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Topic: ../ Error... worked before

Posted By: pmormr
Subject: ../ Error... worked before
Date Posted: 06 November 2003 at 1:37pm

does anyone know how to allow the ../ to be used on my server in include files? it worked before i had a problem with windows 2k3 and had to reinstall. now it just gives me the error

Active Server Pages error 'ASP 0131'

Disallowed Parent Path

*file path*, line #

The Include file '../****/inc.asp' cannot contain '..' to indicate the parent directory.

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Paul A Morgan

http://www.pmorganphoto.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.pmorganphoto.com/

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Posted By: ljamal
Date Posted: 06 November 2003 at 3:42pm

Open the IIS Properties for the Web site
Under the Home Directory tab, click the Configuration button.
Choose the App Options tab
Check "Enable Parent Paths"
Click Apply

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L. Jamal Walton

http://www.ljamal.com/" rel="nofollow - L. Jamal Inc : Web/ Print Design and ASP Programming