Copying Your Application Files to a Production Server

Moving your application’s executable files to a testing or production server is easy.  Simply copy the following application folder files to your production server:

Folder

Files to Copy

…\<Application Folder>\

Default.aspx
Global.asax
Global.asax.resx
ApplicationWebForm.js
ApplicationWebUIValidation.js
Web.config

…\<Application Folder>\bin

All files

…\<Application Folder>\Images

All files

…\<Application Folder>\Styles

All files

…\<Application Folder>\Header & Footer
…\<Application Folder>\Menu Panels
…\<Application Folder>\Shared

and any other panel folder used in your application

Copy all files except the source code files with these extensions:

.cs
.vb
.html
.xml

Make sure to copy all ASPX and ASCX files.

…\<Application Folder>\<Table Name>

Copy all files except the source code files (C# or Visual Basic) and layout page files (*.html and *.xml).  Make sure to copy all ASPX and ASCX files.

The resulting application folder structure on your production server should be identical to the application folder structure on your development machine, except for the DataAccess and source files, which should not be copied because they contain source code files.  Specifically, do NOT copy these files:

Folder

Files to Exclude

…\<Application Folder>\DataAccess

All files.

…\<Application Folder>\<Table Name>

All source code files (C# or Visual Basic) and layout page files (*.html and *.xml).  The source files used by Iron Speed Designer to generate your application are not needed in your production server for your application to operate.
Web Server and Application Server Deployment

In the .NET architecture, ASPX pages and the Presentation Layer code-behind files (VB and C#) must be located on the web server.  In Iron Speed Designer-generated applications, the Presentation Layer logic makes data requests to the database through the Data Access Layer.  All of the database access is conducted by the Data Access Layer in the generated N-tier architecture, and not directly by the Presentation Layer.

Ideally, one would like to put the Data Access Layer components in a separate application server.  Unfortunately at present, it is not possible to put the generated Data Access Layer on a separate application server because the communication between the Presentation Layer and the Data Access Layer is not serializable.  The communication is conducted via traditional procedure calls.

Moving an Application to a New Folder

You can move your application to a different folder.  Simply change the Virtual Directory in the Internet Information Services Manager to change the Virtual Directory setting to the new application folder.

Note, however, your application name and the virtual directory name should be the same.  For example:

Application Name

MyApp1

Virtual Directory

MyApp1

Folder

C:\This\MyApp1

To move this to another folder, your settings would be:

Application Name

MyApp1

Virtual Directory

MyApp1

Folder

C:\ThatFolder\MyApp1

Note:  Do not change anything in AppInfo.xml.

See Also

Deploying Applications to a Production Server

Creating a Virtual Directory for Your Application

Deploying to Webroot