PRB: Web Deployment Results in "Failed to Deploy" Error

ID: Q220839

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SYMPTOMS

When deploying Web content, controls, and applets with the Visual InterDev 6.0 Deployment Explorer you may receive the following error in the Task List:

Failed to deploy a file (C:\TEMP\_ScriptLibrary\ADOUTILS.ASP): The FrontPage Server Extensions on the server returned the following error: 'http://<destination web server name>/<destination application name>/_ScriptLibrary/ADOUTILS.ASP' does not refer to a page in this web (error 0x90005).


CAUSE

The target directory that you are deploying to is an existing FrontPage Web. The Deployment Explorer does not allow you to deploy to existing FrontPage Webs.


RESOLUTION

Create a new deployment target that is not the same as the existing FrontPage Web on the target server. Open the existing Web project that you would like to deploy with Visual Interdev 6.0:

  1. From the Projects drop-down menu, select New Deployment Target.


  2. Specify the fully qualified URL of the target server. You must also specify a unique application name. An example of a valid URL is "http://<destination web server name>/<destination application name>".

    The Deployment Explorer Window will appear in the Visual InterDev Development Environment.


  3. In the Deployment Explorer Window, click the Deploy icon. Your application should deploy successfully.


This problem can also be resolved by using the Copy Web Application feature in Visual InterDev 6.0. To do so, open the Web project that you would like to copy with Visual InterDev 6.0:
  1. From the Projects drop-down menu, select Web Project and then select Copy Web Application.


  2. Type the destination server name.


  3. Type the Web project name.


  4. Click OK to copy the Web project to the specified destination. Your application should copy successfully.



STATUS

This behavior is by design.


REFERENCES

For additional information about the Visual InterDev Deployment feature, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q219050 HOWTO: Deploy Web Applications With Visual InterDev 6.0

Additional query words: 


Keywords          : kbDeployment kbExtension kbFrontPage kbServer kbVisID600 kbWebServer kbGrpASP kbFrontPageX 
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: July 9, 1999