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    Local Profile not publishing to webroot folder

    I need help modifying a web project. I have a web project working and the last time I edited it was two years ago. Today I am trying to add a new grid and re-publish. I successfully saved the web project but I can't publish successfully.

    I am working on the same computer that is running the server so I am using the "Local Webroot" profile. When I went to publish I got this error message:

    The folder G:\A5Webroot\CrackerMill does not exist. Create folder?

    Quite some time ago I changed the webroot folder to "S:\A59Webroot\CrackerMill" using the server configuration settings. But apparently this "local webroot" profile still has the old webroot path embedded in it's settings. I have attempted editing the local profile path using the "edit" button inside the "web project profiles" window. When I attempt to select the new webroot folder using the browser/explorer path tree from this dialog all I get is the following error:

    "The target folder must be inside the webroot folder."

    I am stumped. I tried adding a new folder "inside" the S:\A59Webroot\CrackerMill and then I went back to select that new folder. Same error. I cannot figure out how to publish to my local server using my current webroot folder, as set in the Application Server.

    The alias in the Local Webroot profile is set to something like "get_path". Apparently this path is still set to the old webroot folder I was using two years ago when I first created this web project.

    How do I set the path in this existing web project to publish to my current webroot folder?

    Thank you,
    Sean
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    Re: Local Profile not publishing to webroot folder

    I attempted to solve this publishing problem by creating a new profile. I got this error message:

    The folder 'G:\A5Webroot\S:\A59Webroot\Crackermill\Cardfile' does not exist. Create folder?

    It appears that the "G\A5Webroot" folder is hard-coded as the default webroot folder somewhere. But I don't know how to change it.

    Is this default webroot folder assigned somehow at the time I first create the web project? Can it be changed or do I have to start over of I want to use my now current webroot folder?

    Again, I created this web project over two years ago. I have since changed my webroot folder assignment. I am now trying to make a few changes to this two-year-old web project but I can't complete the publishing action due a conflict in file path names. The old webroot folder no longer exists.

    I've been reading the forum. So far, nothing specific to my problem has shed any light. Maybe I should just re-build the old webroot directory? Seems odd that I can't change the webroot folder location. I'm missing something. Please help.

    Thank you,
    Sean

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      #3
      Re: Local Profile not publishing to webroot folder

      I have been reading about aliases but everything seems to be focused on where to locate the data files. My problem seems more about where to PUBLISH the web project. Where do I look to change a publishing location?

      I changed the webroot location in the Application Server. The former location was set to "G:\A5Webroot". The new location is "S:\A59Webroot\CrackerMill". I was able to move the published files from the old location to the new location and everything still works fine in the browser.

      But now I am trying to modify and republish the same project and it is stuck with a pointer to the old webroot location and will not accept any other path locations. Why? Why can't I change the webroot location in the profile? There is a field in the profile editor and it allows me to browse to a new location or type in a location. But it always ends in a message asking me to create a folder using the OLD webroot location. I do not want to publish to the OLD location. I want to publish to the NEW location. How?

      Is this in the registry somewhere?

      I am developing and publishing on the local machine. This machine is running the Application Server and is reachable from any other machine on the LAN. It is working. But I cannot edit the web project and re-publish. Don't know why. Getting frustrated. Reading a LOT and getting nowhere. I can't see where the setting is changed. Perhaps I am not allowed to change the webroot location once I start building web projects. Seems odd.

      Sean

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        Re: Local Profile not publishing to webroot folder

        Hi Sean
        The answer is in the help utility under: Configuring the Application Server. And the The Document Root folder can be any folder on any drive. But the location of that folder is set in the settings for the Application server not in the profiles utility. I did not try to change mine but the instructions do describe what you want to do.
        Hope this helps
        Irwin

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          Re: Local Profile not publishing to webroot folder

          Thank you Irwin,

          I did read that page, and several others. But my problem is not understanding where to set the webroot folder. My problem is that no matter where I set the webroot using the the settings inside the Application Server, when I go to publish, the wizard insists on using an old folder location. The folder location supplied by the wizard does not match the folder location I have set in the AS.

          There are two different things going on. I am trying to figure out why the publishing wizard is not picking up the webroot location as it is set in the AS.

          The documents seem to indicate that the publishing wizard will only use the folder set as webroot in the AS settings. But this is not the case. The wizard is not seeing the correct setting and is using a location that is somehow hard-coded into it's script. I don;t know if this is how it is working. I am just making assumptions. All I know is that I can't get the wizard to publish to the folder I want it to publish to.

          Sean

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            Re: Local Profile not publishing to webroot folder

            You need to set the webroot using the Application Server Control Panel within Alpha Five. If you also have the stand-alone Application Server installed, publishing will NOT read those settings.

            Lenny Forziati
            Vice President, Internet Products and Technical Services
            Alpha Software Corporation

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              #7
              Re: Local Profile not publishing to webroot folder

              Thank you Lenny,

              I'll try that. In the meantime I went ahead and published to the wrong folder and then copied everything over to the right folder. It works as a work-around. Now, off to try your tip.

              Sean

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                Re: Local Profile not publishing to webroot folder

                I guess I don't know where to find this Application Server Control Panel from within Alpha Five. All the screens I am seeing I have seen before.No matter what I do I cannot reset the correct document root folder from within my web project from within Alpha Five. The only place I have found to enter a directory is in the Profile settings. That does not work for me. I can find no other place to enter the correct document root directory to force the publishing wizard to publish to my preferred folder.

                I have the following windows within Alpha Five:

                BCI_Active_v91.adb: Control Panel (this is my database upon which I am trying to edit a web project)

                Web Projects Control Panel (this is my web project I am trying to edit and re-publish)

                When I open the database the "Application Server" button on the top toolbar has a red light. When I clicked on it I got an error stating I already have a server running on my port 8080 (the port I chose to use for my Application Server). I then shut down the AS. I went back to my database toolbar and clicked on the red light again. This time I did not get an error message and the light turns green.

                From here I can not find any "control panel" from which to set my document root folder. Apparently I have a different server instance running but the results are the same. I can't publish to my chosen folder.

                Sean

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                  Re: Local Profile not publishing to webroot folder

                  Okay, I think I found it. There is a menu entry named Web|Application Server. When I clicked on that I found my old document root setting. This screen looks identical to the screen on my AS settings but is apparently the "control panel" for the instance of the server under the control of the A5 program.

                  I did not notice anywhere in my reading where It discussed the fact that having the AS on the same machine as the development database will require the use of two distinct instances of the server, one - the instance started and controlled from withing A5, and two - the actual Application Server program that stands on it's own.

                  I have to use the A5 instance for the publishing wizard. Then use the standalone version to allow other users to actually access the web pages I created using the A5 program. I must have missed this in the documentation. Or is it really this confusing?

                  Sean

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                    #10
                    Re: Local Profile not publishing to webroot folder

                    It's working now. Thank you Lenny.

                    Somehow I was under the impression that if I was using the AS program I did not need to use the server built into the A5 program. Now I know I was wrong. I hope I can remember this the next time I make a change to the web project!

                    Sean

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