Hi,

I am confused about whether or not a corresponding COM+ application is
required when setting up a virtual directory in IIS to be used for an HTTP
Receive Location. In the HTTPRequestResponse sample in the BTS 2004 SDK, the
Setup.bat file creates a virtual directory as well as a COM+ application,
however I can see no (obvious) place to do this manually using either the
IIS or Component Services MMCs. Is the COM+ application created by the
sample for compatibility with Windows 2000 Server? If not, and the COM+ app
is required on Server 2003, where do I configure that using MMC?

Thanks,

Paul

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Prior to IIS 6 Virtual Directories used COM+ applications.  With
Win2K3/IIS6 a new model was introduced that uses Application Pools instead.
You don't need to deal with COM+ applications on Win2K3 unless you have
configured IIS to run in IIS 5 compatibility mode.  This setting is located
in IIS MMC, under Web Sites->Properties on the Service Tab, where it says
"Run WWW service in IIS 5.0 Isolation mode".  The sample probably creates
this COM+ application because it needs to work on 2000, XP and 2003.

David Stucki
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