Virtual directories

A virtual directory is an alias for another directory, which is an additional name for a directory that actually exists on the disk.

Virtual directories are used in FlashConnect in two ways:

Use	Method
To maintain a consistent environment between the Windows Web servers and the UNIX Web servers.	Windows Web server: IIS creates a folder called Scripts in the Inetpub directory (\Inetpub\Scripts). (Applications or scripts are typically run from this directory on IIS.) A virtual folder called cgi-bin can be created to point to the Scripts folder. UNIX Web servers (such as Apache): Applications or scripts are run from the cgi-bin directory. A virtual directory called Scripts can also be created to point to the cgi-bin directory.
To use the online examples, the Web server needs access to the information provided in the WebContent folder provided with FlashConnect.	Create a virtual directory called w3library to point to the WebContent directory to allow the browser access to this information. For more information on performing this task see Installing on a Windows platform. On UNIX platforms, these steps are done for you as part of the standard installation process, see Installing on a UNIX platform.

Use

Method

To maintain a consistent environment between the Windows Web servers and the UNIX Web servers.

Windows Web server: IIS creates a folder called Scripts in the Inetpub directory (\Inetpub\Scripts). (Applications or scripts are typically run from this directory on IIS.) A virtual folder called cgi-bin can be created to point to the Scripts folder.

UNIX Web servers (such as Apache): Applications or scripts are run from the cgi-bin directory. A virtual directory called Scripts can also be created to point to the cgi-bin directory.

To use the online examples, the Web server needs access to the information provided in the WebContent folder provided with FlashConnect.

Create a virtual directory called w3library to point to the WebContent directory to allow the browser access to this information. For more information on performing this task see Installing on a Windows platform.

On UNIX platforms, these steps are done for you as part of the standard installation process, see Installing on a UNIX platform.