Question

Im trying to write a small web application for forwarding requests to my page to the new pages on my web site. First off im implementing a IHttpHandler and in the ProcessRequest method i simple want to print out the requesting page, my conde looks like this:

public class RedirectHandler : IHttpHandler
    {
        public bool IsReusable
        {
            get { return true; }
        }

        public void ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)
        {
            context.Response.Write(context.Request.Path);
        }
    }

I have registered in the web.config and have a problem with testing the handler. I start it through visual studio, it is just listing my files. I then from a browser request a file, and expects to see the name in the browser, but an exception that the page is not found is thrown. I have deleted all other .aspx page so the only “page” i have is my http handler. Could anyone point me in the right direction?

Edit
Configuration settings (web.config)

<system.webServer>
     <modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true"/>
    <handlers>
      <add name="RedirectHandler" resourceType="Unspecified" verb="*" path="*.html" type="Jeeves.RedirectHandler"/>
    </handlers>
  </system.webServer>

Answer 1

The entries in the system.webServer/handlers configuration element are only effective if you are running IIS 7 (in Integrated mode). Either specify Use Local IIS Web Server in the Web section of the project’s properties (if you have IIS7) or use the system.web/httpHandlers element instead:

<system.web>
   <httpHandlers>
       <add  verb="*" path="*.html" type="Jeeves.RedirectHandler"/>
   </httpHandlers>
</system.web>