using dot.net with asp classic ?

4 Oct 2007 2:42 PM

wbsurfver@yahoo.com

If we installed .net studio on our development server, I would like
to think it would work seamlessly with our existing classic asp code ?
I am mainly interested in what debugging features this would give me.
Please let me know as I am new to ASP and trying to figure out a large
complex code base with no documentation and I am the only developer on
the project .. If we installed .net studio, I would hope it would be
able to work with the code we have without any changes and it wouldn't
cause anything to break .

4 Oct 2007 5:18 PM

Anthony Jones

"wbsurf***@yahoo.com" <wbsurf***@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> If we installed .net studio on our development server, I would like
> to think it would work seamlessly with our existing classic asp code ?
> I am mainly interested in what debugging features this would give me.
> Please let me know as I am new to ASP and trying to figure out a large
> complex code base with no documentation and I am the only developer on
> the project .. If we installed .net studio, I would hope it would be
> able to work with the code we have without any changes and it wouldn't
> cause anything to break .
>

Studio works fine with ASP. You do not need to change your code in order to
be able to edit and debugging with with Visual Studio. However if you are
expecting to be able to write ASP.NET and have it work seamlessly with ASP
you may be disappointed.

It will be fine as long as your ASP.NET pages do their thing and the ASP
pages continue to do theirs. Don't expect to be able to server.execute one
from another or share application/session data.

--
Anthony Jones - MVP ASP/ASP.NET

5 Oct 2007 6:11 PM

Jon Paal [MSMD]

Generally, Classic ASP amd ASP.net run fine side-by-side. There are some tricks available to share sessions values across the two
systems. They can certainly both use the same database.

If your old code exists in a classic ASP windows script component, that code can be shared by both ASP and ASP.net

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"wbsurf***@yahoo.com" <wbsurf***@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1191508935.669777.176710@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
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> If we installed .net studio on our development server, I would like
> to think it would work seamlessly with our existing classic asp code ?
> I am mainly interested in what debugging features this would give me.
> Please let me know as I am new to ASP and trying to figure out a large
> complex code base with no documentation and I am the only developer on
> the project .. If we installed .net studio, I would hope it would be
> able to work with the code we have without any changes and it wouldn't
> cause anything to break .
>

6 Oct 2007 7:25 AM

PW

"wbsurf***@yahoo.com" <wbsurf***@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> If we installed .net studio on our development server, I would like
> to think it would work seamlessly with our existing classic asp code ?
> I am mainly interested in what debugging features this would give me.
> Please let me know as I am new to ASP and trying to figure out a large
> complex code base with no documentation and I am the only developer on
> the project .. If we installed .net studio, I would hope it would be
> able to work with the code we have without any changes and it wouldn't
> cause anything to break .
>

I installed asp.net onto my server and theres been no hassles. I can still
run and maintain all my classic ASP stuff with no issues.