Camera Monitoring Website FAQ

Last revised 1/4/2007

1)  I've tried to install this on my IIS server but can't get it to work!
2)  I did all the above and it's still not working!
3)  How do I disable/remove/edit objects on the page?
4)  Are there any settings that can be changed?
5)  I want a new feature/change added.


I've tried to install this on my IIS server but can't get it to work!

First, read this article.  The basics steps are to copy the WMEWebsite folder to your web server, configure this folder as an Application in IIS, make sure the Read checkbox is checked, set Execute Permissions to "Scripts only", verify "Default.aspx" is listed in the Documents tab, and make sure ASP.Net v2.0 is selected in the ASP.Net tab (you did remember to install the .Net Framework 2.0, right?)

I did all the above and it's still not working!

If you're running IIS6 make sure the "Network Service" account has NTFS Read rights to the folder and all files under it.  If you're running an earlier version of IIS, assign these rights to the "ASPNET" account instead.  More information about doing this is available here.

Also verify that the ASP.Net v2.0 web service extension is enabled on your IIS server.

Be sure to edit the web.config file and type in a valid user and password under the identity XML tag.  This is required since the IIS worker process cannot launch Windows Media Encoder:
    <identity impersonate="true" userName="User" password="pass"/>

You can also turn off debugging to improve performance:
    <compilation debug="false" strict="false" explicit="true"/>


How do I disable/remove/edit objects on the page?

Since you can't delete objects out of the ASPX file without crashing the program, you'll need to set them to invisible if you don't want them displayed.  This is done by adding visible="false" to the line, for example:

<asp:Label ID="lblServer" runat="server" visible="False" Font-Bold="True" Style="z-index: 101; left: 8px;
 position: absolute; top: 16px" Text="WMS Server:" Width="720px" Font-Size="X-Large"></asp:Label>

Additionally, you can freely modify other attributes of the object such as its location and color.

Are there any settings that can be changed?

Besides modifying objects in ASPX files as shown above, there are also several settings in the web.config file that control the program's behavior.  These settings are listed under the "<AppSettings>" element in the file, and comments within the file describe each one.  You can change them using a text editor like Wordpad.

I want a new feature/change added.

The author will entertain requests for additional features/modifications but may ask for compensation.  Feel free to contact him here.