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  Michael Minahan
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  May 4, 2026 @ 02:33am

Greetings! I am finally ready to take a serious look into learning and using Web Connect !

I just installed ver 8.4 and have now trying the DO wcdemomain.prg

When I click on BROWSE I get an error message saying "Firefox can't connect to server at localhost:7001"

Help.. I will try using a different browser maybe the problem is just with FireFox

Thanks

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  Rick Strahl
  Michael Minahan
  May 4, 2026 @ 02:14pm

Looks like you're using IIS Express as your Web Server. You to make sure IIS Express is started in order to use it as it's a standalone application, not a service like full IIS.

Use:

launch("IISEXPRESS")

If you installed with IIS Express as your default server, the launch() should also work as IIS Express will be the default. You can customize launch.prg to select the server that launches by default.

Use launch instead of DO WCDEMOMAIN. launch() is a wrapper that ensures that the Web server gets started for those servers that run as standalone applications (ie. IIS Express and the Web Connection .NET Server). Once the server is running do wcdemomain works.

There's more info on Web Server configuration and in general IIS Express configuration specifically here:

+++ Rick ---

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