Q165775: HOWTO: Set up a Visual FoxPro Internet Server

Article: Q165775
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): WINDOWS:2.5,5.0,5.0a,6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbDesigner kbvfp300 kbvfp500 kbvfp600 kbMDAC250
Last Modified: 22-FEB-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0 
- Microsoft Data Access Components version 2.5 
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SUMMARY
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MORE INFORMATION
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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.

1. 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.

2. The dialog box that appears shows that three Services are running: WWW,
  Gopher, and FTP. Right-click WWW and click "Service Properties."

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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

  The following files also need to be in this directory:

     Server.app
     Vfpcgi.exe
     Querylog.dbf and fpt
     Vfpis.ini (This file is created when Server.app is run and configured
     in step 6.)

  The files listed above can be found in the \vfp\tools\inetwiz\server
  directory.

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

  The Path assumes you are querying a table in that directory.

REFERENCES
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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).

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbDesigner kbvfp300 kbvfp500 kbvfp600 kbMDAC250 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbMDACSearch kbMDAC250 kbVFP500 kbVFP600 kbVFP500a
Version           : WINDOWS:2.5,5.0,5.0a,6.0
Issue type        : kbhowto

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