Testing .aspx Script from Console Prompt

Platform: Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000

Version : VS.NET Beta 2 only

Requirements : Favorite editor (whether SDI or MDI )

Method : Simply write the following code into a file and save it as MyTest.exe , then try this out, perform the following steps:

1. Copy The MyTest.cs and Test.aspx files to a local directory.

2. Compile MyTest.exe by typing csc MyTest.cs /r:System.Web.dll within a command prompt in the directory.

3. Type MyTest.exe Test.aspx

One interesting use of this functionality is to pre-process dynamic ASP.NET requests saving the output as static .htm files that you then prop onto a server. You can do this with MyTest.exe by pipeing the output automatically to a static file. For example:

      MyTest.exe Test.aspx > Test.htm



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MyTest.cs

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using System ;

using System.IO ;

using System.Web ;

using System.Web.Hosting ;



public class MyExeHost : MarshalByRefObject 

{

public void ProcessRequest ( String page ) 

{

HttpRuntime.ProcessRequest ( new SimpleWorkerRequest ( page, null, Console.Out ) ) ;

}

public static void Main ( String[ ] args ) 

{

MyExeHost host = ( MyExeHost )ApplicationHost.CreateApplicationHost ( typeof ( MyExeHost ),

			"/foo", Directory. CurrentDirectory ) ;

foreach ( String page in args ) 

{

host.ProcessRequest ( page ) ;

}

}

}

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Test.aspx

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