When you use the ASP.NET Development Server to run a file-system Web site, by default, the Web server is invoked on a randomly selected port for localhost. For example, if you are testing a page called MyPage.aspx, when you run the page on the ASP.NET Development Server, the URL of the page might be the following:
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http://localhost:31544/MyPage.aspx |
If you want to run the ASP.NET Development Server on a specific port, you can configure the server to do so.
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| Visual Web Developer cannot guarantee that the port you specify will be available when you run your file-system Web site. If the port is in use when you run a page, Visual Web Developer displays an error message. |
To specify a port for the ASP.NET Development Server
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In Solution Explorer, click the name of the application.
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In the Properties pane, click the down-arrow beside Use dynamic ports and select False from the dropdown list.
This will enable editing of the Port number property.
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In the Properties pane, click the text box beside Port number and type in a port number.
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Click outside of the Properties pane. This saves the property settings.
Each time you run a file-system Web site within Visual Web Developer, the ASP.NET Development Server will listen on the specified port.
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