IIS 6/5 and the Web Connection Managed Module

Setting up the managed module for IIS 5 or 6 requires a bit of work at the moment as the process is not yet automated. The process basically involves disconnecting any of the wc.dll script maps and re-attaching them to the ASP.NET ISAPI extension instead so that requests run through ASP.NET. In addition a couple of changes in the web.config file are required by uncommenting some entries

You will also need to ensure that the .NET 2.0 runtime is installed.

Here's how to set up a new project and switch to the Managed Module:

Start out by Creating a new Project in the Management Console (DO CONSOLE)
Create a project as usual with a custom script map
When the project has been created go into the IIS Service Manager
Find the virtual directory that was created
Go to the ASP.NET tab and ensure that Version 2.0 is selected
Goto to the Virtual Directory Tab and click on Configuration
Find the .aspx extension and edit. Then Copy the Executable path to the clipboard
Find any of the Web Connection script maps like .wc, .wcsx and your own that you'll use
Click edit and paste the path to the ASP.NET ISAPI dll. A typical path is:
c:\windows\microsoft.net\framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_isapi.dll
Ensure that the Verify that file exists is not checked
Repeat for each of the script maps you plan to use

This basically maps the Web Connection extensions to ASP.NET in your virtual directory, so if the script map is used it will fire through ASP.NET 2.0. Next we'll need to hook up the Web Connection Connector Handler by modifying a setting in web.config (in your Web directory's root).

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>  
  <system.web>
    <httpHandlers>
      <!-- pre IIS 7 or IIS 7 in non-integrated mode
           NOTE: you still need to set up scriptmaps to c:\windows\Microsoft .NET\v2.0.50727\aspnet_isapi.dll
      -->
         <add verb="*" path="*.wp" type="Westwind.WebConnection.WebConnectionHandler,WebConnectionModule"/>
         <add verb="*" path="*.wc" type="Westwind.WebConnection.WebConnectionHandler,WebConnectionModule"/>
         <add verb="*" path="*.wcsx" type="Westwind.WebConnection.WebConnectionHandler,WebConnectionModule"/>
         <add verb="*" path="*.wcs" type="Westwind.WebConnection.WebConnectionHandler,WebConnectionModule"/>
         <add verb="*" path="*.wwsoap" type="Westwind.WebConnection.WebConnectionHandler,WebConnectionModule"/>
      <!-- End pre IIS 7 -->
    </httpHandlers>
  </system.web>
</configuration>