Code from Isapi doesn't work with Helicon Ape

[Togfather Profile]

Hello,

My host company has just upgraded from a windows 2003 server to a windows 2012 server with Helicon Ape.

My ISAPI codes in .htaccess file no longer work but I cannot see anything to change on the Helicon website, which is very confusing for an old man who doesn't understand this kind of coding.

For example: To change http://www.mysite.com/bed-and-breakfast ... y=Ayrshire into http://www.mysite.com/uk-bed-breakfast-ayrshire.htm
The old ISAPI (v 3.0.0.21) code was:

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RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^uk-bed-breakfast-(.*)\.htm /bed-and-breakfast/region.asp\?county=$1 [QSA]

This code has worked well for years and the support people at my host company don't seem to know much about their new server and cannot tell me how to fix the problem. I now have a lot of pages on my website returning a 404 error.

Can anyone tell me what I need to change in the .htaccess file to make it work on the new server with Helicon Ape?

Many Thanks in advance

[Yaroslav]

Answered by email.

[ChickPea Profile]

Answered by email.

Why? I thought the idea of these boards was to help people who might have the same problem.

I'm considering updating from ISAPI_rewrite to Ape, but this sort of posting is not filling me with confidence to go ahead.

[Togfather Profile]

I resolved the problem as follows. instead of a .htaccess file I now have a web.config file in the root directory.

The syntax content I use in the web.config file is:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
    <system.webServer>
        <rewrite>
            <outboundRules>
                <preConditions>
                    <preCondition name="ResponseIsHtml1">
                        <add input="{RESPONSE_CONTENT_TYPE}" pattern="^text/html" />
                    </preCondition>
                </preConditions>
            </outboundRules>
            <rules>
                <rule name="Imported Rule 1">
                    <match url="^canada/province/(.*)/(.*)\.htm" ignoreCase="false" />
                    <action type="Rewrite" url="/canada/province.asp?state={R:1}&amp;status={R:2}" appendQueryString="true" />
                </rule>
    </rules>
        </rewrite>
    </system.webServer>

</configuration>

I hope this helps.

Tog

[ChickPea Profile]

So, you've basically solved the problem by using the IIS rewrite instead of ISAPI-Rewrite.

Still doesn't incline me to upgrade to Ape - which I'd like to do for a number of reasons. But if my ISAPI_Rewrite rules won't go forward more-or-less unchanged, it's too big a risk.