My Rants....

Intraweb ISAPI DLL on Server 2008

2010-01-17T13:42:00.000-08:00

In my case I have Windows 2008 Server setup as a webserver choosing the defaults on installation.

I tested first with Application and then with Stand alone service before attempting DLL

When my app loads, in servercontroller create event, I goto registry and get location of .ini file which is c:\DMXTRANSPORT Be sure to open registry as read only to avoid error.

The .ini file contains various settings I use for the app whether stand alone, service. I do this as a result of reading about it in a post in the Intraweb support newsgroups. It allows various app settings such as port number , file paths, database configuration, installation code/keys etc...

I created folder dmxportal on c:\

In that folder I have temp, files, and templates sub-folders Copy ISAPI DLL into that folder

I am logged in as Admin and did not adjust permissions, though you may need to add the iis user to that folder

Goto IIS Manager and Rt click on Default website and Virtual Directory – in my case its DMXPORTAL

Enable ISAPI DLL on IIS Server in ISAPI and CGI Restrictions

Be sure to check the box

Then enable the ISAPI-dll in Handler Mappings on the virtual folder by selecting it and in the IIS properties open Handler Mappings, select ISAPI-DLL (should be on top of screen) in disabled section. Rt click and select Edit Feature Permissions. Enable Execute with check mark

That’s it You should then be able to load your isapi dll

I had an issue and just restarted IIS and it worked.

http:///virtualfolder/isapi.dll

I also add my isapi DLL as the default document so I can just use http://server/folder to launch app.

There may be a bit more permission twiddling necessary to get your local files folder to work, but its probably just giving the IISUser rights to the folders.

On vacation...sort of

2009-03-22T13:59:00.000-07:00

I decided it was time to take a few weeks off work (yes in the middle of this great economic crisis) and go to the Dominican Republic and visit family and friends.

I have been a here a few days so far and I managed to connect with the Local Rotary Club of Bani, District 4060 http://www.rotary4060.org . I had originally planned on attending the club meeting next week. It turned out that a neighbor of my parents is member of the Club here in Bani. So, on Saturday evening, I joined several Rotarians from Bani, at another local Rotary Club in San Juan de Ocoa where the District Governer was visiting to make a special presentation honoring two women for their outstanding work in the community. The club also welcomed two two new members to the club that same evening.

Below are a few photos from the event. Including one with the District Governor Milqueya Portes, the first woman to be District Governor in the Dominican Republic (I need to confirm, but also the first woman to be a club president) as well as a photo of the District Governer with the two special award recipients.

I will be visiting some of the local Rotary Clubs projects later in the week and will be post more photos.

Delphi 2006 CF .Net Development

2006-01-05T13:57:00.000-08:00

I am looking for Delphi 2006 users who are interested in creating simple applications for Windows Mobile devices using Delphi 2006 .Net and the Compact Framework.

I have been following developments at http://jedqc.blogspot.com/ and have gotten started with the CFBuild: Delphi 2006 Version (beta).

My next step is to get past the basic Hello world app and create something that stores data to the PDA, followed by how I can synch that data with a PC based database via ODBC. I use DBISAM and Firebird for PC app development.

Anyone interested, just leave a comment here with any suggestions, links etc....

A day in the life......

2005-07-02T07:04:00.000-07:00

Well,

Here I am ... officially a blogger. Being a technofile I decided it was time to finally going the masses and publish my thoughts and experiences, though I hope to not cause a rucuss in the process.