I have been developing my website using vs2005 and it seemed be working fine for sometime. Today when i tried to run the website via vs2005 for debugging, IE is stating that Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage etc.. this is the url http://localhost:1436/SSPWEB/Welcome.aspx this has been working for sometime any help would be appreciated..

Hi,

To better understand your issue, please confirm the following information:

• If we create another type project, does it have same issue? We need to narrow down the cause of this issue.
• Did you install any antivirus software which could prevent Asp.Net Development Server? If so, you can try to reconfigure your antivirus software.
• If we use another browser such as FireFox, does it have the same issue? If you are using Vista, you can refer to http://community.sgdotnet.org/blogs/yizhe/archive/2009/03/29/visual-studio-2008-2005-development-server-not-working-internet-explorer-cannot-display-the-webpage.aspx

 

I look forward to receiving your test results.

 

Thank you for your reply.. I have not installed any new anti virus software which would interfere with the server and also if I start a new project it does the same. First time i run the project by pressing the Play key within Vs2005 i get a message stating it cannot connect to ASP.NET Development Server. then second time round i press the Play button it starts the server and IE starts also and then i get Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage If i do the following then i can debug: 1. Press Play button in VS2005 2. Once the ASP.NET Development Server has started and IE is loaded with the message as above I right click on the ASP.NET Development Server icon in the taskbar by the clock and select open in web browser. 3. This gives a list of the files in the folder where the site is being hosted. 4. I click on the Welcome.aspx page (the default page) and then it loads up the site and stops at any break points i have setup. i.e. i can then debug to some extent.

Hi,

Thanks for your response.

It seems that ASP.NET Development server is running fine. Please make sure the port number on URL matches the one in ASP.NET Development server. If it doesn't match, you can specify a port for it. For more information, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178109(VS.80).aspx

 

Thanks.

Thanks If i set the Use dynamic ports to True and assign 2784 as a port i get a message box stating Unable to launch Visual Studio's Localhost Web Server, port '2784' in use. If i set the Use dynamic ports to False and try again then the ASP Web server starts using port 2784 sometimes but in my project the port is something else hence nothing appears in the browser. Now 2784 is not in use by anything else otherwise the ASP Web Server would not use it.. any ideas.. Sorry for the format of this post i cannot seem to get the enhance editor ooption to be set to on.

it is basically down to Port numbers i.e. the visual studio project is opening in the ASP web server on another port. if i just change the port on the url in the IE address bar to the same port of the ASP Web Server it works fine. A bit of an inconveinience but would like to know why..

I have sorted it by doing the following In Solution Explorer, right-click the name of the Web site for which you want to specify a Web server, and then click Property Pages. In the Property Pages dialog box, click the Start Options tab. Under Server, click Use custom server. In the Base URL box, type the URL that Visual Web Developer should start when running the current Web site.