Windows 8

The following steps show you how to install IIS and ASP.NET 4.5 for Windows 8.

installing iis

1. Open the Control Panel. On many computers, you can do this by clicking Start > Control Panel.
2. Select Programs and Features.
3. Click Turn Windows features on or off.
4. Select Internet Information Services.
5. Expand Internet Information Services > Web Management Tools > IIS 6 Management Compatibility.
6. Click IIS Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility.

installing asp.net 4.5

1. Under Internet Information Services expand World Wide Web Services.
2. Expand Application Development Features.
3. Click the check box next to ASP.NET 4.5 to add a check mark.
4. Click OK.

Windows 7

The following steps show you how to install IIS and ASP.NET for Windows 7.

installing iis

1. Open the Control Panel. On many computers, you can do this by clicking Start > Control Panel.
2. Select Programs and Features.
3. Click Turn Windows features on or off.
4. Select Internet Information Services.
5. Expand Internet Information Services > Web Management Tools > IIS 6 Management Compatibility.
6. Click IIS 6 Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility.

installing asp.net

1. Under Internet Information Services expand World Wide Web Services.
2. Expand Application Development Features.
3. Click the check box next to ASP.NET to add a check mark.
4. Click OK.
5. Click Start.
6. In the search field enter run.
7. Click Run. The Run dialog opens.

8. In the Open field, copy and paste one of the following into the field, depending on whether you have a 32-bit or 64-bit system:

   32-bit

   C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_regiis -i

   64-bit

   C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\aspnet_regiis -i

9. Click OK. A window opens, displaying the installation progress of ASP.NET. The window will close automatically when the installation finishes.

Windows Server 2012

The following steps show you how to install IIS and ASP.NET 4.5 for Windows Server 2012.

installing iis

1. Open the Server Manager.
2. Click Add roles and features. The Add Roles and Features Wizard opens.
3. Click Next two times until you ge to the Server Roles page.
4. Click the check box next to Web Server (IIS).
5. In the dialog that opens click Add Features.

installing asp.net 4.5

1. In the Add Roles Wizard click Next.
2. Expand .NET Framework 4.5 Features and click ASP.NET 4.5.
3. Click Next.
4. At the Web Server Role (IIS) tab, click Next again.
5. Expand Management Tools > IIS 6 Management Compatibility and click IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility.
6. On the Confirm Installation Selections page of the wizard, click Install.
7. After the installation is completed, the Installation Results page opens. Click Close.

Windows Server 2008 r2

The following steps show you how to install IIS and ASP.NET for Windows Server 2008 R2.

installing iis

1. From the Start menu open the Server Manager dialog.
2. Click Add roles. The Add Roles Wizard opens.
3. Click Next.
4. Click the check box next to Web Server (IIS).
5. In the dialog that opens click Add Required Features.
6. In the Add Roles Wizard click Next.
7. Click Next again.
8. On the "Select Role Services" page of the wizard, expand Management Tools > IIS 6 Management Compatibility and click IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility.
9. On the Confirm Installation Selections page of the wizard, click Install.
10. After the installation is completed, click Finish.

installing asp.net

1. In the Server Manager dialog, expand Roles.
2. Select Web Server IIS.
3. In the Role Services section, click Add Role Services.
4. Click the check box next to ASP.NET to add a check mark.
5. Click Next.
6. Click Install.
7. Click Close.
8. In the search field enter run.
9. Click Run.The Run dialog opens.

10. In the Open field, copy and paste one of the following into the field, depending on whether you have a 32-bit or 64-bit system:

    32-bit

    C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_regiis -i

    64-bit

    C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\aspnet_regiis -i

11. Click OK.

    A window opens, displaying the installation progress of ASP.NET. The window will close automatically when the installation finishes.

Windows Server 2008

The following steps show you how to install IIS and ASP.NET for Windows Server 2008.

installing iis

1. From the Start menu open the Server Manager dialog.
2. Click Add roles. The Add Roles Wizard opens.
3. Click Next.
4. Click the check box next to Web Server (IIS).
5. In the dialog that opens click Add Required Features.
6. In the Add Roles Wizard click Next.
7. Click Next again.
8. On the "Select Role Services" page of the wizard, expand Management Tools > IIS 6 Management Compatibility and click IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility.
9. On the Confirm Installation Selections page of the wizard, click Install.
10. After the installation is completed, click Finish.

installing asp.net

1. In the Server Manager dialog, expand Roles.
2. Select Web Server IIS.
3. In the Role Services section, click Add Role Services.
4. Click the check box next to ASP.NET to add a check mark.
5. Click Next.
6. Click Install.
7. Click Close.

Windows Server 2003

The following steps show you how to install IIS and ASP.NET for Windows Server 2003.

installing iis via the manage your server dialog

1. From the Start menu open the Manage Your Server dialog.
2. Click Add or remove a role.The Configure Your Server Wizard opens.
3. Click Next.
4. Select Application server (IIS, ASP.NET) and click Next.
5. Click Enable ASP.NET and click Next.Your selections are summarized.
6. Click Next.The Windows Components Wizard opens, displaying the status of the installation.
7. After the installation is completed, click Finish.

installing iis via the control panel

1. Open the Control Panel. On many computers, you can do this by clicking Start > Control Panel.
2. Double-click Add or Remove Programs.The Add or Remove Programs window opens.
3. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.The Windows Components Wizard opens.
4. In the list of components select Application Server and then click Details.The Application Server Dialog opens.
5. Click the check box next to Internet Information Services (IIS) to add a check mark.
6. In the Windows Component Wizard, "Application Server" should now be selected. Click Next.
7. Click Finish.

installing asp.net

1. Click Start > Run.The Run dialog opens.

2. In the Open field, copy and paste one of the following into the field, depending on whether you have a 32-bit or 64-bit system:

   32-bit

   C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_regiis -i

   64-bit

   C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\aspnet_regiis -i

3. Click OK.

   A window opens, displaying the installation progress of ASP.NET. The window will close automatically when the installation finishes.

   Note ASP.NET pages by default are prohibited in IIS. Therefore, you must set these pages to be allowed if you are running Windows Server 2003. To do this: (1) In Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager, select Web Service Extensions from the left pane; (2) in the right pane, make sure that ASP.NET v4.0.30319 is set to Allowed. If it is not, select it and click the Allow button.

How to Set Up the Webhelp Plus Target

1. In Flare, open the WebHelp Plus target.The Target Editor opens.
2. Select the Publishing tab.

3. In the Indexing Service Catalog Name field, type the catalog that you are using for the output. In most cases, this will be Web, which is the default value. However, if you or someone in your company (e.g., network administrator) creates a custom catalog, you need to enter that name in the field.

   

   What is a catalog? Microsoft Indexing Service stores all of its index information in catalogs. A catalog comprises index information and stored properties for a particular group of file system directories. If Internet Information Services (IIS) is installed, the Indexing Service also creates a web catalog, which contains an index of IIS, the default virtual server of the World Wide Web.

   Note This step is necessary only for Windows Server 2003.

4. Click to save your work.
5. Generate the target.

6. Publish the output to any location on the web server. If you want to use the default location that was created after you installed IIS, you can publish the output to C:\Inetpub\wwwroot. If you do this, you can use the "Default Web Site" folder that you will encounter when performing the next set of steps (i.e., configuring IIS on the production server).

   If you are working on your local machine for testing purposes, you do not need to publish the output. You can simply view your WebHelp Plus output. When you view WebHelp Plus output on your local computer, Flare creates a special folder called "MCPreview" within your "C:\Inetpub\wwwroot" folder, and it places a copy of your WebHelp Plus output files in it. This enables you to test the advanced features of WebHelp Plus on your local machine.

Windows Server 2003

1. Open the Control Panel. On many computers, you can do this by clicking Start > Control Panel.
2. Double-click Administrative Tools.The Administrative Tools dialog opens.
3. Double-click Internet Information Services.The Internet Information Services dialog opens.
4. Find your output folder and right-click the Service subfolder. Then select Properties.The Service Properties dialog opens.
5. Select the Virtual Directory tab.

6. Next to the Application name field, click the Create button.

   Note If this button has already been selected, it will display as "Remove" instead. In this case, you do not need to click the button.

7. In the Execute Permissions drop-down, make sure Scripts only is selected. It should already be selected by default.
8. Click OK.

Windows Server 2008 and 2008 r2, Windows 2012, Windows 7, and Windows 8

1. Open the Control Panel.
2. Select System and Security.
3. Select Administrative Tools. The various operating systems have different ways to find this option.
4. Open the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
5. Expand the node with the computer name.
6. Expand the Sites folder.
7. Expand the website folder corresponding to the one that you published.
8. Find your output folder and right-click the Service subfolder. Then select Convert to Application.
9. Make sure the application pool is using the .NET 4 framework.
   1. In the dialog click Select.
   2. From the drop-down select an application pool that is using the .NET 4 framework.
   3. Click OK.
10. Click OK.

Windows Server 2003—How to Start Microsoft Indexing Service

1. Open the Control Panel. On many computers, you can do this by clicking Start > Control Panel.
2. Double-click Administrative Tools.The Administrative Tools dialog opens.
3. Double-click Computer Management.The Computer Management dialog opens.
4. Expand Services and Applications.
5. Right-click Indexing Service.
6. In the context menu, click Start. The Indexing Service is now started.

Windows Server 2008—How to Start Microsoft Windows Search

1. From the Start menu open the Server Manager dialog.
2. Click Add roles.The Add Roles Wizard opens.
3. Click Next.
4. Click the check box next to Files Services.
5. Click Next twice.
6. Click the check box next to Windows Search Service.
7. Click Next twice.
8. Click Install.
9. Click Close.