ACC97: How to Download Active Server Pages from the Internet

• Microsoft Access 97
• Microsoft Internet Information Server version 3.0

SUMMARY

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

If your Web server is running Microsoft Peer Web Server for Windows NT 4.0 or Microsoft Personal Web Server for Windows 95, you must also load Active Server Pages (ASP) if you want to view ASP files created in Microsoft Access 97.

NOTE: If your Web server is running Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS), your must have version 3.0 in order to view ASP files. You can download IIS version 3.0 from http://www.microsoft.com/iis/.

This article details the steps to download Active Server Pages from the Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) home page on the Internet.

MORE INFORMATION

Active Server Pages is an additional feature of IIS 3.0 that also works with Personal Web Server on Microsoft Windows 95 and Peer Web Server on Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0.

Follow these steps to download the Active Server Pages component from Microsoft's Web site:

1. Start your Web browser and type the following Uniform Resource Locator (URL) in the address line:

         http://backoffice.microsoft.com/downtrial/moreinfo/iis3.asp
   

2. On the Interent Information Server 3.0 Download page, click Download.

3. Fill out the Registration form, and then click the Submit User Info button.

4. On the "Choose the IIS 3.0 Features You Would Like to Download" page, clear the check boxes for all components except Active Server Pages, and select the correct language version. Click Next.

5. On the "Choose A Download Location" page, pick a location from which to download the file, and then click "Download from this site."

6. On the "Click On Each Item Below In Turn To Download" page, click the Active Server Pages link to open or download Asp.exe, and install Active Server Pages.

REFERENCES

For more information about creating ASP files in Microsoft Access, search the Help Index for "ASP files," or ask the Microsoft Access 97 Office Assistant.