running a copy of a .net website locally

[yorks.terrier]

okay so not technically a coding question but here goes, basically my boss has a give a presnetation to a potential client in the morning and one of the things he is presenting to them is a form of cms that has been used in one of our much older sites (pre moi) it is a .net site unfortunately the place they are having the meeting does not have an internet connection so basically I need to make a copy of the live site and get it to run on the bosses laptop.

can anyone give me some pointers on doing this please?

[Neko]

1) Install IIS

2) Install the right version of the .NET framework for the application: 1.1 / 2.0

3) Copy website directory from server to laptop's c:\inetpub\wwwroot folder

4) In IIS, set up appropriate virtual directory for the application

5) Go to http://localhost/virtualdirectoryname

6) ???

7) Profit!

[yorks.terrier]

thanks Neko mate,

just got a coulpe of questions

1) as i didnt build the site is there a way of finding out which framework is required?
2) how do i set up a virtual directory in IIS?

[Neko]

1) Ask someone

2) Right click the site you want the directory under, New -> Virtual Directory

Not so hard

[yorks.terrier]

lol thanks again matey but apparently this particular website wasnt built in house and (from past experience the company that were used at the time are a pain in the rear to in touch with) is it is possible to install both frameworks or can I only have one running at any one time?

thanks again dude

[Neko]

You can install both, but you have to set the virtual directory to use just one or the other.

Best advice is to start with it set to 1.1, and if it blows up, change to 2.0 and see if that fixes it.

[yorks.terrier]

thanks very much fella will let you know how I get on

[yorks.terrier]

worked a charm mate didnt even need to tell it which framework to use

thanks very much for your help

[Neko]

Guess it uses the default then (probably 1.1). And .NET is generally nice like that - one of the big selling points of applications built on it is it's drag-and-drop deployment, no registering servers, no 'dll hell'

[yorks.terrier]

yeah I can see the appeal of it more and more everyday.