Running classic asp web application in recent DataFlex versions

When trying to run a classic asp style web application in DataFlex 19.0 and newer you might bump into problems trying to run it.

This is because of the WebAppServerSession.PageScopedSession in the global.asa file.

When you create a new web application in DataFlex 19.0 then the Studio assumes you are trying to create a new style application and it will create a global.asa file where it assumes you do not need asp sessions any more.

For classic asp style applications this needs to be set to false.

WebAppServerSession.PageScopedSession=False

So suppose you have a classic webapp that's called "BookCollection" then the edited global.asa would look along these lines:

<OBJECT RUNAT=Server SCOPE=Session ID=WebAppServerSession PROGID="WebAppServer.Session.19.1">
</OBJECT>

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=VBScript RUNAT=Server>
SUB Session_OnStart
    WebAppServerSession.PageScopedSession=False
    WebAppServerSession.Initialize("BookCollection")
    Session.Timeout=1

END SUB

See also:

https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?63945-Is-Classic-ASP-broken-in-19-0