Hi Geoff, Thanks for getting back to me - it's nice to know there are others out there using this!
> There > were/are problems with URL rewriting and permissions in .NET 1.1, where you > couldn't apply access permissions in your web.config to rewritten URLs if > the directory didn't exist - maybe that's what's causing the mixup? (I > don't know if that limitation still applies in .NET 2, by the way - I > haven't tried it.) OK, that's something I will have to deal with at some point, but just need to get up and running first. > What I have tried, though, is using the VirtualPathProvider, VirtualFile and > VirtualDirectory classes. In my current situation, I have a hidden folder > (say _projects) that contains the ASPXs for all projects, and I have the > VirtualPathProvider code map that so that URLs like > /projects/<project-name>/Blah.aspx are really using the ASPX at > _projects/Blah.aspx. There's no dependency on the file existing (it happens > to exist in my case, but it needn't) - all that matters is that you can > return a Stream to the ASPX source. OK, that is partly what I am trying to do. I have all the images in hidden directories but will want to be pulling Master files out of a database. I don't suppose you would be willing to share the code you have used for your above scenario - every bit helps me build up a picture of what is involved ;-) > For point 2, this should certainly be possible, but you'll need to map all > the file extensions you're interested in to the ASP.NET handler. Yes, under IIS6 I have cheated by using a blanket wildcard mapping, althought I might change that back to being more specific. -- Cheers, Julian Voelcker Cirencester, United Kingdom =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
