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D.3.2 FrontPage 2000 Services File

The second way of allowing users to define new ASP applications is by using FrontPage 2000. As described in Chapter 5: ASP Reference, FrontPage 2000 is able to create new Global.asa files and ASP applications. The definitions of these new applications are kept in the services.cnf file in the /_vti_pvt subdirectory created by FrontPage.
 
Chili!Soft ASP will automatically look for the services.cnf file in the /_vti_pvt subdirectory, and will treat the entries it finds in this file as ASP applications. Any applications defined in the services.cnf file will be dynamically recognized by Chili!Soft ASP, without requiring Chili!Soft ASP to be restarted. Chili!Soft ASP will look for this filename in the document root of the Web server (and each virtual host). Entries in the services.cnf file use the following format:
 

/[appname] = "/path/to/app/home/directory"

If the services.cnf file and the /_vti_pvt subdirectory appear in the document root of a virtual host, then the ASP applications will only be applied to that virtual host, and not to others.
 
There are two limitations on applications defined in the services.cnf file. First, the files in the application must be located within the document root of the Web server (or virtual host). Second, the directory containing the Global.asa file may not be below the top-level directory of the Web server's (or virtual host's) document root. For more information on ASP applications and the Global.asa file, see Chapter 5: ASP Reference.
 

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