Manual Installation of DAF DLL

To enable DAF to work with a IIS server, it is necessary to install the DAF ISAPI filter.

Install DAF Filter

With IIS 4.0

Install the DLL:

With IIS 4.0, all ISAPI filters like DAF are installed with the "Microsoft Management Console."
 

DAF should be installed as a GLOBAL ISAPI filter (It will not work if installed as a local filter.):

1. From the DeskTop task bar, open: Start, Programs, Windows NT 4.0 options Pack, Microsoft Internet Information Service, Internet Service Manager
2. Open the "Console Root" and "Internet Information Server"
3. Select "your server name"
4. Click on "Properties" icon
5. In "Master Properties" choose "WWW Service"
6. Press "Edit"
7. Select "ISAPI Filters"
8. Press "Add"
9. Type "DAF" in "Filter Name" edit box
10. With "Browse," choose "DAF40x.DLL" to set it in the "Executable" edit box
11. Press "OK," which will close "Master Properties"
12. Select again "ISAPI Filters." You should now see DAF listed but not loaded (red down arrow).
13. For the first time only, to start DAF Filter you need to restart the Service (restarting the computer will also work). To restart the service:
14. 
    - open "Control Panel"
    - select "World Wide Web Service"
    - press "Stop" and, when stopped press "Start"
    - At this point, a small DAF  icon should now be available on the desktop task bar.
    

    Restarting the service with the "Microsoft Management Console" will not work. It is necessary to use the "Services" icon in the Control Panel.

15. Now, if you return with the "Internet Service Manager" in the "ISAPI Filters" in "Master Properties" the DAF filter should now be listed as Loaded (green up arrow). If it is not, something is wrong and DAF will not work.
16. Close "Management Console"

DAF must be installed only once and must be a global filter. If it is installed as a local filter for several webs (not as global) the filter will not work.

Make sure the DAF DLL is loaded:

Of course, DAF will work only if it is correctly loaded by IIS. At this point, I strongly recommend to make sure the DLL is loaded and running.

DAF Filter is loaded by IIS when the service is started, so first check that IIS Service was started and is running, then open the NT "Event Viewer" and look for a message sent by DAF which reports "DAF IIS Filter Started (4.0)."

With IIS 2.0 or 3.0

Install DAF DLL:

The purpose of this step is to instruct IIS to load DAF40x.DLL when started.

DAF40x.DLL must be loaded, if it is not, DAF cannot work.

• Open the "Registry Editor"
• Open the path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W3SVC\Parameters
• Modify the key "Filters DLL" by adding a comma after the last DLL already there and specifying the path and name of the DLL to load. For example:
• 
  "c:\inetserv\Server\sspifilt.dll,c:\inetserv\filters\daf40x.dll"

The registry should look like this:

DLL MUST be separated with a comma, NOT with a semicolon.

• Restart the Web Service

1. Open Control Panel
2. Open Services
3. Select "World Wide Web Publishing Service"
4. Stop and Restart "World Wide Web Publishing Service"
5. At this point, a small DAF icon should now be available on the desktop task bar.
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Make sure the DAF DLL is loaded:

Of course, DAF will work only if it is correctly loaded by IIS. At this point, I strongly recommend to make sure the DLL is loaded and running.

DAF Filter is loaded by IIS when the service is started, so first check that IIS Service was started and is running, then open the NT "Event Viewer" and look for a message sent by DAF which reports "DAF IIS Filter Started (4.0)."

Last update: Thursday, August 31, 2000 07:12