problem hosting in IIS

Question

whenever I hosted my application in IIS I used to get error. I have followed the following steps InetMgr->default web site(right click)-> add virtual directory-> physical path->selected permissions(read)-> browse

there I used to get the following error all the time: plz any body help me

**Server Error in '/evals' Application. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Runtime Error **Description: An application error occurred on the server. The current custom error settings for this application prevent the details of the application error from being viewed. Details: To enable the details of this specific error message to be viewable on the local server machine, please create a tag within a "web.config" configuration file located in the root directory of the current web application. This tag should then have its "mode" attribute set to "RemoteOnly". To enable the details to be viewable on remote machines, please set "mode" to "Off". Notes: The current error page you are seeing can be replaced by a custom error page by modifying the "defaultRedirect" attribute of the application's configuration tag to point to a custom error page URL. ****

Answer 1

You need to open the web.config file for your application and look for the element <customerrors> under <system.web>. If it's not there add it in, and if it is there make sure mode="Off".

When you save the file your app will recycle and you should be presented with a stacktrace of the real error behind this one. You should be able to debug from there.

Answer 2

You could also have visual studio attach to the w3wp process hosting your site to step through the code...