with Visual FoxPro.
On Windows NT 4.0, check to see if there is a subdirectory called \InetPub.
This folder and its subfolders are necessary if you are setting up the
Windows NT Server as a Web server. If this folder is not present, run
Windows NT CD. This folder should be present if you elected to install
Internet Server capabilities when you installed Windows NT.
- Setup the Internet Server Manager. You can find it by clicking Start
on the Windows NT task bar, selecting Programs, selecting
Microsoft Internet Server (Common), and finally selecting Internet
Server Manager.
- The dialog box that appears shows that three Services are running: WWW,
Gopher, and FTP. Right-click WWW and click "Service Properties."
- On the WWW Service Properties dialog box, click the Directories tab and
highlight \inetpub\wwwroot. Click Edit Properties. The Directory
Properties dialog box appears. Make sure that both the Read and Execute
check boxes are selected. Read is checked by default, but Execute may
not be checked. You may change the directory here, but it is recommended
that you leave \inetpub\wwwroot as the directory when starting out.
NOTE: Information on changing this directory is located in the Product
Documentation HTML file.
- The \inetpub\wwwroot directory contains the default.htm file. Test the
Internet connection to your server by typing //servername/default.htm
from Internet Explorer on another machine. If this works then create
your FoxPro Internet Server by running the Internet Search Wizard or
HOME()+"TOOLS\INETWIZ\WWWPAGE.APP".
Step 1: Select Tables, and then select customer.dbf from the
Visual FoxPro\Samples\Data folder.
Step 2: Click Search Field and select the Cust_id field.
Step 3: Select Set Search Page Options and enter a search page title.
Step 4: With Set Up Search Page add any .gif file.
Step 5: Click Result Fields, and then select the Cust_id, Company,
Address, City, and Country fields.
Step 6: For the Set Up Result Page, add any .gif file and select
"<none> FoxPro Server" for the ODBC data source.
- After you run the Internet Search Wizard, place everything in
\inetpub\wwwroot. The following files created by wwwpage.app should be
in the \inetpub\wwwroot directory:
{Page name}.htm(l)
{Page name}.htx
{Page name}.idc
Server.app
Vfpcgi.exe
Querylog.dbf and fpt
Vfpis.ini (This file is created when Server.app is run and configured
in step 6.)
- In Visual FoxPro, run the Server.app located in \inetpub\wwwroot.
Click Options and specify the following:
HTTP Server c:\inetpub\wwwroot\
Scripts c:\inetpub\
Path c:\vfp\samples\data
For further information on creating an Internet Server with FoxPro look up
"Internet" in both Help and the online documentation. There is an HTML file
called Product Documentation which can be accessed by clicking Start on the
Windows NT task bar, selecting Programs, and then selecting Microsoft
Internet Server (Common).
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0a
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5
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