Programming .NET 3.5

Adding CardSpace Support to Your Application

The next thing you are going to do is build a sample ASP.NET application to process an information card.

Setting Up Your Machine for the CardSpace Examples

To ensure that you can successfully run your application, you will need to spend a little time setting up your computer.

IIS7

First, make sure IIS7 is installed (see the previous chapter for details).

If you're running Windows Vista, you'll also need to ensure that IIS 6.0 compatibility support is installed with IIS7. Otherwise, there is a chance that the certificates will not work correctly.

To ensure IIS6 compatibility, open the Control Panel and double-click "Programs and Features." Within the menu on the left, click on "Turn Window features on or off" (Figure 14-10). This will bring up a dialog box with that title. Navigate to and expand "Internet Information Services," then expand "Web Management Tools" and check and optionally expand "IIS 6 Management Compatibility," also shown in Figure 14-10.

Figure 14-10. Ensuring IIS6 compatibility

With IIS7 installed and IIS6 compatibility ensured, point your browser to http://tinyurl.com/2kp4x4.

You'll want to download this sample, called "Introduction to CardSpace with Internet Explorer 7.0, August, Update," to a folder where you can find it later. Unzip the contents in that folder and then run the install script as the Administrator. This will install ...