Date:  09/28/2010 08:06:20 PM Msg ID:  004209
From:  FoxWeb Support Thread:  004208
Subject:  Re: Setting up IIS 7.5 and Foxweb
Officially FoxWeb is not supported 64-bit versions of Windows, because of the problems associated with configuring and maintaining a 64-bit IIS system, running with 32-bit ISAPI extensions and filters. Advanced users should be able to (and are) running with this configuration, but we just can't support it.

Specifically, we have observed the following problems:
  • IIS can be run in 64-bit mode, or 32-bit mode, but only one mode can be active. If a 32-bit ISAPI extension or filter is encountered by a version of IIS configured in 64-bit mode, or vice versa, IIS fails with generic "HTTP 500 - Internal server error" error messages.
  • By default, IIS on 64-bit systems is configured to run 64-bit ISAPI modules. The mode can be switched from the command line, but in a few cases we have seen this setting reverted by windows updates. To configure IIS for 32-bit applications run the following from the command line, while in "Run as Administrator" mode: cscript %SYSTEMDRIVE%\inetpub\adminscripts\adsutil.vbs SET W3SVC/AppPools/Enable32bitAppOnWin64 1
  • In most implementations once IIS is configured to run 32-bit ISAPI modules, it starts returning a Service Unavailable error. The cause of this error is that by default IIS is configured to run the 64-bit ASP.NET ISAPI filter, which is no longer compatible with IIS now that it is in 32-bit mode. Some servers may be configured with additional 64-bit ISAPI filters, which would also be incompatible with 32-bit mode. The solution to this problem is to remove all 64-bit ISAPI filters from the IIS configuration. In the case of the APS.NET filter, you can replace it with the 32-bit version, but it's possible that other required filters do not have a 32-bit counterpart. Note that typically ISAPI filters are set at the server-wide level, rather than being web-site specific.
  • If any 64-bit ISAPI filters are subsequently installed (either manually, or by Windows Update and other application setup programs), they will break IIS (see Service Unavailable error above).
  • If ASP.NET is enabled on the server, the ASP.NET ISAPI extensions must also be replaced with their 32-bit counterparts in the Application Extension Mapping page of the IIS Services Manager to repair the ASP.NET configuration. Any other 64-bit extensions must also be replaced or disabled.
 
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Sent by irace_z28 on 09/28/2010 10:09:26 AM:
I recently downloaded Foxweb 4.3 and having trouble with the setup.
My computer is configured with Windows 7 Professional (64-bit) with VFP 9.0 installed.
 
Before installing Foxweb 4.3, IIS 7.5 was installed the following features:
  • IIS 6 Scripting Tools
  • IIS 6 WMI Compatibility
  • IIS Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility
  • IIS Management Console
  • CGI
  • ISAPI Extensions
  • Default Document
  • Static Content

Path to my web tree (with fwx scripts) is c:\inetpub\wwwroot\.
When configuring Foxweb Control Center, from the Virtual Servers tab, the Default program root is c:\inetpub\wwwroot.  
 
When I attempt to open any fwx script from a browser, I get an HTTP 500 error.
 
Please help.
 
Thanks