Is it possible to use Cassini with VS.NET? I've got Cassini running and I try to create a web project against it. But VS.NET can't verify that the physical directory matches the virtual one.

I wish someone would reply yes. But after some time fiddling, I have to guess no.
You Can eventually get Cassini to run the project, but when you finally do - at least for
a VB .Net project - you'll get many other errors.

I can't express how frustrating it is to buy VB .Net to work on at home, only to get snagged
because I have XP Home from an HP preload and it doesn't have IIS.

MS - this is one legitimate reason why people copy software. It's absolutely ridiculous to
get dinged this way not having IIS for development. And, no, the answer is not to now go buy XP Pro.

Ok, after more fooling around, I see you Can use Cassini with VS .NET.

1. Create a directory for your new project
- i.e. c:\develop\test
2. Start the Cassini web server with
webserver /port:80 /path:"c:\develop\test" /vpath:"/test"
3. Create a new ASP .NET Web app at
http://localhost/test

You'll get a couple of errors - one about permissions, one about debugging, but the project Will be created and you Will be able to run it locally.

I have only "Hello World"ed, but I will proceed assuming all will be well.

this is one of them. You bought XP Home, it was your decision (and/or mistake) that gives you absolutely no right nor justification to steal software from MS.

it's not impossible to install IIS on XP Home, just difficult. I'm not gonna provide any links, but do a Google search for it and you are guaranteed to get results :)

i have the sample problem and i do exactly what you do except for i have to leave the vpath as / and then when i hit ok it gives me an error i manually direct it to the path and then it opens a projects yet i still can not debug it because of hte config file but i dont know how to fix it.

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