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>I took an application that we have that is part ASP, part ASP.NET, and
> migrated it to VS 2005. The migration worked okay, it's trying to run
> it where I am having some challenges.
>
> When I open the application in VS 2005, I can open it one of two ways
> (okay, there's actually more than two, but these are the two I've
> used), either from the file system or using my local IIS server.
>
> When I open it from the file system and try to run the application, it
> uses the ASP.NET Development Server as its web server. The problem is
> that the first page of the site is one of the classic ASP pages, and
> the following message is generated.
>
> This type of page is not served.
> Description: The type of page you have requested is not served because
> it has been explicitly forbidden.  The extension '.asp' may be
> incorrect.   Please review the URL below and make sure that it is
> spelled correctly.
>
> Requested URL: /ReportsWeb/login.asp
>
> When I open the site using the local IIS option, the site runs
> correctly (as I would expect, I'm using IIS to serve up the app).
>
> So I guess the question is, is there any way to configure the ASP.NET
> Development Server to serve up ASP pages? Or in this situation am I
> required to rely on IIS?
>