BUG: Stopping IIS WWW Service Causes Application Error (172173)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 5.0
Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 5.0a

This article was previously published under Q172173

SYMPTOMS

Stopping the WWW Publishing service in Internet Information Server (IIS) 3.0 after loading an Active Server Pages (ASP) page that instantiates a Visual FoxPro automation server causes an application error in Inetinfo.exe.

This error only occurs with in-process automation servers (DLL). Out-of- process automation servers (EXE) do not cause the error.

The Internet Information Server is only supported currently on Windows NT 4.0, Service Pack 2 and above.

RESOLUTION

Use an out-of-process automation server (EXE) instead of the in-process automation server (DLL).

NOTE: In order for the ASP Page to access the Out of Process Server you will need to set the 'AllowOutOfProcCmpnts' Windows registry entry to a value of '1'.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

NOTE: Following these steps will result in a crash on the IIS server.

It is recommended that you save all data before proceeding with these steps.

Follow the steps in the following Knowledge Base article to create the Visual FoxPro automation server and the Active Server Page in accordance with the following article:
168053 HOWTO: Visual FoxPro Automation Servers and Active Server Pages
Start the Internet Service Manager on the IIS Server.
Access the Active Server Page using your Web browser.
Stop the WWW Publishing Service.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	8/9/1999
Keywords:	kbbug kberrmsg kbnetwork KB172173