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Currently I am attempting to put a data access page on IIS to be made
available across the Internet.
My system is a Windows XP Pro PC (with all latest Service Packs and Security
patches) with Office 2003 Pro installed and Office Web Components installed
(again all with the latest Service Packs and Security Patches).
I have enabled IIS that comes with Windows XP Pro and essentially setup a
Virtual directory pointing to where my data access page (page.htm) exists. I
have setup the default document to be page.htm. Page.htm is a data access
page that points to the database via a direct path (eg. c:\mydb\mydb.mdb).
Page.htm also lives inside the same directory.
Now when I use a web browser on that PC itself and goto
http://www.<mydomain>.net/<myvirtualname> the data access page works
perfectly (after adding http://www.<mydomain>.net as a Trusted site inside
Internet Explorer). It allows for updates and data to be changed fine!
HOWEVER, when I browse the same site from a remote PC over the Internet I
see the page as VIEW-ONLY. I have tried following the Microsoft "Deploying
Data Access Pages on the Internet or Your Intranet" with no joy so far.
It is as if when connecting from the Internet IIS does not allow write
access to my database, however everything works fine (like I said earlier)
when going to the same web page on the local PC.
Any ideas. If someone can provide a simple example that would be great, or
even what I should do next would also be fine.
Thanks in advance.
available across the Internet.
My system is a Windows XP Pro PC (with all latest Service Packs and Security
patches) with Office 2003 Pro installed and Office Web Components installed
(again all with the latest Service Packs and Security Patches).
I have enabled IIS that comes with Windows XP Pro and essentially setup a
Virtual directory pointing to where my data access page (page.htm) exists. I
have setup the default document to be page.htm. Page.htm is a data access
page that points to the database via a direct path (eg. c:\mydb\mydb.mdb).
Page.htm also lives inside the same directory.
Now when I use a web browser on that PC itself and goto
http://www.<mydomain>.net/<myvirtualname> the data access page works
perfectly (after adding http://www.<mydomain>.net as a Trusted site inside
Internet Explorer). It allows for updates and data to be changed fine!
HOWEVER, when I browse the same site from a remote PC over the Internet I
see the page as VIEW-ONLY. I have tried following the Microsoft "Deploying
Data Access Pages on the Internet or Your Intranet" with no joy so far.
It is as if when connecting from the Internet IIS does not allow write
access to my database, however everything works fine (like I said earlier)
when going to the same web page on the local PC.
Any ideas. If someone can provide a simple example that would be great, or
even what I should do next would also be fine.
Thanks in advance.