You receive an HTTP 500 error message when you use Authoring Connector to create a posting (832997)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Content Management Server 2002 SP1
Microsoft Content Management Server 2002 SP1a

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS) 2002 Authoring Connector to create a posting, and MCMS 2002 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 are installed on the computer, the following HTTP 500 error occurs in the Page Submission step of the wizard:

Navigation Error
Navigation to
'http://localhost/mcms/cms/OfficeWizard/oc.aspx?NRMODE=Update&txtFileName=Document1&txtDocTitle=&txtDocuments=&txtCmsPostingGUID=&txtMode=1&txtTimeZoneOffset=420&txtOfficeUILanguage=1033
&txtUserDefaultLCID=1033' returned error 500: Internal Server error.

CAUSE

By default, the .NET Framework uses a new feature for the validateRequest attribute on the Microsoft ASP.NET page level to help protect the ASP.NET application from malicious input from browsers. In the Web.config file for an ASP.NET Web project, the validateRequest attribute is set to True. MCMS Authoring Connector generates an exception when you try to submit the page that you created in Authoring Connector to the Internet Information Services (IIS) Web server.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, follow these steps to modify the validateRequest attribute:

Open the Web.config file. The Web.config file is located in the following directory:
CMS installation drive/Program Files/Microsoft Content Management Server/Server/IIS_CMS/OfficeWizard
In the Web.config file, add the following attribute between the <System.Web> attribute and the </System.Web> attribute:
```
<pages  validateRequest = "false" />
```

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

REFERENCES

For additional information, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

821343 PRB: You receive an error message when you deploy an ASP.NET 1.0 application on a server with ASP.NET 1.1

822539 You receive a warning message when you try to save a new page in MCMS 2002

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	1/24/2004
Keywords:	kbprb KB832997