server.execute and virtual paths

I'm trying to execute an aspx page by calling Server.Execute.

The aspx page I'm trying to execute is in a different web app from the aspx page containing the Server.Execute statement. A slightly clearer explanation...

Page1 exists in WebApp1. In the code-behind of Page2 in WebApp2, I have put Server.Execute("Path to Page1 in WebApp1").

When I call Server.Execute(String) using "http://localhost/WebApp1/Page1.aspx", everything works ok and Page1 pops up in a new window.

But when I try to use the same path with the overloaded version, Server.Execute(String, TextWriter), I get an error saying I must pass in a virtual path. So I pass in "../WebApp1/Page1.aspx" as the path. But now I get this error:

The virtual path '/WebApp1/Page1.aspx.cs' maps to another application, which is not allowed.

But I can execute the same page using Server.Execute(String) and "http://..."!!

So, is my virtual path wrong? Or is it something else?
(I need to use the overloaded version Server.Execute(String, TextWriter) so that I can capture the output from Page1 and NOT have it popup in a new window.)Hmmm, sorry peoples...

Forget my first post...it seems my dlls weren't recompiling correctly and Server.Execute(String) plus "http://..." seemed to work cos it was using some old code but in fact that doesn't work.

So, it seems I can't use Server.Execute to execute pages in another web app.
Is there another way to accomplish this?

Cheers, Dune

"Dune" wrote:

> I'm trying to execute an aspx page by calling Server.Execute.
> The aspx page I'm trying to execute is in a different web app from the aspx page containing the Server.Execute statement. A slightly clearer explanation...
> Page1 exists in WebApp1. In the code-behind of Page2 in WebApp2, I have put Server.Execute("Path to Page1 in WebApp1").
> When I call Server.Execute(String) using "http://localhost/WebApp1/Page1.aspx", everything works ok and Page1 pops up in a new window.
> But when I try to use the same path with the overloaded version, Server.Execute(String, TextWriter), I get an error saying I must pass in a virtual path. So I pass in "../WebApp1/Page1.aspx" as the path. But now I get this error:
> The virtual path '/WebApp1/Page1.aspx.cs' maps to another application, which is not allowed.
> But I can execute the same page using Server.Execute(String) and "http://..."!!
> So, is my virtual path wrong? Or is it something else?
> (I need to use the overloaded version Server.Execute(String, TextWriter) so that I can capture the output from Page1 and NOT have it popup in a new window.)
You're going to be stuck with Response.Redirect, I think.

Dale Preston
MCAD, MCSE, MCDBA

"Dune" <Dune@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0B7B2BBD-9D95-4ACC-B5E4-8EF63726EE86@.microsoft.com...
> Hmmm, sorry peoples...
> Forget my first post...it seems my dlls weren't recompiling correctly and
Server.Execute(String) plus "http://..." seemed to work cos it was using
some old code but in fact that doesn't work.
> So, it seems I can't use Server.Execute to execute pages in another web
app.
> Is there another way to accomplish this?
> Cheers, Dune
> "Dune" wrote:
> > I'm trying to execute an aspx page by calling Server.Execute.
> > The aspx page I'm trying to execute is in a different web app from the
aspx page containing the Server.Execute statement. A slightly clearer
explanation...
> > Page1 exists in WebApp1. In the code-behind of Page2 in WebApp2, I have
put Server.Execute("Path to Page1 in WebApp1").
> > When I call Server.Execute(String) using
"http://localhost/WebApp1/Page1.aspx", everything works ok and Page1 pops up
in a new window.
> > But when I try to use the same path with the overloaded version,
Server.Execute(String, TextWriter), I get an error saying I must pass in a
virtual path. So I pass in "../WebApp1/Page1.aspx" as the path. But now I
get this error:
> > The virtual path '/WebApp1/Page1.aspx.cs' maps to another application,
which is not allowed.
> > But I can execute the same page using Server.Execute(String) and
"http://..."!!
> > So, is my virtual path wrong? Or is it something else?
> > (I need to use the overloaded version Server.Execute(String, TextWriter)
so that I can capture the output from Page1 and NOT have it popup in a new
window.)