Web Forms Deployment Errors

Inadequate write permissions for a deployment directory, or a deployment computer with a hyphen in its name, may prevent you from deploying Web Forms applications.

Using a local machine alias

You can deploy a Web Forms project to a local IIS server using “localhost” or one of the following aliases:
  • Machine name

  • Machine IP address

  • 127.0.0.1 (the generic DNS address for the local computer)

However, in order to use the machine IP address or the generic DNS address for the local machine, you must share the wwwroot directory as “wwwroot$” and enable write permissions for this directory.

Host name issue

Web Forms deployment fails with an “IIS Server not found” error when the host name of the computer running IIS contains a hyphen. You must remove the hyphen from the computer name before deployment can be successful.

Vista or later platform requirement

If you are deploying .NET applications from a computer with a Vista or later operating system, you must run PowerBuilder as the computer administrator.