When to Create a Virtual Directory

Iron Speed Designer automatically creates a virtual directory for your application under Microsoft IIS, typically on your development machine, when the application is first run using IIS.  In the event the virtual directory cannot be created because the currently logged in account does not have the appropriate security settings, then you must create the virtual directory before running your application.

You will also need to create a virtual directory if your application is moved from one computer, such as your development machine, to another, such as your production machine.  You do this by creating a virtual directory for your application in Microsoft IIS, just as you would for any other web-based application you wish to run on your production server.

The virtual directory automatically created by Iron Speed Designer does not allow anonymous access because it uses Windows user impersonation.  However, in a production environment, you may want to allow anonymous access so that external users will not be asked for their Windows user name and password.

See Also

Creating a Virtual Directory for Your Application

Deploying Applications with the Deployment Wizard

Manually Deploying an Application to a Production Server