Implementation Notes

To minimize the impact on the existing file structure, the application will be implemented as a set of ASP pages that will be interspersed with the existing project directories and files. The root directory will be shared as an IIS virtual directory, and home pages within the root, client, and project subdirectories will provide navigation links to the workflow system users.

Combining Online and Offline Users

By mixing a Web application with data from a regular file share, we expose ourselves to various problems. To users of the file share, the client and project directories look like a normal hard drive. The IIS Web server, on the other hand, will interpret some types of files (such as ASP scripts) differently. In particular, ...

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