Site Number bug and workaround

[jeffprince777]

In Internet Information Services, create a new website, select it and then display the Web Site property page by clicking the Tab on the right hand side.
Try typing [IISSITEID] into the Site Number box.

You can't! You can only type in numbers. The same goes for TCP Port.

I think this is a bug in Installshield 11.5 GUI but NOT in InstallshieldX.

However, I've found an easy way round it.

1) In Internet Information Services, create your website
2) In Property Manager, create a property called, say IISSITEID.
3) In Direct Editor, find the ISWebSite table.
4) Change the value of the SiteNumber column to [IISSITEID].
5) Go back to Internet Information Services and you will see [IISSITEID] in the Site Number box.
6) Set the [IISSITEID] property from wherever you want, and it will be resolved correctly at runtime.

The same will work for TCP Port.