"Ioannis Vranos" <ivr@guesswh.at.grad.com> wrote in message
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> When i open the .asmx file with IE the IIS server doesn't run the web
> service but instead i am prompted by the web browser to open the .asmx
file
> (that is it is getting downloaded). The same happens with the default
Hello
> World web service. I am using VS 2003 and Windows XP SP1 (with its IIS
> server).
>
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Ioannis Vranos
>

"Sahil Malik" <contactmethrumyblog@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Maybe the MIME type for asmx on your server is messed up.
>
> To fix it, right click on IIS Admin MMC->Properties->HTTP headers -> File
> Types.
>
> It's definitely a computer configuration issue though.

"Ioannis Vranos" <ivr@guesswh.at.grad.com> wrote in message
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> "Sahil Malik" <contactmethrumyblog@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:%23LTxqJvTEHA.3752@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > Maybe the MIME type for asmx on your server is messed up.
> >
> > To fix it, right click on IIS Admin MMC->Properties->HTTP headers ->
File
> > Types.
> >
> > It's definitely a computer configuration issue though.
>
>
> Where is that? The closest thing i spotted in Administrative tools is
> "Internet Information Services" but i did not find any Properties there
when
> i made right-clicks.

"Ioannis Vranos" <ivr@guesswh.at.grad.com> wrote in message
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>
> Ok i found it and the "File Types" in the "MIME Map" section is empty.
What
> is the appropriate configuration for .asmx?

"Ioannis Vranos" <ivr@guesswh.at.grad.com> wrote in message
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> "Ioannis Vranos" <ivr@guesswh.at.grad.com> wrote in message
> news:uSXZlhzTEHA.808@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >
> > Ok i found it and the "File Types" in the "MIME Map" section is empty.
> What
> > is the appropriate configuration for .asmx?
>
>
> After that I uninstalled and reinstalled IIS and .net framework 1.1 and
this
> time I was getting an HTTP 500 error even for the default page. Then I
> uninstalled IIS. Now everything is fixed. :-)
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Ioannis Vranos
>

"Sahil Malik" <contactmethrumyblog@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>
> Ok good - sorry I didn't get a chance to visit the newsgroup sooner. But
I'm
> glad it's fixed.
>
> - Sahil Malik
> Independent Consultant
> You can reach me thru my blog at -
> http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/sahilmalik/
>
>
>
> "Ioannis Vranos" <ivr@guesswh.at.grad.com> wrote in message
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> > "Ioannis Vranos" <ivr@guesswh.at.grad.com> wrote in message
> > news:uSXZlhzTEHA.808@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > >
> > > Ok i found it and the "File Types" in the "MIME Map" section is empty.
> > What
> > > is the appropriate configuration for .asmx?
> >
> >
> > After that I uninstalled and reinstalled IIS and .net framework 1.1 and
> this
> > time I was getting an HTTP 500 error even for the default page. Then I
> > uninstalled IIS. Now everything is fixed. :-)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ioannis Vranos
> >
>
>