Microsoft ASP.NET Coding Strategies with the Microsoft ASP.NET Team (Pro-Developer)

The Cassini download is all source files. You must compile these files on your own machine to use the code. Run the build.bat file from the installation location to build both the Cassini .DLL and the CassiniWebServer executable. Figure B-1 shows the command prompt output after you build Cassini.

Figure B-1: Command prompt output from building Cassini

Notice that after the library is built, it is installed into the GAC as part of the build process. Because the hosting requires the ability to perform cross– application domain remoting, the library is placed into the GAC. After the Cassini .DLL is built and installed, the CassiniWebServer executable is compiled.