Web service doesn't run

Ioannis Vranos · Jun 10, 2004

When i open the .asmx file with IE the IIS server doesn't run the web
service but instead i am prompted by the web browser to open the .asmx file
(that is it is getting downloaded). The same happens with the default Hello
World web service. I am using VS 2003 and Windows XP SP1 (with its IIS
server).

Any ideas?

Regards,

Ioannis Vranos

Sahil Malik · Jun 10, 2004

Maybe the MIME type for asmx on your server is messed up.

To fix it, right click on IIS Admin MMC->Properties->HTTP headers -> File
Types.

It's definitely a computer configuration issue though.

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Ioannis Vranos · Jun 10, 2004

Sahil Malik said:
Maybe the MIME type for asmx on your server is messed up.

To fix it, right click on IIS Admin MMC->Properties->HTTP headers -> File
Types.

It's definitely a computer configuration issue though.

Where is that? The closest thing i spotted in Administrative tools is
"Internet Information Services" but i did not find any Properties there when
i made right-clicks.

Regards,

Ioannis Vranos

Ioannis Vranos · Jun 10, 2004

Ioannis Vranos said:
Where is that? The closest thing i spotted in Administrative tools is
"Internet Information Services" but i did not find any Properties there when
i made right-clicks.

Ok i found it and the "File Types" in the "MIME Map" section is empty. What
is the appropriate configuration for .asmx?

Regards,

Ioannis Vranos

Ioannis Vranos · Jun 11, 2004

Ioannis Vranos said:
Ok i found it and the "File Types" in the "MIME Map" section is empty. What
is the appropriate configuration for .asmx?

After that I uninstalled and reinstalled IIS and .net framework 1.1 and this
time I was getting an HTTP 500 error even for the default page. Then I
uninstalled IIS. Now everything is fixed. :-)

Regards,

Ioannis Vranos

Sahil Malik · Jun 11, 2004

Ok good - sorry I didn't get a chance to visit the newsgroup sooner. But I'm
glad it's fixed.

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Ioannis Vranos · Jun 12, 2004

I mean I have completely removed IIS, that was the fix. :-)

Regards,

Ioannis Vranos

Sriram Krishnan · Jul 17, 2004

You actually need to type in aspnet_regiis -i. Make sure you're there in
your framework installation folder(or it should be there in your path). This
is typically C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.xxxx\

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Brian Korzeniowski said:
Hi,
Sounds to me like an issue of your IIS mappings are messed up. IIS

appears not to recognize the file extension .asmx. To fix this:

1. Click the Start button
2. Click Run
3. Type the following command: cmd
4. Press Enter
5. Use the following command: aspnet_regiis.exe. If you are unfamiliar

with this, search on it using google. You will find a page directing you to
Microsoft Product Support Services.