Re: running winform exe from the web

From: Magnus Koch (magnus.koch@ef.com)
Date: 11/05/02 

From: "Magnus Koch" <magnus.koch@ef.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 22:07:42 -0500

Hi,
I have the same problem, but adding the http handlers section does not help.

I have a web server with a folder http://magnus/deployment/

The folder is set up to be trusted, and I have a winforms application
AppStart.exe and an AppStart.exe.config in the folder. I can type in
http://magnus/deployment/AppStart.exe to run the application. I can also
open the config file directly in the browser, by typing the url
http://magnus/deployment/AppStart.exe.config, which displays the beautiful
xml.

At this point, I expected that typing in the .exe link in the browser would
open the application and load the config file, but it doesn't!

I haven't done anything in particular with the web server or the folder,
it's just a regular virtual directory running as an isolated application w/
no execute permissions.

Ideas? Is there something I missed (Website setup, winforms assembly
configuration, anything)?

Thanks,
Magnus

"Mike Shaw [MS]" <mikeshaw@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:OkA5#3gfCHA.2552@tkmsftngp12...
> Hi Shachar
>
> The answer to your first question is that ASP.NET is configured to prevent
> the download of all files with the .config file extension. This is
> controlled by the machine.config file on the web server in the line:
> <add verb="*" path="*.config" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" />
>
> For a particular web application you can override this setting in the
> web.config file by adding the following lines within the <system.web>
> section:
>
> <httpHandlers>
>
> <add verb="*" path="myApp.exe.config" type="System.Web.StaticFileHandler"
/>
>
> </httpHandlers>
>
> Where you replace 'myApp' with the name of your application, or '*' if you
> want all .exe.config files available.
>
> Please ensure that the config file does not contain any information that
> might lead to some form of exploitation of your system, as the file can be
> freely downloaded and examined.
>
> I've not looked at your second question, but the answer to your third
> question is to progromatically manipulate the XML of the machine.config
> file, but I do not recommend this and it might be that there is an
> alternative method of achieving what you want in some other way.
>
>
> --
> Mike Shaw
> .NET Developer Group, UK
>
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
> You assume all risk for your use. © 2002 Microsoft Corporation. All rights
> reserved.
>
> "Shachar Matyas" <shacharm> wrote in message
> news:eVkTS1YfCHA.608@tkmsftngp10...
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I try to deploy my program via the web
http://netserver/deployment/app.exe
> > ,what is the profesional name for this deployment I cant find any
> > documentation for this ?
> >
> > I have 3 problems with this un document option:
> >
> > 1) The application don't read the config file app.exe
> > When I run the application not using http:// from the network :
> > \\netserver\deployment\app.exe
> > It work fine and read the app.exe.config file
> > but when I use the web start http://netserver/deployment/app.exe it
> > don't .
> >
> > 2) My application create an object dynamicly using :
> >
> > AppDomain.CurrentDomain.CreateInstanceAndUnwrap("namespace",
> > "MyObject");
> >
> > When I run the application not using http:// from the network :
> > \\netserver\deployment\app.exe
> > it work fine and create the object
> > but when I use the web start http://netserver/deployment/app.exe it
> dont
> > .
> > I even don't see the MyObject in the GAC directory.
> > How should I force hime to down load the MyObject .
> > MyObject is not in the referance but it is in the app directory.
> >
> > 3) How can I config the .Net Configuration Run Security out side an msi
/
> > setup regfile
> > or any thing Automaticly, if the configuration is done under
> > Administrator authorization .
> > for all the users in the computer .
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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