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HTTP Server help contents

This help file contains help information for the following dialogs.

HTTP Server configuration dialog

New Mapping dialog

Change Mapping dialog


HTTP Server configuration dialog

This dialog lets you configure the HTTP Server.  The information in this dialog is stored in the Windows NT Registry, and is read by the HTTP Service when it is started.

If you change any of these settings, you must stop the HTTP Server and restart it in order for the new configuration information to be recognised.

Choose one of the following buttons for information about the dialog box:

 Data Directory

 TCP/IP Port

 File extension to MIME type mapping

 New mapping

 Change mapping

 Delete mapping

 Log HTTP transactions

 Log file directory

 Permit directory browsing

 Defaults


The Data Directory is the full drive:\path of the root of the directory tree containing the files you wish to make available on the World-Wide Web.  This directory must exist.

To specify a directory on a fileserver, use its UNC name.


The TCP/IP port (a positive integer number) on which the HTTP Server listens for incoming HTTP connections.  The default value is 80.


This list shows which MIME types are associated with which filename extensions.  The extension is listed on the left and the corresponding MIME type on the right.  Files with an extension which is not in this list (or which don't have an extension) are associated with the MIME type listed against the (Default) extension.


Click this button to create a new entry in the list of extension to MIME type mappings.


Click this button to change an existing extension to MIME type mapping.  You must select the mapping to change from the list box to the left.


Click this button to delete an existing extension to MIME type mapping.  You must select the mapping to delete from the list box to the left.


If this box is checked, the HTTP Server will record each HTTP request it receives in a log file.


Specify here the full drive:\path of the directory where the HTTP Server should store its log files.  This control is disabled unless the Log Transactions box is checked.


Check this box to enable the Data Directory tree to be browsed by HTTP clients.


This button resets all the configuration settings in the dialog to their default values.


New Mapping dialog

This dialog creates a new mapping between a filename extension and a MIME type.

Choose one of the following buttons for information about the dialog box:

 Filename extension

 MIME type


Type the new filename extension which you wish to associate with a MIME type.


Select from the list the MIME type you wish to associate with the filename extension, or enter the MIME type yourself if it is not on the list.


Change Mapping dialog

This dialog changes an existing mapping between a filename extension and a MIME type.

Choose one of the following buttons for information about the dialog box:

 Filename extension

 MIME type


Edit the filename extension if required.  If you are changing the (Default)mapping, you may not edit this field.