GET TO WEB.CONFIG FILE

[dancer]

I am using FP 2002. I need to get to the Web.Config file on my server.
Since the only way to communicate with my server is by FrontPage, is there a
way to see that file in FrontPage?

 

[Charles W Davis]

Browse to your site using Internet Explorer, choose Edit with Microsoft
Office FrontPage from the File drop down menu. If it exists, you should be
able to see it.

 

[dancer]

When I choose Edit with Microsoft Office FrontPage, it takes me to the index
page. Other folders are accessible also. Where would I look for it?

Thanks

 

[dancer]

This is the error I get when I try to access an ASP.net file on my site.

Any ideas?
Runtime Error
Description: An application error occurred on the server. The current custom
error settings for this application prevent the details of the application
error from being viewed remotely (for security reasons). It could, however,
be viewed by browsers running on the local server machine.

Details: To enable the details of this specific error message to be viewable
on remote machines, please create a <customErrors> tag within a "web.config"
configuration file located in the root directory of the current web
application. This <customErrors> tag should then have its "mode" attribute
set to "Off".

<!-- Web.Config Configuration File -->

<configuration>
<system.web>
<customErrors mode="Off"/>
</system.web>
</configuration>

Notes: The current error page you are seeing can be replaced by a custom
error page by modifying the "defaultRedirect" attribute of the application's
<customErrors> configuration tag to point to a custom error page URL.

<!-- Web.Config Configuration File -->

<configuration>
<system.web>
<customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="mycustompage.htm"/>
</system.web>
</configuration>

 

[Mark Fitzpatrick]

Edit the web.config file as the instructions tell. You'll only see what the
error is if you set the <customErrors mode="Off">. Otherwise, it won't show
it since it's set to RemoteOnly, which means any computer other than the
server. Once you do that you should see what the exact error that is being
thrown by the ASP.Net page is.

 

[dancer]

But I cannot get to the Web.config file. Where is it?

 

[Mark Fitzpatrick]

It's in the root of your site. You'll need to open your site by going to
File | Open Web and entering in the URL that you normally publish to. If you
don't have a copy of it locally you may want to make a backup copy somewhere
as the web.config can be easy to break if you haven't worked with it before.

 

[dancer]

I did that. I found the following folders:
I. _private
II. Aspnet_client
System_web
Smartnav.js
Smartnav.IE5.js
WebUivalidation.js
III. Images
IV. Stats-org
various files
urchin data
Udata
Ugroups
Uicons

I did a search on "config"

Can you give me any other hints??