PRB: Unexpected Error 40042119 with PDW: There Is No PostInfo File on the Server

ID: Q234972

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

When deploying to a Web server using the Package and Deployment Wizard (PDW), you see the following error:

Unexpected error number 40042119 has occurred: There is no PostInfo file on the server.

This error may occur if you have typed an incorrect URL or if the URL does not refer to a correctly configured Web server. Ensure that the URL is correct and the Web server is properly configured. For proper configuration, you may need to install Microsoft Visual Studio's server-side setup on the Web server.

CAUSE

This error occurs because of the following reasons:

The Web service is not running.

The PostInfo.asp file is missing or is not located in the InetPub\scripts physical directory.

You do not have NTFS Read and Execute (RX) permissions to the InetPub\scripts directory.

The <META> tag in default document (typically named Default.htm) in the root directory of the Web is pointing to the incorrect location for PostInfo.asp.

RESOLUTION

Use the following steps to work around this problem:

Make sure the Web service is running.

Make sure PostInfo.asp is loated in the InetPub\scripts directory. By default, the Microsoft Posting Acceptor 2.0 installs the PostInfo.asp and Cpshost.dll files to the InetPub\scripts directory.

Make sure the user has NTFS Read and Execute (RX) permissions to the InetPub\scripts directory.

Make sure your default document has the following <META> tag on the first line and the "content" parameter points to a valid location for the PostInfo.asp file as shown below:
```
<META name="postinfo" content="/scripts/postinfo.asp"> 
```

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

REFERENCES

For additional information about the Package and Deployment Wizard, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q194296 HOWTO: Debug PDW Internet Deployment Issues

Q199017 HOWTO: Deploy Visual Basic IIS Applications with PDW

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbDeployment kbVBp600 kbWebClasses kbGrpASP kbDSupport
Version : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb